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(Message started by: stuarte on Apr 15^th, 2010, 9:34pm)

Title: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 15^th, 2010, 9:34pm

im driving 500 plus miles to scotland each way in 2 weeks time, just realised thats bank holiday monday, will the M6 be busy, to see relatives on friday and back on monday.
can the scorpio do it, what do i need to check apart from water and oil and would you advise spliting the journey via a travelodge.
what mpg can i expect, i have a rover 100 as well, do you reckon i do it in that car cause i get 45mpg with it, but uncomfy seats, both cars have 40,000 on clock

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by tonyboy on Apr 15^th, 2010, 9:56pm

On a journey like that you should get about 26 - 28 MPG. But if your traveling 500 + miles i would suggest that you get breakdown cover... Just in case...... I would imagine that most of the motorways are going to busy over the bank holiday period... what with the caravans and the road works.......
...... http://www.greenflag.com/breakdown-20.html?cmpid=/000/breakdown/ppc/google/breakdown_cover

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Matt on Apr 15^th, 2010, 9:56pm

Cornwall to Scotland is more then 500 miles one way id say its a good 600 or more depending where in Scotland,

your car should do the trip, make sure the spare tyre is inflated and the nut wrench actually undoes the nuts (its shocking how badly they fit, some even split!)

id give it a quick once over, oil, water, check the plugs, even a quick air filter and oil change if its not been done for a while, tyre pressures etc

as for mpg, what engine is it? a 24v set at just under 70 will push 30mpg

biggest risk believe it or not is you, a good supply of fresh air and if you need it stop 3 or 4 time for half hour and a coffee, as for the travel lodge, thats up to you, if you feel you can do it in one hit then go for it, if not dont lol,

a tired driver is more dangerous then a drunk driver . . .

the m6 has a stack of 50mph zones, some with active camera, even drops to 40 around bham

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 15^th, 2010, 10:08pm

hi there

i've done glasgow to devon easily enough in one go. as said earlier, just give the car a good check over and take a few breaks.

hth

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 15^th, 2010, 10:09pm

its 510 say dead to central scotland, i did the journey to tayside, 575 miles 6 months ago in an old mondeo, it took 9 hrs with 2 15 min stops, got tired at the 500 mile mark, thing is i drive a bus 10 hrs a day, and im not likeing a 9hr car drive.
its a 2.9 12 valve, i have RAC cover, but will tow me home all the way,but if im say 1 mile short of scotland, they will actually tow me back to cornwall and not to scotland and back to cornwall on next day. my rover 100 is econonical but uncomy seats and has a loud bore exhaust on it, which booms in the cabin

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Nunnspoet on Apr 16^th, 2010, 8:13am

Hi Stuarte.

One point; if you do break down make sure that the RAC know that your Scorpio is an Automatic and cannot be towed.

Happy days. I was a Bus Driver in Cornwall. Newquay. Loved it.

Mike

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by amigafan2003 on Apr 16^th, 2010, 11:26am

The Scorpio will do it no problems - I did 650+ miles from Blackpool to the Nurburgring last summer in the Cossie - didn't even flinch and loved being pushed at 130 for 20mins on the autobahn :-) Felt fresh as a daisy when I got out at the other end :-)

It's going back this year with a trailer attached with a Westfield on it :-)

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 16^th, 2010, 4:52pm

quick question if i set cruise control to 70 am i doing 70 or do speedos have 10 % error as im really doing 63 and hence i should set it for 77.
worries from my days of owning cortinas when i was told to allow for 10% error, is this the case for 1995 scorpios or do 2010 cars have no error at all.

as for getting towed home rac use trailers also, when i got car it had no mot and trailered it, a local garage said tow it, after all neutral is neutral they said!!

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 16^th, 2010, 6:39pm

hi there

70 will be 63mph or there abouts.

best to leave it at the speedo reading as there's no way you'll be speeding, plus you'll get better mpg.

hth

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 16^th, 2010, 6:54pm

think you may be correct, as years ago my 2.8 capri did 105 in 3rd, wonder if it was really 105.
sometimes i drive thro one of those mobile speed signs that flash your speed and i check it with the speedo.
my theory is drive at 80 on motorways cos the police tend to ignore folk at 80 and chase those doing the 100 and above.

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by tricky_dicky on Apr 17^th, 2010, 4:07pm

I did the journey the other way around in Feb (Fort William to Saltash) no probs in a 2.3. Returned 29 mpg avg with 5 adults and their luggage. I set the cruise to 70mph on the sat nav 74 on the clocks. It took 12 hours including rest breaks.

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by PJDavis on Apr 17^th, 2010, 5:47pm

If your old Capri 2.8 was a four speed transmission, it would do just over the Ton in third true speed. Mine was a Four speed. The five speed Capri 2.8 would do not quite 95 in third.

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Mike H on Apr 17^th, 2010, 6:42pm

Presume you're going up the West side? M5 and like that? Only might be worth a mention the A6 up to Carlisle might be worth investigating if M6 is busy. I used it once some years ago and it was virtually dead in comparison. But watch out for sheep!

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 17^th, 2010, 10:02pm

estimate £200 of fuel, but plane is £161 but theres two of us and when i get to scotland i dont want to rely on buses and taxis.

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Baz on Apr 18^th, 2010, 11:58am

I did Warrington to Argeles in the South of France a few times in my 24v.... £600 in fuel at the time (10 fillups) but I was never one to hang around when driving the Cosworth! total mileage was always in excess of 3000 on a trip like that.

The car always ran well until the final time we did it when the autocooler rad broke and we lost fluid everywhere!!

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Highlander on Apr 18^th, 2010, 5:31pm

on 04/15/10 at 21:34:12, stuarte wrote:

ijust realised thats bank holiday monday, will the M6 be busy, to see relatives on friday and back on monday.

To answer your original question, it will be absolutely Hellish!

I drive the M6 regularly and wherever possible I try and avoid a Friday on a normal week because of traffic, bank holidays are horrendous, drive up on the Thursday night ;)

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Mike H on Apr 18^th, 2010, 6:14pm

That's problee best idea to be honest.

Personally I try not to go out bank holidays ;D

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 18^th, 2010, 6:52pm

hoping to leave cornwall at say 4am and it the worst of hit when im at least manchester, hopefully most will be heading to cornwall and not away from it

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Mike H on Apr 18^th, 2010, 7:52pm

That certainly would be helpful! May not be flocking to airports either, come to think of it

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 22^nd, 2010, 9:02pm

well morro is the day i choose plane, train or scorpio to head north next week. ive got to weigh up cost, reliability comfort, travelling around when i get there and tiredness. my fear is my scorpio is untested on long routes as ive had it just weeks.but i drive for a living and would love a rest. but i dont fancy the hassles of hiring a corsa in scotland and checking in at airports etc or sitting on a train for 9 hrs

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Mike H on Apr 23^rd, 2010, 1:02pm

On the other hand, only the car provides you with your own private compartment with no queueing and no drunks being sick on you or weird lonely people forcing you to listen to their endless jabbering about stuff you couldn't have less interest in or unwanted eavesdropping of other peoples perpetual mobile phone conversations, nowhere to put your luggage, can't move in the aisles because piled up with everyone else's luggage, etcetera etcetera etcetera ;D

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 23^rd, 2010, 1:17pm

well, going flybe from newquay, me and missus, then hiring a fiesta at a cheap local car hire place in scotland, tried to book train, spent ages spelling names to a foreigner on cross country trains website, he said there was no seats left for us to sit together. gave up with him and train.

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by Highlander on Apr 23^rd, 2010, 1:41pm

I could have hired you a Scorpio :)

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by stuarte on Apr 24^th, 2010, 12:29am

from falkirk

Title: Re: cornwall to scotland drive
Post by gozz on Apr 24^th, 2010, 9:40am

stuarte.
He would have delivered it to Cornwall for "about a million pounds" ;D