Longest driven distance (in miles) in your S197

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IresGift

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I'm about to drive from West Texas to Phoenix, AZ this weekend for the Arizona v. Atlanta game. It's roughly 1500 miles round trip, which is the longest road trip I will have taken in her yet. That got me thinking, what's the longest distance you guys have driven in your Mustangs? One way or roundtrip..

 

gyrosvegas

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3400 miles round trip from Vegas to Chicago.

 

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Sacramento

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Pensacola, FL to Sacramento CA..one way ! Thank god for redbull and smokes !

 

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3400 miles round trip from Vegas to Chicago

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That's terrific. Enjoy the car and the countryside.

Car mostly sees 1/2 mile at a time. 1/4 down to the end of the strip and same distance back...lol. I think it could be driven some distance but it would be awful uncomfortable and noisy, rough ride too. Don't suppose trailering it to the tuners (100 miles) counts? Hey...it's an open trailer.

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The Bullitt gets the 1200 mile Pascagoula to Beaufort round trip or the 350 mile Pascagoula to Atlanta roundtrip almost monthly. 20k miles since the end of April!

The best highway car ever!

The 82 gets miles as noted above, in 1/4 mile increments, or sometimes 1/8 mile increments.

I do not count even open trailer miles.

 

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The longest road trip I've ever done in the Mustang was about 900 miles round trip. You guys got me beat pretty good.

 

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Modena , Italy

Dec 30, 2008

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European round trip :

day 1
start in Modena , Italy
went through Austria , then into Germany , heading north .
Gone through Munich , Leipzig and stopped in Berlin , roughly 690 miles .

Day 2
start in Berlin heading west to Nurburgring
stopped at the track , hot dog and sleep
about 350 miles

Day 3
trackday at nurburgring
drove all day with pauses to cool brakes and refuel
maybe 150 miles

Day 4
sleep dead half day and sightsee
not more than 50 miles

Day 5
head south to switzerland
400 miles to the capital , Bern
big shower , eat and sleep

Day 6
back to Italy
from bern to Modena, about other 350 miles through breathtaking landscapes of green valleys and gray alps

Day 7
dead sleeping with a BIIIG smile

Total roundtrip : about 2000 miles

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Damn, that sounds like a dream

 

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Dec 30, 2008

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b'ham AL to Helen GA

 

NotQuik

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from central florida to atlanta, from atlanta to bossier city, LA....from there to arlington texas and back to LA, from there for hot springs, AR and back to LA...back to florida

total was about 3600 miles in 5 days

 

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I'm not sure which is further, but one of the two. Chicago to Lake Geneva, WI, Which I THINK is like 90-120 miles somewhere in there, and Chicago to Byron Dragway, which is like 90-95. SO Lake Geneva is probably the longest.

 

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This past September (and the one before that) I drove from Jupiter, FL to the Keys along with 190+ other Mustangs. Stop and Go traffic for about 1/2 the drive. I'd guess it's close to a 300 mile drive each way.

LOL NotQuik was there.

 

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A month after I bought it, took a 1172 mile round trip to catch a football game.

 

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whyask said:

Pensacola, FL to Sacramento CA..one way ! Thank god for redbull and smokes !

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I was planning a Springtime trip over to east Texas / returning though Colo, Utah and Vegas,

but your adventure makes that trip look pretty tame.

 

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South Jersey

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NJ to SC and back.. I think it was some where around 1300 miles. We did that acouple weeks after our trip to Ohio and back... the Pionner DVD player / Navigation was worth it's weight in gold!

 

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Miami Nashville a couple times - 2000 round trip. Finally did Miami Nashville one way and stayed. 06 has 57,000 miles.

 

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Forensicsteve, where are you at in W. TX.? I used to live in Odessa.

 

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Victoria, BC Canada

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Not as long as some but in August 2006 did Calgary to Victoria to Richmond to Seattle to Vernon to Calgary. 1511Miles in total. Was one of the longer road trips I did and certainly one of the best, the S197 is a great highway car. Maybe not Lincoln good or anything but certainly way better than I expected (and way better than the Fox Mustangs I had before). Averaged over the entire trip 24.5 MPG.

 

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Jan 3, 2009

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Last summer we started from Kansas City to Manhattan, KS (140 mi.) for Country Stampede (spent 4 days there),
then made a run to Estes Park, CO (about 400 mi.) spent 3 days there.
From Estes took tour of Rocky Mountain National Park, and a drive down the west slope to Gunnison, CO (about 300 mi.) Had the top down most of the way.
Family reunion in Gunnison, with a RT to Telluride one day (240 mi. but all day trip with the twisty roads).
Then an 14 hour dash back to KC (about 800 mi.) and home (She-Who-Must-Be-Obayed says we are not doing that again!).

Averaged 24 - 28 mpg for the trip, with the best milage in the mountains, between altitude and low speed on the tight twisty sections.

The '07 GT performed flawlessly and was very comforatable on the trip. I would occasionally reach down and tap one of the seat controls to change position and pressure points.

Driving in the mountains, carving the twistys, with the top down is incredible and the best way to enjoy the scenery. We are planning to do it again this next summer.

 

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2,450 miles from Houston, Texas to Olympia, WA.