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Jon and Eddie's European Road Trip
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Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
great write ups. im so jealous of you two
would yous say budged £700 for a trip like this?
would yous say budged £700 for a trip like this?
Think I budgeted for about £800 scott. No idea if I spent more or less as I was moving money around all over the place before I went.
I'll figure out a total cost in the week, once the bank holiday has passed and I can work out whats come out where.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Wow, great write up lads. So many different types of cars there, I'm jealous lol.
I'll have to have a chat about it next time I see you two
cheers
i may look into this next year, and talk joe into it too :approve:
I believe there is something on the cards. However don't quote me on that.
There are plenty of stories to be told!
Oh yeah, Car sharing is a must IMO. Halves loads of costs and when you get tired you can swap over driving.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
come down here and share your stories :rasp:
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
I fancy another one next year, but I wouldnt want to do a good portion of it again.
If I were to to do it again, I would have longer at the nurburgring, the entirety of Stuttgart would be cut out, and I would include Monaco/Northern Italy.
Budget wise, £800 min, but that would climb the longer you go/the amount of France you include, as they have expensive autoroutes. Not a chance in bell would I save the money by camping, driving so many miles is hard work, and a comfy hotel is vital each night.
Car sharing is another must, not only does it help ease fatigue, but it cures boredom, the Autobhans and motorways can be pretty dull places, and having someone to chat to is very nice. It also covers costs a lot better.
The car was nothing short of perfect, it wanted for nothing, did nearly 40mpg and carried a load of gear with aircon on for hours on end on the motorways without ever missing a beat! Having said that, I concur with Jon, as good as it was, there is no escaping the fact that they aren't big cars, and they are cramped inside. They are louder than you would want too, with hours of motorway drone growing quite tiresome. A nice German barge would be far far more suitable for 90% of the driving we did.
As I say, anyone thinking of doing it, just do it, regardless of your car, the first one will always be epic, no matter what. No question for me, ill be doing a roadtrip/Le Mens/Spa or German GP next year.
If I were to to do it again, I would have longer at the nurburgring, the entirety of Stuttgart would be cut out, and I would include Monaco/Northern Italy.
Budget wise, £800 min, but that would climb the longer you go/the amount of France you include, as they have expensive autoroutes. Not a chance in bell would I save the money by camping, driving so many miles is hard work, and a comfy hotel is vital each night.
Car sharing is another must, not only does it help ease fatigue, but it cures boredom, the Autobhans and motorways can be pretty dull places, and having someone to chat to is very nice. It also covers costs a lot better.
The car was nothing short of perfect, it wanted for nothing, did nearly 40mpg and carried a load of gear with aircon on for hours on end on the motorways without ever missing a beat! Having said that, I concur with Jon, as good as it was, there is no escaping the fact that they aren't big cars, and they are cramped inside. They are louder than you would want too, with hours of motorway drone growing quite tiresome. A nice German barge would be far far more suitable for 90% of the driving we did.
As I say, anyone thinking of doing it, just do it, regardless of your car, the first one will always be epic, no matter what. No question for me, ill be doing a roadtrip/Le Mens/Spa or German GP next year.
Dr HMS Derv Destroyer
ClioSport Club Member
MK1DTi/vivaro/corsa
epic trip guys! looks lie you both had a great time
must do this next year with a few people ( scott ' knuckles ', joe )
must do this next year with a few people ( scott ' knuckles ', joe
)
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
I best start saving!
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Some write up fellas. M3 GTS' aren't that quick y'know.
Brilliant!
Looks like I spend a total of £840 if anyone is interested.
Hotels(bar blaue ecke hotel), Ferry, Breakdown Cover, Travel Insurance, Car Insurance and WiFi were all paid for prior to leaving which was approx £270, Each.
I then spent £570 on everything else. Petrol, Blaue Ecke hotel, Museums, Trains, Eating out every night, breakfasts, beers/other drinks, snacks, water, ring sticker, ring lanyard, ring laptime, camera memory card, iphone bumper case, toll roads, food on the ferry, hotel parking etc etc.
Hotels(bar blaue ecke hotel), Ferry, Breakdown Cover, Travel Insurance, Car Insurance and WiFi were all paid for prior to leaving which was approx £270, Each.
I then spent £570 on everything else. Petrol, Blaue Ecke hotel, Museums, Trains, Eating out every night, breakfasts, beers/other drinks, snacks, water, ring sticker, ring lanyard, ring laptime, camera memory card, iphone bumper case, toll roads, food on the ferry, hotel parking etc etc.
Sounds very similar to me.
Although I don't know exactly because I didn't keep the receipt for every, single, thing I bought...
Paul.M
ClioSport Club Member
Nice write ups lads, unfortunatley for my bank balance I've decided to do a trip next year, this forum is dangerous sometimes!
Very nice pictures, leaves me with a problem though I need to do a road trip like this...Not want, need too! All in all how much would you say the entire trip cost?
Yeah, its very much a case of them looking through a catalog and saying 'I'll have one of everything'.
Good lad! Where you thinking of going?
I did a little break down on the previous page
Yep, I can totally agree with you on that. It just felt like 'home' we never felt like tourists or people who didn't belong there. Very welcoming and such a special place to be, No doubt helped being the DTM weekend too.
Paul.M
ClioSport Club Member
At the minute not too sure other than it needs to include the 'ring, out of interest how did you find it driving on the opposite side of the road for what I assume is the first time? I havent done it yet you see
Very good point actually. I bet it feels really weird.
The first few roundabouts and junctions are weird, then you just get used to it! Driven on the opposite a few times now, even the second time round it was odd for a little while.
Like Stu said, you get use to it after a few roundabouts and junctions. Found it different overtaking on the motorways, having to check behind the passenger blind spot unlike driving on the right, that blind spot is minimal.
We did have a lot of people looking at us. Unsure if thats because a) British plates b) bright blue clio or c) they're weird.
GSXR + KDX220
We reach Switzerland and ticked over 1000miles for our journey
Flol......I took the same pic when me and my mate went in May :clap:
Lost of those pics bring back the memories from our E.O.E trip, we also went to Stuttgart to the Merc & Porsche museum, some lovely cars in both!!! Cant wait to do the 'Ring trip again next year
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
That actually made me chuckle :approve:
Paul.M
ClioSport Club Member
thats good to hear, I suppose I'll just follow some traffic and pick it up
Yeah, that's exactly it. Just don't follow an Audi and head the wrong way into France
Paul.M
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah, that's exactly it. Just don't follow an Audi and head the wrong way into France
Haha I'll keep that in mind! Audi=bad
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
What do you mean?
s**t just got it. Wrong side...
s**t just got it. Wrong side...
Got tape on your windscreen?
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