Well after changing jobs in October and now commuting into London by train twice a week the P6 had been having a rest from driving up to Kingston and back a few times a week, with only the odd trip to the supermarket etc as its current exercise. Its actually lucky, as the Defender only ever goes on runs to the tip!
That changed this weekend I went to the Yorkshire Dales with a couple of friends for a spot of walking. Both have diesel Fiesta's so I assumed we would go in one of those, but at the last minute one guy said his wife needed the car, and the other said his needed a new auxiliary belt...
One suggested we hired a car - but that was £150 before we'd even gone anywhere.
Long story short, we went in my car. After checking the fluids, and airing up the tyres it performed faultlessly all weekend. It ate up the miles from Hook, Hampshire to Cracoe, Yorkshire and back again with ease. Total distance covered for the weekend was 597 miles. Only issue was tyres slightly kissing the inside of the wings on hard cornering with a boot full of gear, full tank of fuel and three of us onboard.
Fuel consumption was disappointing - worked out at around 24mpg - but then we were cruising at speeds normally associated with German saloons.
Overall a good trip, and the first long excursion with the 5 speed fitted, which is what I was really worrying about as it was still a bit of an unknown after I rebuilt it.
You can't do that in many classics!
That changed this weekend I went to the Yorkshire Dales with a couple of friends for a spot of walking. Both have diesel Fiesta's so I assumed we would go in one of those, but at the last minute one guy said his wife needed the car, and the other said his needed a new auxiliary belt...
One suggested we hired a car - but that was £150 before we'd even gone anywhere.
Long story short, we went in my car. After checking the fluids, and airing up the tyres it performed faultlessly all weekend. It ate up the miles from Hook, Hampshire to Cracoe, Yorkshire and back again with ease. Total distance covered for the weekend was 597 miles. Only issue was tyres slightly kissing the inside of the wings on hard cornering with a boot full of gear, full tank of fuel and three of us onboard.
Fuel consumption was disappointing - worked out at around 24mpg - but then we were cruising at speeds normally associated with German saloons.
Overall a good trip, and the first long excursion with the 5 speed fitted, which is what I was really worrying about as it was still a bit of an unknown after I rebuilt it.
You can't do that in many classics!