Driving cross country in the 86

[Hypnocracy]

Welcome to Carolina...stop into the Carolina86 group if you do teh Fartbook...

[Spectral Entity]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You got off lucky then!

JEHZUS CHROIST!!!

[eastendraceshop]

@OP: I know that you didn't recommend it, but after reading this, it makes me want to try it in my FRS.

Glad that you made it safely with almost 0 issues!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by drz400dude

Monday was my last day of work in Palmdale, CA. At 1530 I hopped in my 2013 FR-S and headed for North Carolina. Let me just start by saying if you have any other choice besides driving your 86 from coast to coast, do that instead!

Neat story.


If you are going to travel coast to coast in one day, next time I suggest this:






humfrz

[Atmo]

The TRD SE seats have changed the prospect of an x-c drive. They're narrower in both the seat and back support area than my '13 FR-S. Whether it's from thicker and deeper bolsters or my arse got wider over the past few years is up for speculation, but when I asked the salesman about it he said the TRD has more restrictive, racing-oriented seats different from the other 86's.

It sure felt like it. They squeezed my legs straight forward down to the knees and the back bolsters clamped my ribcage and dug into my shoulder blades excessively. It would be appreciated on a track day but even for DD use could become annoying. None of the bolsters are adjustable.

I'm about average well-fed American male height and weight. I can't imagine someone with an above normal BMI fitting well in the TRD seats. Disclaimer: I haven't driven a '17+ GT that the salesman said also has more restrictive seats but aren't as limiting as the TRD seats.

OP, what was your average MPG? Given your mostly highway miles at high speed and time between fills, it looked low unless you filled well before empty.

[Face_Plant]

I'll be making a similar drive this summer. Good to know that these cars are capable of it (not that I doubted it in the first place or anything) and the seats won't make your ass go numb after an hour or two.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Originally Posted by drz400dude

All in all I have to say the roads weren't too bad. The worst part of the I-20 BY FAR was Shreveport, LA! Huge potholes everywhere, and where they tried to fill in potholes where overfilled, turning them into ramps. None of the road was flat, it felt like going through a woop section on my dirt bike. These roads would have been rough even in the smoothest Caddy.

But I have my baby with me! Thanks for reading.

Glad you made it.
I40 has turned into a parking lot for me once during a "Snow" (ice) storm. Not a fun place to spend a Friday evening.
And there's a lot of potholes & stuff too about halfway between Memphis & Nashville.



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I have taken a lot of miles road tripping in this car.

Cons:
Not ideal for having an adult + dog in the back seat. Done it.
Not ideal for having 3 dogs with you. Done it. Don't recommend.
Not ideal for sleeping in.
Not as comfortable as a sedan.
You are on this forum, you likely have an exhaust...that + poor sound deadening = music has to be turned up super loud. going deaf at 30 you say?
Sports cars generally don't feel great going over bumpy roads.
Mileage on your car

Pros:
32MPG is pretty good.
Have the car you have fun in with you all the time.
Photo ops at cool places. Who wants to take photos of a ford fusion next to a mountain?

[eastendraceshop]

Originally Posted by NARFALICIOUS

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I have taken a lot of miles road tripping in this car.

How many road trips have you gone on with your FRS? How many miles?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by NARFALICIOUS

Cons:
Not ideal for having an adult + dog in the back seat. Done it.
Not ideal for having 3 dogs with you. Done it. Don't recommend.

Definitely agree with that, particularly if your dogs are the size of mine...

[Sapphireho]

I have only had one long road trip in my FR-S; 696 miles from San Jose to Vancouver WA. Car did great. I probably will be taking it all over the country, and Canada when I retire.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Originally Posted by eastendraceshop

How many road trips have you gone on with your FRS? How many miles?

I have 57,000 miles total. in just over 36 months of ownership.
Too many to count now since I have family in another state & my GF's family is in another.
These are the big ones I can remember. So based on just these, at least 24,000 miles on longer trips.

2016
3 months after I bought it AZ-->IL-->AZ ~ 3400 miles



AZ-->TN-->IL-->AZ - ~4000 miles
AZ-->TX - ~1000 miles

2017
Went from TX to TN and back multiple times, at least 5+ times - ~1200/each
TX-->IL-->TX - ~2000 miles
TX-->TN-->IL-->TX - ~2000 miles

2018
TX-->TN-->IL-->TX - ~2000 miles(the time I had 3 dogs)
TX-->CA-->TX - ~3000 miles
Dallas-->Austin-->Dallas - 400 miles

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Definitely agree with that, particularly if your dogs are the size of mine...

LOL. that's rough. I had much smaller dogs.

[bkharmony]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

They are mythical. Maybe you hit a jack rabbit but no jackalope.

As someone who has lived in the AZ/NM/TX corridor my entire life, I can verify that jackalopes are absolutely real. As kids we used to chase them through the desert (they're fast!). And they will get up in your grille (literally and figuratively).

Just don't eat them! You'd think they taste like rabbit, but they're awful!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by bkharmony

As someone who has lived in the AZ/NM/TX corridor my entire life, I can verify that jackalopes are absolutely real. As kids we used to chase them through the desert ………..

You kids shouldn't have been eating these things -


humfrz

[jrb363]

Driving cross country sounds amazing! I'm not sure how well the seats would feel in super hot climates, or after 1,000 miles lol, but it sounds amazing. Congrats on the trip and good luck OP!

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