driving on old roads only!

mountain

listening to Car Talk last week, (for those who dont know it, its an american car show, 2 brothers present it, callers have car problems which are dealt in a very entertaining way...... i get it on itunes) any how, one of the brothers was recommending that if you car is built in the 60s for instance, then you should stay off the dual carriageways, by passes etc that have been built since then.
any one want to give this a try for the next week or some, take the old road home maybe, in my case it involves staying off some off the main roads and sticking to the back ones,

G Luxel

well i guess that the old roads would be a lot quieter now, but you will always find some bits of nostalgia like old roadsigns in miles and those large arrows signs with the town name in the middle which are fast dissappearing from our roadsides and ending up in people's back gardens.
there are some roads that are completely closed off, there are roads that used to be main roads but have loads of gravel dumped on either side to make them just one lane (or keep traveller encampments out) and some roads are now cul-de-sac.

101sean

Tried it once back in the UK, S Devon to Kent without going near M4/A303/M25. Took 7 1/2 hours to do a journey that these days takes 4!! Got to see a lot more countyside and sights though.

Not sure if there would be such a time difference here as the Motorways/ DCs parallel the old roads closely. Sometimes use the old roads in the 101 as the motorways are very boring at 50mph with no radio :rolleyes:

MercMad

Its generally what I do anyways.I use my Garmin and select avoid motorways & toll roads.If I need to be somewhere for business I'll use the motorways but on the way home I always take to the countryside !

Dades

In June I drove back from Dublin/Cork and back and the best part of the trip was the middle section starting at Abbyleix between the two motorways. Motorways are so boring to drive on.

A lot of trips I'll happily take the longer route to drive on the old national roads.

manta mad

i drive the 32 counties for a living , for the last twelve years now
& i always stick as much as i can to the OLD ROADS

cant see in to yards & houses for the old cars if ya stick to the motorways