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The Hepburn wrote:
 How about Blaine, Washington to Key West
> Florida?  THat's a distance of about 3638 miles.  Now, can you give us
> an example of of driving from one corner of the UK to another corner of
> the UK that comes close to that?  Hey, I'll even let you round the distance off
> to the nearest hundred:  give us an exemple of a 3600 mile drive in the UK
> that does not include backtracking or driving in circles.
> 
The point wasn't about how far you can travel in one direction, the
whole point of the original post was how difficult driving is and
consequently how comfortable your car should be. My point is that
driving in the UK is in general more strenuous than driving in the US.
Motorways are far more crowded and speeds much higher... you try
comparing just about any interstate to the M25, the M25 is sheer murder
at times, 5 lanes all going around 90 and then slamming on brakes can
take its toll.

> And then for fun, give us an example of driving corner-to-corner in Europe.
> Here I'm actually curious; I'd really like to know the driving distance
> from corner-to-corner in Europe.
>
OK, using my atlas I measure 4000 miles from east to west.

> > The point was that you can drive a long way in the UK too, your points
> > don't change that fact.
> >
> I guess it's a question of semantics; here in the USA a "long way" is
> usually thought to be several thousand miles.

When was the last time you travelled several thousand miles in one day
in a car ?

  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.

I consider it a moderate drive.

  In the USA you can drive 300 miles and not even
> leave a state.

I know I've done it, I am living here.

  California is over 800 miles end-to-end, and Texas is
> also over 800 miles across.  Those distances might be considered "a long way"

Woopy-doo for California and Texas, let's all dance a jig.

The point isn't how big mine is compared to yours, it's how comfortable
it is to use it of you'll pardon my expression.

Vince