Who's travelled the furthest for a car in one stint???

[H8RRA 0]

....having travelled a few hundred miles before to get a car, mainly corrado's, I wonder who's travelled furthest for a car in one stint???

 

Having woke up this morning with forum member rpmayne sitting outside my front door having been there since 0500 - drove all the up from Brighton overnight !!!!!!! (CRAZY :shock: :shock: :shock: ) to then turn round and drive back almost straight away - i reckon a 750 mile round trip in one go is one hell of a stint!!!!!!!

 

So, my nomination goes to richard, rpmayne and he's poor girlfriend who he dragged along to drive his escort back (she looked well p155ed off trying to catch a few zed's under the duvet in the front seat at 0700 this morning)

 

CRAZY, I TELL YOU, CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[destructiv dave 0]

My mate set off from Chichester to pick me up in London to drive up to Glasgow and across to the west coast to look at a car and them promptly turn round and drive back. Think total distance for him was 1,200 miles in all.

[beastieboy 0]

mine got picked up from leicstershire last week by my dad. he said that was far enough !!! lol.

H8RRA - thats a mad spec 'rado in your signiture. sounds awesome. where are you based ?

[H8RRA 0]

mine got picked up from leicstershire last week by my dad. he said that was far enough !!! lol.

H8RRA - thats a mad spec 'rado in your signiture. sounds awesome. where are you based ?

 

NE - as in north east. its not finished yet - watch this space :)

[Tempest 0]

Farthest one is my Mk1 Rocco, came all the way from Munich, although I did have it transported across (after I'd been out by plane twice to view the car).

 

Second farthest one was for my current Rado, flight up to Aberdeen from B'ham, took the Rado with me, and drove the 600 odd miles back again, great :-)

 

Crazy? Nah, just dedicated :lol:

 

Tempest

[gusto 0]

I flew from aberdeen to Luton then taxi to northampton and then drove the 400 odd miles back to aberdeen!!! Just like that!!

[veeDuB_Rado 0]

Furthest I've travelled is when I got lost on the way to one of the Go-Karting events in Hertfordshire. somehow I missed the last junction :neutral:

( I swear it was the Aa route finders fault! )

 

And I ended up racking up about 550 to 600 miles in the end, car never messed up once, plus had a blast on the motorway after putting £40 worth of Optimax in there!

[Slimbo 0]

Flew from Aberdeen to Heathrow, tube from Heathrow to Victoria station, train to Canterbury, drove back to Aberdeen, all in the same day. My back was knackered when I got back. Well worth it though.

[Andy665 0]

When I was living down in Brighton I went up to Aberdeen to view a Grinnall Scorpion (three wheels, 140 BHP, no doors, screen or roof) bought it and drove it back in torrential rain, round trip of just under 1200 miles in one day

[ben16v 0]

andy = nutter

[jenks 0]

I drove from edinburgh to Liverpool,wasnt that bad and not far at all,but i drove down to newcastle and i was 5mins late cos the car had been sold there n them,if only we hadnt got lost!

Long drive back up north i can tell you! :roll:

[Colley 0]

I thought i went a long way to get mine but after reading the above its put it into perspective. I went from Orpington (SE london) to Leeds and back. Fun drive back home though so it was all good, dont thnk my dad enjoyed quite as much though

[H8RRA 0]

Farthest one is my Mk1 Rocco, came all the way from Munich, although I did have it transported across (after I'd been out by plane twice to view the car).

 

Second farthest one was for my current Rado, flight up to Aberdeen from B'ham, took the Rado with me, and drove the 600 odd miles back again, great :-)

 

Crazy? Nah, just dedicated :lol:

 

Tempest

 

flight the and only 600 miles back - no good - 750 mile round trip driving to richard still :)

 

seems most here are flights etc one way and then driving back - respect to rp and his girlfriend for the epic journey done last night/today

[gaz the geezer 0]

....i havent travelled as far as some of the fanatics on here but i travelled from southampton to pontypool - a round trip of 250+ miles, it`s the furthest i`ve travelled to view a car and i did so without seeing any pics of the offered car, it`s a long way to go to tell someone to f*ck off if the car was a lemon but alas it wasnt and it`s now my current corrado :)

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

N Wales to lands end in my old Scirocco Storm for the eclipse in 2000, was 10 hours non-stop.

 

I think I did a fair few miles when I drove from Las Vegas to the Grand Canon. Did it in one day, but it took 7 or 8 hours I think. Drove that in a convertible mustang, unfortunately a fairly new one, would have been much cooler in an old skool Mustang.

 

Longest journey in my G60 would have been Leeds to the G-Werks shed and back.

[veeDuB_Rado 0]

Actually, coming to think about it, I drove a Vectra for 7 hours only stopping twice for pee and tea.

 

Really uncomfy car, plus drove when I was really tired, done something like 700 odd miles..

[STORM 2 0]

from the South of France to the ferry at Calais in a 1992 VW Polo 1.3CL - I believe it was about 800 miles.

[Rustynuts 0]

From South of Birmingham to Newcastle, sat an exam at Uni for 3 hours and then back home again. 460 miles in a Polo 1.05l breadvan. Seeing that most of that was over 80 mph and some of it over 90 that was a mission!!

[VAG-hag 0]

From Lowerstoft (was there for a wedding do) to Barnsley (home) to pick up my Dad. Then to leafy Surrey to pick up my 2nd Corrado. Then back. Was a bloomin hot day too. Most of the Journey was in my Merc Vito - no aircon!!!

Well worth it though.....

 

:onfire:

[chubbybrown 0]

Inverness to Bristol then sat and exam and drove back again about 1100 miles

 

also used to do Inverness to Cardiff and drive back again,about 1100 miles

 

Longest without stopping at all was Inverness to Clacton on one tank of juice,roughly 540 miles.

 

I do drive for a living though,so no probs really

[H8RRA 0]

come on guys - furthest FOR a car, not IN a car - we've all runs through the continent, but just to view a car, not sure if you're going to buy it etc.........

.........that the point of the thread - massive mileage that could end up fruitless....

[james_88 0]

Drove from Edinburgh to Scunthorpe to buy a saxo a few years ago, then from Edinburgh to Bradford twice (first time to view, second time to buy) my current corrado!

[Tempest 0]

seems most here are flights etc one way and then driving back

 

Not all of us have girlfriends (mad enough) to take along to drive the other car back again ;-), hence airplanes are an ideal means of transport in that case :-)

 

Tempest

[biggerbigben 0]

Mine is either the 900 miles to worthersee non stop last year or norfolk to wales and back to pick my C up.. don't know which is further??

 

Ben

[The Hub 0]

Trying to get the cash together to buy G60 Dan's corrado, and if i do i will be flying into London, picking her up and driving all the way back up to Stranraer and back over to Northern Ireland, does the sea count in the milage??

And get this ... the girlfriend wants to come... even though i warned her, no shopping on the way!!