Re: Do you enjoy driving?

I more or less drive for a living being a service engineer, although since the new company took over I'm not doing many motorways,but have driven to,and through most major cities in northern england,but I love driving in my car especially if we're going on holiday, I love a long motorway drive usually because we're not in a rush( although I don't hang about on the motorway's, 70 of course)

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I used to love driving particularly at night, I hate it now.
When I started driving the roads were quite empty and it was fun, now it is a nightmare.
My worst fear is being stuck on the motorway for hours and hours. My DIL just missed a 6 hour wait on the M5 a few weeks ago, had I been in that I think I would have need tranquilizers.

Even 20 years ago when my son was at Uni we used to set off from here at 5am and hardly saw a car on the motorway till I got to Nottingham, now the motorways are busy at all hours and I stay off them.

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Quite soon after I passed my test I found that if I have a long journey to do I prefer driving at night; waiting till the roads have quetened down a bit, say one in the morning before setting off. It usually involves a motorway or two, but there's no rush and I can always get a cup of coffee

I have made up a brewing box - a plastic storage box containing an old gas stove, tea, coffee, dried milk, a couple of pans, and so on. Then I can have a brew more or less when & where I want to. The stove sits quite happily in the passenger footwell

I lived in Kendal for many years, and such is the traffic in the Lake District that I would leave the house very early, say about 5 or 6 in the morning, get to the setting off point for my walk, then have breakfast and perhaps a short doze before the walk

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I love driving
I have an espace and a mini cooper s
One is luxurious, the other great fun!

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I used to hate driving when I had to use a map (can't do maps lol) but now I have Satnav it gives me the confidence (probably falsely) to drive anywhere.
Being in town traffic is annoying, but other than that I love to drive, it gives me a sense of freedom.

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not that keen really 'just got a new car 'havn't drove it as yet 'but hubby has'
dont mind country roads but not motorways lorries scare me ......

Re: Do you enjoy driving?

Driving is more of a necessity than a pleasure to me, just to get from A - B.
I love the little car I have now, but its other road users and the speed they drive at sometimes that bothers me at times.

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It is a necessary evil, except when out in the Summer Car, I bought a new workhorse last week, for the past ten years it had covered 3000 miles annually, in one week I have covered 1100 miles. By contrast, the wife had her new car on the Reg change in September, that has covered just 1600 miles.

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I am phobic about driving, it just crept up on me. No obvious reason but I just cannot drive on my own. Jenny did all the driving. When she passed away I did try again-hypnotherapy/talking sessions and yes driving lessons(I did pass the test in 1973). I could drive miles with an instructor-no dual controls so it was just me. Stephan you are a good driver,you have not forgotten anything. But the thought of going out on my own ????-phobias are not funny.

Re: Do you enjoy driving?

Love driving, especially on open roads with little or no traffic.....

Hate being a passenger though.....