How long have you driven your Elantra in one trip?

[SuperGLS]

How long have you driven your Elantra in one trip?

[BobMs_wht2k2]

I'm guessing you meant the last option to be Over 1000 miles. We did a 2100 mile round trip this spring. That would be the 3rd such trip in it.

[SuperGLS]

Fixed that. Nice catch.

[felixr]

about 1800 miles about 6 or 7 times now

thats why my 01 has 76k

[sed]

1550 miles from CT to South Florida ;)

shawn :)

[ilanpro]

in one trip was 1300 miles each way, last week when I went to miami

[mrhoaf]

hmmm... i should have picked the last one too... i was thinking 800 miles one way instead of 1600 round trip..... made that trip 4 times to florida to visit my sister....

[tricked03gls]

3000miles, ny to arizona

[rckozma]

Even though I only have 10,000 miles on my car, I have made (2) 800 mile round trips to Athens, GA - to pick up my daughter from college.

[Crashman]

My '05 is too new to have traveled, but my old '03 went, to be exact, 6,681 miles (Pittsburgh - Yosemite - Bay area - Mount Hood - Yellowstone - home). That was in the good old days of last summer, when the most expensive gas was $2.38 a gallon near Yosemite (sniff, sniff...) These days, I can't afford to go as far as Cleveland.

At least the car tolerated the trip well, averaged almost 35 mpg, no chips in the windshield and only a couple that I could see in the paint.

[Ponnch]

i've traveled about 750 miles from orlando to miami and back and i commute about 27 miles each way each day that's why i'm at 90,000 miles and still going strong.

[Seinster]

Haven't taken any real long trips yet, the longest drive I've been for was 250 miles in the Elantra.
Done the Melb<->Sydney trip plenty of times though, that's 530 miles each way. Just not in the Elantra yet!

[A&F 01 GLS]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Tunica, MS... grandpa likes to gamble! what can i say... :cool:

[blupupher]

Well, I drive between Houston and OK City about 3-4 times a year, 487 miles each way. Last time coming back, I did it non-stop with 2 gallons of gas left.
I guess I selected wrong, I just selected 1 way, not round trip.

[2001GLS]

Anyone else think the XD has some hard backbuster seats for a long trip? Then again it's a $10k car so can't complain too much. Mine lacks cruise control so any trip over about 200 miles & my foot will start to fall off.

[jeffv1970]

In one round trip we did 3300 miles. From Ohio to Montana. one long *** trip. The then use to be wife almost totaled it on ice going over a bridge. Watched the whole thing from the truck as i was following her.

[SuperGLS]

2001GLS, I agree, that's the only part I hate about our cars.

blupupher... I kinda meant one way, I guess I should have clarified.

[airmandad]

from Spokane, WA to Fort Hood, TX - about 2100 miles

[2loud2k2xd]

3rd day after i bought mine, i headed down to florida for a 3 week vacation. had to get an oil change before i left :)

[daddy100902]

ive driven about 400 miles from cocoa,fl to jacksonville,fl and back to visit family. and to see my old friends. i only have 9,000 miles and trying to keep the mileage low for the first year.

[elantraNJ]

over 1000 drove from jersey to florida!

[slvrsleeper]

Drove to South Carolina to visit my sister two years ago and ended up driving all over the south! Over four thousand miles in ten days! Which is why my 01 has 87,000K on it.

[johnblaze94]

Currently helping a buddy move to houston from nacadoches. About 250 each way, but with all of the boxes and loading of crap, it feels like 1500!

[03elantragt]

I've driven my '03 GT from Los Angeles, CA to Portland, ME. One way, around 3100 miles. Changed the oil before I left and changed it in Maine. Then maybe about 2800 miles back, I came back here to Arizona. And she still only has 26k on the clock! :D

[quique7598]

I've gone to nopi in atlanta 3yrs in a row from miami and gone to north and south carolinas 2 each and once to new york for a road trip .just on trips i've added about half the miles on my car .

[alienman]

The first trip it went on left at 3000kms and came back with over 8000kms on it so that is about...3100 miles give or take....had to break it in right...

[Leviathant]

The longest trip I took the car on was a drive from York, PA to New Orleans, LA in 2002. About 1,200 miles each way.

[Kokit]

As usual from 20 km to 150 km

[Seinster]

Well I did the Melbourne---> Sydney--->Melbourne trip a few months ago.
That would be 1060 miles approx.
When I drive long distances, I love not stopping, and getting a good MPG.
8 hours each way and I was comfortable as!
I was pretty dissapointed I couldn't do the 530 miles on a single tank though. :(

[only1db]

the 03 has made too many trips to remember but when i first bought it i had to go from north Pa to maine and back twice

the 04 just got back from FL we drove it down there aswell so it ended up being like 3000 or so

i like our seats!! i find them to be comfy...i do however find the leather seats to more comfortable than the cloth ones wifey has

[ricerrx7]

Longest trip I've made so far was from Rochester Hills, Mi, to Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. We went out of the way through St. Louis, Oklahoma City, and Las Vegas. So it was about 2,800 miles one way.

[bvd_butt]

:eek: hmmm ... guess i hold the record so far 7k+ in 3 weeks .. took the wife around the good ol US of A .. no problems at all .. and my back felt just fine .. BTW .. no night driving so we could see everything and i wouldn't get lost as easily .. LoL ;)

[korai9989]

I've driven the car between North Carolina and New York (750 +/- miles) probably 10 or 12 times altogether. My car has 82,000 miles on it.

My back never really hurts because I adjust everything right, but my shoulder does from holding my hand on top of the steering wheel. Usually hurts for a day or so after a trip like that.

[03SilverBullet]

Iv driven from Long island to NH, not sure how many miles but it took about 4 hours.

[Vampyrate]

from Leesburg, VA to Wise, VA ~400miles
from Wise, VA to Atlanta, GA again, ~400miles (i got lost finding my brother's new house)

total time on the road: 13.5hrs

[newbie ninja]

drove straight thru to florida 2 days after i bought the car (1200miles). had to get an oil change before driving back home. found out the hard way that the car couldnt keep up with a mustang on the freeway. lol

[Vampyrate]

lol, we all learn that, then we learn to mod and kick their arses! and welcome to the site

[elantra2570]

Pittsburgh to Williamsburg to Virginia Beach to Williamsburg to Richmond to Pittsburgh...so over 1000 miles. My right foot was about to fall off thanks to my car's lack of cruise control. And surprisingly no tickets this time even though I was averaging 85+ the whole way (95+ on 264 towards Virginia Beach in the diamond lane)

[Hyundia_90250]

Ft. Stewart,Ga... to my house.........Hawthorne,Ca.......2684 miles....thats from the parking spot in front of the barrakes to my drive way.....one way :drive: :smileyr:

[Vampyrate]

for some reason, my cruise wont lock on, so i dont set it anymore, my knee was stiff until the next day

[jayupark]

wow... my odometer just hit 40000miles.
I put on over 5000miles in the month of March.

[Cypher]

about 800 miles roundtrip. HITH should beat that.

[soullesselantra]

i drive alot...lol

[Mad_Hatter]

1588 miles South Texas, to Northern Michigan.....21 hours non-stop by myself!!! i took up chewing tobacco for that trip.
-bill

[scud]

Over 1000, since I did the trip from VA to Denver twice. The first time was before my 03 was even a month old.

[GitLow02GT]

1237.18 according to mapquest :D this is from cleveland ohio to fort meyers fl to visit my dad, drove it myself since the kid with me didnt even have his liscence, ive also taken the XD to myrtle beach

[kk4real]

ATL to SoMD and back, guess that's over 1000+ round trip
http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17700

ATL to Daytona, spring break!

[Cypher]

so far md to ohio which was 470 miles
in two weeks it'll be my yearly trip to florida at about a 1000 miles each way.

[soullesselantra]

went to NY in march...totalled a whopping 2078 miles round trip

[steelmalu43]

One way - about 800miles thats from here in NY to Myrtle Beach SC
my first trip though came when the car was only a month old with 2000 miles on it I went to Clevelend OH. My car is an 05 and DOES NOT have cruise control. Thats how base model my car is ,maybe thats why i got it for a little less then 12grand. lol

[KSpec5guy]

Not an Elantra but I drove from Portland, OR to Fort Polk, LA in 3 days by myself. Over 2800 miles one way. That was when my car was just under 1000 miles on it. Cutting up the Grand Canyon with the Eibachs on was amazing. I got my Spec5 up to 140 on I-10 going to San Antonio from El Paso. Right after I slowed down there was a state trooper on the other side of the next hill. That would've been sh*tty.

[soullesselantra]

One way - about 800miles thats from here in NY to Myrtle Beach SC
my first trip though came when the car was only a month old with 2000 miles on it I went to Clevelend OH. My car is an 05 and DOES NOT have cruise control. Thats how base model my car is ,maybe thats why i got it for a little less then 12grand. lol


i feel ya there...mine doesnt have cruise either :(

[steelmalu43]

hey its all good in the hood ,criuse control is overrated ,but i still wish i had it lol

[Doohickie]

I guess you can't change a vote in this poll. I voted a while back at the 201-300 mile level, but I now have an 1800-mile trip under my belt with the Elantra.

[SilverRide]

1500 miles one way, plus about 1000 miles of driving around there then there was the return trip.

Toronto to Halifax, I stayed in Canada all the way so don't have an exact distance reference, have to pull out the receipts and their mileage records.

Receipts? Yes, lol, what better way to track the trip afterwards, knowing you were here on this day for those that are going to hassle you on it when you get back.

[nogo2.0]

W'loo ,Ia to Butte Mt. and W'loo to Denver,co my 05 has 26,000 miles on it now driving out to seatle next year.

[Goldenguy]

I used the Elantra to move from Arizona to Indiana. I was able to fit everything I needed into the trunk and back seat.

Trip totalled around 1900 miles. I averaged about 35mpg (pretty nice for an autotragic coupled with mostly driving about 80mph), and I don't have cruise control. Had to switch feet a few times, haha.. but the seats supported me well enough to where I didn't have any death-defying lapses.

Other than that, nothing big. Longest trip otherwise was around 220 miles round trip.

[sodapop]

Drove it 350 miles theday I picked it up from Wisconsin to Michigan.

My drive to work is 99.7 miles one way. 1000 miles plus in a week, every week during the school year.

[robs02elantra]

1000 miles a week? insane.

[sodapop]

1000 miles a week? insane.


And expensive, oil change every three weeks (yes I do it every 3K even though some say it's a waste of money, I say it's good pice of mind).

I don't want to be doing it but the housing market in michigan is the worst it's ever been and My house won't sell. it's been on the Market since April. Ya do what ya gotta do ya know :rolleyes:

[Munky]

I put an average of 1200 miles a month on this thing.

But I just got done driving to Georgia for the weekend, my *** is numb. :(

[04GTboySC]

i just drove up from south carolina which is aabout 480 some miles

[Fishslayer]

I've made 2 trips to Salina, Kansas & back.

Roughly 3K round trip.

Drove my '04 Dakota last time & got a speeding ticket... :(

My dog prefers the Hyundai. She has the whole rear cargo area for her bed.


Fishslayer

[thewilson]

Wow I thought I had a long trip yesterday I went 230 one way 230 back from San Marcos to Victoria to Houston then reversed it any issues running 70+mph for 6+ hours at a time minus gas breaks

[ghrpdx]

I've driven my Elantra from Tigard to Salem and back ... I think that's about 80 miles round trip. I'm not a big traveler. :D In fact, the farthest I have ever driven in my lifetime is about 155 miles from Portland to Seattle.

[Munky]

I've done so much driving I've put 47,000 miles on it in the 17 months I've owned it.

[Slickk]

I Did a 15000 mile trip 2 years ago new york to california to cabo san lucas mexico to washington back to new york in 2 months time, i have driven 1000 miles in one day is the most i have driven in one day, I have Driven from full o empty without stopping many times..

[Jarebear]

i am rather proud actually to say i have driven my car from St. Louis to 1) Austin Texas (latest trip over 300 miles) 2) Philly 3) Detroit 4)NYC 5) Rapid City S.D. 6) Plant City Florida 6) Milwaukee 7) Colombus Ohio... also driven it to chicago 4 times, driven it to KC 3 times, Memphis 3 times, Indianapolis 2 times

[krellmk]

Every other month i hit I-78 and I-81 to Greensboro NC... next trip Dec.14.. almost 1300 miles round trip from Brooklyn NY

[deadgoon]

I have a 2003 Elantra GLS. Stock everything except the receiver and XM radio.

This summer I drove 1100 miles from Austin, TX to Cheyenne, WY in one day (18 hours). It was quite a haul. That's my personal best for miles in a day. I regularly drive 800 miles to Tennessee from Austin. It takes about 13.5 hours.

My personal best for miles without stopping was a couple of years ago when I drove from just outside Cheyenne, WY, to Lincoln, NE. It was 500 miles.

My best gas mileage was obtained on a stretch of road in Northern Texas up through Oklahoma and in to Colorado. I got 55 mpg on that leg. Not too shabby. I regularly get above 45mpg on long road trips using high octane fuel or octane booster.

Highest speed was 115 mph obtained on a deserted highway somewhere in Wyoming. The speed was still climbing when I backed off for safety reasons.

[Malfunctionbob]

The week I bought my elantra I drove from Atlanta, to Birmingham, AL, to Andalusia, AL, to Destin, FL, BACK to Atlanta.. then up to Clarkesville, GA, then finall BACK to Atlanta..

I think I had like.. I dunno .. 1300 miles after that first week and just over 1,000 of it was driving all over to visit relatives on Christmas..

[Codenomics]

Yay Area to San Diego to watch my lil bro graduate boot ( SEMPER FI LIL BRO!!!!).
But that is no thing for my car i put 120 on it 5 days a week and at least 80 on the weekends.

[nosajmai]

3000 miles in one trip, but i have made a lot more trips like that, its just that thats the longest one, and the car is a 2001 and has never had a tune up...same plugs and everything.

[BobMs_wht2k2]

^ Not something to be proud of.

[2002 GLS]

upstate Ny to Northen VA.... then back in one day... about 6.5 hrs one way, 13 hrs total, and 700 miles total.

[Pete03GLS]

for now the biggest trip ive made in my elantra would probably be, to the BlackRock meet, in CT. nothing more... but i plan on doing some road trips in the coming months. other than that i do basic daily driving, work, school. etc...

[TAZ]

From california to texas in two days

[Pase]

well.. about 750miles each way.. sherbrooke, Quebec to red point, Prince Edward Island! best trip of my life.. for sure!!

[matchevy]

Around 1100 miles
From Portland, Oregon to San Diego

[slipkknotfan]

ive driven from west palmbeach,fl to st. ignace,mi(the south tip of the upper peninsula). about 4 good days of driving 12 hours a day.

[DryBoy]

From Plattsburgh NY (canadian border) to Daytona Beach FL (over 1300 miles) 21 1/2 hours driving non-stop (except for 1 30 minute meal, the rest was drive thru) Got my car up over 120mph that trip :-p

[jantoyo]

From SF to San Diego around 740 km
That was a nice drive and thanks to Elantra!
:)

[bdiggy]

Only from where I am in CT to upstate NY. Don't travel much.

[fuelrat]

I rolled with a local car club from Salem, OR out to Crater Lake. I was scheduled to take my wifes Jetta 1.8T but she needed it at last minute for an overtime shift.

I had just clocked 3,000 miles and had the first oil change done. The next day I am following (and way behind I might add,) a large group of Evo's, STi's and SRT4's. :cool:

[Silentwolf]

Little over a 1000 miles each way from Melbourne, FL to Hot Springs, AR plus 600 while i was there between Hot Springs and Little Rock.

[margcay]

From Seattle to San Diego - 1250 miles

[cjgt2]

With not even 500 miles on the odo when I just got my 01' GT we drove to Toronto from NJ about 500 miles one way 1000 total Not including a stop over near Buffalo, NY to visit family.

After that two trips to Charlotte, NC from NJ. 1200 miles total round trip.

And 3 trips to VA 800 mlies round trip. All to visit family. Got into a accident on the first trip at the 19,000 mile mark.

Everyday commute 20 miles. Various day trips on weekends = 130,000 miles and still going strong.

Best MPG 38!
Hyundai will always be the first on my list. :D

[Matrixloader]

from san diego to six flags about 250 miles

[steev-o]

Richmond, kentucky to NewArk New York in one day...

[Schooner]

From Toronto ON to Halifax, NS.

Actually have made that trip a bunch of times... usually only stopping for fuel and food.

I'm getting old... I couldn't do that again even if I wanted to. :)

[exsailor]

May 9th-10th 2008 Saint John, NB Canada to Manassas,VA: 870 miles and 31.97 mpg at average speed of 66mph.