Confession time:
Most of my journeys are not undertaken for the primary purpose of pleasure, and I aim to minimise the time spent on them. However, during part of the journey I do derive secondary pleasure from the act of driving.
As Brian W says, most people equate ?touring? with ?driving for pleasure?. maybe this is what the insurance companies also mean. I would "touring" that in the social or domestic category, and reserve ?pleasure? for the act of driving. I recently had a touring holiday in Fife, Scotland, and the actual act of driving on the A roads there was definitely a pleasure. Even so while enjoying the journey while "touring", I was aiming to minimise the time spent drivng between my destinations.
Like Toad having a ?blast? on his bike, occasionally I do go out driving solely for the sake of driving ? not sightseeing, or any other social or domestic or such other primary purpose that might give secondary driving pleasure, but driving purely for its own sake.
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Mmmm.... driving for pleasure. Now that's an interesting concept. I wonder how it works in practice.
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Volvoman,
Judging by some of your posts I've got you located around SE London/Kent right? If so, what about a hack down to the coast using the A roads on a Sunday? Up early, bright day, breakfast by the sea - if you can't enjoy a drive like that - there may be no hope!
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Actually Steve you're spot on - Orpington in fact. I was exaggerating slightly in my earlier post 'cos I do like driving very much but there's just so much traffic and hassle everywhere now. Parents live in Broadstairs so been going down there regularly since about 1982 but it's only in the last few years that the roads on that route have improved to the point where most is now dual carriageway. On a good run I do the trip in 85 mins. ps you're right about the T5 - a brother of mine has one and it goes like s?*t through a goose ! Given its size my 940 se turbo isn't bad - plenty fast enough for me !!
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You don't drive a Volvo, for a start!
Mmmm.... driving for pleasure. Now that's an interesting concept. I wonder how it works in practice.
Tomo
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Very Harsh Tomo, tried a T5?
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For pleasurable touring/driving routes in Fife/Perth area, check out
www.visitscotland.com/guide/perth/t_pitin.htm
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Only thing, as the Scottish Executive says radar detectors are illegal up here (trust them to be superlatively spiteful!) you had better either have a concealed installation or rely on the GPS devices.
(I'm afraid I'm NOT telling where I go for pleasurable MOTORING!)
Tomo
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>>you had better either have a concealed installation or rely on the GPS devices
Option 3: don't break the speed limits.
M.
p,s, before anyone asks, MOTORING is used by Tomo because its better than driving and its what real MOTORISTS do. No, I don't really understand either, but there you go.
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