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1066 miles in last 3 days!
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Author:  TopCat [Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  1066 miles in last 3 days!
now safely ensconced near inverness after 1066 mile round trip in last 3 days!

last 450 miles did at average of 69.8 mph and 39.8 mpg car was full to the roof throughout!

trip involved Isle of Man to Rutland -then Devon and back in 1 day for funeral and then Rutland to Inverness

My MG ZT-T has been truly magnificent- I have owned it from new and would buy another next year for sure when my boys outgrow the back seats! Amazing what modern cars are able to achieve.
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Author:  TopCat [Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1066 miles in last 3 days!
we did 1600 miles last week attending another funeral criss crossing England

but this was in Nissan Pathfinder with roofbox and bad traffic at times - no better than 32 mpg (fully laden)

Pathfinder is a 2010 version and bought in 2011 with 4k on the clock- now has done 62k!!
Author:  chevy-stu [Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1066 miles in last 3 days!
Is it not cheaper to fly ?
The cost of fuel, and cheap airlines now, mean unless your 4 up with luggage I can't see how it's worth it sometimes...
Author:  TopCat [Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1066 miles in last 3 days!
Too many nodes in between sadly!

Ie IOM- Rutland
Rutland- Dorset
Dorset-Wiltshire-Rutland
Rutland- Suffolk- Rutland
Rutland-StAlbans-Rutland
and Rutland- IOM

plus 2x dogs and 1x cat leaving chickens!
Author:  chevy-stu [Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:56 am ]
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Ah.. fair enough.. life's never as straight forward as it appears from the outside sometimes..
Author:  TopCat [Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:52 pm ]
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slightly shorter trip this time- 800 miles in 6 days- across England in Nissan !
Thank goodness for SatNav warning us of M6 pileup- if we hadn't taken evasive action on A34 A50 north we would have missed ferry!

Still very stressful- this driving in England- how on earth do you guys manage it all? I guess we are spoilt with open roads in IOM and Highlands of Scotland!

Friday night saw 75 miles Rutland to Oxfordshire in 3 and 1/4 hours 2 accidents completely blocking roads!
Author:  78 Camaro [Thu Nov 21, 2013 4:11 pm ]
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"Still very stressful- this driving in England- how on earth do you guys manage it all? "

I think when you grow up with it, you know no better so it becomes the norm. Recently it has been taking my colleague 1 hour to do an 8 mile journey to work :( When i was doing some filing up in Scotland i was the driver of the equipment transit, 1.9tdi and had my foot planted for long stretches as there wasn't anything else about it. You definitely are spoilt there :) I think the survival technique is to be passive aggressive and swear a lot. After a while you get bored of the same swear words, so it becomes a game to come up with creative swear phrases :) It's the grown up equivalent of turning licence plates into words i think :lol:
Author:  TopCat [Thu Nov 21, 2013 4:16 pm ]
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We are back up to Inverness weekend after next- expect a mere 700 miles in 4 days

I expect snow will be the issue

collected my snow tyres from shed at lunchtime..............
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