[OdiousBarbarian]

The drive was pretty long, but i am pretty good at zoning out when i drive and i can do long stints without noticing. Longest day was doing all of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and half of South Dakota in one day, about 15 hours. After that was Bellvue, Idaho to San Francisco, that was about 13 hours. The car drove great the whole time.
As for keeping it clean, much to my lady's dismay, every time i stopped for gas i took the windshield cleaning thing and went crazy wiping down as much of the car as i could before the tank was full.