San Francisco to Seattle O_o

[Rsully70sev]

Deffiitly some good points to check out, thank you. I wish I could get my car back a week early, unfortunatly I'm on a restricted license until July 1st.

Well, I don't plan on making any other major stops besides the one listed. I plan on staying at each destination for a few days. As far as the "in between" drive goes, I plan on stopping every few hours (for 15-20 minutes) to fill up, stretch, etc etc.

[e30trooper]

Just make sure your brakes and tires are in good form. Replace all fluids, trans and diff included if youve never done them. Check over your cooling system and accessory belts. Make sure your charging system is in good sorts by testing it.

Any m20 trip I took, I always had spare accessory belts, radiator hoses and all the other givens. Water oil spare tire etc etc.

If you come up a week earlier, you can jump on the e30 picnic! :) www.e30picnic.com

This , make sure your car is in good working order. get AAA plus if anything does go wrong. GL

[frickendom]

Is this a non stop trip?

[Van Westervelt]

Just make sure your brakes and tires are in good form. Replace all fluids, trans and diff included if youve never done them. Check over your cooling system and accessory belts. Make sure your charging system is in good sorts by testing it.

Any m20 trip I took, I always had spare accessory belts, radiator hoses and all the other givens. Water oil spare tire etc etc.

If you come up a week earlier, you can jump on the e30 picnic! :) www.e30picnic.com

[Rsully70sev]

Hmm, I made a few trips from SF to Humbolt the first couple months I had the car and had zero tempature issues. They were usually straight 5 hour trips too, no over heating what so ever, even tugging along at 2,600-2,800.

[Pantless Spency]

in 5th at 2500 my car unfortunately rests a little past the 3/4th's mark on the temp gauge.... but i have some air in my cooling system.

[lennon]

3,000 rpms? nope, not safe. your shit will definitely blow up.

[Rsully70sev]

I tried searching with no success. I was wondering, what precautions you guys take when traveling a long distance? Any input or direction to other threads is appreciated.

I haven't driven my e30 in about six months. I'm planning on having it up and running by my birthday (July 1st) and taking it on a road trip with a few friends. I'm debating between heading north or south from San Francisco.

San Francisco--->San Diego--->1,100 miles
San Francisco--->Portland --->1,200 miles

I'll be traveling for up to 1,000 miles, how confident are you guys in the e30's character to successfully make this journey?

Also...With my gears, It seems like I'm doing close to 3k at 70mph. Is this safe to travel like this for hours?