Top Gear Style Challenge...but which vehicle!
Poll: Top Gear Style Challenge...but which vehicle!
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Discussion
CDP said:
If you're going to have a pointless race for the fun of it why would you want to do it in anything less than a car that's pointless but for the fun of it?
Man logic I like 
There is a minor point and that is the losers pay for the previous nights dinner - I will make sure I dine like a king!
tenohfive said:
Sounds like a bit of a naff idea of 'fun.'
You: sit on motorways for 7 hours.
Kids: sit on public transport for 7 hours.
Don't know how old the kids are but regardless, independent travel experience is never a bad thing and always has the potential for an anecdote or two. You: sit on motorways for 7 hours.
Kids: sit on public transport for 7 hours.
They can track each other with GPS on phones now so that'll make it interesting, and whatever way you look at it, it's significantly more fun than all of them being in the same car on motorways for seven hours.
Brilliant. When's the big day (just give us a month if you don't want to be too specific!!)?
Also - route planning back from the tunnel is very important...can be a nightmare using the coastal route, especially on a Sunday when every Doris is out!!
Definitely the Cerb though
A fast German exec would do the job just as easily, but it would feel like a bit of a non-event!
Also - route planning back from the tunnel is very important...can be a nightmare using the coastal route, especially on a Sunday when every Doris is out!!
Definitely the Cerb though
A fast German exec would do the job just as easily, but it would feel like a bit of a non-event!Mark. said:
She will have been in Amsterdam for the week and I fancy going somewhere different for dinner one evening.
Well if dinners your priority then I'll be contrary and says it's got to be the safe sensible car choice, unless a Maccy D's in the M3 services whilst you wait for the AA to arrive is your idea of a) haute cuisine or b) somewhere different. With most of the miles being on motorways I'd say comfort and reliability wins.But if your priority is winning family brownie points, letting your daughter take the Cerbera whilst you sit on planes and trains etc is the clear winner. With the daughter anyway - probably less so your wife.
miln0039 said:
Brilliant. When's the big day (just give us a month if you don't want to be too specific!!)?
Also - route planning back from the tunnel is very important...can be a nightmare using the coastal route, especially on a Sunday when every Doris is out!!
Definitely the Cerb though A fast German exec would do the job just as easily, but it would feel like a bit of a non-event!
I think they are out there in April, so it'll happen in the next few weeks if I've not had an naff-attack and decided not to bother.Also - route planning back from the tunnel is very important...can be a nightmare using the coastal route, especially on a Sunday when every Doris is out!!
Definitely the Cerb though
A fast German exec would do the job just as easily, but it would feel like a bit of a non-event!I did the coast route from the tunnel to Hayling once, I'll never do it again. would rather the extended tedium of motorways than negotiate that route again.
tenohfive said:
unless a Maccy D's in the M3 services whilst you wait for the AA to arrive ... I'd say comfort and reliability wins.
Long shot here but I guess this refers to my choice of fun vehicle? If it's proper haute cusine I'm after I'd take a KFC any day.I will confess to not feeling overtly smug last weekend as I passed a Porsche being recovered on a flatbed for fear of the inevitable happening and the Cerbra self destructing in an attempt to get on the back of the same flatbed and giving the 99x one up the twin exhaust.
Mark. said:
Well for those who care...
The car won, by almost an hour.
However, different set of circumstances it could all have been different. Our train left early, the flight was delayed etc.
If everything ran to time table I think there would genuinely be 5 mins in it - either way.
Many congratulations - you used the TVR right?The car won, by almost an hour.
However, different set of circumstances it could all have been different. Our train left early, the flight was delayed etc.
If everything ran to time table I think there would genuinely be 5 mins in it - either way.
Mark. said:
SimonMaidenhead said:
Good job your daughter played by the rules, I'd have changed flights and flown into Southampton
I don't let her go there unaccompanied.
Still I do miss a summer's evening at The Ship out by bridge. Good pub.DJRC said:
From Hayling??????????Every time I crossed Langstone Bridge it felt a bit bridge of Doomy Still I do miss a summer's evening at The Ship out by bridge. Good pub.
Royal Oak is better still. Still I do miss a summer's evening at The Ship out by bridge. Good pub.Not sure how long since you visited, but Hayling is very quiet, they even closed the police station.
Mark. said:
DJRC said:
From Hayling??????????Every time I crossed Langstone Bridge it felt a bit bridge of Doomy Still I do miss a summer's evening at The Ship out by bridge. Good pub.
Royal Oak is better still. Still I do miss a summer's evening at The Ship out by bridge. Good pub.Not sure how long since you visited, but Hayling is very quiet, they even closed the police station.
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