Why are road trips so alluring?

[jamcg]

The only redemption would if I made a YouTube video called "I bought the cheapest Smart car on eBay and drove to Italy for a pizza " and hope it goes viral so that the monetisation pays for the suffering inflicted by driving.

“My brother bought the cheapest Ferrari 360 in the uk and fixed it himself. Will it make it to Maranello and back??”

[Gavster]

The only redemption would if I made a YouTube video called "I bought the cheapest Smart car on eBay and drove to Italy for a pizza " and hope it goes viral so that the monetisation pays for the suffering inflicted by driving.

“My brother bought the cheapest Ferrari 360 in the uk and fixed it himself. Will it make it to Maranello and back??”

Hehe, true you should write my youTube titles

[Gavster]

Calculated that driving to my dad's instead of flying saves about £3-500 and a tonne of CO2 compared to flying.

How far is that, and is that based on several people? I did some rough calcs and it seemed that flying would be more CO2 efficient for travelling alone for Italy.

[Beany]

The only redemption would if I made a YouTube video called "I bought the cheapest Smart car on eBay and drove to Italy for a pizza " and hope it goes viral so that the monetisation pays for the suffering inflicted by driving.

“My brother bought the cheapest Ferrari 360 in the uk and fixed it himself. Will it make it to Maranello and back??”

Hehe, true you should write my youTube titles

Don't forget a big red arrow pointing to the engine cover with "FIRE!", and have, later in the video, someone referring to the SMG hydraulic accumulator as being 'fire' as in good.

You know, standard shock clickbait thumbnail that apparently youtube insists on if you want to be in the algorithm these days, even if your content is replacing chips on an Amstrad CPC64....

[Sundayjumper]

Calculated that driving to my dad's instead of flying saves about £3-500 and a tonne of CO2 compared to flying.

How far is that, and is that based on several people? I did some rough calcs and it seemed that flying would be more CO2 efficient for travelling alone for Italy.

IIRC Copenhagen, and it’s a family of five ? Five people in a car as opposed to one makes a massive difference.

[Sundayjumper]

Anyway, looks like consensus is that you’re driving to Italy

You could do it in a cheap cayenne turbo:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204738478084

[DeskJockey]

Calculated that driving to my dad's instead of flying saves about £3-500 and a tonne of CO2 compared to flying.

How far is that, and is that based on several people? I did some rough calcs and it seemed that flying would be more CO2 efficient for travelling alone for Italy.

IIRC Copenhagen, and it’s a family of five ? Five people in a car as opposed to one makes a massive difference.

This is correct. Door to door and back is about 1500 miles. With five people that's a simple decision for anything longer than a week, and that's before you factor in avoiding the hassle or airports, hire cars, and unpleasant departure/arrival times.

[jamcg]

Anyway, looks like consensus is that you’re driving to Italy

You could do it in a cheap cayenne turbo:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204738478084

Your 911/aston both need more miles on them

[Gavster]

and unpleasant departure/arrival times.

That too. The cheap flight to Italy (£200 return including luggage) departs at something like 5.30am, which means I'd need to leave for the airport around 2.30am. Proper middle-of-the-night travel times.

[Sundayjumper]

Anyway, looks like consensus is that you’re driving to Italy

You could do it in a cheap cayenne turbo:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204738478084

Your 911/aston both need more miles on them

Fag packet calc was the the 360 would drink ~£1k of fuel on the trip. Aston would be similar, the 911 should be noticeably better, maybe £700.

All of which are a LOT more than a £200 plane ticket. Obviously.

[jamcg]

Anyway, looks like consensus is that you’re driving to Italy

You could do it in a cheap cayenne turbo:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204738478084

Your 911/aston both need more miles on them

Fag packet calc was the the 360 would drink ~£1k of fuel on the trip. Aston would be similar, the 911 should be noticeably better, maybe £700.

All of which are a LOT more than a £200 plane ticket. Obviously.

In which case- My brother bought the cheapest broken Lexus hybrid on auto trader and fixed it himself? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... e=&fromsra