Built like a Mercedes (?)

Not in this newsgroup... they all seem to live in the middle of nowhere,
have multi-car garages and drive 100 miles to get a newspaper...and are
proud of it...

;-)
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I hope you think interesting thoughts to entertain yourself, Huwie...

As I have quite a nice car (and drive very little, 5K mi p.a. tops) I
sometimes look forward to a longer trip, e.g. to Manchester or to the
Continent. However, after about two hours the pleasure fades...

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YOU dig 'em out if you disagree with the best facts available so far. As I
said elsewhere, personal anecdotes may be interesting but they are useless
for arriving at general conclusions.

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BTW, all calculations of this type are based on assumptions. These is what
the basic parameters of any calculation are known as.

One would hope that the assumptions are based on reasonable averages.

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Not to mention that some railways run at times with carriages > 100% full !

Graham

 

You wanted facts. You got them.
Either you post more up to date facts or stick with your fairy stories. One
day you might get good at it.

Huw

 

Same here. Although I do not dislike driving, like you about two hours is as
much as I would like to limit myself per day. Also a different car is nice
now and again. I'm lucky in that respect.
I have just returned from an 85 mile journey with the Panda and broke 90mpg
overall. I wasn't even trying for the first half where I noticed the average
tantalisingly close to 70 mpg, so on the return journey I went all out for
economy and actually averaged 90mpg and rising as I arrived home.

Huw

 

A question people have been asking for a LONG time.... :-/

Amtrak is a running late-night talk show monologue joke.

 

Floyd Rogers wrote:

Geesh. Loosen your jockstrap, Floyd. Its cutting circulation to your brain.

 

Actually, I'd EXPECT small-town heartlanders of the midwest and
southwest to have the among the lowest mileage figures (and the most
relaxed lifestyles). The high mileage would be suburbanites that commute
to cities.

Again, I dont' have a dog in the fight, its just that the numbers quoted
feel awfully wrong, given that every city I travel to has traffic
reports in the morning and evening that show a LOT of cars travelling a
lot of miles to and from the 'burbs.

 

All the figures are available broken down per region and every which way you
like. Just follow the links I provided.
Either get yourself a dog or leave the ring before you get bitten deep on
your ass ;-)

Huw

 

Well that's right. We aren't the ones wasting hours a day on a commute.

 

US official figures show that you are not representative of the average but
are indeed included in it.

Huw

 

no, we were too busy totin our guns around, larnin the three r's and
drinkin beer.

 

Well, you're certainly right that there's a lot of ass-biting going on,
but it aint the dogs that are doing the biting.

 

Well I might be if I was in the US. What part of England did you lived
in Boyo ?

 

Well I am waiting for evidence that shows that official US figures are wrong
and that you and Clare know best. I suspect it will be a long wait, like
until the first snowy day in July.

Huw

 

A part of the UK that can communicate using correct English. ;-)

Huw

 

<pat on back>

DAS

 

Reminds me of an anecdote (not OT since so many posts here are anecdotes...)
about my first paid job, a holiday job just after school.

It was in the suburbs of Cardiff (in Wales for those not in the know) and my
digs were somewhere there, too. The first letter my (non-British) parents
sent me from the Continent was addressed to me at Cardiff, England... and I
got a long lecture from my landlady and her husband...

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