Does any know what the quickest time anyone has ever driven across Canada?

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

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There's a smokingtire podcast that interviews a couple generations of cannonballers, some old dude that set the record in the 70s or 80s, and a younger guy (can't remember if it was the recent one in the E63, or the one before him). Regardless, it was a great listen.

I’ve looked into the US records quite a lot and cannonballing in general. Quite interesting to me.

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There’s too much one lane roads to make a Canadian coast to coast attempt work. At least between Kamloops and lake Louise. Haven’t driven far enough East past Manitoba to know what the situation there looks like. Then there’s the highway passing through cities non stop. Just makes it dangerous to attempt anything.

There’s so much traffic between us and Vancouver even in the middle of the night that any record in that segment today would purely be based on luck of traffic.

[ercchry]

Northern Ontario is very similar to BC... but with lots of fog

[bjstare]

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I’ve looked into the US records quite a lot and cannonballing in general. Quite interesting to me.

If you haven't yet, I'd recommend you track down that podcast I mentioned; I'm sure you'd enjoy it.

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There’s so much traffic between us and Vancouver even in the middle of the night that any record in that segment today would purely be based on luck of traffic.

Luck with traffic, combined with size of testes.

[AndyL]

That whole stretch across superior and Huron(?) Is single lane tons of traffic, curving along the edge of the lake and dodging semis doing 90...

[ercchry]

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That whole stretch across superior and Huron(?) Is single lane tons of traffic, curving along the edge of the lake and dodging semis doing 90...

Also really have to time it so gas stations are open... not a lot of options to fill up between kenora and t-bay

[CompletelyNumb]

Y'all are nuts. I drove from Calgary to Penticton once in 6 hours and thought I was a madman.

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Y'all are nuts. I drove from Calgary to Penticton once in 6 hours and thought I was a madman.

My midnight run from Vancouver to Calgary in under 6 hours will never be topped again. It’s impossible to not have to slow down for traffic today.

I wonder if it’s faster to drive thru US then back into Canada to actually make such a run work. Still technically coast to coast haha.

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My midnight run from Vancouver to Calgary in under 6 hours will never be topped again. It’s impossible to not have to slow down for traffic today.

I wonder if it’s faster to drive thru US then back into Canada to actually make such a run work. Still technically coast to coast haha.

Maybe right now it could be beat, with significantly less traffic from COVID. I know my daily highway 2 trips have been fucking dreamy.

[tirebob]

Back in 1991 I made it from Quebec City to Keremeos BC (near Penticton) in 3 days driving on my own and sleeping in my car and thought that was fast lol.

[AndyL]

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My midnight run from Vancouver to Calgary in under 6 hours will never be topped again.

Shit I did Calgary to Vancouver in 8 hours back in the 90s on a few occasions... 6 would be ... Lord tunnerin.

[ExtraSlow]

I thought Calgary to burnaby in about nine hours was plenty fast enough, and that was in an E350 cargo van. Now I just race stoplight to stoplight in the minivan.

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Maybe right now it could be beat, with significantly less traffic from COVID. I know my daily highway 2 trips have been fucking dreamy.

Not with this snow. That time involved doing straights at nearly 300kmh haha. Can’t even think of doing that without summer tires.

[bjstare]

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Not with this snow. That time involved doing straights at nearly 300kmh haha. Can’t even think of doing that without summer tires.

In what car? That gnarly M3 you had?

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In what car? That gnarly M3 you had?

This was in the 944 in 1995. I probably would’ve been faster on the way down if I didn’t get pulled over. Clocked at 250, guns drawn on me once stopped. Cop thought I was running drugs. Cop gave me a break for that knocking ticket to 200 haha. Still $600 ticket back then.

Funny enough the M3 was top speed limited at 250. You don’t need silly power to make these runs, just enough to get to top speed without eating gas like crazy. Drove the 944 with the lights flipped down and driving on foglights to get that extra 20kmh top speed.

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My midnight run from Vancouver to Calgary in under 6 hours will never be topped again. It’s impossible to not have to slow down for traffic today.

I wonder if it’s faster to drive thru US then back into Canada to actually make such a run work. Still technically coast to coast haha.

Holy shit I thought 10 was fast

[bjstare]

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You don’t need silly power to make these runs, just enough to get to top speed without eating gas like crazy..

Right. But you still need decent power to get to 300kmh haha.

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Right. But you still need decent power to get to 300kmh haha.

Almost 300... topped out at 285 with the lights off. At the time the car just had chips and exhaust for 300hp. Doesn’t need that much power.

Thinking back that drive was fucking sketch. To be fearless in my late teens. On the bright side at that kind of speeds, you’re not spending any time in the opposing lanes on a pass haha.

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Maybe right now it could be beat, with significantly less traffic from COVID. I know my daily highway 2 trips have been fucking dreamy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cannonbal...011114670.html

Looks like it does work in the US. Beat the month old record That was thought to be unbeatable by over an hour.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Kinda related, I watch a lot of Vinwiki and I’m really into the cannonball stories and stuff, my fiancé got me this after we got engaged. Signed by a lot of the record holders, number 49/100. Really happy I got one, I was never going to buy it for myself because I’m a cheap cunt.