580km in 7 hours = (converting to imperial) an average of 50mph. Speed up. I've done central Scotland to Dover (500 miles) in 6 hours, an average of 80mph.
Why do you detest driving?
Which charges you no doubt.
I want to be somewhere on my schedule, not the airline's.
Why work harder so you can pay for unnecessary things?
I might be visiting a relative and have some big things to give to them. Or I might have a large tent with me.
Anything I like?
No, I just dismissed your point effectively.
Only the worry warts.
I'd say take the fun out of.
I drove into Paris by mistake once (in the rush hour), it was fun. And cool to see how good French drivers are. Everyone reacted to everything and drove smoothly. If I wanted to change lane, I just turned on the indicator, and a space appeared.
Why the f*ck would you want to be legal?
Gotta get round or through London. You make up for it on the motorways earlier. On a long journey in Australia, surely most of it is open roads.
You clearly don't enjoy it much, or you'd take the car.
But driving is fun.
You are unusual.
Depends on your tastes. I hate the flavour of almost every alcoholic drink, hence I add fruit juice to plain alcohol.
Depends why you're going where you're going. My holidays usually require me to be able to move around a lot when I get there.
And watch on a tiny screen?
Just watch the damn race.
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I don't believe you.
I hitched a ride in a souped up Rover 3500 that did Birmingham to Hampstead in less than an hour..
Before the days of speed cameras...at 3 a.m.
I had a friend who, in a suitably geared Cortina used to do London to Darlington in 3 hours. Mind you that was in the days before the 70mph limit.
Why not? Most of the motorway was 100mph, slowing occasionally for cameras and traffic.
The limit only applies when the pigs are watching.
I don't live as far North as Aberfeldy. I can get on the motorway within 10 minutes.
Even if it is all motorway there is the M25 and you would be lucky to get an average of 60mph for around 40 miles with the traffic and the large number of speed cameras. That's assuming no queue at the Datrford tunnel.
I once di White City to Aberfeldy in aday , thelast hour inthedark (and it was snowing). Quite shattering. The hotel owner, who knew me, said "You need a drink, before going to your room"
Yes it is. You can't easily get to 100 on single carriageways. Most of the journey for me is motorway.
The M25 is a small part of it, and why my average was 80 and not 100.
You can if it isn't rush hour. And think about it, doing 100 instead of 70 (which is what Google assumes you do) for only 1 hour gets you 30 miles further saving you nearly half an hour.
And what exactly is stopping me doing 100 here? https://www.google.com/maps/@53.9292676,-2.757998,3a,75y,200.37h,90.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sebG66Lucw1MdulqfFqTDYA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DebG66Lucw1MdulqfFqTDYA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D280.69138%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Basic maths, sorry for confusing you, go get a calculator.
That image is typical of most of the motorway. Only occasionally do you meet a guy overtaking another guy overtaking a truck and get slowed to 70 or 80 for 10 seconds.
How far do you think you travel at 30mph in 1 hour?
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