Limited to 55mph(?) and with a tachograph on the go causing you to have to stop every 4(?) hours or so....
I would take the car and drive a bit faster and for as long as i want thanks
Bmw 5 estate or E-Class estate or Audi
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Limited to 55mph(?) and with a tachograph on the go causing you to have to stop every 4(?) hours or so....
I would take the car and drive a bit faster and for as long as i want thanks
Limited to 55mph(?) and with a tachograph on the go causing you to have to stop every 4(?) hours or so....
I would take the car and drive a bit faster and for as long as i want thanks
Yes, limited to 55 - although you'd soon appreciate its quite fast enough given the stopping distances @44tons.
Breaks every 4:30, which is long enough for most to be ready for a nap.
Its more the way the truck drives, the completely different field of vision, view etc, I find running down a motorway in a car (regardless as to what sort) extremely tedious after a while, you don't see anything like as much as you do from a large HGV's cab, and thats before you glance down into some vehicles....
I regularly do say Stoke - London & back in my Scania, get out feeling fresh as a daisy, yet driving from Stoke to Taunton (Somerset), a slightly shorter distance, in a car leaves me feeling tired.
I can only guess that because a truck is designed for long distances (air suspended seat for example) its inherently the more comfortable - for me at least - and assume this is why I have the above feeling comparing one to a long ish trip in a car.
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Whereas I have happily driven from Lichetenstein to Cologne or Inverkeithing to Plymouth in a single day and not felt tired.
Remain to be convinced by your point.
I sincerely hope you were given a fuel card or were reimbursed mileage
Its my business.
using the approved mileage allowance scheme it doesn't half knock your taxable income down.
Plus I get 20% of whatever I pay in fuel back.
I used to mostly use a tesco credit card to pay for the fuel and clear it every month. Didn't half rack up the clubcard points
With stops I used to avg 50mph throughout the day (daytime) so being limited to 55mph wouldn't be an issue. Plus its HGVs that keep the motorways flowing. The 1st thing i do if the motorways start clogging up is dive into lane 1 and sit with the wagons who more often than not at least keep moving whilst everyone else races upto 40mph then back to stationary.
R420LA6X2/4MNA : I wonder how many times I've driven past you without knowing. What's your cab called
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I'd go to a dealer and just sit in a car.......... for a day .......... each ......... then see which one you can live in literally
I'd go to a dealer and just sit in a car.......... for a day .......... each ......... then see which one you can live in literally
[TW]Fox;23748646 said:
Perhaps its because your nearly half my age? You tell me.
All I'm saying is I find a large HGV much less tiring to drive over a relatively long distance compared to driving a car,whatever the make / model of car too - I found this with all of my cars, from my e38 7,e39 5 etc down to a Peugeot 309 I owned a few years back, the truck is imo the less taxing to drive compared to a car over a similar distance.
I assume its down to the much better field of vision given your sitting so much higher than in a car?
Incidentally, the concentration required to drive a 6 axle artic I would argue is greater than that needed to drive a car, despite this, as I say, I find the latter far easier & am less likely to feel tired in one. Maybe its because its what I do day in, day out.......
Once you've driven such a vehicle, maybe you'll be in a position to be convinced? maybe not.
Many times I'd imagine.....
I don't have my "own" truck as such these days, I do day shifts now (i.e. I'm not away all week in the same allocated vehicle anymore) so I drive whatever is available at the start of my shift.
Sounds like you get into a car and your brain goes into overdrive.
Omgz so low to the ground, I have the ability to jump from 60mph to 90mph within seconds, omgz , omgz , omgz I need to watch every single detail on the Mway as I am going so much faster than what I am used.
I think that's whats happens in your case.
I did 600 miles in the 530i in one day, was perfectly fine. Did 600 miles in a Fiesta 1.2, was nearly dying and believe it or not, I had a little weep near Tamworth.
Thats what was appealing about the Accord.
But its an Accord
I'm hoping an E-class or the 5 has it
Fox will tell me
I really like the E-Class but the 5 Series seems better on paper.
If I get a BMW how do I stop myself being one of those BMW drivers
for the annual big miles. Did you have monthly service booked with the dealer?
Dealer as if.
Mate did oil changes every 3 weeks though.
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Cheers Fox
The 520d seems to be a good motor enough power for me (Nothing but an M5 is going to feel like my SLK55 AMG anyhow)
So I think I'm now looking for a 520d with Black leather and no wooden wood.
With all the bells and whistles.
Wish me luck
Hmmm...
So, 14 hours spent driving each day for 250 days a year? Or to put it another way, 14 hour days, 5 days a week, with two weeks holiday a year?
Are you sure you've done the maths right?
I'd be at serious risk of falling asleep at the wheel spending 14 hours a day driving!
Hmmm...
So, 14 hours spent driving each day for 250 days a year? Or to put it another way, 14 hour days, 5 days a week, with two weeks holiday a year?
Are you sure you've done the maths right?
I'd be at serious risk of falling asleep at the wheel spending 14 hours a day driving!
That quote was when I was driving during the day.
The big runs were overnight so avg speed was erm a little higher officer. plus the max I'm allowed under domestic driving hours is 10 hrs in an 11 hour shift obviously those rules get bent a little every now and then but hey ho
2 weeks holiday...My mrs wishes. I had a week off in 2008 then another in 2010 and another week in 2011 (Maldives yay) noting in 2012
I can't switch off from work so holidays arn't much fun. An issue I'm planning on changing from now on (Today I have been diagnosed with IBD either colitis or chron's more tests needed)
See post above
Better convert whatever car you get to have a commode in the front passenger seat! 
Bad luck.Domestic driving hours? In a car???
That's news to me!! - I assume you have no tachograph or similar driving recording device, so how - if at all - could it be enforced??
As far as commercials are concerned,under domestic driving hours, you can drive for 9 hours per day/shift extending to 10 hours twice in a working week, putting it simply (the practice has many variances) you can drive for 5 days one week and 6 the next & so on....