Taking a road trip is universally synonymous with adventure, relaxation, and new experience. While others might mention plotting out your trip, picking good stopping points, and making sure to have a rest and change drivers as often as you should, I won’t. Instead I’ll stress the one and only thing that you should never ever start a road trip without: a thorough mechanical check of your vehicle.
It you run out of sunscreen, you buy more. If you run out of money, you get some wired to you.
But if your car breaks while far from home… you’re stuck.