Road Trip

Road Trip

Taking my car on a 1000 mile road trip to omaha to visit some family. i dont know if anyone has taken a corolla on a road trip, care to share your horror stories?

why do i have to drive? well i have to drive because im too young to rent and dont want to be cramped in a farm house all day, im a city kid and they dont have internet.

when do you think my car will break down? haha im paranoid

lol... paranoid is different from being prepared... i have been on a road trip with a 4runner from tx to cali... what i hated was the bugz...

also on our way back, we came across a really bad storm. picture this... it was at night and lightning literally lit up the night... and rain pouring like there is no tomorrow... imo that was the most dangerous part of our trip... some 18 wheelers wouldnt even slow down... etc...

some tips:
stop driving when you get drowsy
dont push your car too much
and check your spare

i recently drove my car about 1100 miles last week. you cant really compare all corollas because all of our cars are in different conditions.

Long road trips are easier with stock wheels/stock sized tires. 45-series tires suck for long drives. Blown struts suck for long drives, too.

i have 55 series, not too shabby.

Check this site out:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/


Just make sure your car is in tip-top shape and you'll be good to go.

Drove from Delaware to Niagara Falls on a lowered corolla with a loud exhaust, blown struts and no working wipers and running a 205/40/17 tires with no problems.

Just make sure that you carry some Rain-X, saved my life on the drive up when the sky just opened up and dumped a torrent of rain on me. Then check the fluids, air pressure and you should be good

oil coolers are your friend on long distance trips..

Don't forget your Gerber Tool

you have 90k on ur turbo setup? or on the car total?

vortex, probably has a backup motor sitting in the garage for a rainy day.

he probably has 2 or 3...

@thread

update us on how it goes!

ok my car made it, i dont have oem wheels so i was good their, my tire blew out though near grand island nebraska (bout 600 miles in) i wanted to cry


err meant to say aftermarket wheels

eh, how old were your tires??

ehh, well i hit something in the road i was behind a truck, there was a piece of metal about 4 inches long

yeah thats why i hate being behind trucks... rocks and such are always falling off behind it

it left a nice crack in my windshield too...nothing major it was free replacement at the place i got a new tire at

It's good to see you made it back in one piece.

man screw kansas, i went to kansas on my way back to take my cousin to her dads

^^Nothing but FLAT country land in Kansas....nothing special..