Question about long distance driving

[bedoef]

I know this is a bit silly to ask, but I have never owned a car with such short gearing. I have a 200, and I am looking to possibly take her on a 10+hr drive on roads where the min speed is 140kph if you don't want to be a road hazard. Will the car put up with that kind of stress? Thats more than halfway up the rev band, I just was wondering if thats something the Clio can do for 10 straight hours.

Also, has anyone experienced cooling issues with long duration drives? (on relatvely low mileage 200s). I will have to drive with the AC fan on full the whole time, and ambient temps should be around 40C+, so I just want to make sure I dont end up stranded anywhere...

 

[davey1343]

I drove all the way to the South of France in mine 900 miles give or take in one go and it was fine.
On the way back I had cruise set on 100mph for an entire tank of petrol without stopping.
Long distance driving is the least stressful type of driving for a car.

 

[Gez]

The car will be fine, you'll need to stop before the car for the toilet etc..

 

[Kelv]

As above, nothing to worry about in the slightest.

 

[john_walker74]

The cooling system is pretty good on the 200 and mine normally runs a bit cool. In high temps when abroad it has been fine; I wouldn't expect any issues.

 

[Pav]

took my car all the way to the Czech Republic last summer (1,200 mile journey) and as [MENTION=4323]Gez[/MENTION] said,i had to stop for breaks etc but the car help up perfectly...the car will handle that if everything else is 100% working...my AC broke in Germany and that was hell :evil:

 

[bedoef]

Okay I am glad to hear it. I am going to take the car from Bahrain to UAE, which is about 1200 ish kms. Vast stretches of the road dont have support services, and apparently the last (about 2-3 hours) does not have a gas station. Just want to make sure I dont end up stranded in the desert in the middle of the summer.

Thanks guys for the feedback!

 

[Mentalpen]

Take some fuel and water just in case.

 

[Chris]

Car ought to be fine, but truth be told, there are cars id rather take on a 1200km drive across a desert with no stops

As Mentalpen sais, take some containers of fuel/water.

 

[FaithlessEmo]

Should be fine. Doing that kind of speed constantly there will be plenty a cool air going through her and not much stress on the engine relatively compare to hooning it.

 

[chris1888-197]

As everyone else said the car will be fine bud. I have been down to England and back a good few times and had no issues at all. Got 420 mile out a full tank wich was nice too 36 mpg.

 

[Stephenvenning]

I drove to fort William from Basingstoke and back in 3 days in my girlfriends Nissan micro 1L, around 1200 miles so I'm sure the clio will be fine