wam

i just wonderd what is the longest trip you have drove your RX on?? my longest is from north carolina to michigan last year (about 2 thousand miles round trip) and im getting ready to drive it again in my RX (parents live up there)... i was a very great long drive in my RX (it did not hurt my back or even make me tired at all) iv heard that people said dont drivr the cars on long trips!!! hmm..i did and enjoyed every minute of it!!!

851stgen12a

I have only done about 600 miles round trip.

Do have to say I would love to go on a long trip in my rex. Although I am 6'2 the seats and driver position are perfect for me!
I am trying to make an excuse to go on a long road trip.

Any sugestions were I should go?? Im on southern Washington.

wam

just pick a place and drive yourself happy! hmm ride down to cali??? lol im 5 foot 6 and about 155 pounds, and these cars fit me perfect also!

MIKE-P-28

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Drove my 80 once to Daytona Beach, FLA its about 1600 miles round trip. Gase mileage killed me , i remmebr it vividly!

maxcooper

I drove from Michigan to Southern California in 2.5 days (2400 miles). With the stock suspension, it was a pretty comfortable ride. I've also taken some round trips that were 1000, 700, 400, 300 miles from time to time.

-Max

peejay

used to do 300mi round trip every weekend. sometimes i'd drive 400mi or so after work just because... i'd just pick a direction and go, drive around, either go out and back or drive around in a big loop. either way i'd get home reeeeally late, stay up the rest of the night, and be perpetually falling asleep at work the next day (but hey, free coffee at work)

Manntis

2,000 km one way trip from Vancouver, BC to Saskatoon, SK on the day I got her.

Gatorgunner

Fayetteville, NC to Tucson, AZ
Thats about 2200 miles

abeomid

From Vancouver, BC to San Fransisco, CA and back. Around 1000miles each way. No problems at all.

BadAssRX-7

well i put 30k on my l.e. in 7 mts...... it saw 3 diffrent oceans got her in s.d. cali... drove to denver, to atl, tallahassy fl. myrtle beach s.c. longest drive i have done is atl. to denver....round trip 7 times total now in a rx7 1500 miles 1 way

genrex

Kind of off-topic, but what the heck it's late. I've done the 600-mile round trip from Seattle to Spokane about 50 times in the last 2 years, and I've seen another first-gen RX-7 on the road only one time, on all those trips! We have lots of first-gens in the Seattle area (and Porsches and etc), but damn.. once you get out of the metro area, the sports cars are almost nonexistant on the highways. It sucks. It's just pickup truck after SUV after minivan, ad nauseum ad infinitum forever. And they're no fun.

Definitely a shortage of RX-7s out in the middle of nowhere.

Richard Miller

That is because they are all torn up in my yard. well only 2 of them. You have to remember that our 20 year old cars have high mileage and really don't carry the kids to well. that is what the mini van is for. In moses lake we have about 3 FBs still in operation. numerous FC's including a GTUs ( no sh*t) and a silver touring FD. When I lived in tacoma and my 83 g still worked we had a GXL and a RX-4 wagon belonging to different tennants in our apartment. Anyways I think I only logged 6-8 hours in my FB. in a day.

cwsttu

the farthest ive driven mine is 1...... mile but i did tow it 300 and hated every minute of it cause i was scared it was gonna come off (very paranoid after buying a car eh)

genrex

Hey, Richard.. I always look forward to driving thru Moses Lake (that's a TOWN, people).. and it's cool that I saw two different FBs this summer, on the road that runs parallel to I-90.. and they were nice ones, too!

But seeing an FB out on the highway, that's another matter.

ScruffyChimp

I've been driving mine for about 6 months. The furthest I've driven it in one go is 30kms.

I only see a few 1st gens around, but on my summer holiday last year I saw heaps of them up in the hippy region of my island.

Is the RX-7 a hippy's car? It couldn't be, surely?

Bye,
ScruffyChimp

rx7gslse

well... Im heading out in about 7 hours for a trip back to my college in Missouri.

It's roughtly 8 hours each way.... But that's not the worlds longest, but probably more than the rest of you will drive today..

82streetracer

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2 hours to brainerd raceway, the hardest I have ever pushed my car. 120mph and 6k for a hour and 15 minutes strait in a donnybrook caravan, no problems whatsoever. I had a headache though.

Viperx7

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I've did a few long trips. From California to North Carolina. California to Kentucky and back(twice). Across Germany(North to South) and back.

PaulFitzwarryne

Every two-three weeks I drive home for a long wekend, the distance varying from 1,600 to 2,500 miles over 2 lane highways. Once at where I am working, I use a 4 wheel drive or plane depending on who bad the roads are. The RX has never let me down, will just hum along for hours on end at 75-80 mph returning around 28 mpg.

Previously it was a little easier, 800 mile round trip every weekend from work to my holiday cottage.


Early this year I radioed ahead to let them know I was coming. The response was don't come the road is a little wet. No problem I am in a 4wheel drive. Could still be a problem its 6 feet deep in places!

7-ERIX

Hallo rx-freaks, i used my 7 as everyday´s car, in sommer or winter. No problem at all. I coming from Slovakia but I live in germany. So , to drive once a time to visit my mum, I´ve got about 1400km, which 30 % higway only. SK county is abot 75% mountines.It´s beutyfull by us to drive the serpentinen. A small rally. I am sure, you ´ve got something similar by your´s too. Have a nice time by driving. ERIK

the_real_bill

I just got back from Saskatchewan a few days ago (i live in Calgary)
I went for 2 days, approx: 1100k one way
I made record time getting there 1100k = 8hrs
But, it took me 9 to get back.

There may be nothing but wheat and tractors to see along the way....... but i love the miles and miles of open road.

On one stretch of road (i could see all the way to the horizon) i had my baby doing 175 kph, for about 1/2 hour. With not a single car in sight!!!!

--------------------*zoom Zoom zoom*---------------------

rich367

The longest I've driven my rx-7 is about 1600 miles from CT to South FL, took us about 21 hours nonstop.

diabolical1

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dude, try going to Frisco ... you'll love the drive.

diabolical1

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i drove my current Rx-7 from NY to FL, but i didn't really have much fun doing it. i had just put my motor in it and there were many things that i had not done yet (fuel pump, oil cooler, etc.)

however, my favorite trip was in the Rx-7 i had before this one ... my Blue '83 ... damn! i went all over in that car. however, my most memorable trip was from NY to Charlottesville, VA in the winter of '93/'94. funny thing is ... it's probably the slowest i've ever driven it. my sister and i got into a blizzard from White Marsh, MD all the way back to the Bronx. it took me 6 hours to drive up the Jersey Turnpike (for those who don't know, it's about 125 miles) in snow that was over my ankle - just to contrast and show you, it took me 6 hours to drive down to VA.
but i refused to stop and pull over. had one major spin (and a few minor ones) ... drove all that way, just to get stuck at the intersection by my driveway. anyway, i'll never forget that trip or my '83.

Manntis

It's 1,100 km from S'toon to Cowgary? *****, it must be 3,500 to Vancouver, then, not 2,000...