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Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: fudge on March 15, 2007, 18:02:31

A Tyre ? NOPE
A Winch ? NOPE
A Tank Of Fuel ? NOPE

Give In ?

A TRAIN TICKET

Cambridge to Exeter to collect my new toy

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p35/MarkBloomfield/IMG_0373.jpg)

£103................ And They Wonder Why People Don't Use Public Transport!

£103 There and £30 Derv Back In My UnClean 2.8TD Fourtrak..... Oh Do I Feel Green!

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 15, 2007, 18:26:09

!st class with 3 course meal included  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: RCRockCrawler on March 15, 2007, 18:26:22

We're told that trains are the most efficient form of travel, so if governments have "green policies", why the hell is it so expenive?!?!

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Rich_P on March 15, 2007, 18:42:50

Quote from: "RCRockCrawler"

why the hell is it so expenive?!?!

Because they must make a profit, and secondly the maintenance costs are going up through lack of maintenance in the past I believe.

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: fudge on March 15, 2007, 18:43:04

Quote from: "hairyasswelder"

!st class with 3 course meal included  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

1st Class Standing From Cambridge To King's Cross
1st Class Standing On Second Tube To Paddington (No Bears Present)
1st Class (Just After Coach 2 (the real 1st class) Get Of Yout Fat Arse And Walk To The Buffet Car Yourself To Get Tea And Cake At Nearly £5

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: bezzabsa on March 15, 2007, 18:44:07

Taxi would have been cheaper  :shock:

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Daz800 on March 15, 2007, 19:00:45

Quote from: "bezzabsa"

Taxi would have been cheaper  :shock:

national express would have been even cheaper

Darryl

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: fudge on March 15, 2007, 19:04:05

Yeah but another two and a half hours......

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: marjan on March 15, 2007, 19:13:41

Being a true Yorkshireman (Tight) I would take 5 hours more if it meant saving some cash  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: sleeplessparadise on March 15, 2007, 19:46:11

And yet my daughter recently got a return ticket from Leeds to County Durham for £28. There doesnt seem to be any sense to their pricing structure :(

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: dreadnought110 on March 15, 2007, 20:08:20

me and the missus had to fetch a Range Rover from the docks at Newcastle a few years ago it cost us £160 on the train and £20 in fuel on the way back and the range rover was 4.0 petrol!!! :?  :?

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on March 15, 2007, 22:29:48

I believe SWMBO paid about £230 for a first-class Wakefield  - London (Kings Cross) when she had to buy it on the day of travel

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: missmud on March 15, 2007, 23:06:17

Would have of been cheaper to fly  :(mad):

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Yoshi on March 15, 2007, 23:11:01

I use the national express for that kind of thing now, it only costs me £16 to get from Cumbria to London compared to £120 on the train :D

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 16, 2007, 02:31:42

I use car trailer and 5.0l V8 RRC LSE and it still doesn't cost me that much to drive both ways.

Including the t**t who drove into the trailer and bust me a tyre :evil:

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: fudge on March 16, 2007, 06:51:43

I did consider (just for a millisecond) driving the zuke down and towing it back...... 268 miles in one hit in a sj410..... yeah that puts the £103 in perspective!

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: frosty on March 16, 2007, 07:12:38

Could you not swing using the works tow truck? or that very nice amg u were in the other week? that would have made the trip down hell of a lot easier not to mention quicker! still it looks like a nice tidy truck.


  Cheers, Rob

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Lucy1978 on March 16, 2007, 12:51:58

I've recently used one way car hire to get to heathrow and back, it was half the price of a train and cleaner, more comfortable, quicker, door to door....

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: redhand on March 16, 2007, 13:43:35

Quote from: "RCRockCrawler"

We're told that trains are the most efficient form of travel, so if governments have "green policies", why the hell is it so expenive?!?!

If you go online and book it in advance you can get silly prices on train fares Leeds to Torquay one way on the day £120 booked two weeks in advance £42.50

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: ringo on March 16, 2007, 13:49:48

Fudge - Looks very nice. Can't wait to see how good it is.

Ringo

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: Stormin on March 16, 2007, 17:51:44

For you family people. Read the other day, that if two adults and two children book as four adults, it's cheaper. :roll:

Title: Guess What I Had To Pay £103 For Today!
Post by: offroading.net on March 16, 2007, 20:19:03

you have to book in advance, I did crewe to the other side of Glasgow for £8 last year, just book 7 days in advance