I've had the GT-B down to Albury/Wodonga and back a few times. Once was a pretty much straight down and back drive just under 13 hours and she coped really well.

Dave.

well if it dies.. I'll just holiday where it stops..

got a 5 hour drive next weekend.. it handles them ok.. but 17 hours!

The_protest aka Nik.... stick to your shi* retarded WA.. keep the hell away from cool places like anywhere on the east coast.. bar melbourne.. you can go there.

Cruisn.. had the 100k service done recently.. and new clutch, needs new plugs though, and a rear tyres are a bit cactus.

i drove my car down from lidcomb in nsw to melbourne when i bought it... no dramas, just make sure u make a few stops along the way to give it a rest.

I regularly do 5-6 hour trips up the coast from sydney, up around Port and towards coffs, never misses a beat doing that.... actually the engine feels much better after it, like its properly warmed up and ready to go.
When I first got the car I drove from Kempsey to Bathurst for the race Via Sydney to pick up a mate, that was a long drive, Car felt beautiful, was running an FPV GT through the blue mountains (not getting up to stupid speeds) and I had a car stupidly full of gear and 5 people on board and was still able to keep him (his car was semi-loaded) so even after a long drive it still goes nicely

Hi,

Haha, mate, it will take a bit more than that to rile me up.

I did do 60k in 12 months in my car, she stood up to the punishment just fine. I even theorised that I should sink the boot in as I got closer to home, to flush out any cobwebs that might have started to form after sitting on two and a half for so long.

Knowing you though, you'll have to stop off at every alternative lifestyle man bar along the way - so you shan't be driving for too long, considering where you are.



Cheers,
Nik

Hi,

Has the car overheated before? I'd think it more likely to overheat during the summer months, in stop start traffic jam type situation.

Weather is on your side.

Go for it. From how much you've been under the pump at work, you need the vacay!

Cheers,
Nik

Brendan, don't be a girl. Your car will pi55 it in. You'll actually appreciate your car when you get back home, because it would have gone better than you expected.
The beer will be cold and waiting if you swing by.

Several times a year, me and a bunch of no necks do 450kms of reasonably hard driving up the Hunter Valley.

I always tend to break something :secret:

I know mine's NA, but...

I did Esperance to Adelaide in one hit (18 hours), and that was when my knock sensor was playing up. Even with that I had no issues wahtsoever. The lib seems to love long trips. Perhaps vary your speed a little rather than keeping it on cruise all the time, I guess it depends on the traffic.
I've also done Perth to Coral Bay in one hit which was about 12 hours.
My car gets lots of long trips and I have had no problems at all.

Oh my god brendan.

You try to kill your car, screw your engine mounts and bitch about it not being a stupidly oversized, under powed commo - yet you're worried about a little drive.

Suck it up and drive it, you emo.

B-Emo

+1

The Subi will be fine, a long cruise is the best thing for a car.
Well most cars anyway. Yours seems to be pretty good at breaking though