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Originally Posted by Tanz440
This fall we will doing a road trip, myself my wife and our small pup in my 2025 M440i LCI covertible. The plan is to travel from the Tampa Bay, FL area to just north of Houston, TX to visit family. Route should be about 1,000 miles each way.
Since it is a first for us on this route, as well as the first long trip for our pup we are going to limit the travel to daylight hours and do the trip in about 2 1/2 days.
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You are kidding, right?
1,000 miles is nothing, you can cover that distance over I-10 in 1000/80= 12.5 hours, not including ~3 stops for gas. Zero preparation required.
Maybe spend a night in New Orleans, for fun. Otherwise it can be done in one day straight, all during daylight hoursl
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Originally Posted by Tanz440
Hoping the weather cooperates and we can do a lot of the trip with the top down.
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Driving top-down at highway speeds will not be fun. Especially for your dog!
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Originally Posted by Tanz440
Looking for suggestions from others who have done a similar trip, especially with a pup. Our girl is small, about 15 pounds.
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Time to level-up your dog!
Ours are 110, 60, and 50 pounds. They need restroom breaks less frequently than humans. Otherwise, they sleep through the drive.
Things I have in all my cars, all the time:
- V1 radar detector
- Android Auto/Car Paly with nav and Waze (for cop trap alerts)
- Dynaplug Tire Repair Kit
- 12V Tire Inflator and Repair System
- AAA membership for those rare corner cases when #4 & #5 are not sufficient (happened 1 time in 35 years of driving).
HTH,
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