Your favorite road trip car ?

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@Dart Frog What year is yours. I have a '92. She's my third B350. 360, the only time I call it a 5.9 is at NAPA, 4 speed TF and 3.91 gears. I've had it for 100,000 miles or so and over 10 years. I live in southern New Jersey and for 6 years drove 300 mile round trip every month to a client in Virginia beach. She always got me there and back, sometimes barely! Fun to drive especially on the highways and the Stop Light Gran Prix. Best part is at WOT it sounds like a quad! And yes I am that guy in the left lane! She's great fun on Delaware Route 1 at rush hour and the Sunday night run up the Jersey 'Pike! She effortlessly pulls the trailer with the Max on it. 75 MPH all the way home from Carlisle.
 
During the Seventies and early Eighties my 2 favorite rides were my '65 Imperial Crown Coupe and my '58 Mercedes 220S sedan. Both were comfort at high speed!
 
Definetly the Barracuda, powerbrakes, ps, auto, 3.23 rear, flowmaster 50, fine for 200 mls+ allday long
Racetrack Hockenheim Germany, south Switzerland, Gotthard pass switzerland elev. 6000ft, lake Como Italy (where George Clooney live)
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72bluNblu said:
Somewhere out on I5 near Mt. Shasta
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@72bluNblu

This looks like Hwy 97 just north of Weed, CA to me. Beautiful area.

My favorite road trip car was my 1990 Daytona base model. 2.5L 5-speed. The seats were so comfortable. Wasn't fast and didn't get amazing fuel economy, but very comfy.
Second to that was my dad's 1992 Dodge 2wd 3/4 Cummins with captains chairs. Nice truck that just hummed down the highway.
 
I've had 3 Ford Expeditions, 2002, 2003, and 2007 model years, all Eddie Bauer trim levels, by far the most comfortable road trip vehicles I've ever owned. While they weren't the most economical, I could drive 12+ hours and not even feel tired. The 2007 had a cold air kit and headers installed by the previous owner, and the 6 speed automatic transmission made it capable of about 19 mpg cruising at about 70 mph.
 
Something with good seats. My back hurts.
I have broad shoulders and am barrel chested, most bucket seats curve and push my shoulders forward so they get painful after about 50 miles. Bench seats are actually pretty comfortable to me.
 
Ottmundr said:
Something with good seats. My back hurts.
I have broad shoulders and am barrel chested, most bucket seats curve and push my shoulders forward so they get painful after about 50 miles. Bench seats are actually pretty comfortable to me.
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I put Toyota celica cloth seats in my Barracuda. No A/C driving across country LA to Iowa in summer.
 
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TT5.9mag said:
To me road trips are different than just long distance driving. For a road trip I’ll take my 63 falcon, turbo Honda j35 v6 and a 6 speed manual. Awesome road trip car.
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Yes! Exactly. A road trip to me is more than just going a long way. It could mean going a long way, but it's not just driving a long distance. Well said.

dartslantsix said:
@72bluNblu

This looks like Hwy 97 just north of Weed, CA to me. Beautiful area.
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It very well could be, we took 97 on that trip in both directions. I obviously wasn't the one taking the picture! It's definitely near Weed, regardless of which stretch of road.
 
BMW 750Li is in my opinion the finest car for a road trip. Big and heavy, fast with lots of power. Extremely roomy, huge backseat that's super easy to get in and out of.

Plus a trunk that you can haul most anything in.

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2018 Charger RT, But the 64 Barracuda is definitely imprinted on my brain for all the miles we put on it in all kinds of weather and experiences enjoyed.
 
My Dodge ram conversion vans, I've had a few and tricked them out for travel long before "van life" was a thing. I've clocked thousands of miles traveling the US and Canada. This is my current set up, which has a fridge, stove, running water, with hot a outdoor shower. With my bike on the back, it doesn't stand out so I can park and sleep pretty much whenever, wherever I want. It's great for hauling parts and I've even picked up and delivered a couple cars along the way.

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missing linc said:
I've had 3 Ford Expeditions, 2002, 2003, and 2007 model years, all Eddie Bauer trim levels, by far the most comfortable road trip vehicles I've ever owned. While they weren't the most economical, I could drive 12+ hours and not even feel tired. The 2007 had a cold air kit and headers installed by the previous owner, and the 6 speed automatic transmission made it capable of about 19 mpg cruising at about 70 mph.
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Expedition for long distance 'just wanna get there' trips, but for a fun road trip it's a toss up between the 2011 Camaro SS and the 2013 Mustang GT that I had. Both were really comfortable and lots of power, modest size trunks and similar fuel consumption. Camaro's best was just shy 30 mpg and the Mustang was capable of a little over 33. Both were great handling cars with a slight edge to the Camaro, but definitely both fun cars to hit the road in.
 
So many “road trips”/moves in lots of different things. My favorite was moving from Miami to Covington Va in the family 1972 Pontiac Catalina. It had a sofa in the front and a sofa in the back and felt like riding a cloud. I would learn to drive (& parallel park) that thing a year later….in New whiteland Indiana.
The propensity of running into assholes now everywhere makes road tripping a chore, I don’t care what you ride in. I feel for truckers.
 
This is the car that we actually built for long distance road trips. The last two summers we did a total of 13,600 miles mostly on 2 lane blacktop in 2 month and a half long trips. Mildly built 318 with an RH42 4 speed overdrive automatic.

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My wife's selection of Plum Crazy was perfect and the car was like a conversation magnet. We must have talked to hundreds of folks in small towns all across the country because they just walked up to look at the car.
 
I really like my lezbo car 'subaru' for road trips. Great milage, quiet, the cvt on the hwy just rockets me past other cars like nothing and it'll cruise at 100mph easy.

If we're talking mopars... my old 71 dart swinger was a solid road car with its built 225 and long tube headers.
 
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like_A_pike said:
So many “road trips”/moves in lots of different things. My favorite was moving from Miami to Covington Va in the family 1972 Pontiac Catalina. It had a sofa in the front and a sofa in the back and felt like riding a cloud. I would learn to drive (& parallel park) that thing a year later….in New whiteland Indiana.
The propensity of running into assholes now everywhere makes road tripping a chore, I don’t care what you ride in. I feel for truckers.
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I had a 71 and a 72 Pontiac Catalina, man were those things boats, but yes they did have a BIG backseat, and a pretty decent ride. As a truck driver I can certainly attest to the assholes everywhere.
 
72bluNblu said:
Gonna take this is a little different direction. My favorite road trip vehicle is my 1956 Austin Healey 100. Sure, it lacks pretty much every creature comfort- manual everything, no AC, no roll up windows, no roof, no cupholders! Not much trunk space either, so, one suitcase and it had better be small. Prepped for vintage racing, so, lower ride height and stiffer springs all around, it lets you know about every inch of pavement it covers.

But drive 1,000 miles, run some AutoX laps, and drive 1,000 miles home? Sure thing. Drive from northern California to SoCal and rip up and down all the canyon roads? Yup. Drive in the rain? Sure, just keep it over 60 so the rain goes over the windscreen instead of into the cabin.

Somewhere out on I5 (maybe 97?) near Mt. Shasta
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Silver Star Resort, British Columbia
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Lake Tahoe, another ski resort parking lot AutoX
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My dad’s friend (now since passed) had a 58 AH 3000 with a 57 327 fuely in it. Was super fun and scary to say the least. When we were kids the MG B GT my dad had was super nice for road trips.
 
like_A_pike said:
1972 Pontiac Catalina. It had a sofa in the front and a sofa in the back and felt like riding a cloud
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I had a 73 and your right.
The only ride that I had that may have been a little better was my 76 Buick Estate Wagon, man what a boat:)
 
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