ROAD TRIP

[Kevin Cartwright]

Just took my little z on nice road trip from SC to Washington DC and New York City! Around 1500 Miles total. I have taken it to the Flordia Keys several times as well. Usually 16-1700 Miles..Which sparked a question. How many of you choose the Z as your road trip car and how far do you guys take them from home? Granted mine is far from stock with Bilstein Sports Dampers, H&R Springs, 3.73lsd, Race Seat, Harness, Etc etc its still my go to road car over the wifes 335i for road trips!

 

[andyglym]

to the forum @Kevin Cartwright from West Cumbria, England. Not had mine long (98 2.8 Roadster) so haven't had the chance to do any long drives yet (a few hundred miles will be done next month) enjoy the forum.

Got any photos of your Zed to share?

 

[t-tony]

Hi Kevin, I would love to have a Z in our garage in Kissimmee, Fla. We visit for 3 weeks, two times during the year and I see a few around the Orlando area. Have spotted some down the Keys and also in St. Augustine ( a wonderful place to visit). Unfortunately, as our house is for vacation rental the garage is now a games room.

Tony.

ps. To do those sort of miles on our little Island would mean that we would be for ever driving,..................... now there's an idea.
But mine is my daily use car so at least I get to drive it every day.

 

[jonco]

Mines a standard 1.9 M44 did 2800 mile two years ago France, Switzerland, Italy, 2400miles last year through France but only 1900miles this - cheated and came home on ferry from Spain.

 

[billz]

We take our Zed to Europe on a regular basis. Did 3k 2 years ago and we go again on Thursday and will do around 4k

 

[miller1098]

3000 miles https://zroadster.org/threads/frankies-millers-american-m-adventure.6962/

 

[miller1098]

2900 approx https://zroadster.org/threads/tour-...erland-italy-switzerland-france-italy-e.3536/ best car in the Mountains

 

[Shelly]

Think it would take a few weeks to get to Greece
But wouldn't have enough space in boot for all our items we need to bring

 

[Kevin Cartwright]

I love to see people actually drive their z's!

 

[mwpe]

I have just done a 2400 mile trip to Italy and last year did 1800 to Munich. The Zed is the most comfortable long distance car I have ever had,

 

[FRANKIE]

I love to see people actually drive their z's!

Kevin, I couldn't help but look back over the trip that @miller1098 and I had earlier in the year and was laughing at this:
@miller1098 :

1. Still thinking about my trip.some of the things that make you a little nervous ,flying ,remember your passport ,drive on the wrong site of the road,rush hour traffic ,standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon ,being arrested in a foreign country,and quite a lot of others ,but I can honestly say that the most scarey thing is this.............
   
   
   
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FRANKIE:

1. Yes......I know.....Driving with the top up...............

 

[Zeti]

Hi Kevin,
You have a very faithful Zed: the 1.9
Like me.
As long as I still have money in my pocket for gasoline, I wouldn't stop the engine!
But just in touristic purposes...!
Maybe one of the "great run from home" was: Romania- North Italy- South of France (Provence) and back....around 10.000 km.
A good friend of mine use to say: "the best maintenance for a car is to keep it in operation more as possible!"
So , keep it running and enjoy every moment like we do, here on this forum!
Dan

 

[DavidM]

Just took my little z on nice road trip from SC to Washington DC and New York City! Around 1500 Miles total. I have taken it to the Flordia Keys several times as well. Usually 16-1700 Miles..Which sparked a question. How many of you choose the Z as your road trip car and how far do you guys take them from home? Granted mine is far from stock with Bilstein Sports Dampers, H&R Springs, 3.73lsd, Race Seat, Harness, Etc etc its still my go to road car over the wifes 335i for road trips!

My rear end gets sore after a couple of hours driving in the Z, so fairly short road trips for me so far - any ideas for making the driving position more comfortable would be welcomed!

 

[Zeti]

Yeah David: you can find in furniture stores, a pillow with some sort of small synthetic balls , which will make your trip very agreeable!

 

[Kevin Cartwright]

My seat set up is a Corbeau Clubman with the addition of lots of fabric store 1" foam padding. Its Fixed back but i added the "seat tilt mod" to make it more comfortable. Harnesses are to keep me in place for the Track days I do monthly. I run a z3M shift lever (Extremely Short) and a custom handle. 3.73 lsd diff swap. Beer Keg intake with a K&N filter. Bilstein Sport (Yellow) Mono tube dampers. H&R Lowering Springs. M-Contour Wheels from a 96 M3 and Continental DWS 06 Tires. This is the ideal set up for Long distance cruises and then having a little fun while you're there Via. Autox or track day.

 

[oldcarman]

Being in Canada NE of Winnipeg and a rural area every trip is a road trip for me that isn't local. It's a 250km round trip to Winnipeg and as cities and towns are even more spread out than the USA a trip to visit my Mother and Sister in Alberta is a 16hr drive one way. So road trips it is for me!! JIM