Transport: Road



Private Cars
impressive ones owned by:
 General Conyers:
  as pioneer: KO 12, 44, 53, 71-2; TK 281
  harbinger of the Furies: KO
  sight of causes:
   envy in Captain Jenkins: KO 44, 54
   wonder in Dr Trelawney's disciples: KO 67, 69
   detached admiration in Uncle Giles: KO 71-2
 Roddy Cutts (borrowed by Susan): LM 138, 146, 153
 Buster Foxe:
  exchanging Isotta for Bentley: QU 57, 61
  arrives at Frederica's in: VB 168
 Glober:
  1931 Bentley  and the "Seraglio" incident: TK 249-50, 258-60
  contemplates Bugatti 35: TK 250
 Johnny Pardoe  two-seater sports: BM 60
 Jimmy Stripling:
  Mercedes: QU 85-7, 95
  1926 and 1927 Armstrong-Siddeleys: TK 249-50
 Templer:
  Buick: AW 70
  Vauxhall: QU 187-94; KO 167, 181; VB 125-6
  "torpedo"-shaped sports car: KO 102, 104-5, 110
small ones owned by:
 Lady Frederica Budd: LM 88
 Sunny Farebrother- Ford: QU 95; TK 249
 Russell Gwinnett: HSH 152, 159, 183
 Captain Jenkins: KO 44, 54
 Uncle Giles: BM 164
 NJ: LM 18
 Chips Lovell: LM 18, 23; SA 162
 Odo Stevens  Morris: VB 142-6, 150, 167, 171, 175-6, 178; SA 106
 Stringham: QU 187
 Blanche  dilapidated Morris 8: BDFR 66, 71-3
 Widmerpool:
  Morris: BM 226-9, 233, 281-2
  after the War: BDFR 253
vintage ones:
 particular models discussed by Stripling and Stevens:
  1902 Renault Voiturette: TK 250
  1903 Panhard et Levassor: TK 250
 as vital part of TK:
  and characters of:
   passions of:
    Louis Glober: TK 249-50, 282-3
    Jimmy Stripling: TK 246, 249-50, 258, 262, 282-3; HSH 78
    Odo Stevens: TK 175, 246, 249-51, 282-3
   satirised by Moreland: TK 254, 259, 270, 277, 279-80
  and events of:
   the "Seraglio" incident: TK 249-50, 258-60
   London to Brighton rally ends book: TK 279, 282-4
  and themes of:
   death and evanescence: TK 254
   sexual horror: TK 277
Land Rover  Ernie Dunch:
 uses for lamping rabbits: HSH 146
 almost wrecks in escape from Murtlock's orgy: HSH 147-8, 159
journeys in:
 with Templer to his house: QU 74-5
 Templer and Lady McReith: QU 94-5
 episode with the girls in Oxford: QU 187-94
 to and from first visit to Stourwater:
  Sir Gavin's attempts to accompany Rosie M: BM 194, 228
  NJ chauffeur-driven: BM 194, 229-31
 birth of NJ's:
  affair with Jean: AW 70-3
  relationship with Isobel: LM 153
 Quiggin's return to London with Jimmy Stripling: AW 106-8
 thawing of relationship with Lady Frederica: LM 88-91
 Tuffy Weedon removes Stringham from Mrs Foxe's party: CCR 178-80
 General Conyers' negotiation of the Stonehurst drive: KO 12, 44-5, 53, 65-6, 73
 Templer as cheerful chauffeur to Stourwater: KO 101, 106-11, 122; HSH 60
 Widmerpool as reluctant chauffeur from Stourwater: KO 140-1
 Odo Stevens and NJ's weekend leave at Frederica's: VB 143-4, 150, 176; SA 106; HSH 186
 NJ driven by Pamela:
  to the Ufford: MP 61-5
  from the Ufford: MP 68-9
  to Bobrowski's office and the Titian: MP 69
 across Normandy and Belgium: MP 161-3; 171-4, 176, 182-3
mishaps involving:
 crashes:
  Templer with the girls near Oxford: QU 189-94; KO 109, 167, 181; VB 125-6
  Jimmy Stripling at Brooklands: AW 82
  Widmerpool and the urn at Stourwater: BM 228-9; KO 110
  Uncle Giles sees Sarajevo as sort of: KO 71-2
  Philidor killed in: HSH 22
 General Conyers almost runs over Dr Trelawney: KO 66
 failure of Short's to arrive precipitates "Seraglio" incident: TK 255-6, 259-60, 269-70
 Sebastian and Clare's departure for honeymoon delayed: HSH 209, 214
old ones dumped near Devil's Fingers: HSH 152, 159


Official cars
the Section car:
 described: MP 61
 driven by Pamela Flitton: MP 37-8, 61-5, 68-72
 source of conflict between Pennistone and Borrit: MP 34-5, 37-9
 used by Finn illegally to fetch salmon: MP 233-4
Colonel Flores' diplomatic Rolls  NJ given lift from St Paul's in: MP 237-41; TK 56
Mona driven to Erridge's funeral in RAF car: BDFR 63
Short's and the "Seraglio" incident: TK 255-6, 259-60, 269-70


Taxis
chauffeured with Sunny Farebrother from the Templers': QU 101; SA 189
at La Grenadière:
 journey in very vile: QU 108-9
 departure in a significant moment: QU 159
from Eaton Square to the Huntercombes' ball:
 NJ's embarrassment with Rosie Manasch: BM 61
 Archie Gilbert solves the problem of Lady W-W's tip: BM 61-2, 96
to Moreland's flat from the Café Royal: SA 148-9
from the station to Thrubworth for Erridge's funeral:
 Widmerpool's party: BDFR 64, 66, 68, 71, 88, 91-2
 Alfred Tolland shares: BDFR 64, 66, 71, 88, 92
Trapnel and:
 penchant for: BDFR 130-1, 164
 borrows pound off Widmerpool for at "Fission" party: BDFR 150
 elopes with Pamela in: BDFR 191
Roddy uses to escape from Widmerpool's flat: BDFR 194
Widmerpool takes to confront Trapnel in Maida Vale: BDFR 213
Bobrowski fatally run over by: HSH 22
Norah director of hire-car business: HSH 13


Bus
return to Oxford after Templer's car crash: QU 193-4
to South Kensington in the Blitz: SA 156
NJ waits for in Venice: TK 104-5
Quiggin and Ada at a Russian Embassy party: TK 228


Caravan
the commune's:
 described: HSH 8-9, 159
 horse-drawn: HSH 8-9, 14, 19
 probably owned by Barnabas Henderson: HSH 8-9
 and Murtlock's peregrinations:
  at NJ's: HSH 8-9, 11, 14-15, 19, 22, 26, 30, 122, 142, 231
  to unnamed megalithic site: HSH 26, 111
  at the Devil's Fingers: HSH 153, 156, 159
  render him difficult to contact: HSH 128


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