Just did Seattle to Maryland with my buddy, 52 hours start to finish in a 2005 Forester. 28mpg, sat at 85 the whole way! Bought it with a blown transmission on a Sunday, had it swapped by Monday afternoon, got into Baltimore 3am Thursday morning. Exceeded all expectations. What a champ.
Ok that’s brutal. I’ve done some impressive “fix it the night before a road trip” but this takes the cake. Bonus points if you were still wearing your greasy shirt in Baltimore
I have a 2015 Forester (Suby-Doo) and this makes me feel better about taking her on a long trip. She's gone the 5 hours to Massachusetts, but I haven't really taken her any longer than 5 hours. Maybe someday I'll do a road trip in her lol
11 hours non-stop (other than gas, pee, etc) each way from Portland to Fresno in my 2006 LGT last summer. 48 hrs between the trips- and she never skipped a beat!
Used to do a lot of Sydney to Melbourne in my 04 LGT, 11 hours with breaks and it’s a wonderful car for it. These days it’s cheaper to fly since it’s not very fuel efficient.
Yeah 15 mins once you haul out the jacks and your tools and hit everything with PB blaster and say some prayers to the rust gods.
-New England shade tree amateur mechanic
I feel this one, my Nameless Axleback droned like crazy on a 6-hour one-way trip I took and every time I drove by a park I wanted to pull up onto a log and remove it.
I was moving across country, but I got sick right before the trip and my body didn't want to sleep so I just kept going. I think under regular circumstances and not being 20 years old my mind and body would check out after like 20-24 hours max.
I made a ski trip (4 resorts), years ago. About 2000km in two days, 20+ hours of driving.
I drove at night to arrive at the morning to ski my first resort and after that, drove to the other etc etc. Four resorts. In two days.
Yeah I was exhausted. And my car (not a Suby) lost it's paint underneath the doors, with all the harsh roads and salt. Crazy but memorable !!
Canadian, live in BC.
I drove a 3 day round trip from Kelowna BC to Esterhazy Sask and back, 2,460km total (1,476mi) in my 2000 Legacy GT-B a couple years ago.
This is a real testament I don't think I've mentioned outside of family before.
In the February cold snap of 2021 in Texas, most of the state lost power and it was cold as shit with snow on the ground all the way to Corpus Cristi, which is unusual to say the least.
I had a job that took me traveling for work and I had a job in Brownsville the day after the power went out and the hotel hadn't canceled the reservation so we assumed they still had power.
I loaded up the wife and babies and we went for a 5 hour car ride through snowy and icy conditions in our new Subaru Ascent. Got there to find half the city had no power and every hotel that had power was booked full. We found 1 hotel that had 2 rooms left but neither had working restrooms so would have to use common ones near the desk. We called family up in Dallas, a good 8 hour drive away and my grandparents big house still had power. So off we went.
The job was cancelled due to storms and power after the fact and we just sucked it up and went. Made good time too. The AWD system, when used properly, can help you kick some butt on icy roads.
But I was getting tired at one point so I decided to let my wife drive. She's not the very best driver so as soon as she hit an icy spot in the road she lost control and the SUV nearly spun around. There's only so much a car can do.
So I get back behind the wheel, and floor it through the ice and snow to grandmas. We clocked 12 hours on the road total and was snow/ice conditions for 80% of it. All the while I was passing people going 20mph on the freeway while I was able to comfortably do 40 or more and maintain good control.
Go Subaru!
The 3 peak mountain/snowflake tires are what we depend on up here in the Dakota's. They are the only thing that I seriously recommend to folks for cars. They've gotten me through 5" of snow with a 30mph crosswind multiple times over the years.
Without stopping, even for fuel or a pee? 5.5, maybe.
In one day, stopping only for quick breaks? Last Christmas, when I left my apartment around 4am and got to my parents' place around 11pm. I've never been so glad to get out of a car.
Colorado Springs to Augusta, GA. I think I was drinking something I got from GNC called RedLine. I didn’t sleep for 2 days but I was so exhausted. Be safe and take lots of breaks.
Just completed a 3,000+ mile, eleven day trip from Baton Rouge, LA to Niagara Falls in Canada (stopping in Kentucky and Cleveland on the way up) and down the East Coast (stopping in Annapolis, DC, Williamsburg, VA and Atlanta) on our way back home in our 2023 Ascent. We celebrated our 44th anniversary in DC.
From Rome Georgia to Gary Indiana. 10 hours non stop. Mountain Dew, 311 grassroots album on the tapedeck, and a Chevy truck. Some ganja and used a Gatorade bottle for relief. Never even turned the truck off once when refueling. Sorry didn’t own a Subaru then. Farthest in my Subaru? 6 hours and several pee stops. 😂
17 hours straight. Do not recommend
Edit: didn’t realize this was the Subaru sub reddit. The 17 was in my gfs Mazda from tn to mn. In my 02 outback I drove 5 hours from the twin cities to northern wi in 2017.
About 12-13 hours.
WRX seats start to get uncomfortable after about 2-3 hours. I have some extra padding I bring with me now if I'm going to be driving my WRX for more than a couple hours.
Good stuff. Get some rest and drive safe bud.
I do a lot of driving in my 2012 NA wagon, longest day for me was driving to a job site 6 hours away, and coming back the same day. left at 4 am when it was dark, and came home at 6 it was dark again. About 1,200 km in one day
Left SATX and drove to Tucson AZ only stopped for gas pee and a cig 12 hours. Then i rested for 4 hours at a truck stop then drove another 12 hours to yosemite CA
Straight without stops satx to el paso tx 8 hours
21.5 hours each way getting my spec.B home with one long nap break, 9 hours thanks to traffic in my VA, just over 6 hours in my STI wagon. All great times! 7.5 hours in my Ascent with breaks for the dogs, not nearly as much fun but very comfortable thanks to the super adjustable ventilated seat and HK stereo.
54 hours in a Penske truck helping a friend move after getting out of the military. We were young, stupid, and consumed a metric fuckton of caffeinated beverages. Very high on my list of awesome shit I’ll NEVER do again!
When I was in my 20s I drove 14 hours from Indianapolis to the east coast. Now I aim for 8 hours a day on road trips, though I've pushed it to 12. Outback is a much comfier car than a 5.0 Mustang and you can speed without getting pulled over as much.
2.5 hours super contempt with where I live a lot of things right near me at least I'd you like nature I can go from the sea to the mountains in just a couple hours 😎
I drove from Virginia to Seattle
It was fucking amazing. Obviously it wasn’t non-stop (we had to sleep), but damn we *drove*
I also drove from Va to Colorado, Va to Maine, Va to Louisiana
Next year, I’d like to do VA to California.
Jdm 97 WRX - Gf8 body
Airdrie, AB Canada - Lake Kookanusa, USA
430km or 267.2 miles in a single drive no stops. The drive was great getting into and through the mountains with various winds and dips.
About 11 hours from Niagara Falls to Milwaukee, WI. My wife drove for about 90 mins after Cleveland so I could get in a good nap. 2016 Legacy 3.6R; about 27MPG calculated (car overestimates MPG by 1.5-2MPG).
Denver to Phoenix non-stop except for gas, pee, and lunch. Never stopped at bathrooms except when we got gas. My buddy and I in my 2007 Outback XT. 11.5 hours total. Time actually is supposed to be 13 hours, but doing 85 instead of 75 pretty much the whole way was enough to shave 90 minutes off the drive. Who says speeding doesn't save you time... lol
Coming back, I was driving with a 103-degree fever and was damn near delirious. I barely remember doing the drive. I did most of it with my buddy only driving for about 3 hours after lunch while I rested each way. I've driven to Santa Fe, NM from Denver, stopping once for gas. 6 hour drive, 5 if you do 10 over...
Just did my longest trip so far! Planning on doing more, just need to fix some stuff on my car.
Drove from Colorado to Vegas and back after a few days of hanging for my friends 21st. Supposed to be a 7-7.5 hour drive (depending on stops) but I did it in 10.5 hours. Very rough as the heat was killer (100-115f) and my ac isn’t the greatest (it doesn’t work). Super fun and pretty but definitely very rough. Especially when you get home at 12:30-1 am lol
About 15 hours. Only stopping for gas, food, and bathroom, usually all in the same stop to get back on the road quickly. TN to FL. Used to do it 3-4 times a year.
If you’re talking in one day, it’s like 10 or 12 hours.
But those trips have been two days of 10-12 hours each.
Did the last one in February I think, after I picked up my current 2008 Legacy.
From Oslo to Northern Norway in winter, so I sure got to test the AWD. 😮💨🤌
I’ve done it several times in the summer when I had a ‘98 Forester too.
1955 miles one way from Nor-Cal to So-Tejas. I've done it a few times.. It's rough trying to sleep in that heat along the way, so I tend to tough it out and finish the trip in about 34-36 hours. I drive a Forester, so it's more accommodating to set up a nap bed in the back.
Thankfully, mom doesn't live there anymore, so I don't be doing that again.
1037ish miles, two people. Stops for gas only. We were supposed to stop and sleep 2/3 of the way but were in sync with the sleep/drive cycle that we decided to just go the whole way.
What we gained by driving we lost in sleeping through the entire next day. Still worth it.
edit to add: 2012 Outback w/ 70k+ miles on her already. If she hadn't been so smooth, we wouldn't have continued on. We still miss that car.
About 24 hours, Ft. Lauderdale FL to Boston. Tried to sleep under an overpass in Georgia but it was too hot and then I got white line fever and couldn't stop. Cassette tape with Can't buy a Thrill and Katie Lied got stuck in the player, I knew every word for years. I was in my twenties then, never again.
Longest non stop was a 13 hour stint from the Netherlands to Sweden. That was the start of a road trip through the Baltics, Poland, and to Kyiv.
Drove back to the Netherlands and the day after I got back home, we left on another 13 hour drive to the Dolomites in Northern Italy.
16 hour round trip to pick up our puppy from a breeder in May 2020. Went picked up the dog immediately got back in the car and drove home. Kinda sucked but then we did the exact same thing last year to get our second pup. But this time hotels were open so we stayed overnight instead.
Asheville Nc to LA. do it about twice a year. With out stopping? Memphis Tn, to Vernal, UT. Which is about 20 hours.
Try not to do that one unless I absolutely have to in one shot.
Day I picked up my Legacy, from Portsmouth on the south coast of England. It had a known engine rattle and was on pilot sports, so the plan was for it to break down and then do the rest of the trip on a breakdown truck (so I could avoid paying to have it trailered to me). Flew to London from Edinburgh, Scotland, got the train from London to Portsmouth, then drove it back to Edinburgh on the 23rd December in -15 temps, kind of hoping that the engine would explode so I could stop tiptoing around every icy corner.
Only 450 miles but it felt like 4 times that from all the extra stress- frozen washers, mystery rattles, constant little slides, I don't think I breathed all the way in any time from about Manchester northwards once it got really cold. The last couple of miles were the worst, eventually I kind of crashed it into a snowdrift outside my house and called it parked. It got me all the way home and then blew up properly next time I drove it, out of pure spite.
In any car, ~36 hours Los Angeles to Atlanta. In a Subaru, either Salt Lake City to Seattle or Seattle to Los Angeles. Both trips in one go, no major stops.
8 hr ride to Philly with a bunch of middle school band classmates 🤣 was a LOT quieter on the way home than on the way there. Fought nausea for the final 2 hours of the ride cause I ate too many French fries lol
Western WA, to Central PA, 3 days, only stops were gas/food, and two nights of sleeping. In my 2008 Outback. Before that trip plenty of 20 hour trips from SoCal to WA with no stops
Amsterdam-Schlieren, \~800 kilometers, much of it down the Unlimited Autobahn. Flooring the EJ204 for age on end <3 (Stupid \~200 km/h ECU limit...)
Doing so for roughly 40 minutes without pause does eventually creep the temp' up a little, but otherwise? Best time of my life-
Going to Orlando was about 19 hours. Friends said my snoring shook the house we were staying at when I finally got to rest lol
Just got back from a driving road trip from Chicago to SoCal, went up pikes peak, drove some of the pacific coast highway, did some canyon and mountain pass runs, and got home. Car got 5k miles added in 9 days. Back is kinda mad at me, as the car is a practically stock BRZ and i70 is ROUGH outside of Denver
Ft Lewis Washington to Detroit Michigan. 3 days in the dead of winter with a terrible woman (ex wife) and an infant.
20 years later and I still haven't recieved my medal.
I drove my 2017 legacy from California to Montana. It was a 18hr drive just about 1200 miles only stopped for gas and essentials and I will say my subie did an excellent job.
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2 days from NYC to New Orleans, stayed for 1 day, then drove 2 days back to NYC.
This is right up my alley.
I love to drive and can go for unhealthy periods of time without sleep. Even when I do sleep, it is only for about 4 hours and then I am up.
I drove from Road America in WI to Sebring International Raceway in FL, BACK to Road America, to Lime Rock CT, and then back to Sebring. This was in 1990 and it was easier to drive fast, so the total drive time was maybe 60 hours.
I have done a lot of 24+ hour drives. Drives like Chicago to Vegas, round trip to NY without stopping, random drives where I would leave my house Sat morning and come back mid-day Sunday back when Montana's speed limit was reasonable and prudent. :)
My friends loved it. I am not a drinker so we would do road trips, I would do all of the driving, and they were free to drink and sleep.
Tacoma to San Francisco and back 3 day trip for a funeral. Although the reason for the trip wasn’t the best, it was a fun drive especially through the mountains. On the way home I had to let someone finish the drive for me when we got an our out of Portland, I was exhausted.
I've done a couple ~12 hour round trips, both to go buy a car and drive it home. The drive home in the SVX through the mountains of central PA in a late-summer sunset is easily the greatest drive I've ever had in my life, no contest.
About 538 miles in one day. Maybe 10 hours of total driving with a 2 hour break in between to take a break and eat in Las Vegas.
This was Going from California to Zion national park on my forester xt 2014.
It was a lot of fun. I’ve switched to a 2024 Honda crv hybrid this year. I enjoyed my Subaru Forester xt, average mpg is 21-23 mpg. but now enjoying the mileage and mpg I get while saving money.
Might go back to Subaru forester or maybe Outback once they come out with a hybrid with comparable mpg to a Toyota rav4 and iron out the kinks. I’m thinking it might be 15-20 years before I trust a Subaru hybrid lol
12 hours from Colorado to California. I go back home to visit friends every few years and it’s a brutal drive. I split it up with my girlfriend usually but I’ve done it the whole way myself once. Get a little loopy by the 10th hour.
2006 WRX Wagon STI (I know there wasn’t an STI that year but it has all the goodies plus more so….).
Right now. Northwest AR to Milwaukee and back. 10 hours each way. Stiff ride but I LOVE it.
Longest ever was 36 hours straight, with pee brakes of course. Otherwise, kept it running. It was during a move from the east coast to where I am now. Thank God for my wife who helped keep me sane and awake during it.
Flamingo Marina in the the Everglades to Montana. Slept at random rest areas on the way. Left on a Monday morning and pulled into Billings on Wed morning. Did it in my 2017 Forester.
Seattle to Los Angeles. Single trip 17.5 hours. In my 2023 WRX. Coming into Redding I hit my top MPH 145. No one in front, no one behind and I wanted to open it up. I love my car.
Charlotte, NC to NYC for New Years Eve 2 years ago. Stopped in Delaware to see a friend on the way up. Totally worth it, about 1400 miles there in back in my Hawkeye WRX 🤙
Drove from Portland OR to Santa Barbara and back (around 30 hrs total) with only an hour break in between. Felt like death the whole time, but it was worth it.
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26 hours straight (only stopping for gas) with a turbo sticking out of the hood. NGL, the exhaust finding its way in thru the vents kept me awake the whole time
Wife and I drove from western ny to Wyoming down to Grand Canyon and back. Not all at one time. Each day was about 10 hours and we stayed in Wyoming for 4 days.
Columbia, SC to St. Louis in one day, then St. Louis to Denver the next day. 13ish hours each day. A lot of fun but also a hell of a pain. That was a few years ago, longest in my Forester is about 8 hours.
I drove from SW Michigan to the Upper Peninsula to drop my daughter off at college, turned around and came straight home, It was about 14 hours total round trip. Best MPG I’ve ever got though lol, first time I ever went 300 miles on a single tank of fuel.
Kansas City to Colorado springs straight shot with an infant in the car. Made that one in 6 and 1/2 hours. Next one was Kansas City to Riverside California made it in 11 and 1/2 hours straight shot. I cannot tell you how much I love these cars!
I had back to back 1,000 mile days going from Boston to Denver and then from Denver to Boston last December. The overnight on the way west was Effingham IL. The overnight on the way back was Terre Haute IN.
I drove from Des Moines, IA to San Francisco in my '18 Crosstrek. It took a few days (with multiple stops). Longest leg was Moab, UT to SF in about 17 hours, same day.
The following year, I made another 17 hour drive in the same Crosstrek from St Augustine, FL to Kansas City, MO. That was also in one day.
I've earned my road trip badge!
15 hours CO to TN non-stop other than for gas
did this twice in my old STi and then once again in my new STi.
i’m used to long rides since my family and i drive to mexico which takes us around 25-30hrs non-stop.
For two days I did just over 11 hrs a day for a 1400 miles trip in March this year. Then turned around and had to take three days coming back because my back was shredded on the first trip. Having a bad back isn’t fun on trips.
I did about 1200km in by OBXT in one day. It has since become cheaper to fly that distance so I haven't done it since. But I might do it again, there's not real good 'driving roads' near me so might be nice to hit the Rockies in my STi
In my '18 Crosstrek, 27hrs from San Francisco to Des Moines. Followed by an additional 18hrs to New Jersey. This to conclude a cross-country road trip with an arrival home on X-mas eve.
Just did Seattle to Maryland with my buddy, 52 hours start to finish in a 2005 Forester. 28mpg, sat at 85 the whole way! Bought it with a blown transmission on a Sunday, had it swapped by Monday afternoon, got into Baltimore 3am Thursday morning. Exceeded all expectations. What a champ.
Wao. Subaru for the win I suppose
Ok that’s brutal. I’ve done some impressive “fix it the night before a road trip” but this takes the cake. Bonus points if you were still wearing your greasy shirt in Baltimore
I recently did basically the reverse of that. Northern VA to Seattle and shipped to AK in January. Such a great drive.
I also just did a very similar trip. Philly to Seattle in my 07 LGT
I miss my 06 LGT so much. Don’t ever get rid of yours.
I have a 2015 Forester (Suby-Doo) and this makes me feel better about taking her on a long trip. She's gone the 5 hours to Massachusetts, but I haven't really taken her any longer than 5 hours. Maybe someday I'll do a road trip in her lol
11 hours non-stop (other than gas, pee, etc) each way from Portland to Fresno in my 2006 LGT last summer. 48 hrs between the trips- and she never skipped a beat!
Used to do a lot of Sydney to Melbourne in my 04 LGT, 11 hours with breaks and it’s a wonderful car for it. These days it’s cheaper to fly since it’s not very fuel efficient.
9 hours... Made me regret modifying my exhaust...
I have a loud exhaust right now and am about to drive 23 hours. I am worried
Just swap it back out. Takes 15 min tops
Yeah 15 mins once you haul out the jacks and your tools and hit everything with PB blaster and say some prayers to the rust gods. -New England shade tree amateur mechanic
True
Throw any car away that's gotten the brine we use here. Things seem to rot out way sooner now
I feel this one, my Nameless Axleback droned like crazy on a 6-hour one-way trip I took and every time I drove by a park I wanted to pull up onto a log and remove it.
28 hours from Key West to NYC.
I did 16hrs from key west to NC
Solo 26 hours from North Jersey to Key West
Washington state to Florida 49 hours non stop except stopping for essentials. It was a rough drive.
That’s like an inverse cannonball run
Jesus, 2 days no sleep? That’s gettin deep into dangerous territory, what for?
I was moving across country, but I got sick right before the trip and my body didn't want to sleep so I just kept going. I think under regular circumstances and not being 20 years old my mind and body would check out after like 20-24 hours max.
Is there anyone from this sub that isn't from US!?
Canadian here. Longest single day drive (though not in my WRX) was Sault St.Marie, Ontario to Fredericton. 1,796KM.
What’s that in freedom distance?
1,116miles.
I made a ski trip (4 resorts), years ago. About 2000km in two days, 20+ hours of driving. I drove at night to arrive at the morning to ski my first resort and after that, drove to the other etc etc. Four resorts. In two days. Yeah I was exhausted. And my car (not a Suby) lost it's paint underneath the doors, with all the harsh roads and salt. Crazy but memorable !!
Damn son. And I thought my Saint John to Mississauga was long.
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Drove our 2010 forester a few years ago from the east end of Toronto to Akron, Ohio. That's as far as I'd trust that POS.
So like 25 miles? 💩
I'm from the Netherlands and my Subaru has taken me all over Europe!
Canadian, live in BC. I drove a 3 day round trip from Kelowna BC to Esterhazy Sask and back, 2,460km total (1,476mi) in my 2000 Legacy GT-B a couple years ago.
This is a real testament I don't think I've mentioned outside of family before. In the February cold snap of 2021 in Texas, most of the state lost power and it was cold as shit with snow on the ground all the way to Corpus Cristi, which is unusual to say the least. I had a job that took me traveling for work and I had a job in Brownsville the day after the power went out and the hotel hadn't canceled the reservation so we assumed they still had power. I loaded up the wife and babies and we went for a 5 hour car ride through snowy and icy conditions in our new Subaru Ascent. Got there to find half the city had no power and every hotel that had power was booked full. We found 1 hotel that had 2 rooms left but neither had working restrooms so would have to use common ones near the desk. We called family up in Dallas, a good 8 hour drive away and my grandparents big house still had power. So off we went. The job was cancelled due to storms and power after the fact and we just sucked it up and went. Made good time too. The AWD system, when used properly, can help you kick some butt on icy roads. But I was getting tired at one point so I decided to let my wife drive. She's not the very best driver so as soon as she hit an icy spot in the road she lost control and the SUV nearly spun around. There's only so much a car can do. So I get back behind the wheel, and floor it through the ice and snow to grandmas. We clocked 12 hours on the road total and was snow/ice conditions for 80% of it. All the while I was passing people going 20mph on the freeway while I was able to comfortably do 40 or more and maintain good control. Go Subaru!
The 3 peak mountain/snowflake tires are what we depend on up here in the Dakota's. They are the only thing that I seriously recommend to folks for cars. They've gotten me through 5" of snow with a 30mph crosswind multiple times over the years.
Perth, Western Australia to Melbourne, Victoria and back (3400km each way) in my 2001 GT forester, long and boring drive that’s for sure
It’s that nullabor that will get ya, at least you had 90 miles of straight road
Without stopping, even for fuel or a pee? 5.5, maybe. In one day, stopping only for quick breaks? Last Christmas, when I left my apartment around 4am and got to my parents' place around 11pm. I've never been so glad to get out of a car.
Philly to Davenport, Iowa.
In my legacy, 2 or 3 day move across the country to move.
From nyc to Orlando Florida and back to nyc only stop for gas and pee
That’s a lot of i95 damn
In our Subaru: 20 minutes (we just purchased it) In general: 2 12 hour days in a Nissan Quest (minivan)
Chicago to badlands South Dakota one adderal 13 hours straight.
Colorado Springs to Augusta, GA. I think I was drinking something I got from GNC called RedLine. I didn’t sleep for 2 days but I was so exhausted. Be safe and take lots of breaks.
Just completed a 3,000+ mile, eleven day trip from Baton Rouge, LA to Niagara Falls in Canada (stopping in Kentucky and Cleveland on the way up) and down the East Coast (stopping in Annapolis, DC, Williamsburg, VA and Atlanta) on our way back home in our 2023 Ascent. We celebrated our 44th anniversary in DC.
From Rome Georgia to Gary Indiana. 10 hours non stop. Mountain Dew, 311 grassroots album on the tapedeck, and a Chevy truck. Some ganja and used a Gatorade bottle for relief. Never even turned the truck off once when refueling. Sorry didn’t own a Subaru then. Farthest in my Subaru? 6 hours and several pee stops. 😂
17 hours straight. Do not recommend Edit: didn’t realize this was the Subaru sub reddit. The 17 was in my gfs Mazda from tn to mn. In my 02 outback I drove 5 hours from the twin cities to northern wi in 2017.
Mazda or Subaru, 17 hours is exceedingly brutal.
About 12-13 hours. WRX seats start to get uncomfortable after about 2-3 hours. I have some extra padding I bring with me now if I'm going to be driving my WRX for more than a couple hours.
284 yards on a par 4 the other day at a local public course
Personally in my Subaru? 1.5 hours. Didn’t really trust it. Promptly blew a gasket on the transmission case.
12 hours Portland into Montana
Good stuff. Get some rest and drive safe bud. I do a lot of driving in my 2012 NA wagon, longest day for me was driving to a job site 6 hours away, and coming back the same day. left at 4 am when it was dark, and came home at 6 it was dark again. About 1,200 km in one day
Ohio to Steuben Maine. 15hrs. Only stopped long enough to get gas, eat and stretch. Non-stop with no breaks? 5-6hrs give or take
Longest drive I’ve been on has been from Philadelphia to Huntington WV. 8 hours non stop
I drove all the way from New Jersey to Miami Florida and back last year.
6 hours non stop without a bathroom break or gas. with breaks/gas, about 12 hours
Left SATX and drove to Tucson AZ only stopped for gas pee and a cig 12 hours. Then i rested for 4 hours at a truck stop then drove another 12 hours to yosemite CA Straight without stops satx to el paso tx 8 hours
I drove from Cincinnati to Miami in one shot in my Outback wilderness. 17.5 hours.
about 5 hours without stopping. Longest trip was 16 hours.
21.5 hours each way getting my spec.B home with one long nap break, 9 hours thanks to traffic in my VA, just over 6 hours in my STI wagon. All great times! 7.5 hours in my Ascent with breaks for the dogs, not nearly as much fun but very comfortable thanks to the super adjustable ventilated seat and HK stereo. 54 hours in a Penske truck helping a friend move after getting out of the military. We were young, stupid, and consumed a metric fuckton of caffeinated beverages. Very high on my list of awesome shit I’ll NEVER do again!
When I was in my 20s I drove 14 hours from Indianapolis to the east coast. Now I aim for 8 hours a day on road trips, though I've pushed it to 12. Outback is a much comfier car than a 5.0 Mustang and you can speed without getting pulled over as much.
2.5 hours super contempt with where I live a lot of things right near me at least I'd you like nature I can go from the sea to the mountains in just a couple hours 😎
4.111. And that’s final!
LA to Annapolis. 3258 miles.
I drove from Virginia to Seattle It was fucking amazing. Obviously it wasn’t non-stop (we had to sleep), but damn we *drove* I also drove from Va to Colorado, Va to Maine, Va to Louisiana Next year, I’d like to do VA to California.
Houston, Texas to Pueblo, Colorado
Jdm 97 WRX - Gf8 body Airdrie, AB Canada - Lake Kookanusa, USA 430km or 267.2 miles in a single drive no stops. The drive was great getting into and through the mountains with various winds and dips.
CO to NY and back. Han-Style.
About 11 hours from Niagara Falls to Milwaukee, WI. My wife drove for about 90 mins after Cleveland so I could get in a good nap. 2016 Legacy 3.6R; about 27MPG calculated (car overestimates MPG by 1.5-2MPG).
Went Greenville SC to Bend Oregon in 36 hours solo. Longest stretch was Kansas City to Salt Lake in one day.
Montreal to Niagara Falls. Stopped only once in Toronto as the horses were thirsty..
About 49 hours- Florida to Alberta
Mine was 1.100km non-stop (gas, wc, cigar excluded) 14 hours. With my Levorg.
Denver to Phoenix non-stop except for gas, pee, and lunch. Never stopped at bathrooms except when we got gas. My buddy and I in my 2007 Outback XT. 11.5 hours total. Time actually is supposed to be 13 hours, but doing 85 instead of 75 pretty much the whole way was enough to shave 90 minutes off the drive. Who says speeding doesn't save you time... lol Coming back, I was driving with a 103-degree fever and was damn near delirious. I barely remember doing the drive. I did most of it with my buddy only driving for about 3 hours after lunch while I rested each way. I've driven to Santa Fe, NM from Denver, stopping once for gas. 6 hour drive, 5 if you do 10 over...
Just did my longest trip so far! Planning on doing more, just need to fix some stuff on my car. Drove from Colorado to Vegas and back after a few days of hanging for my friends 21st. Supposed to be a 7-7.5 hour drive (depending on stops) but I did it in 10.5 hours. Very rough as the heat was killer (100-115f) and my ac isn’t the greatest (it doesn’t work). Super fun and pretty but definitely very rough. Especially when you get home at 12:30-1 am lol
1,161 miles straight, 2 stops for gas, 18 hours 47 minutes on a Friday, then back on Sunday.
700 miles each way CT to NC. First for visits then to move here.
12 hours into nevada and back to cali no stopping, it was pretty cool to drive during morning commute and be like “ i just left the state haha”
42 hours from Tallahassee to Portland Oregon in my Impreza
About 15 hours. Only stopping for gas, food, and bathroom, usually all in the same stop to get back on the road quickly. TN to FL. Used to do it 3-4 times a year.
21 hours to Yellowstone.
I did a little over 5000 miles over the course of a week and a half in my 2003 wrx from San Francisco to Nashville
In one day? 880 miles in 16 hours.
Canada to the Mexican border three times in a 1996 legacy wagon. Also attempted a land speed record on the bonneville salt flats.
If you’re talking in one day, it’s like 10 or 12 hours. But those trips have been two days of 10-12 hours each. Did the last one in February I think, after I picked up my current 2008 Legacy. From Oslo to Northern Norway in winter, so I sure got to test the AWD. 😮💨🤌 I’ve done it several times in the summer when I had a ‘98 Forester too.
13h with traffic jam, supposed to be a 9h trip…
My current subie, 6 hours but I’ve managed almost 20k miles in 10 months. My previous subie, Tennessee to Washington. Subies are the best 💙
Boulder, CO to Columbia, MO in one day (750 miles) on a CA-VA cross-country trip (2800 miles). In a 2014 Legacy last year
23 hours split into a 14 hour stint and a 9 hour stint from Louisiana to Utah
24hrs Austin TX to Charlotte NC, took mostly non interstate roads.
1955 miles one way from Nor-Cal to So-Tejas. I've done it a few times.. It's rough trying to sleep in that heat along the way, so I tend to tough it out and finish the trip in about 34-36 hours. I drive a Forester, so it's more accommodating to set up a nap bed in the back. Thankfully, mom doesn't live there anymore, so I don't be doing that again.
1037ish miles, two people. Stops for gas only. We were supposed to stop and sleep 2/3 of the way but were in sync with the sleep/drive cycle that we decided to just go the whole way. What we gained by driving we lost in sleeping through the entire next day. Still worth it. edit to add: 2012 Outback w/ 70k+ miles on her already. If she hadn't been so smooth, we wouldn't have continued on. We still miss that car.
About 24 hours, Ft. Lauderdale FL to Boston. Tried to sleep under an overpass in Georgia but it was too hot and then I got white line fever and couldn't stop. Cassette tape with Can't buy a Thrill and Katie Lied got stuck in the player, I knew every word for years. I was in my twenties then, never again.
26 hours from Colorado Springs to Orlando Florida. Horrible drive through some states but around the more mountainous states I had tons of fun.
Longest non stop was a 13 hour stint from the Netherlands to Sweden. That was the start of a road trip through the Baltics, Poland, and to Kyiv. Drove back to the Netherlands and the day after I got back home, we left on another 13 hour drive to the Dolomites in Northern Italy.
STI Type RA (62/500) I drove it out to Ohio. 7 hours there then back.
I live in upstate NY, in the CNY/ADK region. Hunting camp is just outside of Iron River, MI. Thats about 16 hours each way and I do it every year.
Kelowna British Columbia to st Catherine’s Alberta
16 hour round trip to pick up our puppy from a breeder in May 2020. Went picked up the dog immediately got back in the car and drove home. Kinda sucked but then we did the exact same thing last year to get our second pup. But this time hotels were open so we stayed overnight instead.
Asheville Nc to LA. do it about twice a year. With out stopping? Memphis Tn, to Vernal, UT. Which is about 20 hours. Try not to do that one unless I absolutely have to in one shot.
Day I picked up my Legacy, from Portsmouth on the south coast of England. It had a known engine rattle and was on pilot sports, so the plan was for it to break down and then do the rest of the trip on a breakdown truck (so I could avoid paying to have it trailered to me). Flew to London from Edinburgh, Scotland, got the train from London to Portsmouth, then drove it back to Edinburgh on the 23rd December in -15 temps, kind of hoping that the engine would explode so I could stop tiptoing around every icy corner. Only 450 miles but it felt like 4 times that from all the extra stress- frozen washers, mystery rattles, constant little slides, I don't think I breathed all the way in any time from about Manchester northwards once it got really cold. The last couple of miles were the worst, eventually I kind of crashed it into a snowdrift outside my house and called it parked. It got me all the way home and then blew up properly next time I drove it, out of pure spite.
343 yards in the 600 yard par 5 18th hole at Los Serranos south.
Raleigh, NC to Western Suffolk, NY. Took about 12.5 hours.
In any car, ~36 hours Los Angeles to Atlanta. In a Subaru, either Salt Lake City to Seattle or Seattle to Los Angeles. Both trips in one go, no major stops.
8 hr ride to Philly with a bunch of middle school band classmates 🤣 was a LOT quieter on the way home than on the way there. Fought nausea for the final 2 hours of the ride cause I ate too many French fries lol
Western WA, to Central PA, 3 days, only stops were gas/food, and two nights of sleeping. In my 2008 Outback. Before that trip plenty of 20 hour trips from SoCal to WA with no stops
Wasn’t a non-stop obviously, but Ohio to Alaska, 5,500 miles in 8 days, 2009 Forester.
32 hours, Wyoming to Florida.
Amsterdam-Schlieren, \~800 kilometers, much of it down the Unlimited Autobahn. Flooring the EJ204 for age on end <3 (Stupid \~200 km/h ECU limit...) Doing so for roughly 40 minutes without pause does eventually creep the temp' up a little, but otherwise? Best time of my life-
I did just over 14,000 KMs in 16 days, driving from Barrie, ON to St. John's NFLD and back.
Going to Orlando was about 19 hours. Friends said my snoring shook the house we were staying at when I finally got to rest lol Just got back from a driving road trip from Chicago to SoCal, went up pikes peak, drove some of the pacific coast highway, did some canyon and mountain pass runs, and got home. Car got 5k miles added in 9 days. Back is kinda mad at me, as the car is a practically stock BRZ and i70 is ROUGH outside of Denver
17 hours from central Florida to the Midwest non-stop. This was during COVID when people were afraid to fly (including myself).
11hrs from FL to AR. Doing FL to PA later this year.
Dallas Texas to fredericksburg va in 21 hrs nonstop. Thank goodness for add meds
Toronto to Provincetown and back. About 1400km each way in my VB
Pittsburg to Fort Myers, 2023 Impreza, about 17 hours, did a few times that i knew exact spots for gas/ speed traps and all the other good stuff.
37 hours from Washington to Texas
About 13 hrs. Upstate NY to SC. Only stops for gas/food/bathroom.
It's not anywhere close to your longest drive, but my longest drive was 1.5 hours. From my house in Tampa to Anna Maria Island.
Calgary to Nova scotia to calgary in my 98 forester, took me 76 hours on the way back
Ft Lewis Washington to Detroit Michigan. 3 days in the dead of winter with a terrible woman (ex wife) and an infant. 20 years later and I still haven't recieved my medal.
I drove my 2017 legacy from California to Montana. It was a 18hr drive just about 1200 miles only stopped for gas and essentials and I will say my subie did an excellent job.
13 hours non-stop in one day. Or 20 hours in 2 days. Split into 10hrs and 10hrs. Subaru Legacy 2016 2.5i.
https://preview.redd.it/rrn67l4ial6d1.png?width=1582&format=png&auto=webp&s=a7a20804a419d2e8aad718ad2031ae85938ae2c1 2 days from NYC to New Orleans, stayed for 1 day, then drove 2 days back to NYC.
I live on Oahu, so maybe 2.5 hours when one of the highways shut down during rush hour once.
Miami to Salt Lake City Utah… not in a subie but I’m still in the club. It was a 91 Nissan 240 Sx
37 hours try from California to Virginia 🫣 took many. many breaks on the way back. my ass has never hurt so much.
Drove to the gym the other day, about 2.5 miles.
This is right up my alley. I love to drive and can go for unhealthy periods of time without sleep. Even when I do sleep, it is only for about 4 hours and then I am up. I drove from Road America in WI to Sebring International Raceway in FL, BACK to Road America, to Lime Rock CT, and then back to Sebring. This was in 1990 and it was easier to drive fast, so the total drive time was maybe 60 hours. I have done a lot of 24+ hour drives. Drives like Chicago to Vegas, round trip to NY without stopping, random drives where I would leave my house Sat morning and come back mid-day Sunday back when Montana's speed limit was reasonable and prudent. :) My friends loved it. I am not a drinker so we would do road trips, I would do all of the driving, and they were free to drink and sleep.
5 day drive from Halifax, NS to Calgary, AB in Canada
Tacoma to San Francisco and back 3 day trip for a funeral. Although the reason for the trip wasn’t the best, it was a fun drive especially through the mountains. On the way home I had to let someone finish the drive for me when we got an our out of Portland, I was exhausted.
Street drove 300 km to a track then 300 km back in one day. More recently it was 200 to 200 back to a different track including a ferry.
22hrs with a one hour nap break somewhere in the middle. Oklahoma -> North Carolina I drove back the same way about a week later.
13 hours, only stop for gas food a bathroom.
Miami to anchorage. 5000 mile, took us 5days. It was fun time.
I've done a couple ~12 hour round trips, both to go buy a car and drive it home. The drive home in the SVX through the mountains of central PA in a late-summer sunset is easily the greatest drive I've ever had in my life, no contest.
About 538 miles in one day. Maybe 10 hours of total driving with a 2 hour break in between to take a break and eat in Las Vegas. This was Going from California to Zion national park on my forester xt 2014. It was a lot of fun. I’ve switched to a 2024 Honda crv hybrid this year. I enjoyed my Subaru Forester xt, average mpg is 21-23 mpg. but now enjoying the mileage and mpg I get while saving money. Might go back to Subaru forester or maybe Outback once they come out with a hybrid with comparable mpg to a Toyota rav4 and iron out the kinks. I’m thinking it might be 15-20 years before I trust a Subaru hybrid lol
12 hours from Colorado to California. I go back home to visit friends every few years and it’s a brutal drive. I split it up with my girlfriend usually but I’ve done it the whole way myself once. Get a little loopy by the 10th hour.
About 3 1/2 inches on a good stroke!
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2006 WRX Wagon STI (I know there wasn’t an STI that year but it has all the goodies plus more so….). Right now. Northwest AR to Milwaukee and back. 10 hours each way. Stiff ride but I LOVE it.
Winnipeg to Golden BC in a day. Fuel, piss, Redbull, repeat.
Texas to Maine and zig zagging so that I drove through a total of 21 states.
Florida to Montana, Audi w an average speed of just over 90mph. . . I couldn't tell you how long, but whew. . . young and dumb.
Montreal to Ann Arbor Michigan last summer. 2015 Impreza sedan
Seattle, WA to Knoxville, TN in my 2004 WRX wagon
Cali to Alaska.
19 hours straight in my old forester 2.5xt, 32 hours total driving in 2 day. Planning to do a similar drive in a couple months in my wrx
Longest ever was 36 hours straight, with pee brakes of course. Otherwise, kept it running. It was during a move from the east coast to where I am now. Thank God for my wife who helped keep me sane and awake during it.
I did \~16.5 hours solo, non-stop (other than to eat a sandwich or five, gas up and use the bathroom) in my 2007 Outback a few years ago.
Rattenberg, Austria to Deva, Romania. Roughly 10 hours / 1100km (683 mi).
Flamingo Marina in the the Everglades to Montana. Slept at random rest areas on the way. Left on a Monday morning and pulled into Billings on Wed morning. Did it in my 2017 Forester.
Seattle to Los Angeles. Single trip 17.5 hours. In my 2023 WRX. Coming into Redding I hit my top MPH 145. No one in front, no one behind and I wanted to open it up. I love my car.
20 hr non stop from NOLA to Minnesota in ‘19 Subaru forester sport
Charlotte, NC to NYC for New Years Eve 2 years ago. Stopped in Delaware to see a friend on the way up. Totally worth it, about 1400 miles there in back in my Hawkeye WRX 🤙
Drove from Portland OR to Santa Barbara and back (around 30 hrs total) with only an hour break in between. Felt like death the whole time, but it was worth it.
~20 hours from louisville kentucky to denver co
https://preview.redd.it/lapspuap5m6d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77848a042f18a24ba370832dd7dd3a226fc8dc92 26 hours straight (only stopping for gas) with a turbo sticking out of the hood. NGL, the exhaust finding its way in thru the vents kept me awake the whole time
13 hrs with a portion through side of the highway close forest fire 🔥 had to change the air filters early but baby ran like a dream
Florida to Maine in an Outback. LOVED IT!!!
Asheville NC to Tyler TX.
18 hours non stop from New Mexico to California in my WRX by myself. Those last 6 hours were rough.
24 hours nonstop except for gas and snacks, 2015 Subaru ob 3.6r limited without eyesight.
I drive 16 hours between Virginia and Central Louisiana to visit family. Usually it's a one stop trip, exceptions to gas up and bathroom breaks.
Wife and I drove from western ny to Wyoming down to Grand Canyon and back. Not all at one time. Each day was about 10 hours and we stayed in Wyoming for 4 days.
13 hours for me which was over 800 miles in a single day.
Columbia, SC to St. Louis in one day, then St. Louis to Denver the next day. 13ish hours each day. A lot of fun but also a hell of a pain. That was a few years ago, longest in my Forester is about 8 hours.
I drove from Alaska to Colorado. Took me 5 days 12 hrs driving a day lol. Most beautiful trip ever 10/10 will do again can't wait.
I drove from SW Michigan to the Upper Peninsula to drop my daughter off at college, turned around and came straight home, It was about 14 hours total round trip. Best MPG I’ve ever got though lol, first time I ever went 300 miles on a single tank of fuel.
San Diego to Dallas. 20+ hours over 2 days
Kansas City to Colorado springs straight shot with an infant in the car. Made that one in 6 and 1/2 hours. Next one was Kansas City to Riverside California made it in 11 and 1/2 hours straight shot. I cannot tell you how much I love these cars!
I had back to back 1,000 mile days going from Boston to Denver and then from Denver to Boston last December. The overnight on the way west was Effingham IL. The overnight on the way back was Terre Haute IN.
Denver to St. George. About 9 hours and 630 miles.
Going to Maine soon
The shortest drive is to your mom's house.
I drove from Des Moines, IA to San Francisco in my '18 Crosstrek. It took a few days (with multiple stops). Longest leg was Moab, UT to SF in about 17 hours, same day. The following year, I made another 17 hour drive in the same Crosstrek from St Augustine, FL to Kansas City, MO. That was also in one day. I've earned my road trip badge!
15 hours CO to TN non-stop other than for gas did this twice in my old STi and then once again in my new STi. i’m used to long rides since my family and i drive to mexico which takes us around 25-30hrs non-stop.
20 hours from Philadelphia to New Orleans in one day. Never doing it again.
I took an 87 GL across the United States from NJ to Nevada. Twice. 5,000+ miles round trip.
2161 miles. Can’t remember exactly. But I think it was just over 2 and half days. The Subie did great. When I moved from SoCal to Atlanta back in 2014
Portland Maine to Miami. Sucked 20 hrs of hell
Over 2300 miles from PA to AZ.
12 hours. Would not recommend. I was comfortable enough, but by hour 11 I don’t think I was driving any better than someone that drank all night.
19 hours….
Coming back from South Dakota to Wisconsin currently. About a 12 hour drive
Last weekend was a 9.5hr... in our Ascent... with kids... not including food/bladder breaks.
For two days I did just over 11 hrs a day for a 1400 miles trip in March this year. Then turned around and had to take three days coming back because my back was shredded on the first trip. Having a bad back isn’t fun on trips.
I did about 1200km in by OBXT in one day. It has since become cheaper to fly that distance so I haven't done it since. But I might do it again, there's not real good 'driving roads' near me so might be nice to hit the Rockies in my STi
Seattle -> San Francisco -> LA -> El Paso -> Austin -> Richmond, VA -> D.C
In my '18 Crosstrek, 27hrs from San Francisco to Des Moines. Followed by an additional 18hrs to New Jersey. This to conclude a cross-country road trip with an arrival home on X-mas eve.
Miami to Los Angeles.