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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    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
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    Ares Active Member

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    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 :D
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    Vibe New Member

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    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.
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    cgreen38 Common sense, p

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    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. :eek:
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    i have 55 series, not too shabby.
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    DOT. Noypi ako!

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    rolla02 Corollalcholic

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    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
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    TurismoDreamin ΓΡΗΓΟΡΟΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ

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    oil coolers are your friend on long distance trips..
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    Don't forget your Gerber Tool :D
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    lol just drove mine 2000 miles (here to phoenix and back) no issues except i think i finally hit the limit of miles for my turbo.. she's startin to smoke scottie! LOL

    (keep in mind i've got almost 90,000 miles on this thing)
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    you have 90k on ur turbo setup? or on the car total?
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    vortex, probably has a backup motor sitting in the garage for a rainy day.
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    haha just the turbo has 90k on it... car has 153k and the motor has around 35k :)
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    he probably has 2 or 3...
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    2 hehe
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    :cool:



    @thread

    update us on how it goes!
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    haha turbo switch out went well... i'm back on the road. :)
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    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
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    eh, how old were your tires??
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    ehh, well i hit something in the road i was behind a truck, there was a piece of metal about 4 inches long
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    yeah thats why i hate being behind trucks... rocks and such are always falling off behind it
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    it left a nice crack in my windshield too...nothing major it was free replacement at the place i got a new tire at
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    It's good to see you made it back in one piece.
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    woo, i had a tire blowout in grainfield kansas once. i said screw the rest of the trip and came back to colorado, lol.
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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