I have had this question for a long time but now I need a qualified answer to my question. And, I am relying on my fellow Car Talk listeners for an answer. It seems that in coming months, I will be driving approximately 1200 miles during the course of a weekend - 600 miles on Fridays and then …

Assuming those are highway miles, they should be easy miles for the car. As for how far you can drive at a time is a human limit not an mechanical limit. The best thing for the car would be all highway at no more than the speed limit with no stops. With my car it can go about 800 miles non-stop, …

I hope you are not running drugs. As a former truck driver, I think you should limit yourself to 10 hours of driving per day. After that, your ability to react diminishes quickly. When you factor in stops, most people end up averaging about 60 MPH. So if you don’t encounter heavy traffic, you sh…

Agree with Whitey; highway miles are easy on the car, and only the driver’s endurance wlimits how far you can drive. Some years ago our family did a 7000 mile holiday trip in 3 weeks in a Buick station wagon, and often averaged 800 miles a day across the plains. If you observe the speed limits, suc…

The car will be fine. I’m not sure about you, though. That’s a lot of driving on one day.

I haven’t done anything like this in a while but back in college, two years running, my girlfriend & I drove from NY to FL & back for spring break (camping at the beach, not the party scenes believe it or not). We drove in shifts stopping only for gas & food & such. The whole trip was about 1200 m…

Back in '67 I and my son, with 9 people in the station wagon. drove from Kansas City thru Albecurky, to Los Alamos New Mexico, in a new Dodge wagon, 1100 miles, in one day. We never thot about the car.

I can remember a few high school and college trips with three drivers rotating, and we made a couple thousand miles when one time I woke up to find the driver doing 60 mph though a parking lot. We decided it was time for all of us to take a sleep break.

Diaper? Remember that astro-nut a year or two ago driving cross-country with a diaper? Sheesh! I think that I’d limit my driving to normal work hours . . have a nice breakfast, drive for 4 hours, stop for lunch, then drive another 4 hours. Don’t try to set any records . . . you might fall asleep…

I agree, a 400-500 mile day is about all I care to do. I often vacation in Taos NM and drive there from Austin, TX. I once did the whole 800 miles in one stretch but today I prefer to break it up into two days. It’s way less stressful and I consider the road trip as a part of the vacation. Now t…

How long could you drive the car continuously?

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B.L.E February 22, 2009, 5:29pm 9

About 440 miles is the limit for my car unless I install a larger gas tank and wear a diaper.

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How long could you drive the car continuously?

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