You think, "I can drive from Georgia to NYC in one day"

"area man" (hurrburgring)
04/30/2016 at 14:44 • Filed to: None

You can, but you really shouldn't. My back is not pleased. Full writeup TK.

DISCUSSION (21)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > area man
04/30/2016 at 14:46

I’ve driven a white 4Runner from PA to Florida in a day.

area man > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/30/2016 at 14:46

Then you know my tale.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > area man
04/30/2016 at 14:48

Mine is 20 years older, but has kick ass full 1990's bolstered seats. Driving an Aveo from Hilton Head to Lexington, SC was far worse.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > area man
04/30/2016 at 14:51

That sounds horrible.

area man > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/30/2016 at 14:52

Now that I think about it the bolstered seats in my brother’s ‘98 are much more comfortable than the cloth rock I was just sitting on for 2000 miles.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > area man
04/30/2016 at 14:53

My seats are some of the most comfortable I’ve ever sat in. I feel as if I would be disappointed by driving a new 4Runner.

area man > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
04/30/2016 at 14:54

It was not great. But the BBQ sandwich for lunch in North Carolina was. So it’s a draw.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:00

The south isn’t great, but we have good BBQ

Chuckles > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:04

I’m glad to hear you made it home safely. I’ve done Eastern NC to PA in a day plenty of times, so when I saw you were planning GA to NYC in a day I knew it was pretty ambitious. Looking forward to hearing about your trip.

ttyymmnn > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:14

Two summers ago, we drove from Crossville, TN to Austin, TX. Google says it’s a bit more than 13 hours, but it was more like 16, with three kids in the van. They traveled well, though, but it was a long, long day.

area man > ttyymmnn
04/30/2016 at 15:18

That’s bold. My parents put me and my brother through several Connecticut-to-Florida dashes in the early 90s (no screens! horror!) before deciding the toll on their mental well-being outweighed the cost of plane tickets.

M54B30 > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:33

Kinja'd!!!

I do this a few times a year to visit my in laws. In one shot, with two dogs, a 2 year old and a wife who sleeps most of the trip. And since I’m a motion-sick prone passenger I drive the whole way

area man > M54B30
04/30/2016 at 15:36

I also drove the whole way, but that's some next level stuff there. Lotta straight lines.

E90M3 > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:36

I drove from Alice Texas to Roswell Georgia in one day in a 1997 Ford Explorer sport running on 5 cylinders with blown suspension. That was the worst drive I ever made, 17 hours of pure hell.

M54B30 > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:37

We usually leave around 7pm so my kid falls asleep around 8, 8:30 or so and we can get a solid 12 hours of interruption free driving. I got all the way to the Iowa-Illinois border before I saw our 20th car

ttyymmnn > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:39

We had planned on stopping in Little Rock, but it would have made for a short drive the next day, so we figured we'd push through and save on the hotel. We got in at about 1 am cdt after leaving TN at 8 am edt. Long day.

area man > ttyymmnn
04/30/2016 at 15:41

oof

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > area man
04/30/2016 at 15:53

I remember when we (my dad did all the driving) went from NJ to SW Florida straight through. Crazy. But we were in the Volvo so it rode well and seats were supportive.

gmctavish needs more space > area man
04/30/2016 at 16:00

Kinja'd!!!

Balls. This is the most I’ve done in one day.

It says 9.5 hours, with stopping for gas and food it took 12.

Speed > area man
04/30/2016 at 22:24

Good work!

I used to do Wilkes-barre PA to Memphis TN once a year. It’s a tad over 1,000 miles and is supposed to be around 14.5hrs, but I have done it in 12ish. I do Somerset KY to Wilkes-barre PA about once a month now (700 miles, 10ish hrs). I did that one today as a matter of fact. I have this trip down to only 1 stop for food/gas.

If I time a trip right for maximum daylight and get some good music, time flies. Going through West Virginia really keeps me alert and occupied with the endless curves and high speed limits.

I can’t imagine having to do a long haul through some of the more boring landscapes and roads out in the Midwest.

Big Bubba Ray > area man
04/30/2016 at 23:23

Were the seats really that bad? I’ve road tripped in a 4Runner of this gen that my buddy owns. Granted it was only a five hour trip and he’s got a top of the damn line car, I thought it was pretty comfortable!