Well, I have now had my X350 XJ6 for about 3 months and thought I would probably do a few more miles per year than the previous owner who did 30,000 in 7 years, but here I am back off holiday and have now completed 6500 ! And I am not using it for work either, it just sits all week on the driveway !

So far car running beautifully, apart from slight hunting on warm-up when going along on light throttle in high gear. Wonderful on cruise on the motorway, and also on cross-country 'A' roads, although the local authorities are putting in a lot of 50 mph limits now, just to spite people

 

Fraser, can you explain the difference between an 'A' road and a 'B' road, etc? I hear these terms on wheeler dealers and honestly have no clue what they are referring to.

 

Hi, for those of you across the pond, in the UK we have roads labelled as such;

Motorway- generally 3 or 4 lane in each direction and speed limit 70mph,generally very straight and fast moving ( except the traffic jams at rush hour and the M25 which is a giant ring road around London and known for severe congestioin at certain times through the day )these will be similar to your major highways linking large towns and cities

A-road- would be 1 or 2 lane in each direction, if 1 lane then speed limit may be either 50 or 60mph and if 2 lane may be 60 or 70mph depending on surrounding area.Generally quite a fast road with some bends but not as bad as a B road These would link towns and be of use if you did not want to use a motorway for a long distance journey.

B-road would be a smaller road which would be narrower and only 1 lane in each direction, it would also be much more twisty and the speed limit would generally be less than A road limits , these would give access to smaller towns/villages etc once you turn off the main A roads.

C-road- these would be a very small road or lane and may be so narrow in places that one car may have to pull into the verge to allow a car coming the other way to pass, they are normally in much more rural areas.

Hope this helps to explain your question, any other Brit care to elaborate on the above ?

 

very thorough explanation roviw, much appreciated! When josworth ever finishes his Brit slang and acronym thread, I'll add the road terminology to the list.