75ZT CommunityA social community of enthusiasts, owners, appreciators and collectors. With expert knowledge of all things from MG to Rover and beyond.2010-10-29T15:24:05+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/feed.php?f=2&t=2182&mode2010-10-29T15:24:05+00:002010-10-29T15:24:05+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2182&p=19451#p19451
I am all aches n pains today, seems 12 hours driving is too much in one day for me now! ouchies..
I also got ripped orf on the way back! I chucked 3 one pound and a two pound coin in the toll road box bin and nuffink! the arm stayed down! then it came up onscreen = pay 90p ?? So I had to throw anuvver pound in! That was a total of £11 in tolls for the return trip!
***In the contraflow (M1 going North) lane that crosses over the Central reservation. a car had stopped with steam coming out from under the bonnet.. thus trapping about 300 cars behind him!!! So be warned, DON'T take the single lane crossover!!! Luckily it had backed up so far I was unable to get into it and had to wait for someone to "let me in" to the middle lane again... ......
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Sooo.. I am considering going over the Pennines via Wood Head, and aiming for Rotherham till I get to the M1, then following that all the way South into London...
I shouldn't lose too much time doing that unless... there is low cloud on the day.. Which is like a pea soup fog up in the peaks!!
But it's a rock or a steel chair innit..
I will prob leave here at 7am and go over the Pennines though...
No time constraints on my return trip, so will be aiming to get home at around 7pm via the toll road *fingers crossed" .. Thank you for your help gentlemen..
Then there are the dreaded never ending roadworks at the M6 M5 junction that goes on forever... and ever................. Almost up to the toll road junction innit.. ...
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That's with another in lane 3 doing 58.000000015 mph Some of the overtakes I witnessed were longer than the 48 ton artics on the M54 that take a mere 8 miles to complete an overtake.
Oh, and hogging lane 3 in beatific style even though their speedos were clearly up to 10 mph over-reading. In fact, I even saw an HGV undertake one of these clowns in lane 2, illegally of course, because the dozy tw£t in lane 3 wasn't going to be budged so you can imagine the speed he was doing assuming the HGV was limited to 56 mph.
So yes, perhaps being able to switch cruise control on and maintain a steady pace on the toll road was worth it... just this once.
]]>2010-10-24T21:31:21+00:002010-10-24T21:31:21+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2182&p=19265#p19265 I got enuff problems without you startin! Next time I see yer car unatended I'll steam iron yer headrests..
Hiya Dunc, I fawt the booths were always manned?
Seems it's coins or coins then innit...
I have been down the toll road several times in the past, I must have been lucky each time and picked one of the right lanes, till last time.. ...
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James.uk wrote: Ha ha Paul... you forgot I am colour blind eh?
And for those of us who can't tell the difference, the green one is the one which isn't the red one
]]>2010-10-24T19:38:35+00:002010-10-24T19:38:35+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2182&p=19253#p19253 take that sir! and that! do not pass go, do not collect £200 ...
So coins and lil men icons are the same colour? hmmm.. That's OK I will take some coins with me, that way either man or coin lane will do? ...
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