My longest road trip was probably 7 years ago, a 30 to 45 min to pick up a little (plastic) Brother because I wanted ZZ. The seller had received the machine from her husband "because she loves to CROCHET" LOL She had no use for the sewing machine..... (I don't either, now that I have metal ZZ ones :-) )
My shortest trip was across the street to get the 1918 red eye treadle, that I didn't want but the neighbor insisted that I take it - it was his grandmother's.
After picking up the Bel Air Bantam at a thrift store and fixing it up, I remembered the RedEye in my husband's studio and we brought it down to the house. It was gummed up pretty bad. When I removed the tire for the bobbin winder it simply broke into several pieces! I truly enjoyed making it run smoothly again and to restore its good looks.