Wife and daughter need to get to Yorkshire - Simple?
Discussion
steve2 said:
bobbo89 said:
I'm going to have a wild stab and suggest that the issue isn't comfort or confidence etc, more two women from London wanting to arrive oop north in a big posh Porsche rather than a Mini. More image than anything else....
I think you may have hit the nail on the head here 
One must show the provincials who's boss.Of course buying a new car for the daughter for one journey cannot be justified, but hiring a chopper for the weekend is probably a better idea. 500 quid an hour will do it.
Let’s face it, no one in Yorkshire will be impressed with a diesel Porsche, but if you get the pilot to land in the cemetery next to the church, you’ll probably get a “man arrives for wedding in metal bird” write up in the local paper, and the villagers will worship you as a minor deity for at least a generation.
Let’s face it, no one in Yorkshire will be impressed with a diesel Porsche, but if you get the pilot to land in the cemetery next to the church, you’ll probably get a “man arrives for wedding in metal bird” write up in the local paper, and the villagers will worship you as a minor deity for at least a generation.
dave-the-diver said:
Hmm. Yes, first world problem.
Wife is already pissed that I have effectively abandoned her to make her way up, so was trying to make it as comfortable as possible.
Three in the car, up to a big family wedding, and knowing my family, that will more than a Mini's worth of bags, hats, shoes, people.
Actually, maybe train is the answer,
Mind you, £270 for first class!
David
https://uk.megabus.com/Wife is already pissed that I have effectively abandoned her to make her way up, so was trying to make it as comfortable as possible.
Three in the car, up to a big family wedding, and knowing my family, that will more than a Mini's worth of bags, hats, shoes, people.
Actually, maybe train is the answer,
Mind you, £270 for first class!
David
HTH
dave-the-diver said:
Wife is already pissed that I have effectively abandoned her to make her way up, so was trying to make it as comfortable as possible.
Abandoned her? In a luxury German SUV with her adult daughter to accompany her. Get a grip OP. Tell her to be grateful of such luxury and fling her the keys. It’s the M1 ferchrissakes, literally a straight line up the country. She doesn’t even have to move out of the Porsche lane.
My missus whinged about having to use the SMG box in my BMW until forced to use it to get to work. Funny when the sun came out she worked out how to get the roof down all by herself, must’ve put her big girl pants on that day.
rxe said:
Let’s face it, no one in Yorkshire will be impressed with a diesel Porsche, but if you get the pilot to land in the cemetery next to the church, you’ll probably get a “man arrives for wedding in metal bird” write up in the local paper, and the villagers will worship you as a minor deity for at least a generation.
AndyB180 said:
Really?
Anywhere in England isnt far to drive in reality. I have regularly driven from yorkshire to Southampton in a crappy peugeot 308 and its a doddle. A mini one would be no problem and if your wife can't manage it in a Porsche she needs to give her head a shake.
I regularly do Leeds to Southampton. I’ve done it in an Exige before. Anywhere in England isnt far to drive in reality. I have regularly driven from yorkshire to Southampton in a crappy peugeot 308 and its a doddle. A mini one would be no problem and if your wife can't manage it in a Porsche she needs to give her head a shake.
North london to Yorkshire really is no distance. Depending on exact locations and time of travel I would have thought it could be done in 2/3 hours. Christ, I’ve done door to door to Southampton in 3.5.
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