What you having again?Let's just say I will be delighted to have a car again from Tuesday.
Prefer the 3 hour+ drive home
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Bookmarking this for 2 months time after a 4 hour drive home.Let's just say I will be delighted to have a car again from Tuesday.
Prefer the 3 hour+ drive home
I will of course bitch when that happens and say I wish I had stayed with the trainsBookmarking this for 2 months time after a 4 hour drive home.
GPF on my Sportage, got to take it in next Friday to get it cleaned.
Dealership tell me I should be bombing up and down the Motorway every other day.
Well you can fuck off with that.
2 trains to leeds plus 1 to the local destination? Seems reasonable to me.Crewe - Manc.
Manc- Leeds
Leeds - Kirkstall Forge
Then a couple to get to and from the office to Leeds for the Hotel.
Then the 3 train journey home.
Saved myself extra trains yesterday by travelling up in the evening and not doing the extra Kirkstall Forge back and forth
I wasn't moaning about the number of trains required just that 1 company messed up the journey, despite only using them once.2 trains to leeds plus 1 to the local destination? Seems reasonable to me.
There aren't any direct trains to leeds from the west coast mainline IIRC.
Ah, with you. Enjoy your M6, M60, M62, M621 slog.I wasn't moaning about the number of trains required just that 1 company messed up the journey, despite only using them once.
Northern, Transpennine and another I can't recall the name of other than being Welsh were all spot on.
I don't mind it to be honest. Few hours of no one bothering me is bliss.Ah, with you. Enjoy your M6, M60, M62, M621 slog.
I used to do leeds to Stone to leeds about 20 years ago and it was shite then. Have they improved the A556 through to the M56?I don't mind it to be honest. Few hours of no one bothering me is bliss.
Miss a big chunk of the traffic driving home by cutting across to the M56 and then the bypass to rejoin M6 at J19.
Drive up is generally straight forward just the final few miles where I hit the traffic.
Yep. The bypass so you don't have to drive through the villages is great. Just flows between the 2 motorways.I used to do leeds to Stone to leeds about 20 years ago and it was shite then. Have they improved the A556 through to the M56?
I’ve been doing a lot of research into the petrol engine exhaust regeneration filter and it should be ok even on frequent short journeys, I just think new petrol cars are being over engineered to meet emissions regulations.
Just want to add here; port-injected engines don’t get hot enough to scour the buildup even under high load (although they can get to a range that slows buildup). Direct-injected engines actually get more buildup at high RPMs.It’s a bit misleading but the dealer is speaking part truth and part fudging the issue.
‘Some’ of the particles get burned off as part of the regeneration cycle, so a longer, hotter, higher rpm journey will burn off more, and slower, colder stop-starts will see them build up. Eventually they build up too high, trip the warning lights and off you have to trot to the dealer.
They are right that the motorway-type journeys help, but are not the panacea - the net result is always an increase so you’re just delaying the inevitable - the things clog eventually anyway.
I’ve had several vans (DPF) which have been mostly motorway use with very few stop-start journeys, so essentially ideal conditions, and the filters have always blocked and needed work eventually. That repair costs a fair whack too.
That is something the EV guys never have to worry about to be fair.
Yeah, I’ve been quoted £190 for the fix and when I pick it up I’m gonna ask a lot of questions before I pay up.Well the noose has been tightening for a long time and there’s no doubt complications (aka expensive repairs) arise from that.
The next push is coming from safety regulations which will affect all cars and will negatively impact the way we use and enjoy our cars. The next generation of drivers is going to have a very robotic driving experience unfortunately. No doubt safer and more environmentally friendly, but nowhere near the freedom and fun.
Yeah, I’ve been quoted £190 for the fix and when I pick it up I’m gonna ask a lot of questions before I pay up.
I’m retired, I do about 4 or 5 long journeys a year, I shouldn’t be penalised for wanting a decent car but only doing short journeys.