Working in a coal mine - 30
I turned back from this idyllic scene and got into the driver’s seat.
“Get me home, Richard, I’m knackered.” Was Fred’s request as I started the engine.
It was before speed limits on motorways. We were going up the three lane M6. Need I say more?
I reached 130mph very quickly and stuck there all the way to Altrincham.
I dropped Fred off and walked round to my digs.
Next morning I was in work again. Fred thanked me for driving and added “I hope you realise that you managed a fuel consumption of 7 miles per gallon coming home!”
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
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Richard Hunt 7 months ago
This is entirely true
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Neville Hunt 7 months ago
Didn’t they have speed limits on the early motorways? At 130mph I’d have been crapping myself... even driving an XK150😱
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Richard Hunt 7 months ago
No, and it wasn’t only on motorways. The derestriction sign applied to all roads then. It was entirely up to you how fast you drove …. On this occasion I was used to being driven fast in the XK150 and it was not the first time I had driven it. I remember a race we had in it with another Jag on the Ashford bypass … but that is another story … see ‘Interesting jobs #4. … yet to be written.
