In 1972 I drove with a friend from Syracuse, NY straight through to Fort Lauderdale for spring break. On the return trip we got a motel room in NC. I had a Stebro exhaust system on my Fiat 124 Spider that was never the same after that trip.
More than a few truckers have suffered blood clots too. Blood pools in the legs=Deep vein thrombosis=blood thinners.In case anyone was wondering, truckers in the USA are allowed to drive for 11 hours in a 14 hour period. I wouldn’t last a week.
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You know what’s funny? You and only a couple others have mentioned being tired/dizzy. And I found THAT was the hardest part of my long rides, fighting falling asleep. You know it’s coming and you think you can muscle through it - it’s dangerous and its scary. You don’t want to stop because you don’t know where you are and you want to get to where you’re going, but it gets real scary when you’ve driven a good stretch half asleep...windows down, slapping yourself in the face, tapping your leg. Anything to keep focus. That’s the worst part. I think if I ever do another long drive, I’ll just pull over no matter where I am and try to sleep.Yeah, we've done something like 24 hours straight from Rochester to Tampa. Never again. Too dizzy, tired, soar & constipated.
Older I get, the fewer miles it takes...You know you’ve hit your limit when you get out of the car and can’t straighten up.
You know what’s funny? You and only a couple others have mentioned being tired/dizzy. And I found THAT was the hardest part of my long rides, fighting falling asleep. You know it’s coming and you think you can muscle through it - it’s dangerous and its scary. You don’t want to stop because you don’t know where you are and you want to get to where you’re going, but it gets real scary when you’ve driven a good stretch half asleep...windows down, slapping yourself in the face, tapping your leg. Anything to keep focus. That’s the worst part. I think if I ever do another long drive, I’ll just pull over no matter where I am and try to sleep.
I could do 1200 miles in BMW no sweat, VW so so, but in Toyota, hell no!The comfort definitely makes a difference. A few weeks before that trip I took my golf to maine, about 6 hours each way, and my back was hurting 5 hours into it. I felt fine after the ride in the GL.
I could do 1200 miles in BMW no sweat, VW so so, but in Toyota, hell no!
Saw one of these the other day! always loved the NSX. Can’t believe someone would drive 14 hours in one...always figured they were just garage queens.About 14 hours, from Pueblo, CO to Houston, TX in my '92 NSX. It's such a fantastic car on the highway (and on the track, and everywhere else!). I got home and told my wife I could easily have kept going.
Got up into the mountains and thought the car was having issues, couldn't understand why it was running well but down on power... took me a bit to realize what was going on!
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Saw one of these the other day! always loved the NSX. Can’t believe someone would drive 14 hours in one...always figured they were just garage queens.