Melbourne to Sydney this weekend!

[Benny]

What Garry said.
Iv'e done around 800 km in a day, more than once in the 5 and still enjoyed it the next day.
A tip for you.
I have found that by not using bags, and just using the boot as your suitcase, you can fit a lot of luggage in the boot.
Mrs Benny and I just leave the clothes on the hangers, lay them across the boot, and when we arrive, just grab the hangers and hang up the clothes in the motel.
Easy and simple and you can fit in heaps and heaps and I don't have to take out the subwoofer.

[Juffa]

Like many others here I have dríven Melb-Syd-Bris a number of times in the 5.

While less time consuming I have found the Hume hwy very boring, especially with most towns bypassed. I would suggest that you have the time, go at least one way via the Costal Hwy....some very nice sea-side towns on the way.

If you find the seats uncomfortable try rolling a towel and use it as lumbar support.

While I try and drive with the roof down most of the time, I found that in summer that it was too hot and/or too much wind buffeting for more than 2-3 hours. I found roof up and rear window unzipped was a good compromise.

J

[kitkat]

I did the trip earlier in the year... Brissy to Tassie via sydney and melbourne. The 9 hour trip between Melbourne and Devonport (tassie) was prob the easiest

On the way down from Brissy we travelled along the Newell... in short its a SH!!!T highway, its an extremely poor road.
But the rest was great.

Only 1 hickup on the way down and that was the car over heated... but that was my fault. I forgot to turn the aircon off while over taking a truck, i ended hitting a pretty high speed then a couple mins later i noticed the temp gauge was HOT. Lucky had some bottled water with us!

Would i do it again? well i will next year for the next tassie holliday!

[Red Rotor]

longest trip.
Sydney -> Harvey Bay 1st day, 1400Km
Harvey Bay -> Cairns 2nd day, 1600 Km.

[NMX516]

I bought my 5 almost two months ago in Sydney... Picked it up one Monday morning, and drove the 1000kms or so home the same day. Just checked the tyres and filled up with petrol twice. Stopped for about 45mins for some tea, and had a couple of short leg stretch breaks at the side of the road for a couple of minutes each. Took about 11.5hrs all up. Car ran perfectly, and returned about 8.5-9l/100kms.

Take a good supply of drinking water, and minties!

[solo22]

Thanks for all your replies people.

Feeling much more confident about the run now!

Jus gotta burn some classic hard acid rock and I'm set!

[SHMBO]

I am planning to drive from ulladulla to bright in November. 670ks in one day travelling with the westfield. we both will be 2 up and I am carring the luggage.

[Ben]

ive done sydney to brissie 2 twice and sydney to melbourne once. enjoyed each trip except for the trip home from melbourne. It pissed rain for 7 hours, it was an absolute nightmare

[bam]

i drove melb to sydney earlier in the year, got about 600klms per tank without riding truck ass. stupid f**kin alarm beeped over every bump on the way home though till i killed it!

[miata]

Sydney - Brisbane (NATMEET), Sydney - Adelaide (twice to visit my Grandkids), Sydney - Melbourne (NATMEET), Sydney -Melbourne - Adelaide (NATMEET),two people for two weeks with all luggage in soft bags. We could have carried a few extra bottles of wine coming back from Adelaide, couldn't we Agro?
All it takes to travel in an MX-5 is intelligent packing.

[solo22]

Well, I'm baaaaaack.

And let me tell you (as if you did'nt know already) that the MX5 is an awesome motor vehicle!

Got about 600klms per tank (even got to try that fancy 100 octane 5% ethanol \"racing\" fuel you Sydney siders have!)

Only advice I can give people - fill up your windscreen wiper tank often! And with soapy stuff if possible. Bug massacre!!!

As for mechanicals, I did notice ALOT of transmission noise when the car was hot and had dríven hundreds of klm's (went away with clutch in) but its fine now.

Overall VERY happy with car's performance! Comfort was fine although cruise control would of been nice!

I'd recommend EVERYBODY take their MX out for a nice long drive

I'm SURE mine is running better now, just seems \"zippier\" after the trip, I guess alot of gunk got cleaned out. Oil looks pretty bad now thou ;)

[Andrew]

Trucks are your friend if your not in a rush and are a confident driver.

I took my UHF radio and chatted to them all the way down the Hume on my last visit to Sydney a few weeks ago