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imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Quick service and check over, job done.
Lap of Europe ?!
Do it.. why not. Worst thing for a car is to be sat not moving !
Do it.. why not. Worst thing for a car is to be sat not moving !
Abarth 595
Ukraine, from South Wales.
1000 miles per day??
Be a good trip though
Be a good trip though
10 hours driving per day averaging 100mph.
f**k that!!
f**k that!!
182 & LY Clio 220 ed
R-Sport.
ClioSport Club Member
Mint 1*2's for sale-
Abarth 595
Sadly not, the Euros.
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
I agree.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Go for it
If I took the Evo on such a trip, it would need a service at the start and one when I got back. Not forgetting a second and third mortgage for the fuel alone.
D.
If I took the Evo on such a trip, it would need a service at the start and one when I got back. Not forgetting a second and third mortgage for the fuel alone.
D.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Jenic's got a point. I did just over 3k mileage in a Sprinter the other week over the course of 8 days. Admittedly, there was a break in the middle - but I was driving for 2.5 days at each end of that. And the Sprinter was pretty comfy when compared to the Clio.
That was tiring. Pushing yourself too much is just going to make you get mad with the car - and physically very drained. Plus as 172Ben hinted at, you'd have to be doing some serious MPH in order to make it in five days.
Couldn't you factor in some extra time? Maybe make it a 10 day drive instead?
D.
Abarth 595
Yes, many times, but the flights are a 'mare. A direct flight would take about 4hrs but they arent available and connecting journeys take at least 12hrs each way and cost twice the price of driving. Plus we have to travel pretty much the full length of Ukraine in between games which is also a lot of aggro with the flights.
172 Race Car
Did 3000 in 2 weeks around Europe. Took a tyre pressure gauge to check them at food/fuel stops and that was it. Car was faultless.
Driven Poland to Tewkesbury (or Tewkesbury to Poland) in one go many times. Just over 1K miles takes 18hrs with ferry. Driving will be easy till u get out of Germany. Roads ain't great in Poland and Ukraine, mostly A roads through villages etc. Not many motorways. Tricky to overtake slower stuff, lorries, tractors, donkeys etc, coz your on the wrong side of the car to see what's coming
Driven Poland to Tewkesbury (or Tewkesbury to Poland) in one go many times. Just over 1K miles takes 18hrs with ferry. Driving will be easy till u get out of Germany. Roads ain't great in Poland and Ukraine, mostly A roads through villages etc. Not many motorways. Tricky to overtake slower stuff, lorries, tractors, donkeys etc, coz your on the wrong side of the car to see what's coming
Clio RS 172 /Trafic
That sort of distance should be fine in a Clio. I've done a 100 mile round trip in mine a couple of times with no problems. Just give the car a thorough check and an oil change maybe before setting off. Take a set of light bulbs and Hi Vis vests or jackets and warning triangle and first aid kit. also take oil to top up just in case you use a little bit but the engine shouldn't burn much on a long run. I'd jump in mine any day and do a long drive. I frequently go to Northumberland and back in a day and across to Yorkshire.
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
someone has faith in there car then aslong as its been serviced and maintained then dont see the problem, give it a mini service before you go and good check over and off you go
aslong as its been serviced and maintained then dont see the problem, give it a mini service before you go and good check over and off you go 
Edd
ClioSport Club Member
Ghibli/Boxster/197T
100 miles is a little different to 4500 miles in 5 days, which is 900 miles a day. So if you drive for 14 hours a day you'll need to average 65mph. If there are 2/3 of you driving then I'd say go for it! Driving 12/14 hours a day on your own, trying to average 65/75 mph would be a nightmare.
R26
Doing 900 miles in a day isn't a biggie....consecutive days is another story. Most I've ever done is 996 (I wanted to drive about in the car park to round it up to 1000 lol!)
Out Euro road trip was just over 2100 miles in 7 days, that wasn't bad either (in a stripped out clio with harnesses etc too!)
Just give the car a good check over and it should be ok. If in doubt, get some EU breakdown cover.
Out Euro road trip was just over 2100 miles in 7 days, that wasn't bad either (in a stripped out clio with harnesses etc too!)
Just give the car a good check over and it should be ok. If in doubt, get some EU breakdown cover.
jenic
ClioSport Club Member
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
I did 850 in one go (literally only stopping for petrol) back in 2010 from Lake Garda in Italy, to Pyla sur Mer in France - Trophy was fine with it. Few days before i'd done 1000 miles to get from Basingstoke > Nurburgring > Furka Pass > San Bernadino Pass > Stelvio Pass.
And 3 days before that i'd done a full track day at Snetterton.
Was fine
And 3 days before that i'd done a full track day at Snetterton.
Was fine
350z, Subaru Legacy
If that's the case mate, I'd have a serious re-think as to the actual distance you're going to be covering. My concern though as mentioned by someone else - would be what the actual road quality, type of traffic etc. is like in eastern Europe...
As Jay say's check the hire car when moving from country to country I have had to pay the hire car company a fee for the required paperwork to cross borders etc. Last time I had to do it was with europcar and I think they charged an extra €3 a day so it's not the end of the world but they normally have to organise it in advance!
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