Also - the drives may be short - but they take a long time - the country is so much more densely populated that it takes a lot longer to go anywhere! Whilst I can't claim to have that much experience it does seem that in North America - you tend to just get on the road/highway you want and drive... it's not the same here...
Also you have to remember that nowhere is that far in the UK... not unless you go across the water to Europe...
As for my favourite past time - motorsport - I wouldnt want to live anywhere else! We have at least 6 or 7 famous circuits - all within 3 or 4 hours drive or so...
As for driving "long" distances - me and a friend have entered Club Triumph's Round Britain Reliability Run... 48 hours driving, doing 2000 miles around the UK - from London up to the most northern part (John O'Groats) and then down to the most southern (Land's End) and then back to London - oh yeah - in my Spitfire (the only roundtail in the event I might add)... though I think Im more worried about potential back ache than the car breaking down! :o)
The run this year is in aid of the "Foundation for Children with Leukaemia" - if anyone would like to sponsor us then my PayPal account is this one ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - or else get in touch.
More information can be found here:
http://club.triumph.org.uk/rbrr/
James
69 Signal Red Spit
Alan Lemen wrote:
I am a Brit here in the US now. I used to commute 2 hours each way to work 4 hours home on a bank holiday weekend. Had London between home and work and constantly used the M25 parking lot. It was 125 miles each way. Ok it's a bit much, but Brits don't necessarily just do short commutes or short drives. Last place I lived most folks around me had quite a commute. Oh, and I do feel the price difference when I go back. Also when we lived in the Netherlands and traveled home we thought nothing of driving all the way ( OK we took the ferry to keep our feet dry) back to Scotland.
Alan ( '76 Spitfire 30 - 44 mpg)
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