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Author Driving from liverpool to derbyshire 2moro am i mad?
jacko198
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   21st Sep 08 at 19:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So, im going to pick up some tyres 2moro in derbyshire.

So i plan to leave at 9 and get there between 11 and 12

My mum thinks im mad and that it will be extremely busy, and the fact that my car is lowered wont help things

Is she right?

Im not going through the peak district by the way, would be down the m6 etc
Tom
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Yes completely bonkers
Kurt
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why travel that far? add the petrol cost to the price of the tyres.. still worth it?
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Yea, an 80 mile drive is total madness. I've never gone that far before ever.

[Edited on 21-09-2008 by ed]
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Fucking hell

Ive done 400 miles today purly cause I was bored this morning, got lost in the Lake district

I drove from St Helens To Chesterfeild ( derbyshire ) last week to pick my headlights up

[Edited on 21-09-2008 by mattk]
jacko198
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Thats what i was thinking. She thinks that i will get stuck in traffic for ages, getting over the thelwall viaduct without there being a crash on a monday morning is rare aparently

Im getting some £390 tires for £170 so i think it is worth it
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I was being sarcastic

what time in the morning are you going, I go over it every morning with little to no problem

Whats the place called your going?
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80 miles should take no more than an hour and 30 minutes tbh!
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Snake pass is closed on weekdays too, go over the cat and fiddle, 2nd most dangerous road in England, its fucking boss
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whereabouts in derbyshire are you going? 80 miles shouldn't take long. I live in derbyshire and never had any trouble with my lowered car, so you should be alright...

Mase
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I worked in derbyshire for a week on a 16th century cottage in Glossop, that was a treck and a half every morning
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glossop is a bit of a trek yeah, I used to go to my mates in warrington and had to pass thro glossop from sheffield...

Mase
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Mum's know nothing tbf. My car didn't want to start a few weeks back, just one morning it took a while, according to my mum it was probably cos I've took the interior out of it

She seems to think cars have feelings and mine is unhappy cos I've stripped it out

80miles is nothing, earlier this year I drove about 220 miles to a SE rolling road day, got told my afm was knackered and I shouldn't take it past 3.8k, then drove another 220 miles home having to stay between under 3.8k, that's about 70 in 5th

That's in a lowered, stripped out Corsa with no centre box and a very small back box so it's fairly loud too.
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Im going to alfretton in derbyshire. And planning on leaving at 9 ish

Oh and Mike, thats verry true!!

[Edited on 21-09-2008 by jacko198]
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you will be fine at 9am its between 7-8:30 its manic
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
you will be fine at 9am its between 7-8:30 its manic


Yep, I remember oversleeping once, I was supposed to be in Nottingham for 9 o'clock. Mum woke me up at about 7.20 and I was out at half past. It usually took about 2 hours but this time took me 2 1/2 hours cos the M6 was chocker. I made quite a bit of time up once I got off the motorway too, if I'd have drove at normal speeds it would've took at least 3-3 1/2 hours
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Snake pass is closed on weekdays too, go over the cat and fiddle, 2nd most dangerous road in England, its fucking boss


I was up Cat and Fiddle today on my bike! Glorious day for riding but was noticably colder up there!
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I drove from Bolton to Ingolstadt, I'm out of my mind.
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quote:
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I drove from Bolton to Ingolstadt, I'm out of my mind.


Just the fact you was in Bolton tells us that
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Born and raised there. I agree.
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80 miles?

I undertake that in a day no worries!
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Derby is only connected to civilistation by a number of a-b roads and hills. It may not seem far but it takes a fucking hell of a long time to get there.

Theres no m25 connecting it, its no constant 80-90mph on the mway, its a ball ache of a journey.

I have done it a few times, its only 100miles takes in-excess of 3hrs from where i am.
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The M25 can suck my balls anyway, worse peice of motorway in this country.
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Yea, an 80 mile drive is total madness. I've never gone that far before ever.

[Edited on 21-09-2008 by ed]


LMFAO
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Derby is only connected to civilistation by a number of a-b roads and hills. It may not seem far but it takes a fucking hell of a long time to get there.

Theres no m25 connecting it, its no constant 80-90mph on the mway, its a ball ache of a journey.

I have done it a few times, its only 100miles takes in-excess of 3hrs from where i am.


Agreed there, if he's taking the A50 it's full of roundabouts at one point. As I said before Nottingham is 100 miles from me, and when I got used to the journey I could do it in about 2 hours. That was in a Suzuki Alto 1.1 with the rear bumper flapping in the wind

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