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Old 02-25-2005, 06:31 PM
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Default Driving for long time (non-stop) bad for car?
Drove for 5 hours (average speed 80 with some traffic inbetween)...one quick bathroom stop but left car on as there was someone in passenger side to watch the car.

Bad for car? I would think no...
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Old 02-25-2005, 06:37 PM
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Default i usually let car idle and cool down let oil run through turbo for couple minutes before turning
it off... but w/o mods car should be fine really. i just do it for percautions
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yes, your car should have a warning siren blinking 4:00 after 4hrs.this means to stop
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It is every 2 hours and that is for resting the body (keepin alert) not the car.
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yup, left it running while i was unpacking stuff from the trunk...about 3-4 min.
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saw it flash once at 2:00 hours and 4:00 hours Took the 2 hr mark for bathroom =P
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Default yea, thats really quite enough time. i mean if its just normal driving at higher speed slightly
higher rpm's you really arent pushing car hard.
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nope, better than stop and go driving.
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Default I drove from San Diego to Albuquerqe (not sure about spelling) with just
a lunch and gas stop. Had cruise set at 95 in desert.
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nice! Just drove back from NY...3.5 hours non-stop average 80MPH.
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