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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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And thats it the petrol boys have run out of excuses for driving at 55mph and psising off all the truck drivers  still at least someone hasnt said the usual nearly 30mpg rubbish 
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 7th Jun 2018 5:38 pm |
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pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
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Nah, not 55mph. 65mph, which is only 5mph below the national speed limit. Bloody trucks get in the way and middle lane hoggers doing 66mph.
Although I cant help the right foot sometimes. Something urgent about 300hp / and nearly 6000 rpm in a 13year old car. So smooth......was that a bottom end noise?
Fuel is small cost compared to depreciation. (Lost 33.5k on a car over 21,000miles / 3.5years)
The reason for the interest is that the 4.4V8 is a pretty impressive unit.
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| 7th Jun 2018 6:07 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
 
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lynalldiscovery wrote:And thats it the petrol boys have run out of excuses for driving at 55mph and psising off all the truck drivers still at least someone hasnt said the usual nearly 30mpg rubbish
Doing 120 km/h which is the limit here truck drivers stay in the right hand lane with the tractors where they drive at most 100 km/h, usually 80 km/h.
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| 7th Jun 2018 6:31 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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In the UK you see lots of car drivers driving at the exact same speed as the trucks trying to get max mpg, thing is mixing it with the trucks is a dangerous place to be at any time.
I reckon over the last 10/15 years the average speed of traffic in the UK has dropped dramitically.
The only way I can match journey times of 10/15 years ago it to travel at night/very early hours.
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| 7th Jun 2018 6:41 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
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Ok, I understand now 
Here we have a problem, usually in the winter, with foreign (usually Eastern European) trucks - their tires are totally  - most likely nowhere near road legal - and that can’t make it up long inclines but block all traffic. It’s every winter the same.
We, too, have more vehicles on the roads than 20 years ago... I try to drive outside the rush hours. On Sunday morning I could drive to work in 22 min and during the week in rush hour it takes 55-65 minutes.
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| 7th Jun 2018 7:24 pm |
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plocker
Member Since: 14 Mar 2016
Location: Preston
Posts: 828
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lynalldiscovery wrote:And thats it the petrol boys have run out of excuses for driving at 55mph and psising off all the truck drivers still at least someone hasnt said the usual nearly 30mpg rubbish
I reckon if you asked log burner drivers if they would like a V8 there would be a few, ask V8 drivers if they wanted a log burner it would be none! 05 V8 HSE Bonatti Grey
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| 7th Jun 2018 10:31 pm |
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SafariDave
Member Since: 19 Nov 2011
Location: NYC & LA
Posts: 775
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On Cali highways were speed limit can be 75-90 mph, its a smooth drive on the D3 V8 you can't even feel it when you are going 90 to 100mph. D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey "The Rhino" (our NYC D3)
De-tangoed Headlights, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille, D4 19" Wheels/ Bridgestone Alenza
D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille (our LA D3)
D2 1999 V8 SD7 Chawton White (our Caribbean Beach truck)
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| 8th Jun 2018 1:56 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
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Agreed - the acceleration is completely effortless.
Only when you put the pedal to the metal (use kickdown) does it create some mad burbling noisesound.
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| 8th Jun 2018 2:01 pm |
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SafariDave
Member Since: 19 Nov 2011
Location: NYC & LA
Posts: 775
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oh.. yeah!
Dave D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey "The Rhino" (our NYC D3)
De-tangoed Headlights, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille, D4 19" Wheels/ Bridgestone Alenza
D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille (our LA D3)
D2 1999 V8 SD7 Chawton White (our Caribbean Beach truck)
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| 8th Jun 2018 2:15 pm |
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