C4llyT

Saturday will be going from Surbiton (SW London), to Oswestry (Shrewsbury).
Multimap takes M6 toll then M54.
Anyone know if I will hit the toll part, and if so how much is it?
Went up couple years ago and didn't pay, so not sure there!
I've planned it to go M42 towards Bromsgrove, A448 Kidderminster, A443 Bridgnorth, then A458 Shrewsbury.
Not knowing these roads don't know if this is likely to add on the 20 mins multimap says it will?
I know my tomtom tries to take you motorway at all costs!
Thanks for any help

dojj

iTrader: (3)

take the toll road, it's SOOOO much better that slumming it through birmingham

if you are in a car it's going to cost either £3.50 or £4.50 but you can properly spank it along the whole stretch if you want

cuts out a huge ammount of time

Shings

Best bet is to come up the M40 the go M42 North and take the M6 northwest or M42 South and M5/M6 North West to the M54.

I wouldn't bother with the M6Toll it will take you way out of your way and then when you get to the other end you have to fuck about on A roads to get onto the M54 anyway. Plus on a Sunday you wont have any trouble with Traffic and there are no road works on the section you want to travel on at the mo.

The A roads you talk about are all fun interesting roads but if you get stuck behind somet it will piss you off.

Hope this helps.

C4llyT

Well it was in operation last time I was up, but didn't seem to hit it??
ALternative route is shorter, but is time consuming enough as it is...

Scrap that, there's 2 M6's looking closer, the one I take isn't marked as toll, lol

C4llyT

Shings - Just spotted that, hard to make out at first with all writing on the page of town names etc

Not going down A roads, just changed from an M3 to a passat tdi, not much overtaking to be had there!

Cheers!

Mr S1

iTrader: (2)

Honest mate as above - take the M6 toll. Used it today (for the millionth time) as I went to Liverpool. £4.50 each way and worth ten times that for the agg it saves

C4llyT

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fatali...=1&sa=N&tab=wl

Can see from that I don't need to, take the old (I presume) M6.
Couldn't see until I zoomed in, is under the highlighted route bit!

Ginge !

whats the fastest people have done that, think my personal record is around 15mins

ITS NOT FUCKING VALUE FOR MONEY ANYMORE IMO THOUGH

considering it was 2.50 3 years ago !!!

C4llyT

Are you one of those that thinks you can't get done on it?
Wouldn't fancy trying that tbh.
Thanks for letting me know your best time though

Ginge !

ive never been done on it, thats why i used to use it but not anymore due to the price and now you get old bill on there,,,, back in the day it was DEAD

C4llyT

I've never got lung cancer and died from smoking, so I reckon all these Doctors talk bollocks.

Ginge !

theres PROOF of cancer,,,, most people know personally 3 seperate people who have died from it, i know 7 people

speeding on the M6 toll,,, no cars on the road so no way of getting caught,,,, though saying that ive also done a average of 140 for most of england and also never got caught before

C4llyT

Yeah no-one's ever been done for speeding, proof of that too, in Ginge world.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

looks like you'll have to suffer the none m6 toll bit of the motorway

C4llyT

That's not so bad is it?
Last time was from Poole, took about 6 hours, loads of rain and traffic, was depressing

fraser9764

iTrader: (3)

robbing bastards had about £9 out of me last time coz i was in my van, i like the way they make you pay at the end aswell, i tried telling the woman i would turn round and go back but she was having none of it

Jim Galbally

i maxed out the M3 multiple times on the M6 toll with no bother. really fast road.

C4llyT

Now I've swapped mine I don't think doing 110mph flat out really appeals to me

Kelv

iTrader: (4)

i do the trip almost weekly from south east london up to Crewe.

i only use the M6 Toll if im getting to that area at a bad time of day, and id certainly not bother using it on a saturday atall

if i were you id head up the M40, then take the M42 westbound towards the M5, head north on the M5 for about 10 mins until you join the M6 and then just follow it on until you reach the M54.

nice and easy mate.

i was averaging from Jct 8 M25 to Crewe (M6 Jct 16) in just shy of 2h 45m.

C4llyT

Multimap has me going other way round Brum mate?
20 miles on M6 instead of 6, rest on M5.
Don't know the area at all.
No real difference from that to way you suggest.

stuart collins

iTrader: (7)

i wouldnt use the toll road on a sat , best way is m6 m54 then a5

Kelv

iTrader: (4)

it flows quicker, has no speed camera's, and iss much quicker even tho its a few miles more.

as said, ive made that trip in both directions each week for almost 2 years now, so ive kinda worked out were the traffic hot spots are and which routes to take on which days.

its up to you mate, but id most definatly go the way i mentioned!!