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We are taking a trip to visit family on the West Coast, this weekend coming!
It should take about 3.5 hours to get there so this will be Winston's first big car journey (apart from his trip from the breeders house which was 1.5 hr).
Hopefully he will enjoy the trip.:AddEmoticons00936:
Good luck with Winston and his first long car trip! I hope everything will be ok and he won't be too stressed about it. Let us know how he experienced it!
And above all: enjoy the weekend on the West Coast with the family!:smile:
Goodluck Dee! I'm sure he will be fine going by how he was when you picked him up from the breeders. Hank was great in the car today, we took him to the vets for a check up and he was not worried at all, even slept all the way home!:suprised:Enjoy your trip! And let us know how you get on
Thank you both. Hopefully he will sleep like a baby :smile:
Great that hank is travelling well in the car!
Good luck with the journey - let us know how he is. I hate long car rides - from years of going on holiday with three screaming kids in the back - think it put me off for life! Now if I go anywhere I have two howling dogs instead which is slightly easier on the ears than the kids - think a cat sounds easy in comparison:rofl:
Hope all goes well :)
Storvenn isnt so keen on car journeys. Well.. when I say that what i mean is, isnt so keen on being in a carrier. If we ever think about going to shows, Im gonna make/buy him a larger safe area / carrier for the back of the car.
Im sure Winston will be fine :)
Good luck.
I'm still tossing up on how to get my kitten when he's ready. It's an 8 hour drive, but I'm thinking I might organise a carrier to bring him down on the plane which is only 1 1/2 hours as I'm worried he will get overly stressed.
Okay folks as some of you know I had to postpone the "big car journey" a few weeks ago, but it's back on track.
We leave early in the morning so won't be online for a few days!
I'll report back next week to let you know how "the big trip" went http://www.smilies-and-more.de/pics/...s/cars/038.gif
Good luck - hope it all goes well
we had a 2 hour journey to bring Fudge back. Luckily for us our estate car has a built in dog guard so we put it up, put her a bed in the back and she had the whole of the boot to herself. Had no problems! However, in a basket on the way to the vets (0.25m) she did not like it at all!
Thats very handy that you have an estate car. I think cats prefer to have their freedom :smile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Claire
I saw this last post and just had to ask: what on earth is an estate car??? :LOL:
Think i'm right in saying that an estate car is a station wagon ! :)
I think they are known as "Station Wagons" in the U.S :smile:Quote:
Originally Posted by NCarver
This is an Estate Subaru Impreza!
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Well that was a new phrase on me! I have to say that I am very disappointed, however. An estate car sounds very grand. I had visions of some "lord of the manor" sort of vehicle. Not a wagon. Station wagons are not considered very stylish here, so most manufacturers want to call them "crossovers" (half car, half SUV) if possible. (I note that one of our cars is actually a wagon too.)
:lol: I thought it was a wagon... we just call them wagons here in australia.
I hope the trip goes well.
My husband is big car enthusiast but we only drive a small compact car a VW Polo as we really don't use the car a whole lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCarver
I know estate cars to be popular with salemen and families with dogs as they can pile everything in the back!
I think cars on this side of the atlantic cars tend to be much smaller then the U.S.
My husband and I rented a car in Boston a few years ago to drive up to my aunt in N.H and my husband was in his element as he got a "dodge" with a huge engine size.
I actually always thought station wagons were what we call "pick up trucks" :LOL:
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Ncarver: It really is funny the differences in english/U.S English, and then of course Irish/english can be a whole different ball game altogether!
I've caught myself writing things and then deleting them, because I though perhaps somebody elsewhere. wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about :rofl:
:rofl: and then add in the australianisms too...
What the US would call a pick-up truck we in oz call a ute or a trayback.
And I couldn't imagine being without a car, especially in a country town. Everything is just too far away. And we drive big cars... well we have a Toyota Landcruiser but we also have a small run around... Holden Astra.
But then, we also don't have any public transport here either.
Don't think they are particularly attractive cars - we have a Volvo Estate - it's practical though with three children and two dogs! We have a large dog crate in the back. Does drink the petrol though. I'd like to get a Land Rover Diesel - when I can afford it. I'd love an American car as they are so much bigger than British but don't think the roads here are big enough for them:LOL:
Yes, our cars are larger because gasoline is cheaper here. There have been some big changes over the last 5 years though due to the bout of $4/gal gas (er petrol?}.Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishKitty
My British English isn't as good as I thought. Reading the car reviews, I kept saying, what? "Instrument binnacle??" "Stainless-steel skid plates???" I can guess what binnacle probably means, but absolutely no idea what a "skid plate" might be. Didn't think cars were supposed to skid.
We of course watch quite a few BBC shows, but "Irish English?" That should be quite amusing and confusing.
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My British English isn't as good as I thought. Reading the car reviews, I kept saying, what? "Instrument binnacle??" "Stainless-steel skid plates???" I can guess what binnacle probably means, but absolutely no idea what a "skid plate" might be. Didn't think cars were supposed to skid.
LOL, well I'm not sure this is down to you not understanding British English, I was born and bred here and I still haven't got a clue, in saying that though I am a woman and as men all over the world will tell you we know nothing about cars ! - I however, beg to differ on this one, I have a black one and it has 4 wheels !:winkwink:
Wow! I am born and bred in the UK and I still haven't a clue what a binnacle is, despite living with a house full of petrol heads! Our Mazda 6 is great cos it tows our caravan really well and has the built in dog guard. Not the most attractive however I would agree! Our old boy Harley likes to roam free (I know this is illegal!) in any car and loves it! He sits on a passangers knee and watches the world go by! He is a much better traveller than my 2 kids!
I looked up definition of binnacle: A case that supports and protects a ship's compass, located near the helm. I guess that as I had assumed, the "instrument binnacle" is what we would call the "instrument panel" on a car.
Trip Update!
We departed Dublin on Saturday morning with Winston all tucked up in his basket.
We had some protesting but as we reached open road, the protesting stopped and he became engrossed with the trees on the side of the road.
We reached the half-way point and stopped for some tea and beans and toast in a roadside cafe. We left him in the car and when we came back out he was fast asleep in his basket.
We had a much quieter leg to the West :smile:
On arrival we had to separate the resident top house dog from Winston. We left the family terrier in the dining room and Winston had full run of the sitting-room. He was fascinated with sitting on the window and looking out at the birds at ground level. My Mum has loads of birds in the garden and as there was snow forecast, it was bitterly cold.
By Monday we had introduced him to the dog in the same room. They were just getting used to each other when we had to leave, which was a shame.
The trip back to Dublin was a different matter. Winston meowed loudly for about 1 hour. He was certainly not stressed but was certainly moaning .He was more difficult on this leg of the journey however after the halfway stop at the cafe, we put on some music from Mali and he was quiet the whole way back to Dublin :AddEmoticons00919:
I think he is very glad to be home but did enjoy his weekend away
It's good to hear had a good trip.
Sounds like it went quite well - clever Winstone:smile: