Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Had a lovely picnic with my bestie this afternoon in a nice spot overlooking the village of Laxton, though we didn't have as much time to sit and gas and 
as we would have liked as his business dealings in Gretton overran by a couple of hours and, in spite of that, did not go well. He left the seller's place empty-handed, which was all a bit galling considering he'd driven three and a bit hours each way in order to purchase this particular collection of automobilia.
We were lucky with the weather though - it was mostly sunny, but with a chilly breeze. Mind, using the cars as a windbreak worked really well. Other than a brief moment on the way over, I escaped the rain entirely. Must've hosed it down though, as the puddles were big. And hiding the potholes.
Colin was great on a long drive - so much easier to drive than my old Fabia, especially when it comes to comfort, handling and acceleration. Cruising at 70mph on the A14 in 6th gear, the engine's only pulling 2400 rpm. Stand on the loud pedal in second gear, and you get snapped back in your seat. Worked out at 55 mpg for the round trip, but I did spend a fair bit of time in traffic; approach to Stanion on the A6116 on the way out, and crawling in 1st gear all the way from Waterbeach to Ely on the way home.
The new 3-lane section of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntington is very efficient, but rather boring compared to the old road. At least most of the local traffic has been diverted elsewhere, so even at peak hours on a weekday, the traffic was free-flowing.
Just going to chill for the rest of the evening.
as we would have liked as his business dealings in Gretton overran by a couple of hours and, in spite of that, did not go well. He left the seller's place empty-handed, which was all a bit galling considering he'd driven three and a bit hours each way in order to purchase this particular collection of automobilia.We were lucky with the weather though - it was mostly sunny, but with a chilly breeze. Mind, using the cars as a windbreak worked really well. Other than a brief moment on the way over, I escaped the rain entirely. Must've hosed it down though, as the puddles were big. And hiding the potholes.
Colin was great on a long drive - so much easier to drive than my old Fabia, especially when it comes to comfort, handling and acceleration. Cruising at 70mph on the A14 in 6th gear, the engine's only pulling 2400 rpm. Stand on the loud pedal in second gear, and you get snapped back in your seat. Worked out at 55 mpg for the round trip, but I did spend a fair bit of time in traffic; approach to Stanion on the A6116 on the way out, and crawling in 1st gear all the way from Waterbeach to Ely on the way home.
The new 3-lane section of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntington is very efficient, but rather boring compared to the old road. At least most of the local traffic has been diverted elsewhere, so even at peak hours on a weekday, the traffic was free-flowing.
Just going to chill for the rest of the evening.
I didn't mind it at all because that meant I would have less lorries to load because others would load more for my sacrifice. Others also were more than happy to avoid spending time inside these temples of stench.
