1 Hour Motorway or 1.5 hours A road?

[waynne]

If you have a choice of route and you could either do 1 hour on a motorway or 1.5 hours on a twisty A road which would you go for?

I guess it depends on the time factor - if it was work and I was late it would be the motorway for me. However if it was work I could leave earlier and enjoy a much more pleasurable drive. (It would also need to be sunny and at an off peak time.)

[herb]

Originally Posted by waynne

If you have a choice of route and you could either do 1 hour on a motorway or 1.5 hours on a twisty A road which would you go for?

I guess it depends on the time factor - if it was work and I was late it would be the motorway for me. However if it was work I could leave earlier and enjoy a much more pleasurable drive. (It would also need to be sunny and at an off peak time.)

im the same mate but some other factors i take into account are weather im in the van or car i always take the motorway in the van as like you say its quicker i will only take the a road in the van if i get forewarned on the radio about congestion on the motorway
also i take into account who i have in the car take for example a few months back for my 30th birthday my parents paid for all the family to stop in a hotel up north their was no way i was driving on a a road with my dad next to me (hes the type of driver who will happily sit behind a tractor and take in the scenery even if its safe to overtake) so to save the ear ache i went on the motorway but if i was on my own i would have had a bit of fun on the a road

[Pixel]

Yes, it does depend on time factor!

If youve got somewhere to be then hit the motorway and boot it.

If your just cruising then by all means, take the twisty road and have some fun

[Hayley1]

An hour on the motorway definately as long as it wasn't during rush hour.

[philxj6]

depends what car
Sports car roads all the time

[HDi fun]

If Im in a rush then it's 45 minutes on the motorway

[waynne]

@ HDi (it would be an hour on a coutnry road by that token!)

[HDi fun]

Err, yes, probably.

[Prince]

How about after half hour on the motorway you turn off and use the A roads for the rest of journey? If I had to pick though I'd say motorway as it ahould get you there quicker.

[philxj6]

Waynne

You will get me into trouble decided this morning not to go the usual route to work went A+B roads throughly enjoyed myself not sure what my passengrs thought as i threw the car into corners and accelerated out.

Might do the same tomorrow

[kai_mitsurugi]

Obviously time is an issue but many country roads I go on you can easily match motorway speeds. Especially up Mid and North Wales, you just have to watch out for Richard Brunstrom's Mobile Money Boxes.

[HDi fun]

Kai - don't get me on Brunstrom's stupidity. Waynne probably isn't too keen on him either.

He gives the police in general a very bad reputation.

There's not many motorways available in Wales tho (M4, and M48(?) I think). A55 Expressway along the North coast is a nice road though, but that's often plagued with over enthusiastic speed trap operators.

I agree, you can often make swift progress on country roads, and I'm an exponent of the art. Clearly, you have to push pretty hard to match a car doing a similar journey at high speed on a motorway route. But - it's possible. Motorways are better for fuel/tyre/brake economy though as you can often maintain three figure speeds for miles on end.

[waynne]

Sorry PhilXJ6 but it is such good fun isn't it?

Kia- All speeding fines should go to central goverment rather than local authority and this should remove the over zealous enforcement.

[HDi fun]

That's often why local authorities lose interest when a fine is challenged in court. ie. If a fine is enforced by the court it IS paid to central government.

[philxj6]

Originally Posted by waynne

Sorry PhilXJ6 but it is such good fun isn't it?

You are so right