Generally speaking, most cars are not too old for road trips. If your vehicle is in good running condition and up to date on state inspection you should have no trouble taking it on an extended drive.

It would take 1.467 hours, or 1 hour 28 minutes, or 88 minutes.

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• Check Your Car’s Battery.
• Inspect Belts and Hoses.
• Top Off Fluids and Replace Filters.
• Verify Lights and Electrical Equipment Are Working.
• Check the Brakes.
• Inspect Tires.
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Two to Four Weeks Before You Go

1. Get any major repairs done.
2. Check the coolant.
3. Check the tires.
4. Check the spare tire.
5. Check the glovebox.
6. Get any scheduled maintenance done.
7. Check the tires again.
8. Clean out your car.

5 Most Important Vehicle Checks

• Oil, Antifreeze/Coolant, and Other Fluids. You should know by now that the oil functions as the blood of your car’s engine.
• Brakes.
• Tires.
• Air Filter.
• Check Engine Light.

Before packing up, make one final check of the following:

1. Tires condition.
2. Check tires tread and look for signs of strain, bulges, or other damage.
3. Tire pressure, don’t over inflate.
4. Wipers and wiper fluid.
5. Coolant.
6. Flush radiator, if you haven’t done so in a while.
7. Fuses and Horn.
8. High and low beam headlights.

If you have been keeping up on maintenance and the car is in good mechanical shape, yes, you can take your high mileage car on a long road trip. If everything has been taken care of as needed and it runs well now, it wouldn’t be a problem to take it on a trip. Mileage isn’t the big deal it was 20 or 30 years ago.

First things first, car idling isn’t necessarily harmful to your vehicle, but it does have effects. You can waste almost a gallon of gas if you leave your car idling for more than an hour. Burns up oil. Longer time leaving your engine running causes more motor oil to be circulated and burned up.

Ten seconds of idling can burn more fuel than turning off and restarting the engine. Plus, excessive idling can damage your engine’s components, including spark plugs, cylinders and exhaust systems. Fact is, it has little impact on engine components like your battery and starter motor.