The tyres are near-enough new, and I won't be doing much driving on them before the summer, so they should be ok I guess, how many miles do you reckon you could get from new tyres? I recently replaced the front pads too, I need to have a look at the back pads, IIRC, they still have a bit of meat on, not sure if it'll be enough for 2500 miles though.

Do you know of any good and cheap breakdown cover? Most of the companies I have found won't cover a car as old as mine. AA will do it for about £90, but that seems a bit steep.

To the last point: Definitely I love driving.


glennshute: Unfortunately, there is only room for 1 spare wheel (which of course I'll be taking) but with 3 people in the car and 10 days worth of luggage. There really won't be enough room to carry any extra wheels with me.


Mr S1: I'll definitely check those things, most of them should be ok as there are quite a lot of new parts on the car. I'll take it in for a service a couple of weeks before we go and I'll take a new belt with me just in case. Quite a major problem is the money though to be honest, I am a uni student and therefore don't have the money to replace a bunch of parts on my car and go on a road trip. So depending on the state of the current parts, I might have to call it off until I've got some more money saved.