Miles in a day record?
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"2 weeks before Christmas, I did Colchester (in Essex) to Newcastle and back again
Left a 3am and arrived 8.30am ...was there half an hour (to give my approval on a bike I bought on Ebay) and then back home by 2.30pm... round trip 603 miles
Thats my record at anytime in any vehicle in 29 years of driving
Left a 3am and arrived 8.30am ...was there half an hour (to give my approval on a bike I bought on Ebay) and then back home by 2.30pm... round trip 603 miles
Thats my record at anytime in any vehicle in 29 years of driving
Hah - you live in Crowle ? As in Worcestershire Crowle? Know it very well if so.
Good work. Did you forget your wallet ? :lol:
I think my max has been about 500ish too but I'm trying to remember where I went.
Whenever I know I'm doing serious mileage it's all about keeping it above 30mpg, but I never manage it.
Good work. Did you forget your wallet ? :lol:
I think my max has been about 500ish too but I'm trying to remember where I went.
Whenever I know I'm doing serious mileage it's all about keeping it above 30mpg, but I never manage it.
Liverpool
Left Colchester at midnight to do a day trip to the 'Ring, got back about 11pm the following night after covering about 1000 miles, including 4 laps of the 'Ring (in 4 hours due to accidents).
We normally do a 4-5 day weekend when we go, but this was a shakedown of some new brakes & suspension.
In the past I've also done Liverpool - Hull - Inverness - Liverpool in a day - about 1000 miles too.
We normally do a 4-5 day weekend when we go, but this was a shakedown of some new brakes & suspension.
In the past I've also done Liverpool - Hull - Inverness - Liverpool in a day - about 1000 miles too.
Derby to Helston (Cornwall) 620 miles to return a hire car and collect mine after it broke down. That'll teach me to have once had a brand new Rover.
Longest drive ever for a swim and sarnie at the seaside
and no intention of trying to break that pb.
Longest drive ever for a swim and sarnie at the seaside
and no intention of trying to break that pb.Once did a 750mile stint from Vienna to Milan (the scenic route over the GrossGlocknerHochAlpenStrasse etc) in a Euro Rally a few years ago in the VX220... Every single mile was quite amazing including chasing a flock of 8 Audi RS6's and a lone Audi R8 test car up and down the GrossGlockner.
80% was roof off too and omg did my head hurt after!!
That very same day i also got a parking ticket in Vienna, Graz and Milan, plus got caught speeding averaging 204kph between 2 toll gates in Italy (after so long, you start to rush as the bars in Milan close early :thumbsdown: )... Whoops Fortunatley the Italians found it funny, especially when i managed to fit the VX underneath the closed toll barrier :lol: :roll: 
Edit: Oops forgot that only 2 days after the above, i drove Geneva -> Sheffield which was about 800miles
How about a thread about how many times you had to fill up in a day (and i mean FILL up!) 800miles is 5 fills in a VX
80% was roof off too and omg did my head hurt after!!
That very same day i also got a parking ticket in Vienna, Graz and Milan, plus got caught speeding averaging 204kph between 2 toll gates in Italy (after so long, you start to rush as the bars in Milan close early :thumbsdown: )... Whoops Fortunatley the Italians found it funny, especially when i managed to fit the VX underneath the closed toll barrier :lol: :roll: Edit: Oops forgot that only 2 days after the above, i drove Geneva -> Sheffield which was about 800miles
How about a thread about how many times you had to fill up in a day (and i mean FILL up!) 800miles is 5 fills in a VX
EdButler said:Once did a 750mile stint from Vienna to Milan (the scenic route over the GrossGlocknerHochAlpenStrasse etc) in a Euro Rally a few years ago in the VX220... Every single mile was quite amazing including chasing a flock of 8 Audi RS6's and a lone Audi R8 test car up and down the GrossGlockner.
80% was roof off too and omg did my head hurt after!!
Edit: Oops forgot that only 2 days after the above, i drove Geneva -> Sheffield which was about 800miles
How about a thread about how many times you had to fill up in a day (and i mean FILL up!) 800miles is 5 fills in a VX
Respect! 8)
9 years ago a friend and I decided we would play a round of golf at the most southerly and the most northerly golf courses on the UK mainland on the same day. It was some silly challenge concocted over a few beers one day amongst a group of friends.
We started at 04:00 at Mullion and at 23:30 were finishing on the 18th at Thurso. I think we clocked just on 880 miles in the car, which was a Mitsubishi GTO, chosen as a more user friendly car than the E30 M3 I had then.
With another 880 miles either side of that day, in a 48 hour period we covered over 1700 miles.
We started at 04:00 at Mullion and at 23:30 were finishing on the 18th at Thurso. I think we clocked just on 880 miles in the car, which was a Mitsubishi GTO, chosen as a more user friendly car than the E30 M3 I had then.
With another 880 miles either side of that day, in a 48 hour period we covered over 1700 miles.
650 miles from Banff to Seattle in about 10 leisurely hours. 
Would love to do that again! 8)
Would love to do that again! 8)Actually, I came up through the Coquehalla, but on the way back I took a different route (I don't remember exactly). Of course, there's never enough twisties when you're driving a Zedmcbeee said:Rick Hunter said:650 miles from Banff to Seattle in about 10 leisurely hours.
Rick, did you go over the Coquehalla or down south through the winding old road.??
One's fast, the other is twisty, both are fun.
but I certainly had fun driving nonetheless. 
Rick Hunter said:Actually, I came up through the Coquehalla, but on the way back I took a different route (I don't remember exactly). Of course, there's never enough twisties when you're driving a Zed
Rick, If you ever try it again, the South route through Creston and up through to Radium Hot Springs can be good if there are no weekend slowpokes but the road from Radium, north to the #1 Highway is a great stretch. (It's one of my favourites and must be done midweek with a radar detector), oh, and watch out for wildlife by the road. Hitting an elk at 240kmh can be hazardous to your health...
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Rick Hunter said:Actually, I came up through the Coquehalla, but on the way back I took a different route (I don't remember exactly). Of course, there's never enough twisties when you're driving a Zedmcbeee said:Rick Hunter said:650 miles from Banff to Seattle in about 10 leisurely hours.
Rick, did you go over the Coquehalla or down south through the winding old road.??
One's fast, the other is twisty, both are fun.
Off-Topic, what code/name are you're alloys Rick ? they look good