I had to help my sister move from Cambridge to Edinburgh - rented a van
(£89 for two full days - collect 8:30am Wednesday (theoretical), return
8:30am Friday) - a LWB, high top Transit. The firm had once rented me a
Transit that nearly killed me, but this time I got a nice, RWD 2003
Transit 90 with a mere 58,000 on the clock

Left 7pm, got to Cambridge (313 miles later) at 12:30am. Slept for 5
hours, loaded the transit up once with her friends' stuff, helped them
move, loaded it with 40 boxes of stuff, plants, seats, and drove back
via Nuneaton to collect a computer.

Detour added no miles to the distance compared with just doing the
A68/Ponteland/A1(M)/A14 route, and allowed me to miss massive tailbacks
at Newark. Nuneaton to Hawick in five and a half hours! Then straight to
Edinburgh, and unload the whole lot to a top floor flat, including a
36Kg TV. Home at 3am, and have to get the van back for 8:30.

New Transit verdict: I love 'em. Much nicer to be in, and feels nicer to
drive overall. Awful rear visibility, despite half-decent mirrors. I
could definitely spend a working day in one, though.

Richard

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"RichardK" <atari (AT) NOSPAMbtconnect (DOT) com> wrote

Yeah, I love hoonin' around in 'em. I usually hire a Sprinter or something
once a year, to do a Warrington - Canary Wharf - Warrington trip. My
favourite part is the whack in the back when you slam on, and all the load
nearly comes through from the back!

*snigger*

In article <3gb6t7Fbi9sdU1 (AT) individual (DOT) net>, RichardK says...
Nice to see that you had plenty of sleep. About the same as the muppet
who caused the Selby Rail Crash....

Think its clever doing 15 hours driving on 5 hours sleep?

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Conor


"Be incomprehensible. If they can't understand, they can't disagree"

in news:MPG.1d0a82946b6383a7989ddc (AT) news (DOT) individual.net, Conor
<conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> slurred :

the clearest-cut of cases.

with. In this case, the 5 hours sleep was in the midst of 15 hours
driving, which makes a hell of a difference. The OP did nothing wrong, as
far as I can see.

This *is* Conor, remember.

"Conor" <conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Albert T Cone (me (AT) yahoo (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Now, let me try and recall...

Manages to lose his Landy-and-trailer in a single vehicle accident on a
straight bit of motorway and shove it through the barrier onto a train
line.

Yes, from that point on, bloody bad luck took over, but I don't think
there's a lot of doubt as to cause.

RichardK wrote:
Hey, don't shout too loud, all the school mums will want one ;-)

They can get plenty of kids in the back of them.

RichardK <atari (AT) NOSPAMbtconnect (DOT) com> wrote:

They're not bad at all - the works one is a 130(?) bhp TDCi lump and
goes a bit when I switch the fridge off.

Shame it's FWD, but they handle pretty damned well for a van. Although
ultimate grip is limited by the commercial spec. tyres. I bet with
grippy rubber they could surprise a few car drivers. (Coming to think of
it, even without grippy rubber they're capable of a surprise or two).
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Conor wrote:

No Conor. Sorry sir.

FFS man, people require different amounts of sleep. When I went to
Oklahoma, I was up all day packing then at the airport at Midnight on
day one, check in at 6 - no sleep because I was too awake - flight to
Dallas about 12 hours, no sleep on the plane because I can't sleep on a
plane, got off the plane, checkout, took my friend's car and drove from
Dallas to Oklahoma, decided I needed a nap, so got her to drive Oklahoma
to Tulsa so I could collect my Buick, then drove said Buick back to
Oklahoma.

I did, for your information, 6 hours driving from 7pm, having had a
relaxing day, then another 6 hours on 5 hours sleep. Work it out.

I have done, previously, Kelso to Henley on Thames, trade show (5 hours
work), then back again in the same day. I was flagging enough to take a
30 minute nap at Southwaite before tackling the A7.

Richard

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