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One careful owner, low mileage.......
Alan B - 11/11/03 at 05:54 PM

Ok guys...those who are built and on the roads...

How many miles have you done?
How many do you estimate you will do per year?

Just curious as to how much these cars really get used.....


theconrodkid - 11/11/03 at 09:28 PM

deep reply dave?mine is now bout 1500 miles,6 months


CairB - 11/11/03 at 10:06 PM

Done about 3k in last year, still generates a grin tho' except after following my nose over the Trough of Bowland and getting soaked from Lancaster back to Manchester

On a seperate note has there been an over production of 50mph signs?, only they seem to be popping up over all our favourite jaunts, how about yours?

Cheers,

Colin


steve m - 11/11/03 at 10:11 PM

Yep Agree, my yearly mileage is always around 3k

And yes crawley, sussex has had a increase in 50mph signs and a decrease in 60/70

bastards !!!!!!

My favorite bend is now a 50, gone are the days of 120 on a norton comando

steve


robinbastd - 11/11/03 at 10:12 PM

50!!!!!!! You lucky git! Down here they have a bottomless pit of 40 signs. Bastards.
Ian


theconrodkid - 11/11/03 at 10:13 PM

they have removed the 50 signs round here and replaced them with 30,s,if they got bullet holes in they are probly from round here


CairB - 11/11/03 at 10:34 PM

quote:

And yes crawley, sussex has had a increase in 50mph signs and a decrease in 60/70



Hence the name


steve m - 11/11/03 at 10:46 PM

yes very funny, I live there and never spotted that


steve


stephen_gusterson - 12/11/03 at 04:11 PM

try northants

all the f&^king 60 signs turn into 40 and the 40 turn into 30.

and there is no advance warning of overnight changes until you see plod bastard.


atb

steve





quote:
Originally posted by CairB
Done about 3k in last year, still generates a grin tho' except after following my nose over the Trough of Bowland and getting soaked from Lancaster back to Manchester

On a seperate note has there been an over production of 50mph signs?, only they seem to be popping up over all our favourite jaunts, how about yours?

Cheers,

Colin


PioneerX - 12/11/03 at 04:27 PM

Not so much chnages in the limit round here, but extentions. the 30 limits signs are bing moved overnight furthere away from there orginal location, seems to me to being moved to just include the next farm gate.

A rash of mobile cam's apearing in the now 30 limit farm gate that last night was a 60 limit


kingr - 13/11/03 at 04:18 PM

Somerset is just as bad - 20 mph sign about a mile either side of any school that apply at all times - I haven't seen many kids hanging around school at 2am, so I'm not sure what the benefit of that is.

Also, they've taken to changing 40s to 30s, moving the signs outwards to increase the area, and then putting 40Mph "buffer zones" about 1/2 mile either side of that. The best thing I've seen so far is a 60 heading towards a roundabout, that reduces to 40, then 30, then the roundabout, then 40 again, then back to 60. Somewhere there is a very rich signmaker. And then they increase council tax.

Kingr