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Longest IS-F Road Trips?

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Old 06-28-18, 05:08 PM
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A bit similar to MileHIFcar. Flew to Central Florida and drove to North Carolina after purchasing. Couple stops along the way playing shuttle service for the father in law for the middle of the trip. Just happened to work out that way and the company was nice. Think total time was around 12 hours.

Very uneventful and not the preferred way to spend the first hours with the car. Twisties and something less monotonous would have been ideal, but still an enjoyable experience. I will admit that I was about done with bridge expansion joints by time I hit the NC border. Was reasonably impressed with my 25 mpg.

Would do another long trip without question in this car, although a windy pass through the mountains would be better than interstate cruising.
Old 06-28-18, 05:15 PM
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Drove 575 miles from Cincinnati to Pocono raceway. Tracked all day and drove back. Good times!
Old 06-28-18, 06:55 PM
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I bought mine in Wisconsin and drove it back to Georgia. Took ~13hrs or so.
Old 06-28-18, 08:31 PM
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In the IS F, Atlanta to Dallas, 830 miles 12.5 hours and back four or five times. Atlanta to Cedar Rapids, 852 miles 13 hours and back 5 or 6 times. Also did this in the GS F twice this year alone. Nothing too bad really. Not like the time the wife and I drove from College Park, MD to Evanston, WY only stopping for gas and a bad tire in Cheyenne in her '96 Camry. That was 30 hours in a car that could almost go 500 miles on a tank of gas. Most I ever did solo was 1850 miles in 26 hours in my '88 GTS Corolla. That was brutal.

Just today I did Atlanta to Charlotte (Mooresville) and back. That trip is one I have made MANY times in my IS F.
Old 06-28-18, 08:43 PM
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Drove from Florida to California over the span of 6 days with 1.5 days being taken up by visiting New Orleans and the Grand Canyon. A much better cross country drive than when I did it with a 1998 Ford Contour.
Old 06-28-18, 08:46 PM
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last month i drove from D.C to Dallas and racked up 1500 miles on the F. not a single problem, other then the small gas tank like stated above.
Old 06-29-18, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Most I ever did solo was 1850 miles in 26 hours in my '88 GTS Corolla. That was brutal.
I had an 88 GTS...why would you do that to yourself?
Old 06-29-18, 12:20 PM
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Drove mine from Brookfield, WI (west of Milwaukee) to Barrie Canada (north of Toronto): 667 miles, then Barrie to Niagara Falls: 130 miles, back to Barrie, back to Brookfield, all in road trip of ~ 1,600 miles. Never had one issue other than the small fuel tank.
Old 07-01-18, 11:49 AM
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Flew to Houston TX, picked up my ISF drove to Greenville Texas (5 hrs, 285.0 Miles), and then from Greenville TX to Michigan (18.5 Hrs, 1,180.00 miles), no issues at all.
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I just flew up to Canada to get mine (Alberta) and drove it down to Seattle. Almost 1000 miles. No issues. Was lots of fun
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Originally Posted by cvt
I had an 88 GTS...why would you do that to yourself?
I was active duty Air Force on leave and had to be back at my duty station on time. I generally like road trips, especially long ones, so it was fun in a weird way.
Old 07-02-18, 01:23 PM
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ISF will be doing a event soon, over 3,000 miles in 6~ days.
Old 07-03-18, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ninten5
Longest drive Nova to RVA 120 miles. Idk how you guys do it in these 08s. Even with the billsteins I would not attempt any long drives.
My cheap BC coilovers with swift greatly improved the ride and made it much more tolerable. Didn't want to, but mandatory first mod for me.

That being said, Baltimore to Orlando and back in 4 day span, about 13 hours each way. With a packed car, AC on, and doing 80ish nearly the whole way down I think I aged 25mpg, around 27-28 if keeping it at 60-70. The fuel tank is small, but I get bored/hungry after 300 miles anyways, so it wasn't too bad. Back hurt way less than my previous car that rode smoother, but seat wasn't as comfy. Overall very happy with it as a road trip car. Even with a borla+muffler delete, it droned only at 90.
Old 07-03-18, 02:58 PM
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I'm also in Austin and almost made the flight out to CA in Feb 2015 to drive my CPO'd F back from Newport Lexus. I thought against it and had it transported back to me. The ISF group in Austin is fairly active, so PM me when you acquire the car and we can set up a meet and greet. Safe travels to and from....and stay away from the red and blue lights!
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Drove from RI to San Diego in 3 days with the F.
Not fun with a black car driving 14 plus hours a day , she was covered with bugs.
3100 miles


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