why are things so far away :(

[escort new boy]

just scanning ebay for a mk1 fiesta find one a right bargain but its a 300 mile round trip to get it

[Rick]

ditto. hiring a trailer is expensive too

[bomber1]

ditto. hiring a trailer is expensive too

 

and u cant tow one if u got ur licsecnce post 96

[james p]

ditto. hiring a trailer is expensive too

 

and u cant tow one if u got ur licsecnce post 96

 

thats the biigest arse i got use of the trailer but cant tow it

[CéDriC]

Done 500 miles for the mk1 escort, and surely do again 500 miles to get my new fiesta xr2...

[bomber1]

ditto. hiring a trailer is expensive too

 

and u cant tow one if u got ur licsecnce post 96

 

thats the biigest arse i got use of the trailer but cant tow it

 

if u need just a driver let me know

[escort new boy]

if i could drive then yeah sweet but im 14 so have to ask my dad which isnt as easy

[Burns]

just done 700 miles for mine last week, far west cornwall it was, lol

 

keep looking dude, something'll come up

[BigDave]

300 mile round trip is nowt? I do that just to get to work one way. Dont know you are born you lot. 150 miles is just over two hours away, thats easy?

 

Also trailer hire is about £30 a day, so dead cheap i reckon?

 

You could always get the train and drive back?

[Cookie]

300 mile round trip is nowt? I do that just to get to work one way. Dont know you are born you lot. 150 miles is just over two hours away, thats easy?

 

Also trailer hire is about £30 a day, so dead cheap i reckon?

 

You could always get the train and drive back?

 

 

Yes, 300 miles piece of pish, It's the 900 or 1000 mile round trips that are a drag!

 

Trailer hire is a bargain, get it done

[antz]

300 is nothing!

 

i do 310 every 2 weeks just to see my girlfriend!

[dannyboy]

My bruv's cars or mine when we have bought them are never less than 500 round trip, longest was 1200 = Newcastle to London to Gloucester to Lakes and then back, admittedly we were visiting people but its a weekend on da road Stop ya whining

[BigDave]

My best to date was a 120 mile helicopter to Aberdeen, and collected hire car, 300 mile drive to home to collect my Mrs, then about 300 more to Mrgate to collect an RS2. Then drove the 300 mile back home in the Mk1. all in a days work!

 

Have also travelled from Shetland to North London to buy my Mk1, then down to East London from there to buy a Mk2 which I thn drove back home Teeside. Again all in the same day.

 

I will be doing about 300 miles today, just to get home.

 

get off your arse!

[Slik 50]

Agreed I do about 75 miles a day just to get to work and back. Just bought the wife an escort that we picked up from sussex 700 mile round trip no probs.

You cant want it that bad if you wont travel a poxy 300 miles

 

Im sure the youth of today are getting lazyer

[Vista]

I agree 300 miles is nothing, but it can be a pisser to travel 150 miles only to find that the car is nothing like how it was described and you don't want it anyway.

 

Plus the post 96 driving licence does make it impossible to tow anything yourself.

 

I did a near 550 mile round trip to collect the Alfa when I bought it. Despite being fully taxed and tested, it hadn't done more than 15 to 20 miles or so at a time for the last 5 years and I drove it 280 odd miles home. Had my fingers firmly crossed all the way.

[Messenjah]

 

Plus the post 96 driving licence does make it impossible to tow anything yourself.

 

 

 

 

no it doesnt u can still towe a caravan how King random is tht

[Conor]

just scanning ebay for a mk1 fiesta find one a right bargain but its a 300 mile round trip to get it

 

You're lucky - you live in Midlands. Should live up here. It's gonna be a 550 mile round trip next week to get a motor fitted to my Capper. On a good note, it'll be run in by the time I get back.

[negri]

ditto. hiring a trailer is expensive too

 

and u cant tow one if u got ur licsecnce post 96

 

so if you got your licence after 96 your not allowed to tow a trailer ?

 

never knew this , im guessing you can sit a test that will alow it though .

 

will the trailer place not allow the hire of them or could you just take the chance you dont get stopped ?

 

ive towed a trailer before and i got my licence in 97 . never knew i wasnt allowed to .

 

 

 

and 300 miles is nothing get down along for it

[dannyboy]

Ive got a post 96 license, and never knew that either. OOPs the amount of times i've towed broken dowen cars etc.....once in front of a copper coz he said he would have it scrapped if we didnt move it, and that was when I was 19>?>>?? Guessing he didnt know the rules aswell.

[Vista]

If you look at the group no's on the front of your photocard licence, then compare them to the diagram on the back of it, BE is car and trailer.

 

Having passed the standard test in 1988 I get the following groups automatically

 

B,B,BE,B1,C1,C1E,D1,D1E,f,k,l,n,p

 

Post 96 I think you get one or two groups but couldn't say what they are.

[over_head_cam]

Hello?

 

It's a fookin long way to walk

[flyingbanana]

ditto. hiring a trailer is expensive too

 

and u cant tow one if u got ur licsecnce post 96

 

so if you got your licence after 96 your not allowed to tow a trailer ?

 

never knew this , im guessing you can sit a test that will alow it though .

 

will the trailer place not allow the hire of them or could you just take the chance you dont get stopped ?

 

and 300 miles is nothing get down along for it

 

i got mine pre 96 just before they changed it and i got all the normal ones....ie 7.5 tonne etc....but if you want to drive with a trailer and 7.5tonne etc you have to do a test at the same place you go to get a lorry lience to be able to quailfy to drive them