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Post by Humph on Jul 30, 2017 14:01:43 GMT
Not to rub it in, well, maybe a tiny little bit, but I'd not have thought twice about driving from Manchester to Milton Keynes and back on a Sunday. Would've been a doddle. 😎
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 14:58:01 GMT
I know, but remember, you are already in Cheshire, and I am about 45 minutes north of you if the traffic is nice.
Mr Google Maps says 3hrs 10mins to Milton Keynes Central by car, whereas, I parked my car at 08:50 near Piccadilly was back in it before 14:00, including having a 50 minute wait in MK. If you include the drive to and from the car park, the total time was still far less than I could have done it in the car, and far less stressful, despite my fellow passengers.
The moral for me is; going north, car; going south, train. Costs permitting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 3:34:25 GMT
Have any of you folks considered emigrating? Life doesn't have to be so hard...
I don't recommend downtown Toronto, Canadia* though, too many peoples. It's feckin' horrible, makes the M25 look usable and the centre of Milan a driver's paradise.
*Bushism for nationals of Canada.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 6:07:25 GMT
That bad!! Last visit to Toronto was in 2004 and it seemed very pleasant.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 9:15:44 GMT
Back in Israel, but this time the rental car is my father's Sirion. Such a well packaged car. Not much luggage space (enough for one medium/large suitcase) but five people can sit in comfort for a long period.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 14:35:35 GMT
Back in Israel again.... This time a Toyota Corolla four door saloon with 7 speed auto. Perfectly satisfactory if a bit dull, but enough room for five people and a couple of large suitcases.
Only gripe is the location of the clock, which is so far from the driver's line of sight so as to be dangerous to look for the time whilst driving. It in front of the passenger. Bonkers...
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Post by Humph on Oct 8, 2017 19:59:23 GMT
I had one of those on hire ( but a manual ) in Poland last winter. Perfectly adequate, in a soulless sort of a way. At least the heater worked, which was something of a necessity.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 4:08:33 GMT
Heater not really relevant here! The a/c does work well though....
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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 9, 2017 7:48:12 GMT
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Post by WDB on Oct 9, 2017 9:10:50 GMT
Hmm. Am I going to have the same trouble? (As well as being spoilt for choice of radio stations.) But curiously, no sign in that list of Lounge FM. 🦎
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Post by Alanović on Oct 9, 2017 9:12:59 GMT
Having a week away in Sardinia shortly, have booked a rental with Alamo for £80 for a week - Renault Clio or similar. I expect to receive a 250,000 mile Sandero Access for that money.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 11:58:42 GMT
That is really cheap and ugly... Perfect for a BMW driver 😈
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Post by Alanović on Oct 30, 2017 10:05:04 GMT
Back from Sardinia. Lots of sunshine and mozzie bites. And the rental car wasn't one I was expecting, probably because they are not sold in the UK. Well, not with the same badge anyway, so I hadn't considered it a possibility. 'T was a Lancia Ypsilon. I think that was a bit cheeky, given that it's a fair bit smaller than Renault Clio or similar, but I did manage to get all our bags in the boot - fortunately I had insisted everyone used soft bags rather than hard suitcases.
I reckon it was the lesser 1.2 rather than the 0.9 TwinAir model, but with only the driver on board it was a very pleasing little thing to chuck around. Fully laden with 4 people though and it was another story. Surprisingly had some of the most comfortable and near-luxurious seats I've seen this side of a SAAB. For 80 squids for a week though I wouldn't have been disappointed with a 1974 Renault 4.
They're FIAT Pandas in drag, right?
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Post by Humph on Oct 30, 2017 10:13:54 GMT
I've had one of those in Italy. Quite liked it too.
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Post by Alanović on Oct 30, 2017 10:18:57 GMT
Badge notwithstanding, I would be very pleased to have a Chrysler Ypsilon as a runabout here if it's the exact same car under the less pleasant badge. I far preferred it to the Citroen C1 belonging to my niece which I drive occasionally. Although it's maybe not a totally fair comparison as the C1 is a generation older. A Chrysler badged Delta would also make a very comfortable and pleasant car I imagine.
The Ypsilon seems to be an odd car to categorise, it's bigger and better than C1 type things, but not in the class of Fiestas, Clios etc.
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