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“Hi there, sorry there’s been a hold up on the motorway, satnav thinks I’ll be 20 minutes later, apologies”
Done this many times, never been an issue, and rarely if ever been the last one in. When people come from distance for meetings no-one ever expects things to kick off on time, it's factored in.
Love to know where 85-90mph chappie thinks he can do that (edit) consistently rather than the odd squirt these days in UK?!
In my younger, less responsible days I had a job with big UK miles and would thrash around at those speeds (on the company fuel card as diesels still have to obey the laws of aerodynamics so 30% drop in efficiency remember). But the world has changed - the amount of motorway that is smart now (the gantry cameras can still be clocking you when nothing is displayed) is v significant. It's one of the reasons I'm going for an EV :
speed limits + getting older + clever cruise control + cost of fuel = slower av speeds and being more chilled out.
Going Ioniq 5 so mega charging speeds on the right chargers when needed and I've read/think that there's going to be a transformation in the next 12 months in the number of 350kw chargers being rolled out.
Also querying those lease prices for unlimited mileage above?! I thought you pretty much always had to provide a lease company with estimated mileage for them to provide a quote otherwise how do they know what the residual price of the vehicle on return would be?
So much clutching of the pearls at the very idea of doing 85mph on the motorway.
I guess they live in some kind of parallel universe when they aren't being constantly over-taken doing 70 down the M4.
So much clutching of the pearls at the very idea of doing 85mph on the motorway.
It's not pearl clutching. You are not meant to do it so why do it?
I don't care if someone does 90 mph on the motorway but I do have to suppress the urge to murder them to death when they do 90+ between gantries but throw out the anchors and slow down to 65 at every single one.
I have no input on EV's, but as a regular motorway user, I can't remember the last time you could have driven at 90mph for more than 5. To say that 1/3 to 1/2 of the cars on the road are sometimes doing that is complete and total rubbish.
So much clutching of the pearls at the very idea of doing 85mph on the motorway.
Frankly there's so many cameras on motorway gantries these days that you'd soon rack up the points anyway.
I have no input on EV’s, but as a regular motorway user, I can’t remember the last time you could have driven at 90mph for more than 5. To say that 1/3 to 1/2 of the cars on the road are sometimes doing that is complete and total rubbish.
It very much depends on where and when you are. It's easy enough on the M6 north of Preston and plenty of other Northern motorways outside of peak times. You've of course got to take into account the risk of speed cameras so I prefer to set the cruise at 78. I'm still passed by plenty of people but the average speed has reduced noticeably in the last 10 years.
I guess they live in some kind of parallel universe when they aren’t being constantly over-taken doing 70 down the M4.
No, I am o ertaken on the M4 doing 70. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to be doing.