Motors Your drive home

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  1. 666painkiller

    666painkiller If only....

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    my drive home....
     
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  2. mrlongbeard

    mrlongbeard Multimodder

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    Who would be dumb enough to watch my 90 minute drive home, damn I'm there and don't watch all of it.
     
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    Fixed! :thumb:


    Not me, but my car.
     
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  4. EvilMerc

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    My weekly drive home is three hours...
     
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  5. 666painkiller

    666painkiller If only....

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    oooops mine is about 5-10mins..........
    :rock::thumb:
     
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  6. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Which is why you should walk/cycle! :p
     
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  7. 666painkiller

    666painkiller If only....

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  8. bigc90210

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    at first when i seen the vid i was like "i swear thats byker bridge" then i realised you're from newcastle too. Incidently i go round that roundabout (but i go down the steep bank instead and up the other side as i work on the quayside).

    That petrol station has notably some of the most miserable staff ever to walk the earth, and its been that way for years and years (theres even a Viz top tip for the staff to cheeer up in a mag a few years back!).
     
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  9. bawjaws

    bawjaws Multimodder

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    Watching that video in the OP is a bit like driving when playing Vice City - you keep wanting to be able to look left and right to see what's coming!
     
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  10. Cookie Monster

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    Snap,

    If I was still working on the quayside I might have met you for a beer.
     
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  11. Throbbi

    Throbbi What's a Dremel?

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    If only there was a dashboard cam of a drive home knuck had once .
     
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  12. bigc90210

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    I work just behind the law courts, though im moving job week after next to up next to four lane ends metro (the old sage building)
     
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  13. Cookie Monster

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    I'm back in N/Shields, was at The Cycle Hub on the Ouseburn for a few months last year. If I ever get a cam I'll get a video of my ride to work.
     
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  14. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Feck me are we all up newcastle way?
     
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  15. Puk

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    I kept watching, was hoping it would go all gta...
     
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  16. dynamis_dk

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    It would take me longer to get the camera out than the actual drive would take lol... interesting idea. On seeing the title I was sure this was going to turn into an 'accident on the way home' thread :)
     
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  17. Unicorn

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    Nope :p

    I don't have a dash cam at the moment but if and when I buy a GoPro, I'll record my drive to or from work some day. It's quite interesting - I stick to the lesser trodden path because it's much quicker than going through the major towns. The roads are crap, but I've gotten to know every pothole and hump since starting in September so I can avoid the dinged rims and bulged tyres :thumb:

    It's ~27-28 miles, takes me approx 40 minutes, 45-50 if traffic is bad or simply if I get stuck behind someone on the aforementioned minor roads who doesn't know them and brakes for every hump, kink and corner.
     
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  18. Mister_Tad

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    Drive home today was a 3h20m slog through biblical levels of rain up from the south, can't imagine anyone would want to watch that.
     
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  19. Margo Baggins

    Margo Baggins I'm good at Soldering Super Moderator

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    Today my drive home was from Lands end to Brighton! It took me just over 6 hours, i stopped a couple of times. Done 800 miles driving since Wednesday! Has been a whole lot of fun.
     
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    I could video my daily drive to/from work but at 2.5hrs each way on mainly motorway its boring enough driving it let alone watching!
     
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