Short trip ok?

160 miles is no stress at all. Just make sure that all your fluids are
right, belts are in good shape, and...of course...tires and pressures are on
spec. As long as you've changed your timing belt, oil and fuel filters
regularly, it should just eat up the miles...

Enjoy the trip...

> I have a 85.5 Porsche 944 that i'm going to need to use for a short
> roadtrip Friday. I'll be doing about 80 miles there and than another 80 for
> the return trip. A total of probably 2-3 hours of a driving. I usually
> just run my 944 around town, nothing out of the city. Should this be ok?
> Anything I should do or check before I leave? Car rans just fine right now,
> has 122k.

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well, early last year I took a "short " trip, averaging speed limit plus
a few for 3100 miles over a 4.5 day period coast to coast, and the 944
just hummed right along.

check the fluids, get an oil and filter change, tank up and have at it....

if you live in a major urban area , spooling off 80 miles one way is a
common occurance, no big deal

DC

> I have a 85.5 Porsche 944 that i'm going to need to use for a short
> roadtrip Friday. I'll be doing about 80 miles there and than another 80 for
> the return trip. A total of probably 2-3 hours of a driving. I usually
> just run my 944 around town, nothing out of the city. Should this be ok?
> Anything I should do or check before I leave? Car rans just fine right now,
> has 122k.

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> I have a 85.5 Porsche 944 that i'm going to need to use for a short
> roadtrip Friday. I'll be doing about 80 miles there and than another 80 for
> the return trip. A total of probably 2-3 hours of a driving. I usually
> just run my 944 around town, nothing out of the city. Should this be ok?
> Anything I should do or check before I leave? Car rans just fine right now,
> has 122k.

If all you usually do is run around town, I'd say a decent few hours driving
will be good for it.

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Patty Winter - 19 May 2004 08:53 GMT

>If all you usually do is run around town, I'd say a decent few hours driving
>will be good for it.

Yeah, I bet it will enjoy stretching its legs!

I sometimes go for weeks without driving my '86 944. But I drove
it to Yosemite (about 400 miles round trip) a couple of months
ago, and then a 160-mile roundtrip a couple of weeks later. It
was fine. It was happy. ;-)

Patty

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> I have a 85.5 Porsche 944 that i'm going to need to use for a short
> roadtrip Friday. I'll be doing about 80 miles there and than another 80 for
> the return trip. A total of probably 2-3 hours of a driving. I usually
> just run my 944 around town, nothing out of the city. Should this be ok?
> Anything I should do or check before I leave? Car rans just fine right now,
> has 122k.

If that short a trip concerns you, you may consider having it looked at by a
shop to see if there are any underlying issues you should look out for. Make
sure your routine maintenace is current and you should be fine. These cars
were designed to run hard for much longer than 200 miles.

Jerry S.
87 944 NA/Auto

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Are you for real?

> I have a 85.5 Porsche 944 that i'm going to need to use for a short
> roadtrip Friday. I'll be doing about 80 miles there and than another 80 for
> the return trip. A total of probably 2-3 hours of a driving. I usually
> just run my 944 around town, nothing out of the city. Should this be ok?
> Anything I should do or check before I leave? Car rans just fine right now,
> has 122k.

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Garrak - 27 May 2004 20:42 GMT

Yeah, I tell you this, city driving is hell on all cars.
A good shake out on the highway is great.

Got a friend with a 2000 Toyota Tacoma with 178,000 miles 75% on the
highway. I'll buy it any day over another driven in 75% in the city.

> Are you for real?
> > I have a 85.5 Porsche 944 that i'm going to need to use for a short
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> now,
> > has 122k.

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