Ginge !

right basically i wanna do some sort of road trip to monaco then to stelvio pass on the way back, never done one before apart from the ring trips and if im honest i REALLY loved the road trip there and back on them hence my thinking of doing a road trip rather than another ring trip this year ( not to mention with the increase in fuel, rate of the euro and general price increases,,,,,,, its getting a little pricey for me if im honest)

so bascially has anyone on here done it, if so how did you do it/what route and anything i should look for/try out that you may have missed

btw this will be a 5 day trip ideally rather than a long trip but its about driving which,,, is the point really

lukeytheduke

i go from calais to boulogne all the time time hahahaha saying that the country roads inbetween the two are amazing if u dont take the motorway. Perfect for a cossie

Ginge !

i was thinking of heading more south if im honest,,,,,, come on someone must have done it ( though awake and on a computer at 11am on a saturday morning however)

mick

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gonna leave the south trip till next year............. after ford fair i'm going to the ring for a few days/laps, then on to thiepval and then normandy............going to be there a week ish then home.. around 1200miles .

Ginge !

http://en.mappy.com/itinerary#d[]=Dunkerque,+59140,+59240,+...,+59640,+Nord-Pas-de-Calais,+France&d[]=Dunkerque,+59140,+59240,+...,+59640,+Nord-Pas-de-Calais,+France&d[]=Lyon,+69001,+69002,+...,+69009,+Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes,+France&d[]=Grenoble,+38000,+38100,+Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes,+France&d[]=M%C3%B3naco&d[]=Passo+dello+Stelvio,+Stelvio,+Trentino-Alto+Adige,+Italy&endPos[y]=51.034292&endPos[x]=2.37682&ipo=1&lm=m&ipnt=1&ipu=miles

this is sort of a rough idea of my route which may change, technically i could add nurburgring to the end on the way back if it was open but im thinking of making it a seperate type of trip

anyone got any bits to perhaps add or remove ?

lukeytheduke

mate my dream europe trip would be driving through to south france, do few laps round monti carlo, then head up towards alps in italy, then belguim then nurburgring LAST as thats when u got most chance of crashing. If v can drive round spa then i'd do that whilst in belguim

Ginge !

luke belgium is on the way back from nurburg mate

Ginge !

http://www.danfreemanphotography.com...p-preparation/

this is what first got me thinking of it

Fil

The biggest problem, for us, is france!, thats in the way,

ok if your going north, as you get in to belgium and holland then onto Germany pretty quick.


If i was to do another road trip, i'd cheat, and fly to say Germany, hire a car then see a bit of Europe

Ginge !

north france tbh is just a way to stretch the engines legs before you enter a much nicer south of france

ive never been to Lyon, monaco, switzerland ect so its gonna be a fun trip if i can get the people to agree on it and get a decent route made up

just something to do for a change and perfect for a petrol head IMO and would be nice to have some holiday snaps to come back with after a holiday to reflect on the trip ( fuck me im getting old)

BRAM

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I have the same kind of idea i would love to do a road trip to go to gatebil think it would be awsome trip and show.

Will have to look into how to sort this out what route and ferrys i would have to take.

Anyone done that trip? What route did yous take?

Ginge !

the mappy web site allows you to plan a route and then tweek it by adding destinations ect

Jon(M600BHP)

Ive done it mate

Last year i went from calais to san remo(italy) through mont Blanc(first night stopped at aosta) then went to san remo for 4days before finishing at monte carlo
Mont Blanc has some amazing scenary and monte carlo is unreal

Pretty straight forward trip but i miss timed paris ringroad(never seen so much bad driving in my life) 2hrs just to clear ringroad

lukeytheduke

are u taking a cossie?do u know how much fuel that will need!better put aside 500quid minimum lol

Ginge !

ill be taking my clio 172 but still gonna be around 500 for fuel with my shite driving style

if my impreza was done i would take that,,,,, but lucky enough thats in bits so i dont need to worry about the fuel costs pmsl

Martin-Hadland

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Haha!! Ginge it sounds like I'm doing exactly the trip you're describing... Starting next Sunday My air con pipes just need swaging on Monday, then once it's gassed I should have aircon, fitted new stereo today (one that holds an Ipod inside) so I'm nearly ready.

lukeytheduke

I defo wanna take the cossie to the ring next year, my life wont be complete till i have!

Ginge !

Yes I wouldn't dream of doing it with no air con, even the vans at work have aircon these days though I will be camping as I done camping last weekend for a mates birthday fior the first time ever and really loved it, thought I would proper hate it too but hotel in Monaco is a must, can't see me pitching a tent is casino square

You must give a report when your back as I'm proper up for this and already I'm last min.com about it but that's the fun in a road trip

rst in breaking

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ginge get camping up usc next wkened with everyone then lol

Ginge !

Paul not sure if USC is gonna be my sort of thing but il consider it