Its weekends like this that just wouldn't cut it in many other cars!!

The car was perfect and just ate the miles as the tarmac fed them to it!!

Glasgow to London and back in 2 days basically. Took the kids down to a bmx gig and it was like driving to the shops and back. In all fairness Monday caught up with me and I struggled staying awake heading home from work on Monday night but overall even on Monday it was still going strong.

2.5 tanks of diesel and 3 happy children!! Can't say fairer than that!!

Thank you JLR!!! all smug in my new plug!

2021 Westminster Black D300
2013 Vogue SE - gone
Some Porsche Cayenne guff pretending to be a 4x4!!
2006 Vogue
2004 Vogue
2001 Vogue

Pfft.. I did Carnarvon to Sydney- 4700km - in 4 days in a Hillman Hunter when a lot of that trip was on dirt roads - with no air conditioning during an Aussie summer!

https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/St+Mary...!5i1?hl=en

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I regularly do 750 mile trips in mine in 12-13 hours

I think I was about 7-8hrs with 2 stops for dinner and breaks so was quite pleased with myself!! lol

Is that when you're going abroad mate? all smug in my new plug!

2021 Westminster Black D300
2013 Vogue SE - gone
Some Porsche Cayenne guff pretending to be a 4x4!!
2006 Vogue
2004 Vogue
2001 Vogue

p38arover wrote:

Pfft.. I did Carnarvon to Sydney- 4700km - in 4 days in a Hillman Hunter when a lot of that trip was on dirt roads - with no air conditioning during an Aussie summer!

2.5 tanks of diesel?

My SDV8 doesn't even use that amount when making the same trip. 2014 SDV8 Autobiography

Gone: 2012 RRS SDV6 HSE, 2007 RRS TDV6 HSE

CUE99T wrote:

Is that when you're going abroad mate?

Yep - down to the EuroTunnel, then either turn right for Bordeaux or left for the Alps

The trip might take longer if the speeding tickets found their way back to the UK

2.5 tanks does sound on the high side - I'd normally see over 550 to a tank even with my lead foot and an SDV8

a tank of fuel was probably used getting round london  ... - .- -.




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CUE99T wrote:

p38arover wrote:

Pfft.. I did Carnarvon to Sydney- 4700km - in 4 days in a Hillman Hunter when a lot of that trip was on dirt roads - with no air conditioning during an Aussie summer!

okay ya got me there.....bet you looked like a burst couch after those trips in that!!

We did that trip three times. We bought the car new in 1971 and gave it away in 2008 (it's still on the road). It was a Hunter GT but with Sceptre badges (called a Royal 660 down here to get away from the high insurance on anything labelled with a GT badge).

Pic taken at work in Carnarvon:

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 Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

Last September I (accompanied by my son as co-pilot) did a little road trip from Europe back to home on the south coast. 1247 miles in 18.5 hours including the cross channel ferry. Obviously helped having an SC and crossing Germany. Whole trip was 2900 miles in 5 days and included smoking brakes after chasing a Ferrari across the Furka Pass. Finished the long day and both agreed we could do it again the next day.

Nick 2019 D5 HSE Lux SDV6 Indus
55 D3 SE
98 MX5 1.8 RS
gone 17 older variants of FFRR

p38arover wrote:

Pic taken at work in Carnarvon:

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Hmmmm.......nice antenna