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[Saabnut]

3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Taxation class completely academic until you actually have it back. Apologies if I’ve missed something - but if it’s all ready, it’s time to get it home. 

Are you volunteering? The distance is the same either way. At present I am on hospital appointments every 10 days on average which makes planning trips difficult. More than happy to give you a hand loading it!

[BorniteIdentity]

12 hours ago, Saabnut said:

Are you volunteering? The distance is the same either way. At present I am on hospital appointments every 10 days on average which makes planning trips difficult. More than happy to give you a hand loading it!

You’ll know I’m not averse to a daft collection. Just 10 days ago I did Devon to Cambridge in a car that hadn’t turned a wheel in 8 years. 230 stupid miles through bank holiday traffic with little in the way of brakes, half an exhaust and a snapped coil spring. Forgive me for feeling my credentials are sound.

I am, however, confused as to why moving it is a challenge for either of us? It very much feels like one for the owner. 

Plus- giving me the keys to an invacare would be like signing its death warrant. A highly amusing* Clarkson-esque disaster would be befall it almost immediately. On camera. In High Definition. Publicly. 

[Christine]

Stop bickering .

Its coming home !  

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

Its coming home !  

I can't wait, I'm looking forward to reading stories about how it works in real life. 

[Christine]

Dez cant sleep!  He's text mum , and they'll talk about it when it  gets home 

[warren t claim]

Maddie McCann will be home first. 

[timolloyd]

🥳 any progress updates? Has he reached Watford Gap yet?

[R Lutz]

I reckon we'd be able to keep track of the progress southbound and down via the traffic reports on radio. 

[barefoot]

If we're organising a relay, I'd be more than happy to drive it from junction 24, M1 to junction 23a M1.

[plasticvandan]

Just make sure there isn't a firefighter strike on that day 

[warren t claim]

This would make an epic TV series. Maybe get Michael Palin to co-star and do narration duties?

[timolloyd]

Charlie Boorman and Euan McGregor surely? The Wrong Way Up?

[warren t claim]

Whereabouts is the tripod?

Scotland is a big country. A couple of years ago I did Wirral to Peterhead and back in a day which is a round trip of 780 miles 

The trip really was a killer. A killer in a two year old Hyundai Ioniq. A killer in a two year old Hyundai Ioniq with autonomous cruise control. A killer in a two year old Hyundai Ioniq with autonomous cruise control and active lane keep assist.

A dozen or more years ago I used to drive an artic from Liverpool to Aberdeen and back in a day and that was double crewed with another driver. We were both totally fucked when we got back.

[warren t claim]

@LightBulbFun you must remember this post I made a while ago?

 

Epic trips in wholly unsuitable vehicles are fucking grim in real life.

[Christine]

An ex mate  who sold forestry machinery  , from down here , sold much stuff  in the Highlands. Lots of trees there.. So much so he bought his own lorry.  Which came back empty every week  ....

[silvercar]

9 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

Whereabouts is the tripod?

Scotland is a big country. A couple of years ago I did Wirral to Peterhead and back in a day which is a round trip of 780 miles 

The trip really was a killer. A killer in a two year old Hyundai Ioniq. A killer in a two year old Hyundai Ioniq with autonomous cruise control. A killer in a two year old Hyundai Ioniq with autonomous cruise control and active lane keep assist.

A dozen or more years ago I used to drive an artic from Liverpool to Aberdeen and back in a day and that was double crewed with another driver. We were both totally fucked when we got back.

Pfft, girls day. I used to do Aberdeen to Southerndown in 7 hours on a Friday night and back in six hours on a Sunday night all to pleasure south wales quim. Worked a 60 hr week as well. 
 

back in the early ‘80s mind

Edited September 3, 2024 by silvercar
Typo

[warren t claim]

1 minute ago, silvercar said:

Pfft, girls day. I used to do Aberdeen to Southerndown on a Friday in 7 hours on a Friday night and back in six hours on a Sunday night all to pleasure south wales quim. Worked a 60 hr week as well. 
 

back in the early ‘80s mind

What were you driving?

[silvercar]

Believe it or not a cortina

[Christine]

So it could be home in a day ? 

[warren t claim]

3 minutes ago, silvercar said:

Believe it or not a cortina

Cortina? Hardcore in a Pre-Crossflow 1200 cc Mk1. A piece of piss in a 2.3 Mk5 Ghia.

[silvercar]

My best ever trip Aberdeen to London (overnight because plane was cancelled) was in a hire car cortina………..averaged 79 mph.

pre speed cameras

[auntiemaryscanary]

3 minutes ago, Christine said:

So it could be home in a day ? 

Give it a go, let us know how it went.

[silvercar]

1 minute ago, warren t claim said:

Cortina? Hardcore in a Pre-Crossflow 1200 cc Mk1. A piece of piss in a 2.3 Mk5 Ghia.

2.0 Ghia S Mk4 my good sir.

[warren t claim]

Just now, silvercar said:

2.0 Ghia S Mk4 my good sir.

I think you meant a Mk5 Ghia S! 

[silvercar]

Nope, Mk 4.

Pater was well acquainted with SVO at the time.

 

anyway, we digress, 

 

Shame the owner isn’t collecting and driving 

[R Lutz]

We're all going off topic. It's for Lightbulb to tell us when he's collecting the Sp*z Ch*ariot and driving it south. We're nearly 400 pages into this thread and it looks to me like it's never been driven and never will be driven. Tell me I'm wrong. 

[silvercar]

You are wrong, read again 500 times 

[warren t claim]

Many years ago I had a friend who owned a totally fucked 1.0 Chrysler Sunbeam and every time it clocked up another 220 urban miles without breaking down he'd proudly tell us "Look! It would have made it to Tunbridge Wells to see that bird with the big arse!"

[R Lutz]

1 minute ago, silvercar said:

You are wrong, read again 500 times 

500 times x389 pages. Life is too short, son. Just tell me.

[silvercar]

Chip shop run