Ok this sounds like a silly question, but it's 450Km approx from Ottawa to Sudbury. According to Map Quest it is an 8 hour 40 minute drive???

I suspect it will take between 4-5 hours.

Is MapQuest a little wacked out here?

Never mind I have concluded Map Quest is retarded. It claims 1 hour 46 minutes to Cornwall from Ottawa. It takes 45 minutes, 1 hour MAX to do the trip. That is wacked out!

I made it from Toronto to Sudbury in 2.5hrs once.. :eek: ;)

Originally posted by Quick_lude
I made it from Toronto to Sudbury in 2.5hrs once.. :eek: ;)

Umm, doesn't that mean you were doing like 160 km/h the whole way, which is nearly impossible on highway 69...well, maybe if you were in an RX-8 ;)

Usually that trip takes around 4 hours.

Never driven to Ottawa from Sudbury, but I guess it would take around 4.5 to 5 hours???

When I did the run it used to take about 6 - 8 hours due to having to go through the small towns were the limit drops to 50. Now-a-days it is much faster as they have bypasses to most of the towns and you stay at 90 - 100. 4 -5 hours sounds about right.

That's good to know. I did some more calculations on Mapquest and it's times are whacked out really bad. 2 hours to Cornwall..... yeah sure!

Originally posted by WankelWannabe


Umm, doesn't that mean you were doing like 160 km/h the whole way, which is nearly impossible on highway 69...well, maybe if you were in an RX-8 ;)

Usually that trip takes around 4 hours.

Well maybe it was 2.75hrs.. :) but it was Christmas Day, no snow and nary a car on the road. Otherwise with traffic yes it would take a lot longer.

Did the trip to the Sault 2 weeks ago (and several times before). 3.5 hrs Ottawa to North Bay and another 1.5 hrs to Sudbury. That's doing 110-115 kph and gas stop in North Bay.

Gas stop in North Bay? I did the trip (I'm now in Winnipeg) I did about 105Km/h (no tickets for me please). About 5 hours to Sudbury, gas stop in Sudbury with 1/2 a tank left :)

Either your tank wasn't full or you have a gas hog :)

Filled up in Sudbury, Wawa, Thunder Bay then Kenora. To get to Winnipeg in 24 hrs..... tiring!

I've got a 3 year old. I used the term "gas" loosely rather than writing a "pee and food" break. ;) My wife's fully loaded Volvo can make the trip to Kirkland Lake (2.5 hrs north of North Bay, 600 km total trip) on one tank when the little one used to sleep the whole way. In fact, my FD used to be able to make the trip on one tank as well, but was obviously not during the few 4-4.5 hr blasts it made on some of the overnight trips...

I actually made it from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste Mary on 1 tank. 700Km on the nose!

I do it all the time, it take 5 hours normally, some days 4.5... thats without driving excessive speeds.

It usually takes me about 4.5-5 hours since there's always either construction or traffic.

I've done it in 4.5 (that's to Val Caron from downtown Ottawa -- so probably 4 to Sudbury itself) on an overnight drive without any traffic -- in the 8 anyways.

I find it takes me longer if I am not driving the 8 :)