Take a road trip in a car that's been sitting? Options

[McLovin]

Hey guys,

My 914 has been sitting for over a year since I got it. I bought a "turn key" car, but it still needs brakes and an oil leak fixed. Otherwise, it's in pretty good shape. I know my fuel lines are good. But the car has been sitting. And before I bought it, I know it sat a couple years getting cosmetics. So essentially, when I get my car on the road, it will have decent rubber lines and tires, but it will have sat for a few years.

Assuming I change the oil , make sure my battery is up to par and adjust the valves, how worried should I be about taking it out of town on a 200 mile trip? My town is about 200 miles in three directions from interesting big cities, and I know I'll want to use it to go to events out of town. Are these gems reliable? I have a company truck, but I can use for personal stuff but I can't take it out of town.

Thanks!

[DRPHIL914]

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I have driven my car on a half dozen trips of 5 hours or more and 2 of 900 miles!!! - that was taking it from SC to Conn to Tangerine racing for work( I only stopped 2x for gas and stretch, drove thru night because it was cooler and less traffic) , then back home afew months later.

But before I did that I had replaced all of my suspension, brakes, bushings bearings etc. so all the safety issues were taken care of, and fuel lines etc all replaced. - SO the state of your car matters. my car has 150k miles on it now and I didn't hesitate to take it to Okteenerfest 5 hours away. but take the test drives etc as suggested, also have an extra petronix unit, points, coil, spare tire, jack, etc triple a AAA , I have Haggarty with roadside assistance and long distance towing , - flares , and take the car and have a great trip. 200 miles I would not hesitate at all , but with all the updating ive done the car is like new mechannicall except for the motor and it has good compression numbers , - sure things can happen but I thing I could have just as great a chance and having an issue with my 2000 BMW 528i that has 253k miles on it! - but again, my car is well maintained, so I would not hesitate with it either.

have a great trip!,

Phil

Thanks, that's good info. As a side note, you stopped every 200 miles or so? How was that? I mean, I can't decide if the car would be terribly uncomfortable because the seats are thin, or reasonably comfortable because you're practically lying down. Are long trips grueling, or just like other cars?

i have rebuilt and recovered my seats with new padding better lumbar support, so very comfortable- i am 6'2", 175, no issues here! i stopped whrn i needed gas, about 350 miles( i get 30+mpg).