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Originally Posted by Stephen Edwin
The vehicle has had a life of [mainly] short not fast journeys.
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I'd question whether it had only slow journeys. Granted you can't turn up the graveside at 90mph (respect for the deceased and bereaved etc) but when the vehicle is "running light" then i think the driver is "encouraged" to give the engine a bit of exercise.
For example, some months back i joined the M11 heading south just south of Cambridge. I'd seen a Jag hearse approaching the same roundabout as i used from a different direction and when i joined the M11 proper, there were some slow vehicles in the left hand lane so i moved into the outside lane and opened the taps a bit.
As such i was moving at a reasonable speed (the local constabulary may not have agreed but there you go) when to my surprise, something black came up the inside and passed me as if i was standing still!
Only time i've been undertaken by the undertakers! He must have been well over the ton, at least it blew the cobwebs out!
