I do a lot of the time but circumstance sometimes sends me on the south side of Brum taking me up the M5 so I’m then passed it, but it is only 30 miles long and I always seem to get stuck in traffic up by Stoke, Crewe etc
I drive to Manchester quite regularly, I used to live walking distance from OT
I drive quite fast, I can’t remember the last time I did it in 4 and a half hours, if the M25 doesn’t get you the Birmingham bit of the M6 will and you’ll crawl under the “Vote Pies”bridge