I agree on both counts, but what ruins it for me is I have a deadline on the way home, another
ferry to get to Norway. Coming back last summer we ( had my 2 girls with me) split the journey
up i 2 days. Started day 2 at 9:00 with an ETA at the ferry terminal of 16:45, ferry leaves 20:45.
However, the traffic was horrendous on the Autobahn, and where possible I had to drive at full
throttle (luckily had a hirecar that would cruise at 180Km/h), continued driving like this in Denmark
(illegal) to eventually check in at 20:10. If I had missed that ferry i would have been stuffed, as there are
only 2 sailings/ day and in the summer they are fullybooked months ahead.
Whereas the same is unlikely to happen returning to the UK, as there are many more options,
sailings, crossings.