[robchalmers]

Just completed this year family holiday, 1574miles from warrington-dover-calais-le Mans-St Jean de Monts and back. provingit wasn't a fluke on the way down i hit 41mpg, cruising at 81mph full loaded, and 42 on the way back. but the return leg did involve alot of country lane work as we got lost after the battery died at a rest halt and the car was recovered(in the opposite direction, grrrr) to a garage. I then did 253 miles without switching off the engine (3 toll/toilet stops) to get to Calais, then 289 with another 3 stops to top off an epic 20hr return leg with a night drive on the deserted british motorway beforethe sun came up as i pulled onto the driveway at 3:55am.

both outer CV joints are fubar'd and sound like heavy castenets on anything more than 15deg of lock but..... The old girl brought us home!