Getting sent to Coventry. Any guidance before the yokels get me?

Hanuman · 08-10-15, 03:45 PM

I think it's fairly self explanatory, and so I shall be as cryptic and fuzzy as is possible. Due to circumstances largely within my control, I'm looking at an imminent move towards the near norf! Or at least, spending time in the region that I'll never get back, so may as well make 't most uv it.

Of particular interest is areas to avoid residentially, due to The fact that I like my cars whole, not holed.
Nearest rifle range, dogging sites, etc.

As yet, I have no idea how much time I shall actually spend in the area, so like my search for a new steed, it's fact finding time.

And in an effort to alienate as many folk as possible, I've nailed a suitably inappropriate poll on.

ChrisG · 08-10-15, 04:05 PM

can we vote mote than once - if appropriate of course.

cjp0349 · 08-10-15, 04:08 PM

I went to Coventry once...it was closed

Hanuman · 08-10-15, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisG

can we vote mote than once - if appropriate of course.

If it ticks every box in ones complex make-up, fill thine boots.

esseff · 08-10-15, 09:43 PM

I lived there on and off for a few years. There are some nice areas and some very grim ones. The Motor Transport Museum is great. Friday and Saturday nights in the city centre isn't (or wasn't in my time).
Avoid Foleshill, Wood End, Hillfields, Willenhall and Stoke Aldemoor. Styvechale, Cheylesmore and Finham are some of the better areas. Toll Bar (Death) Island on the A45/A46 was a nightmare at working hour start/finish times but apparently it's under improvement. Don't know for definite because I've got no intention of ever going back to Coventry.
Kenilworth or Leamington might tempt me to get somewhere near though.

Hanuman · 09-10-15, 10:06 AM

In general, I need to be a maximum of 90 minutes from Coventry airport, so about 40miles, max, to account for traffic, and the UK highways agency's efforts at sending us back to the Middle Ages.

View Poll Results: Ask not what Coventry can do to you, but what you can do to Coventry
Is that it, then. Doomed?	0	0%
Being sent to Coventry doesn't carry the same stigma- we don't talk to you, anyway.	0	0%
That's ace.	0	0%
There goes the neighbourhood	0	0%
It could be worse, it could be Birmingham.	5	62.50%
It could be better, itt could be Birmingham.	0	0%
It's a great place, don't spoil it.	0	0%
There be dragons	3	37.50%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 8. You may not vote on this poll

08-10-15, 04:08 PM	#3
cjp0349 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Lune Valley, North Lancashire Posts: 1,744	I went to Coventry once...it was closed __________________ 1992 (K) Audi 80 2.0e 16v cyclamen pearl 1975 (N) VW 1303LS Karmann Cabriolet beryl green Audis Previously Owned 1973 (M) 80L 1.3 2-dr white 1979 (T) 80SE 1.6 met.bue 1983 (Y) 80CL 1.6 met.blue

09-10-15, 10:06 AM	#6
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,018	In general, I need to be a maximum of 90 minutes from Coventry airport, so about 40miles, max, to account for traffic, and the UK highways agency's efforts at sending us back to the Middle Ages. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

08-10-15, 04:05 PM	#2
ChrisG Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bracknell, Berks. Posts: 1,465	can we vote mote than once - if appropriate of course.

08-10-15, 09:43 PM	#5
esseff Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Castle Donington Posts: 57	I lived there on and off for a few years. There are some nice areas and some very grim ones. The Motor Transport Museum is great. Friday and Saturday nights in the city centre isn't (or wasn't in my time). Avoid Foleshill, Wood End, Hillfields, Willenhall and Stoke Aldemoor. Styvechale, Cheylesmore and Finham are some of the better areas. Toll Bar (Death) Island on the A45/A46 was a nightmare at working hour start/finish times but apparently it's under improvement. Don't know for definite because I've got no intention of ever going back to Coventry. Kenilworth or Leamington might tempt me to get somewhere near though.