favorite car for a road trip

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Anonymous wrote:My Wrangler. Performs great on road trips and even better off road trips.

For us its a tie between our mustang and wrangler. My only issue with the wrangler is the small trunk size vs. my old SUV.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone knows that rentals with the optional insurance are the fasted cars and the best off roaders. That makes them perfect for road trips.

I prefer my own.

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Anonymous wrote:What has been your favorite car to take on a road trip?

5+ seats.

Or smaller. Lol, I’m personally interested I answers with 5+ seats.

If you drove a fabulous 2 seater, share your story too I guess.

Mini cooper. It does have 2 seats in the back, but that would be super cramped.

DS (age 16) and I drove a mini cooper from San Diego to DC a few years ago, and it was great! I've driven cross country in a Odyssey mini-van before and the mini cooper was just...zippier! Being tiny was fun, and helped me feel more in control when driving on some of narrow, winding, right next to a cliff roads in Colorado.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Wrangler. Performs great on road trips and even better off road trips.

For us its a tie between our mustang and wrangler. My only issue with the wrangler is the small trunk size vs. my old SUV.

Hitch tray and cargo bag. Problem solved.

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Agree with all the Honda Odyssey answers. I drove my 2003 Honda Odyssey all over the country many many times in my 20's (yes, I owned a minivan in my 20's, I am a musician). It was great. Hardly got pulled over (total mom van), Honda reliability, and smooth cruising ride. Haven't tried the new ones but they look even bigger.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone knows that rentals with the optional insurance are the fasted cars and the best off roaders. That makes them perfect for road trips.

Forget the insurance. If you have anything approaching an accident on a unpaved road the insurance won’t cover the claim. Signed, person who’s been known to engage in frolics and detours.

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Best road trip was I took a 1975 450SL on a ski trip to Killington VT when single. I actually had a ski rack on roof of the two seater Mercedes. Went with buddy.

I drove the car 1,000 miles that weekend. Went to pickle barrel happy hour. And while out bar hopping a big snow storm we picked up two girls and went to their place. I swear the car and exhaust system was sliding through snow 4 people in a two seater car at 2 am in a snow storm. I actually saw my muffler steaming in the snow when I parked their house.

On way home we were tailgating a guy with a radar detector and I was being tailgated. For over one hour straight we drive 100 mph with two sets of skis on roof. Shocked they stayed in.

I think everyone thought what idiot takes a rear wheel drive 20 year old old Mercedes convertible with 120,000 miles out in a snowstorm with skis attached to hardtop for a 1,000 mile trip to happy hours and bars. Well it was President weekend and beer, skiing and girls involved so why not

I was shocked the engine did not blow up!

Best road trip

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Anonymous wrote:Our beloved Mazda 5 seats 6 if you consider their cramped 3rd row, but its main purpose is to seat 4 and have room for luggage in a compact sedan footprint. It's a "mini" minivan. Turn is usefully tight and the car is very maneuverable. However, it gets loud on the interstate and the original rear suspension isn't great, we replaced it.

I don't know if they still sell them in the US, however. I wish it came in a luxury electric version with better quality parts because the concept of a compact 6-seater is really nice. I hate large cars.

Me again. We just went did a college road trip to the northeast and Canada with it. It was fine, in the sense that it's roomy enough for our family of 4 plus bags, it's easy to park, and consumes less fuel than a regular minivan. But a luxury ride it's not!

Odyssey owner. Our next one will be the Sienna, which now comes only as a hybrid-electric.

But I like the way the Mazda 5 drives the time I had it as a rental. Mazda does that well.

Same here... we likely won't buy another Odyssey. Honda has lost me as a customer, likely for good. This makes me sad. Even for the Hondas that do offer a Hybrid drivetrain, they are so far behind Toyota it's laughable. The CR-V hybrid offers less power, worse fuel economy, and no electric-only driving mode. Honda is floundering. Hyundai and Kia cars have handily surpassed Honda for new drivetrain design.

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Anonymous wrote:My Wrangler. Performs great on road trips and even better off road trips.

I prefer my bronco for this reason plus if i take the back seat out i can fit a twin size mattress in the back

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I look more at the features that make for a nice road trip:

-Comfort, smooth ride
-Excellent mileage
-Quiet interior and lack of road noise
-Excellent driver assist tech: adaptive cruise control, lane assist or hands free driving, etc.
-Excellent audio system and large map display (Apple CarPlay is a must for me)

Given all these requirements, I’d probably go with a Lexus NX Hybrid.

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Anonymous wrote:My Wrangler. Performs great on road trips and even better off road trips.

I prefer my bronco for this reason plus if i take the back seat out i can fit a twin size mattress in the back

Plymouth Prowler is always the answer.

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Anonymous wrote:Best road trip was I took a 1975 450SL on a ski trip to Killington VT when single. I actually had a ski rack on roof of the two seater Mercedes. Went with buddy.

I drove the car 1,000 miles that weekend. Went to pickle barrel happy hour. And while out bar hopping a big snow storm we picked up two girls and went to their place. I swear the car and exhaust system was sliding through snow 4 people in a two seater car at 2 am in a snow storm. I actually saw my muffler steaming in the snow when I parked their house.

On way home we were tailgating a guy with a radar detector and I was being tailgated. For over one hour straight we drive 100 mph with two sets of skis on roof. Shocked they stayed in.

I think everyone thought what idiot takes a rear wheel drive 20 year old old Mercedes convertible with 120,000 miles out in a snowstorm with skis attached to hardtop for a 1,000 mile trip to happy hours and bars. Well it was President weekend and beer, skiing and girls involved so why not

I was shocked the engine did not blow up!

Best road trip

What an idiot. And are you going to encourage your kid to do the same? Because they might not come back to tell the tale.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Best road trip was I took a 1975 450SL on a ski trip to Killington VT when single. I actually had a ski rack on roof of the two seater Mercedes. Went with buddy.

I drove the car 1,000 miles that weekend. Went to pickle barrel happy hour. And while out bar hopping a big snow storm we picked up two girls and went to their place. I swear the car and exhaust system was sliding through snow 4 people in a two seater car at 2 am in a snow storm. I actually saw my muffler steaming in the snow when I parked their house.

On way home we were tailgating a guy with a radar detector and I was being tailgated. For over one hour straight we drive 100 mph with two sets of skis on roof. Shocked they stayed in.

I think everyone thought what idiot takes a rear wheel drive 20 year old old Mercedes convertible with 120,000 miles out in a snowstorm with skis attached to hardtop for a 1,000 mile trip to happy hours and bars. Well it was President weekend and beer, skiing and girls involved so why not

I was shocked the engine did not blow up!

Best road trip

What an idiot. And are you going to encourage your kid to do the same? Because they might not come back to tell the tale.

Yes. It actually handled well. I had G60 Radials on car for a mean look and I had Posi rear. I did same trip years later with a GF in a late model wrangler and on black ice I almost rolled the jeep. The 4WD got me cocky and on black ice it slid out and when it ended I knew if sideward would flip when hit dry payment.

To be honest at 16 I drove my Moms 1971 Buick Estate Wagon with a 454 CI engine and 21 foot long and was doing donuts and that car was safest car in world buy at same time massive size and weight I would have knocked down a house in an accident

[Anonymous]

Love, love, love road trips in my Tesla M3.

Handles like a dream on the highway, and charging stops (at least with my long range) are always right around when I'd want to stop and stretch my legs anyway. My wife and I call Autopilot "Blizzard mode" because we stop at Dairy Queen and get Blizzards and the driver can eat theirs while the car drives itself.

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Anonymous wrote:Love, love, love road trips in my Tesla M3.

Handles like a dream on the highway, and charging stops (at least with my long range) are always right around when I'd want to stop and stretch my legs anyway. My wife and I call Autopilot "Blizzard mode" because we stop at Dairy Queen and get Blizzards and the driver can eat theirs while the car drives itself.

God help us all.