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alanh@galaxy.nsc.com (The Hepburn) said:

>I guess it's a question of semantics; here in the USA a "long way" is
>usually thought to be several thousand miles.  The last time I looked,
>the UK was not several thousand miles long, or wide.  If you consider 
>driving 200 or 300 miles "a long way" then I guess you can indeed drive
>a long way in the UK.  In the USA you can drive 300 miles and not even
>leave a state.  California is over 800 miles end-to-end, and Texas is
>also over 800 miles across.  Those distances might be considered "a long way"
>to drive, especially if you're trying to do it in one day.

Ahh, I was the only driver in a group of friends when we went to
Big Bend.  600 miles in a day, only stopping for gas and coffee.
Lots of coffee.  And I never left the state.  It was actually
worse than the two times I drove to Minneapolis in one day (1000+
miles) because then I had another driver to swap with.

When you think about it, it almost makes sense that the car
choices between the US and Europe are so different, except I'd
rather travel cross-country in an RX-7 R1 than a Caprice, but I
can almost understand why people would would like to do it in a
Caprice.

Marc
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