A challenge for you all....

S

sjc

Junior Member
Messages
280
O.K, tomorrow ( Sunday) I'm doing a 300 mile trip from Essex to the Pembrokshire coast for a 5 day break Believe it or not, I was going to take my Rover 75 because it's great on the motorway,I won't worry where I leave it, or if the kids get hungry and eat in it etc etc. Unfortunately the kids looked at me in disbelief, and they have won, so I'm taking the GTS.
So for a bit of fun, how about we predict the journey time,average speed,mpg etc for the outward and return journeys? For ease, we won't include refueling breaks etc.I'll base ny findings on the read-out, rather than actual brim to brim.

The details...
Essex to Pembrokshire coast,leaving approx 1pm tomorrow, 300 miles ( Sunday the 21st) around 1pm. I'll be setting the cruise (hopefully around an after eight mint, but before the nine o clock news if that makes sense),I'll have the air-con on, myself and two kids aged 10/12 and some stuff in the boot.The first 250 miles is M25/M4 then some A/B roads.

Outward...
Journey Time
Average speed
MPG

Return, as above other than battered and bruised after kayaking,coasteering,surfing,kiteboarding etc...and the small matter of leaving at around 2 pm on the Friday which may significantly effect the journey time.

Return....
Journey Time
Average Speed
MPG


Good luck to anyomne who has a go, and I'll report back!
 
Felonious Crud

Felonious Crud

Administrator
Staff member
Messages
21,290
sjc, I know that scenario: the only sensible car to take is the [one that's not the GTS, in my case a laToyota] but the only one TO take is the Italian.

So...

Journey time, door to door (i.e. including stops for wee, food, stretch, wee, wee, wee, food) - 6 hours
Driving time - 5 hours
Average speed (calculated on actual dricing time, i.e. excluding stops) - 62 mph
MPG - 21

On the return:
6 1/2 hours
55 mph
18 (because you know that when you finally can, you WILL nail it, for thaose brief few moments).

Good luck!

(what is the prize?)
 
S

sjc

Junior Member
Messages
280
AdamN said:
sjc, I know that scenario: the only sensible car to take is the [one that's not the GTS, in my case a laToyota] but the only one TO take is the Italian.

So...

Journey time, door to door (i.e. including stops for wee, food, stretch, wee, wee, wee, food) - 6 hours
Driving time - 5 hours
Average speed (calculated on actual dricing time, i.e. excluding stops) - 62 mph
MPG - 21

On the return:
6 1/2 hours
55 mph
18 (because you know that when you finally can, you WILL nail it, for thaose brief few moments).

Good luck!

(what is the prize?)
Click to expand...

Well you won the prize for the outward journey as you were the only contender!!! You were actually very close , I'll report back with actual figures .
 
TridentTested

TridentTested

Member
Messages
1,819
sjc said:
Rover 75 because it's great on the motorway,I won't worry where I leave it, or if the kids get hungry and eat in it etc etc.
Click to expand...

What a good opportunity to say "okay, I'll take the Maserati but from now on that means no eating, snacking, etc in it, ever". I laid down that rule when we got the QP and so far it's worked.



I've got a Ducati 748 and a Piaggio 125 twist n'go scooter in the garage. I love the Ducati but I have to admit I more often than not hop on the scooter because it is more comfortable, I don't care where I park it (in London bikes pick up lots of parking scuffs), and it has a top box, under seat storage etc.

But some times you have to go with your heart.

Good to know your kids are 'into' the Maserati.
 
Felonious Crud

Felonious Crud

Administrator
Staff member
Messages
21,290
TridentTested said:
What a good opportunity to say "okay, I'll take the Maserati but from now on that means no eating, snacking, etc in it, ever". I laid down that rule when we got the QP and so far it's worked.
Click to expand...

Exactly the same rule round here. Unfortunately laToyota gets treated like crarp and takes an age to clean. The plastic's getting scuffed, the map pockets are still used as bins and there's invariably a single sock discarded on the floor. Not so the Italian!

jerkmoans said:
A labradoodle named Truffle...
Click to expand...

Good name for a 'doodle. Great dogs, love 'em. Is it allowed in the Maser?


Anyway... what's my prize??
 
jerkmoans

jerkmoans

New Member
Messages
366
AdamN said:
Exactly the same rule round here. Unfortunately laToyota gets treated like crarp and takes an age to clean. The plastic's getting scuffed, the map pockets are still used as bins and there's invariably a single sock discarded on the floor. Not so the Italian!



Good name for a 'doodle. Great dogs, love 'em. Is it allowed in the Maser?
Click to expand...

No! (or not yet.... ) Name chosen by committee of, er, my (then) 8 year old daughter...

And said Toyota sounds much like my wife's travelling creche/diner of a Volvo. Boot a mixture of vetbed, mud and canine hair, rear seats a melange of crisps, melted icecream, containers of every description and discarded sports kit...
 
TridentTested

TridentTested

Member
Messages
1,819
jerkmoans said:
Boot a mixture of vetbed, mud and canine hair, rear seats a melange of crisps, melted icecream, containers of every description and discarded sports kit...
Click to expand...

And various discarded limbs, clothes and accessories from a selection of Disney Princesses and Barbies :)
 
StuartW

StuartW

Member
Messages
9,326
jerkmoans said:
No! (or not yet.... ) Name chosen by committee of, er, my (then) 8 year old daughter...

And said Toyota sounds much like my wife's travelling creche/diner of a Volvo. Boot a mixture of vetbed, mud and canine hair, rear seats a melange of crisps, melted icecream, containers of every description and discarded sports kit...
Click to expand...

My Black AC is known as 'Nero'
One of the conditions of me being able to buy a Maserati was that it must be black, hence the name Nero, and that one of our dogs, Nero the Alaskan Malamute, was allowed in it from time to time. How could I not agree?

So if you see a couple strolling around an Italian car show with a big black dog, that will be Nicola and I with Nero so please stop us and say hello!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/994274_10151407270661082_1111153124_n.jpg
 
jerkmoans

jerkmoans

New Member
Messages
366
That is one cool picture: love the shades. Last pair of Malamutes I saw were HUGE: like small donkeys.

Still toying with a name for my motor. Current working title is 'Operation Trident', which works on a couple of levels...
 
StuartW

StuartW

Member
Messages
9,326
jerkmoans said:
That is one cool picture: love the shades. Last pair of Malamutes I saw were HUGE: like small donkeys.
Yes, he's one of our smaller Malamutes - some of the others we have probably wouldn't fit in!

Still toying with a name for my motor. Current working title is 'Operation Trident', which works on a couple of levels...
Click to expand...

Like it, sounds good!
 
S

sjc

Junior Member
Messages
280
Ok....
Av speed 64 mph
Mpg 22.8
Journey time 4 hours 56mins
Length 318 miles.

And the roads round here in Pembrokeshire are utterly fantastic for the GTS, which has been wonderful.

The prize, I'm sure you'll all be delighted to know, is a passenger ride in my Rover 75. I would happily allow you to drive it but my insurance doesn't recognise anyone under the age of 75.
The second prize is two rides in it.
 
BennyD

BennyD

Sea Urchin Pate
Messages
15,008
Mines called 'the Noisy F*cker' and for good reason. We've got a brown and white Husky called Bandit and she gets nowhere near tNF; she'd eat it if she did.
 
Felonious Crud

Felonious Crud

Administrator
Staff member
Messages
21,290
Seriously cool dog, LincsOSCA. What a dude. If I had a dog it wouldn't go near the car. (I've been wary of cars / dogs since my setter ate the steering wheel and gear-knob on my Astra about two lifetimes ago). Mind you, it would probably smell better than the boys a lot of the time. They swing wildly from putrid to "JAYsis HOW much Lynx / aftershave??".

Not sure my car has a name. .. it has occasionally been referred to in terms including the thirsty fuelaholic noisy attention seeking Italian show-off. Which is all fair and all part of its charm, I reckon.

sjc said:
Ok....
Av speed 64 mph
Mpg 22.8
Journey time 4 hours 56mins
Length 318 miles.

And the roads round here in Pembrokeshire are utterly fantastic for the GTS, which has been wonderful.

The prize, I'm sure you'll all be delighted to know, is a passenger ride in my Rover 75. I would happily allow you to drive it but my insurance doesn't recognise anyone under the age of 75.
The second prize is two rides in it.
Click to expand...

Oh, cool! Can I wear an aging, battered old hat? Can we sit in picnic chairs just by the open boot and have some tea from a thermos? Go on... say we can.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.