mantamark
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Northumberland
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To go from newcastle to swansea. 360miles. In a transit. Limited to 62mph.
Fuck me i was bored!
Does anyone else drive limited vehicles, if so, how far do you travel, and what do you do to pass time?
I had iphone on shuffle, tried to not skip any tracks. Was ok til it got to 4pm and went pitch black, then foggy, then started lashing down.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Only ever do 60mph when I'm towing, don't mind it really. Cruise control on, seat wound back, box of egg and bacon sandwiches on the passenger seat, job done.
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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a box of sandwiches 
how many do you get in a box 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Wasn't sure what to call it, the triangle shaped thing with the window in that you get in motorway services.
Normally two or three if it's a jumbo pack, just buy one each time you stop.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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Not really the same, but it took me 9hrs to get from staffs back to glasgow with the XE. Limited by the fact that it threw the fan belt off half an hr into the journey which meant I had to stop every 30mins to charge it for 30mins. it was literally the worst rain I've ever seen in this country and it needed spazzy wipers so that didn't help with the battery, was one of the worst things that's ever happened to me.
Purely for journey time would be when I went down to cornwall and had to spend 13hrs in the back of a mitsubishi spaceshuttle mini MPV shiter and about 4hrs of that was with three people on the back. Shit, shit times, plus the fact that my mates' mum nearly killed us by falling asleep at the wheel
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richardworrall
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Registered: 20th Sep 05
Location: Derby
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wait till you get stuck at 56mph in a truck. No matter how far your going its boring as hell.
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mantamark
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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I know the type you mean Ian, normaly pricey too. Got a new yorker baguette and large coffee and it was £7.40 
no cruise control either, and been up since 5am. Yawn.
Ive been down st ives before, but that was in a car and took 9hrs but felt quicker than today due to 62mph.
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
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I've racked up more miles than I care to remember in a Transit. Every Monday from East Lancs to Reigate/Wallington/Croydon/Windsor/Reading and more for about 3 years. They're not bad for long journeys really, bit noisy with roof rack and no bulkhead although ours wasn't limited. Used to do all those none stop most of the time too as the lad I was working with wasn't old enough to be on insurance and we'd only get paid a set amount of hours to get there.
Driven a few limited vans though and they were a pain at first but you start to get used to it after a bit, it's just overtaking on the motorway that's a bit of a blag.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Mate of mine used to have a wank. Said he didn't care if anyone saw him as he'd never see them again.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Mate of mine used to have a wank. Said he didn't care if anyone saw him as he'd never see them again.
theres a story in the paper today about a bloke who was wanking in his car and a school bus full of kids pulled up next to him at traffic lights, got jailed for 3.years
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
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i drove to the nurburgring in a truck that did 55mph! was boring as fuck!!!
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Mate of mine used to have a wank. Said he didn't care if anyone saw him as he'd never see them again.
theres a story in the paper today about a bloke who was wanking in his car and a school bus full of kids pulled up next to him at traffic lights, got jailed for 3.years
stop reading the daily star then
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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the sun.
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
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I'm another one that doesn't mind a chilled out drive at 60, as long as I'm in the mood for it. Although I've never done a 7 hour A-B run. I regularly do more than that in a day but I have jobs on so I get to stop for a while and do something different before jumping back in the van and heading to the next stop.
[Edited on 21-11-2011 by Mike B]
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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I very often do 3-400 mile round trips at only 56. i just chill out and turn the radio up. unless i have a customer to talk to.
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Russ
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if im driving at work i will always drive slower
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
if im driving at work i will always drive slower
I floor the shit out of all the work cars/vans drove my boss in my own car the other day and she commented she'd never seen me drive so calmly
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mantamark
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Northumberland
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The sooner i get there, the sooner i get home, so a 3-7hr drive annoys me. I work away mon - fri so like to get home asap.
Managed to blag a spanky new audi avant tdi auto for a meeting the other week. Sport mode and killed it.
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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If i do any driving for work its the extreme long way round sticking under the speed limits.
Suppose when ive done mt class 2 hgv i'll have to get used to the speed limiter!
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Crana
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Registered: 20th Jan 09
Location: Newcastle
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its ok driving with a quite car try from newcastle to santa pod in a corsa xe with a big exhaust  Music make the drive much better unless your stuck with the radio
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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Coombe and back almost killed me, 300 road miles plus 2 track sessions in a stripped car with hard buckets and 3" harnesses. I dozed off in the outside lane doing 80, only woke up from the vibrations over the white line
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