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stormos
08-12-2005, 09:19 AM
Staines to Sandback 230
Sandback to Swaffham 200
Swaffham to Staines 150



I HATE MY JOB!!!!!

need a desk, give me a desk.... NOW!!!
cali-ti
08-12-2005, 03:22 PM
lol ... i drove more than that in a day on my way out to denver, but i don't do it every day :tongue: i didn't think england was even that big ;)
myblueTI
08-12-2005, 03:37 PM
Well lets see me and my dad drove from Phenoix Arizona to MInneapolis MInnesota and about a day and a half and thats about 1800 miles. And our car had no a/c and it was in june so i can say i lost about 7 pounds on the drive home.
bmw318tiChic
08-12-2005, 04:22 PM
What job do you have?
stormos
08-12-2005, 04:30 PM
Cisco Support Engineer. want to get a few more cisco certs then i will definetly be going for the desk!!
aceyx
08-12-2005, 04:32 PM
i did nyc to la in 4 days. my friend didn't drive standard until i decided to teach her out in santa barbara for the drive back.

i think on the return we did just west of des moines IA to central PA as one leg. mine nearly fell off.
gooten1
08-12-2005, 04:35 PM
I'm driving Columbia, SC to Orlando, FL here in a few hours. Roughly 7 hours straight. Yuck.
nick_hegel
08-12-2005, 05:51 PM
need a desk, give me a desk.... NOW!!! haha I mock you from my desk! jk :biggrin:
pdxmotorhead
08-12-2005, 06:00 PM
Portland OR to Spokane WA - 4 hours and a bit. 352 Miles.

Nothing like 145 miles of sweeper 2 lane to get you there :)

Dave
parttimer
08-12-2005, 10:57 PM
I've driven across the US a few times but the most exciting was when we drove from Tempe AZ to Columbus OH straight through. Approx 2100 miles in about 30 hours. I will never do that again.

:eek:
stormos
08-12-2005, 11:50 PM
your all mad! heh.
roadrash
08-13-2005, 12:55 AM
Well, it looks like this is going to turn into a "my drive was longer than yours" thread, so I'll toss a few candidates into the fray:

Nashville -> St. Augustine, FL -> Nashville -- 20 hours straight, don't remember the mileage.

Nashville -> Minneapolis -> Nashville -- 2 days total, approx. 15-16 hours each way. Drove up, slept 6-7 hours and drove back.

I've also done a couple of drives to Utah and to Las Vegas that were 2 days out, 1-2 days there, and 2 days back. Those were both about 1800-1900 miles one way.

I wouldn't have done any of those but I was getting paid to do it. :-)
cali-ti
08-13-2005, 02:19 AM
Well, it looks like this is going to turn into a "my drive was longer than yours" thread, so I'll toss a few candidates into the fray:

Nashville -> St. Augustine, FL -> Nashville -- 20 hours straight, don't remember the mileage.

Nashville -> Minneapolis -> Nashville -- 2 days total, approx. 15-16 hours each way. Drove up, slept 6-7 hours and drove back.

I've also done a couple of drives to Utah and to Las Vegas that were 2 days out, 1-2 days there, and 2 days back. Those were both about 1800-1900 miles one way.

I wouldn't have done any of those but I was getting paid to do it. :-)
this is starting to explain the pic ... :wink:
roadrash
08-13-2005, 03:16 AM
this is starting to explain the pic
heh heh heh... how ironic that you should reply. Care to guess where my next drive will take me to? Let me put it this way... consider yourself warned. If you feel "a disturbance in the force," you'll know what is causing it. heh heh heh
1996 328ti
08-13-2005, 03:26 AM
My longest straight drive was from Prince Edward Island to Manhatten. ~26 hours.
cali-ti
08-13-2005, 02:36 PM
heh heh heh... how ironic that you should reply. Care to guess where my next drive will take me to? Let me put it this way... consider yourself warned. If you feel "a disturbance in the force," you'll know what is causing it. heh heh heh
denver? seriously? what dates? PM me if you want and we can meet up if you're interested.

My longest straight drive was from Prince Edward Island to Manhatten. ~26 hours.
OMG, you are insane ;) i think my longest was from madison, WI to PA (forget what city we stopped in). something like 14 or 15 hours. nothing compared to 26!
1996 328ti
08-13-2005, 02:54 PM
OMG, you are insane ;) i think my longest was from madison, WI to PA (forget what city we stopped in). something like 14 or 15 hours. nothing compared to 26!That was in a van loaded with band gear with no radio except for a CB. I lost the radio after taking a sharp turn in New Brunswick, CA.:frown:

Now my cross country drives are divided into shorter legs.
cali-ti
08-13-2005, 03:01 PM
That was in a van loaded with band gear with no radio except for a CB. I lost the radio after taking a sharp turn in New Brunswick, CA.:frown:
dare i ask more about how you "lost" the radio on a sharp turn? lol did it fly out the window or what? :confused:
stormos
08-13-2005, 06:01 PM
Damn red-knecks :p
1996 328ti
08-13-2005, 08:04 PM
dare i ask more about how you "lost" the radio on a sharp turn? lol did it fly out the window or what? :confused:It was an in dash stock radio. Somehow a connection got lost.
Morea318
08-14-2005, 10:23 PM
1997 318 ti "The Mermaid", 1885 ccm 103 kw,
lots of extras e.g. sport supension, asc+t...
undistinguishable from the outside since predecessor was stolen in Italy.

ca. 220 km/h - more on the tacho/speedometer ...

Rome-Munich-Rome,
998 km each leg,
inkl. country road with 90km/h limit
8,5 hrs
incl. 2 pit-stops (=fuel and cafe)
ca. 220 km/h on the Milan-motorway
(Cesena-Campo Galliano)

average speed 134 km/h
(=above speed limit Italy, within it in Austria and Germany and crossing >The Alps< ),

consumption 7,6 l/100km EuroSuper
(=higher octane than in US-Premium)

otherwise :
Costa Brava/Spain to Munich/Germany, ca. 2500 km
ca. 15 hrs (already some years ago and not with a BMW)
L84THSKY
08-15-2005, 02:06 AM
I just went to Quebec City and back to Long Island.
I think it was 550 miles each way. Took my baby up to 115 MPH on a nice open stretch of Vermont. Oh yeah, that was going down hill :tongue:

Staines to Sandback 230
Sandback to Swaffham 200
Swaffham to Staines 150



I HATE MY JOB!!!!!

need a desk, give me a desk.... NOW!!!