Matt L
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its true 
I drive to liverpool and back most weekends as the gf is up at uni there.
normally i will drive there and back doing a steady 60-70 and it takes an hour.
on fridays its normally around 50-60 due to traffic but still takes ever so slightly over an hour.
and yesterday i followed a landrover all the way back doing 80-90 all the way back and it still took me an hour  .
god knows why
does anyone else get this feeling??
(appologies for any spelling mistakes this keyboard is p*ssing me off)
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Daniel_Corsa
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Some mornings I give the car a bit of stick to work, get to middle of town and a car I passed 10mins ago pulls up along side!
I've started just sitting at the speed limits pottering away and find it just as quick! But still like the odd little play
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fir3vip3r
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80-90 wont get you there much quicker, the wrong side of 100 leptons makes a noticeable difference though
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Matt L
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yeh same here ill normally sit in the inside lane all the way to liverpool on a friday night as its empty and the amount of people who belt past you who you then undertake 5mins later up the motorway is untrue
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Daniel_Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by fir3vip3r
80-90 wont get you there much quicker, the wrong side of 100 leptons makes a noticeable difference though
I agree
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mattk
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I drove to cardiff at a steady 60 at 3pm on friday afternoon and it took me nearly 4 hours to do 200 miles
I drove hom on sunday night with no traffic at all and it took me 2 hours and 12 mins
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ChrisBoom
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Its quite true, few months back me and a few lads from work were traveling about 100 miles a day to work and back.
I drove in the mornings, and always took us 45-50 minutes, sitting at 65-70mph.
Lad who would drive home would sit at 90mph, poor transit being dogged within an inch of its life, dodgy overtakes, etc etc, and he could never get home quicker than 45mins
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andy1868
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i find travelling at 40mph gets me places quicker than if i'm travelling at 4mph
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stan_the_man
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I used to leave for work at quarter to 8, for an 8 o clock start. I live 14 miles from my work. Half of that is in bad traffic. The other half is good B roads. 120mph+ was getting silly.
I now leave at half past and sit at bang on 60 and get there 5 mins early.
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I drove hom on sunday night with no traffic at all and it took me 2 hours and 12 mins
200 miles - average of 90.9 leptons Matt, tut tut!
Were you still wearing your make-up too? 
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Gareth F
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i drive from chichester to winchester twice a week and i must agree, 70mph -50minutes but 90mph ish 40minutes but use twice as much fuel
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Richardhhha
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used to take me 1h 20min to get 66 miles to the ex's whn driving at 60-80ph
bump it up to 100-120 and got there in 45 minuits
recently ive done 1h 45min from mine to bornmouth with is 135miles not to bad... engine sounds buggered now tho lol
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I drove to cardiff at a steady 60 at 3pm on friday afternoon and it took me nearly 4 hours to do 200 miles
I drove hom on sunday night with no traffic at all and it took me 2 hours and 12 mins
Matt, you know it doesn't get you there faster, Trax 07?
Matt went past me at about 80, so I sped up to follow, as did he, I couldn't keep up and eventually give up and dropped back down to 80. I arrived at Trax and as I was walking in, got a phone call from Matt 'How did you get here before me?'
Tbf that was down to a few closed junctions on the M6 and better forward planning from me
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by Mike B]
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lostboy
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Durham to Liverpool in a 1.9cdti vectra in just over 2 hours with a couple of stops, and back in the same-ish time with an engine in the boot, screw your corsa's
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mattk
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my sense of direction was to blame there Mike
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aewajd
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Burnley - Nottingham {115 mile's} on a friday afternoon 80-90 + traffic is about 2hr's 25min's.
Nottingham - Burnley on a sunday nite with no traffic at 65-70 is about 2hrs 5 min's
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
my sense of direction was to blame there Mike
I'll never ever forget that phone call, you didn't half sound pissed off
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tom_simes
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You didn't answer my question about the make-up Matt
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mattk
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well... errr.
it was for the G/F
I love the roads when they are as empty as they were sunday night, I only overtook a handfull of cars and the one lorry on the full length of the M50
the last 3 miles were flat out
125 if your wondering, wouldnt budge past that
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tom_simes
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yea, I've done the M50 like that before - driven 20 miles without seeing another car, its pretty eerie when this is no lighting for that section too - just your own headlights, its wierd!
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mattk
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yeah, I sort of like it though, thats my favorite stretch of the journey (in this car)
used to absolutly hate it in the saxo, never trusted that car
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Eck
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My mum takes 25 minutes from my house to Kirkcaldy, I took 16. She drives a 278bhp Impreza normally but does the speed limit (max 60mph), do the maths.
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ed
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Birmingham to London on the fun side of 100mph definitely gets you there quicker. God bless the M40.
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VegasPhil
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I just prefer driving flat out tbh
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xa0s
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
I just prefer driving flat out tbh
WIN
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