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Author Car vs Train Essex to Stoke top gear style
gavin18787
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20th Oct 11 at 06:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Going alton towers today for a few days

Im driving with three others in my car and other two are getting the train.

Train = 3 hours 20 mins

Car = 3 hours 10 mins

Who will win?

No silly speeds as Kirsty is a bad passanger

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
nathy_87
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20th Oct 11 at 06:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I say car, but alton towers aint In Stoke mate.

You stopping over at the hotel?

[Edited on 20-10-2011 by nathy_87]
pow
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20th Oct 11 at 07:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car. Who is Kirsty
Ben G
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20th Oct 11 at 07:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car depending om the time you leave.
Tomnova16
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20th Oct 11 at 07:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
car

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
Tomnova16
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20th Oct 11 at 07:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its 1:30 hrs from me and south end is 1hr away
actually thats not at 70mph

[Edited on 20-10-2011 by Tomnova16]

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
its 1:30 hrs from me and south end is 1hr away
actually thats not at 70mph

[Edited on 20-10-2011 by Tomnova16]


Was about to say
RichR
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20th Oct 11 at 08:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Alton Towers is nowhere near a station. You can add an hour on to get from Stoke/Derby station to Alton Towers using a taxi.

I live 2minutes from towers

[Edited on 20-10-2011 by LiVe LeE]
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20th Oct 11 at 10:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not sure, but please get your mpg figures to share with us all
P1CK4D
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I'd rather go by car even if it took longer tbh. Plane FTW though.
Fad
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20th Oct 11 at 13:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pow
Car. Who is Kirsty


Your ex mate
pow
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20th Oct 11 at 13:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nah it's not m8
P1CK4D
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
quote:
Originally posted by pow
Car. Who is Kirsty


Your ex mate


Slut.
Fad
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Thats what David keeps calling her
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20th Oct 11 at 13:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
I live 2minutes from towers

[Edited on 20-10-2011 by LiVe LeE]


That would be awesome, don't think I could ever tire of going.
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not been for 4/5 years - since Rita first opened. Got bored as I used to go every day after school until I was 11. My Mum managed the bank on site and looked after the daily financing etc -you used to be able to get a loan whilst you were at towers!!

I used to get looked after by Henry the Hound and a guy on stilts, basically the team who did the parade and shows - Good times
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Was the loans just to get some food and drink, or even a souveneer from the shops there?
gavin18787
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22nd Oct 11 at 17:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car won on the way home

So 1 - 1

No traffic and 80mph cruise home beat the train by 20mins


Had an amazing two days

Nemisis, 13 and air were the faves. Thursday 15mins was the longest que

Yesterday some were an hour +

Also renting a house with a hot tub makes me want one
Cold create of fosters gold whilst in the hot tub is amazing. Plus had some tunes on using the car so finally found a use for the remote that came with the head unit

[Edited on 22-10-2011 by gavin18787]

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
RichR
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Where was the house you were renting?

Friend of mine has a wood fire hot tub (basically a log burning stove built into a hot tub) which you can get ridiculously hot and cold beer never tastes better than in there on a freezing night!!

[Edited on 22-10-2011 by LiVe LeE]
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
not been for 4/5 years - since Rita first opened. Got bored as I used to go every day after school until I was 11. My Mum managed the bank on site and looked after the daily financing etc -you used to be able to get a loan whilst you were at towers!!

I used to get looked after by Henry the Hound and a guy on stilts, basically the team who did the parade and shows - Good times


You need one, I can't believe they charge you £5 to park in their massive car park after paying £40 to get in
RichR
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This was 20-23 years ago!! It never used to be as bad until John Broome was on the verge of bancruptcy because of Battersea Power Station - He sold it to Tussauds who owned London Planatarium and Madam Tussauds, it was the sold to the Merlin group iirc and even Dubai Investements Group at one stage, its been passed around the houses
gavin18787
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22nd Oct 11 at 19:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Where was the house you were renting?

Friend of mine has a wood fire hot tub (basically a log burning stove built into a hot tub) which you can get ridiculously hot and cold beer never tastes better than in there on a freezing night!!

[Edited on 22-10-2011 by LiVe LeE]



Can not for the life of me remember what its called but the postcode is st10 4hq was oposite the pub. talk about thin roads getting to it

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

 
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