24 hours of driving, what do you bring?

[Juice Box]

haha just fvcking blast Rammstein the whole way! thall keep you up!

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: m2kewl
ipod
$$$ for motel
radar detector
gps
coffee, snacks

i did it once, never doing that again. i rather fly...

I would too...normally. But I'm giving this car to someone so I need to drive

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper
You really should break it up into two 12 hour trips with a night at a cheap motel in between. Really, it's worth the time and the money to go to the motel. Imagine how expensive totalling your car would be not to mention the possibility of serious injury to yourself. You might think that the probabilty of an accident is low, but when you're exhausted and can barely keep your eyes open it increases dramatically. Your chances of getting a ticket for bad driving also increase. Whatever savings you'd get by not going to a motel just isn't worth it. Driving on the Interstate near the speed limit is just awful if you can barely keep your eyes open and you're ready to nod off, especially at night.

Oh yeah. I'll totally break it up...gas every couple hours, food every 5...and a motel stop in between.

I said "24 hours of driving" just because there'll be 24 total...

 

[nageov3t]

ipod + random = 24 hours and never hearing the same song twice.

also, snacks and drinks (though I'm not too big on the drinks if I'm driving by myself, since I hate pulling over unless absolutely necessary).

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: loki8481
ipod + random = 24 hours and never hearing the same song twice.

also, snacks and drinks (though I'm not too big on the drinks if I'm driving by myself, since I hate pulling over unless absolutely necessary).

Yeah...I need my liquids though.

I can usually hold off until I need to stop for gas though (about 300 miles w/my Prelude)...or I just get gas (and food or whatever) anyway so it wasn't a total wasted stop

This will be my 3rd time making the big drive (Tx/Ok <=> Ca) so I know the route

 

[olds]

car

 

[mugs]

Books on tape/CD will pass the time much faster than music, at least for me. So does watching DVDs, but the police probably frown on that if you're the only person in the car.

Last time I made a long trip I was in a car with no tape player and my laptop wasn't loud enough to play DVDs, so I listened to talk radio the whole way. Talk always passes the time better than music for me, probably because it's something that I can pay attention to and that makes me think as opposed to music, which causes my mind to wander aimlessly.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Music. Listen to local radio from time to time, its always good for a laugh. Particularly when you get close to a college campus and pick up their student-run stations.

Flashlight, tire pressure gauge, spare tire and ramps/jack, blankets ... just in case.

Lots of caffinated beverages.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Music. Listen to local radio from time to time, its always good for a laugh. Particularly when you get close to a college campus and pick up their student-run stations.

Flashlight, tire pressure gauge, spare tire and ramps/jack, blankets ... just in case.

Lots of caffinated beverages.

I'm driving through the middle of nowhere for a big chunk of the trip unfortunately so I won't get too many local stations

 

[nageov3t]

one thing I do like doing is either buying a bunch of random cd's or borrowing them from friends.

stuff I've never heard before, so I'm not just listening to the same MP3's that I listen to at home all the time.

 

[Injury]

Just grab a big CD wallet and get some variance. Some stuff to sing to, some stuff to rock out to, some stuff for those hours where you start to get giddy and listen to stupid music to keep your attention...

Bring a small cooler with some bottles of water and a box of cheerios or something non-sticky but fairly healthy to munch on. An upset stomach will turn it into a much longer drive!

Bring a camera and don't be afraid to stop and take a picture... mostly so you can get out every hour or so and stretch your legs or something.

It's a 24-30 hour drive, don't try and do it any faster because you really can't make it much shorter and just try and enjoy it, otherwise it's going to suck.

 

[bootymac]

A friend

 

[axelfox]

Another driver or two

 

[sniperruff]

a hot girl

 

[Black88GTA]

I always listen to a variety of music on Sirius....but I switch it up to the comedy stations when the music starts to get on my nerves. Comedy seems to wake me up some, because it's not quite as "mindless" as listening to music - it makes you think a bit.

Oh, and caffeine / Red Bull helps too.

 

[SilentZero]

The wife and a case of beer.

 

[SouthPaW1227]

Originally posted by: loki8481
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also, snacks and drinks (though I'm not too big on the drinks if I'm driving by myself, since I hate pulling over unless absolutely necessary).

You and I would get along great! I cannot STANDDDD pulling over on a trip! For some reason it's like a goal of mine to make the best time possible to a location and any stops hinder that badly. I drive home on the weekend (~2.5 hour trip) and try to make it the whole way w/o stopping for gas, drink, or bathroom).

My g/f, on the other hand, drinks water CONSTANTLY and wants to stop like each hour and it drives me NUTS! But if that's the biggest problem we have, we're ahight.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227

Originally posted by: loki8481
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also, snacks and drinks (though I'm not too big on the drinks if I'm driving by myself, since I hate pulling over unless absolutely necessary).

You and I would get along great! I cannot STANDDDD pulling over on a trip! For some reason it's like a goal of mine to make the best time possible to a location and any stops hinder that badly. I drive home on the weekend (~2.5 hour trip) and try to make it the whole way w/o stopping for gas, drink, or bathroom)..

I could do 2.5 without stopping easily...It's when the trip starts to get measured in days that I take big breaks

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Someone to Help, drive the car,and help pay for gas.?

fixed

 

[BW86]

Portable John

 

[Ricochet]

Beef jerky. I can't go without it for long trips. It even helps me keep awake as I'm always chewing.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
24 hours? A pillow.

And a comfy sleeping bag.

 

[Grant]

A/C after looking at were you are traveling at.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
I've got a road trip coming up.

I'm sure music is one answer...but what kind?

Any other suggestions?

copy the whole mp3 collection on the ipod and get one of those ipod-> radio transmitters. Thats what we did.

WHAT you listen to...well i think you should know that best ?

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: flexy

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
I've got a road trip coming up.

I'm sure music is one answer...but what kind?

Any other suggestions?

copy the whole mp3 collection on the ipod and get one of those ipod-> radio transmitters. Thats what we did.

WHAT you listen to...well i think you should know that best ?

I have no iPod