Friday OT #1 - The Bathroom, The Whizz Palace As I Like to Call It

[Angie]

Thanks to @mj4cy for today’s thread topic! Here is how he wrote it:

Furthest you've driven without having to stop for gas or restroom?

I am going to let him answer, because my answer is underwhelming. I have exactly 2.5 hours of room in my squirrel bladder. Probably half that when pregnant.

 

[CRcyclone6]

Fort Wayne to Cedar Rapids

 

[pourcyne]

Does a train ride count? One night from Bordighera, Italy, to Paris. Train was so packed, it was impossible to get up and walk down the aisle to the petit coin, back before the TGV (French bullet train) which requires seat assignments. No extra bodies in the extra spaces now, so to speak.

 

[BCClone]

Suburban holds 27 gallon, Highway driving at 77-80 it gets about 16-17 mpg so take 25*16.5 and that would be 412 miles. Driving to San Antonio, Denver, Memphis or other places (mostly ISU) games.

When kids were young, we would leave at like 2 am so they would sleep a good chunk of the way so I wasn’t stopping until fuel made me.

 

[Cybone]

+1 to Angie for the Parks and Rec reference!

Farthest I have gone without getting gas would be driving from Highlands Ranch, CO to Amarillo, TX. That was roughly 6 hours

 

[JM4CY]

Somewhere through southern Montana through that Indian reservation in NW Wyoming to South
Dakota. Got gas before and after that stretch. Not really wanting to stop in the reservation for any reason.

 

[JP4CY]

Kansas City to Tucamcari NM. 615 mi.

 

[FallOf81]

Does what happened in the bed count?

 

[Cyclonepride]

Not driving, but I can easily go a full round of golf without going (4-4 1/2 hours)

 

[Angie]

Does a train ride count? One night from Bordighera, Italy, to Paris. Train was so packed, it was impossible to get up and walk down the aisle to the petit coin, back before the TGV (French bullet train) which requires seat assignments. No extra bodies in the extra spaces now, so to speak.

Yeah, I guess technically I rode the Chunnel from London to Paris this fall without peeing, but that was within my time window.

+1 to Angie for the Parks and Rec reference!

Farthest I have gone without getting gas would be driving from Highlands Ranch, CO to Amarillo, TX. That was roughly 6 hours

I was hoping it wouldn’t be too random!

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I can't remember but I can promise it was when I was a lot younger.

 

[CloneHead]

The longest has been about 7 hours. My wife, who detests porta-potties, public rest rooms, rest stops and gas station restrooms, has gone 14 hours between pee breaks.

 

[Sousaclone]

Lately? About 300 miles as that's the range on my jeep.

I think a couple of times when we were doing cross country road trips as a family we made it almost from Omaha to St Louis (35+ gallon tank on a suburban).

 

[Nader_uggghhh]

I've done full tank trips a ton of times. CR to Grand Island, Grand Island to Denver. Dubuque to past Indianapolis.

 

[CascadeClone]

I used to push the limits in order to minimize stops and speed up travel time. Now I just don't care. If I gotta stop and pee, I'm gonna stop. WGAF if you stop 4 times instead of 1 on a 10 hour trip? So it took 14 more minutes, bfd.

 

[BCClone]

I used to push the limits in order to minimize stops and speed up travel time. Now I just don't care. If I gotta stop and pee, I'm gonna stop. WGAF if you stop 4 times instead of 1 on a 10 hour trip? So it took 14 more minutes, bfd.

Do you just pee along the road if it only adds about 3 minutes per stop?

 

[somecyguy]

I used to push the limits in order to minimize stops and speed up travel time. Now I just don't care. If I gotta stop and pee, I'm gonna stop. WGAF if you stop 4 times instead of 1 on a 10 hour trip? So it took 14 more minutes, bfd.

My decisions were more based on whether I was driving on 2 or 4 lane. I don't like stopping on 2 lane roads, because then all those people I passed go by, but 4 lane, I don't care.

 

[keepngoal]

Colorado Springs to CR, non stop in the RV. Pulled in the shed, unbuckled, straight to the bathroom.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

When my wife's father had his heart attack, we left KC around 11:30 PM and were in Rockford, IL around 5:45 AM. It was about 480-490 miles. We rolled into the ER parking lot with the gas light having been on for about 20 miles.

 

[Sousaclone]

I used to push the limits in order to minimize stops and speed up travel time. Now I just don't care. If I gotta stop and pee, I'm gonna stop. WGAF if you stop 4 times instead of 1 on a 10 hour trip? So it took 14 more minutes, bfd.

I think it depends on our definition of "stop." If you roll into a rest stop, handle your business and then are back on the road that's one thing. I've traveled with people that even a simple pee break at a rest stop was a 20 minute detour (this is with 20-30 something adults. Kids, elderly, medical issues, etc are understandable) That got frustrating.

I also don't like to stop to often because it feels like you break up the rhythm of driving. If you can get into a good groove while driving, it makes the miles feel like they are flying by.