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[STREET TWEAKS]

how has gone on a mad road trip to buy things off ebay , 2moza nite iam driveing from wolverhamton to rhyl to get a new set of wheels for my vectra as i am paying £700 for them i need to know thay are as good as thay say . it will take me about 5 hours round trip i think and not going till 6 pm from work .

so how on here has been on a road trip like this and how long did it take ?

[Spud_133]

Dad was looking for a new car for my grandparents, and I had seen A corsa which had been advertised on here, so I told him, I messaged the bloke, and we were at home with it 6 hours later, oh yeah, the car was just over 2 and a half hours away.

Edited by Spud_133, 24 May 2012 - 09:27 PM.

[ANON]

does it count as a road trip, can't be much more than 90 miles??

[Tupers]

I'm looking into sticking the Mini on a boat to the states when it's done and driving from New York to LA. Would be one hell of a trip.

[feeenix14]

I bought a lupo off eBay from Newcastle. Took the train up there hitched a ride to the guys house and drove it back to Coventry

Oh yeah the gearbox broke halfway home. Fantastic.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Max, Paddy and Gus were all milesssssssssssss away, Scotland and Darn Sarfffff. Its become part of our buying criteria that the car MUST INVOLVE a day long road trip

God knows what we'd do if one turned up on our own doorstep

[STREET TWEAKS]

does it count as a road trip, can't be much more than 90 miles??

116 miles each way 2hours 5 mins says the satnav

[OhDear]

I love a good road trip had many of them, my clubby was bought from Northamton .good 4 hours one way from me with a trailer. i once did middlesbrough to yeovil. Another good xx hours with a trailer for a Boat engine. Went to view a suposidly excelent mini clubman estate in Northamton to get there to find out it was a shed with all 4 wheel bearings shot ( road legal my....) ended up buying a box of mini bits for £20 from someone of here . and way many more Outings.

[minimarco]

I think you need to empty a full gas tank at least once to count as a road trip.

[OhDear]

I think you need to empty a full gas tank at least once to count as a road trip.

lol in a mini i can do that on a friday shoping trip playing about

[Old Bob]

Left Plymouth on a Friday evening in mid Winter, after my co driver had finished work. Drove a Land Rover and trailer to Scrabster on the far North of Scotland, loaded my 26' yacht on the trailer and drove it back to Plymouth, stopping only for fuel and food because he had to be back at work for 08.00 on the Monday.

Wouldn't want to do that trip too often.

Bob

[whuiron]

I went from london to leeds to get my mini, it only took about 3 and a half hours to get there but it took over 5 to get back lol

[minimarco]

I think you need to empty a full gas tank at least once to count as a road trip.

lol in a mini i can do that on a friday shoping trip playing about

There you go,

I drove three hours each way for lunch once and that used up a tank.

[meetthespeakers]

It is interesting to hear about what is far, and I guess what some cultures are used to as far as traveling. I'm not saying it's typical, but my inlaws just visited us here in the states and they are from Germany. They wanted to see Niagara Falls. Little did they know it would take 10.5 hours to get up there. So I took them up there, stayed the night, checked it out in the morning, ate some lunch and drove home.

As far as the Mini, the longest trip was 20 hours in 2 days. Was fun... ish... sorta. Was an experience, and nothing like taking the drive on a motor you just put in a week earlier that cost $200. Turned out okay though!

Furthest I bought a car was 10 hours away, car parts maybe 5-6 hours away. But we are talking rare, unique stuff, not to save $30 on something off the shelf. Anyway, cheers!

[STREET TWEAKS]

well got my wheels friday nite sat on the motorway for 3 hours there and 2 hours back but happy days thay look mint on the car now and put my old wheels on the wifes car and that looks mint now to