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furthest you have drove in your car?

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  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    forgotmyname wrote: »
    Midlands to South Wales to Cornwall and back in 11 hours..

    Average speed approx 70mph even with the stops.. And that was in a van...

    So a large part of the journey at illegal speed then.
  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    So a large part of the journey at illegal speed then.

    But maybe a realistic one.
    I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Hull to Cornwall - did it quite a number of times. About 400 miles, about 6 hours.

    I didn't stop en-route as it's just me and it was always dark outside. I also think "if I stop for half an hour then I'll get there half an hour later" - and I like to get to where I'm going, then stop/relax and know there's no more driving.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    From leaving home to coming back home again? About 40,000 miles and 22 countries over 17 months.
    In one day? About 700 miles, several times.
  • alastairq
    alastairq Posts: 5,030 Forumite
    1500-odd miles , from home-to-home, starting on a Good Friday night, competing in a Lands End Trial, then driving home again on an Easter Sunday, [from around Lands End] in a 1983 Skoda Estelle.

    Nothing broke, despite my best efforts.
    No, I don't think all other drivers are idiots......but some are determined to change my mind.......
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    edited 19 December 2025 at 9:30PM
    [quote=[Deleted User];67482379]For once I agree with UKIP: get people to speak English.[/QUOTE]
    Perhaps they should start with their own candidates?
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