It involved a 645 mile round trip yesterday though....in a valver with chipped valver economy!
370miles on the first tank!Got to visit some really nice bits of rainy, misty Wales but wouldn't have had to travel so far if my sat nav hadn't taken me up as far as Chester and then taken me across the top of Wales! So journey there was average, although M6 toll road was it's usual clogged self:
Mat lives in a really nasty area of the world too....just look at what you have to travel along in order to reach his awesome house:
And then you can even stop by his local mountain to get a pick of your bitch of a car to prove it made it!
And admire his waterfall on the way out again:
OVerall a good trip, although valver did develop an odd problem once I got onto the M56....it vibrates as you accelarate. The harder you load the engine up, the more it vibrates. The gear lever shakes itself to pieces in all gears, yet is fine when you're not pressed the throttle in gear. It screams bent driveshaft, but how does a shaft suddenly bend?!
I wondered what could have done it, as my journey there was at 65-75mph average meaning it was constantly revving at 4k revs or so. I only stopped twice too.
The journey home was taken easy in Wales, as it was hilly and loading up the engine even more (with the valver's magnificent lack of torque, which Mat got to experience!
) causing mega vibrations, but once in England and on the big wide empty carriageways it rarely dropped back into two-figure speeds. Amazing the convoy of cars that were all contently sitting at these speeds, just goes to show with a bit of lane discipline and common sense, a British autobahn would possibly work.Course it wouldn't....all muppets were sat at home at 9pm on a Sunday night!
Anyway, cheers again to Mat. Top bloke!
