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[Kevin Wood]

Yeah see, you'll not get far in Spain with that attitude Mark.

Yeah, only the Greeks can beat them at sitting on a chair by the roadside with a fag and a can of beer, though.

[cem_devecioglu]

Yeah see, you'll not get far in Spain with that attitude Mark.

Yeah, only the Greeks can beat them at sitting on a chair by the roadside with a fag and a can of beer, though.

we can beat them all

[dbug]

As many know, I would rather cut my own leg off then rely on Ryan Air for anything more than a 1-2 day business trip with hand luggage only!

I know the northern road well, we put the wave power buoy at Santona between Santander and Bilbao.

But I find Spain a frustratingly slow and infuriating place to do work! 

Yep I had technical responsibility for a manufacturing plant in Spain a few years back - the mañana syndrome can be very frustrating 

[TheBoy]

Given the choice of pushing the car there and back or flying Ryanair, I would push the car every time, even with the handbrake on

As you can see we've saved the best of the weather for your return

Not for £84 return Stanstead to Santander for two people you couldn't. That's the problem, they're too cheap. Being fair, they aren't as bad as they used to be.

Not suffered Ryanair (or at least don't recall it). SleazyJet, yeah, use them a lot. The really low cost budgets are cheap and nasty, but do the job.  If you have to start adding their options, like Dell PCs, you get butt-raped. Sleazy were £30 per bag.

[TheBoy]

Yeah see, you'll not get far in Spain with that attitude Mark.

Yeah, only the Greeks can beat them at sitting on a chair by the roadside with a fag and a can of beer, though.

we can beat them all

Never made it to Turkey, nearest I've made is Kos and Cyprus. But I can confirm the Spanish are happy to put even the most urgent job off until tomorrow...

[zirk]

Did you remember to hand the Corsa back to the Hire Co before you got on the plane, been there, done that!

[Olympia5776]

After 6 days bombing round northern Spain in a piece of crap corser, sleeping on a rock hard bed giving me a stiff neck, and 1.5 hour Ryan air flight, with SCRATCH CARD announcements every 15mins  ... I Can Not Tell you how pleased I was to get in my car at Stanstead and drive home.

Filthy weather, storms and lightening, floods and no visibility in places on the m25 and m4. No problem. Smooth comfy power.

Haaaahhh My Car. My lovely lovely car.   

I find that too each time I go back home to Scotland or to in Laws in London. The last three hire cars have been Astras and Insignia and were handed back with no hesitation Once back home the drive back ( usually late at night ) from Cork to Kerry across the Caha Mountains is always a delight and I've never been anything but happy and content to back in the Omega's armchair.

[albitz]

Driving across to Kerry would be an absolute joy no matter what you were driving Don.In fact last time I did it (about 15 years ago) I was driving a Sierra and it was still a wonderful experience.

[cem_devecioglu]

Yeah see, you'll not get far in Spain with that attitude Mark.

Yeah, only the Greeks can beat them at sitting on a chair by the roadside with a fag and a can of beer, though.

we can beat them all

Never made it to Turkey, nearest I've made is Kos and Cyprus. But I can confirm the Spanish are happy to put even the most urgent job off until tomorrow...

my citizens can even send you to another hospital miles away when your heart is stopped with an axe on your chest   so time doesnt mean something on this land

[feeutfo]

... Driving home tonight. Appalling traffic on the m4. Cared not a jot, for once.

...would have been a different story before the holiday though. And I suppose things will be back to normal by the middle of next week.

But for now, just happy to be in it, knowing how lucky I am/how different things could be.... In a Corsa.

[feeutfo]

Some pics, just to bore you.
some religion

Half way up, snow on top

half way down, sea in the distance

The boiling sea

...and the view from the hotel

[TheBoy]

There are worse hire cars than a Corsa...  ...I've had most of them

[05omegav6]

There are worse hire cars than a Corsa...  ...I've had most of them

Had a new shape 1.2 courtesy car complete with factory fitted hesitancy and misfire

If people feel obliged to buy these types of car, then the least the manufacturers can do is fit a proper engine

[omega3000]

I had a ford KA hire car once , was quite pleased with it 

[feeutfo]

Mrs CG had a Ka(k) once. Possibly the most uncomfortable car I've ever been in. And it didn't have pas, which was a real nuisance.

But it handled better than the corser. Much better, IMO.