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Lengthy Road Trip - Help Me Avoid a Breakdown!

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Post by JDavis21 » Tue May 21, 2019 5:22 pm

Ruofdez wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 5:11 pm Going for 7 days so depending on how we’re feeling we may drop out Monaco as it’s a fair distance. But bear in mind we will be splitting the driving so it won’t be more than a few hours a day each.
That's a lot of miles in 7 days! Drove to Worthersee and back last year, stopping at Nurburgring on the way and Stuttgart on the way home, that was 2100 miles in 7 days, even sharing the driving it took it's toll. This year we're out for 9 days and 1800 miles, with only significant miles on 5 of those days to try and break it up a little.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the Stelvio! I've never managed to squeeze it into any trips.
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Post by JDavis21 » Tue May 21, 2019 5:24 pm

Ruofdez wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 5:20 pm Yeah it is a bit of a detour but it’s on my bucket list and not sure when I’ll next have a chance to be (relatively) nearby so hopefully we’ll have time. We’re off on 15th June so a bit less safe in terms of what mountain passes will be open but keeping my fingers crossed! How long are you going for?
From the top of my head, I think I've read the latest Susten Pass has been opened in recent years was 5th June. So hopefully you're okay! Grossglockner was open first week of May last year, so we got lucky.
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Post by Ruofdez » Tue May 21, 2019 9:13 pm

JDavis21 wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 5:22 pm
Ruofdez wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 5:11 pm Going for 7 days so depending on how we’re feeling we may drop out Monaco as it’s a fair distance. But bear in mind we will be splitting the driving so it won’t be more than a few hours a day each.
That's a lot of miles in 7 days! Drove to Worthersee and back last year, stopping at Nurburgring on the way and Stuttgart on the way home, that was 2100 miles in 7 days, even sharing the driving it took it's toll. This year we're out for 9 days and 1800 miles, with only significant miles on 5 of those days to try and break it up a little.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the Stelvio! I've never managed to squeeze it into any trips.
That sounds more sensible with the mileage really. If I do future trips like this I'm sure I'll be a bit more choosy rather than trying to cram it all in. Will let you know on Stelvio. From what I've read it gets busier than the others, perhaps due to Top Gear, so I'm not expecting it to be as good as some but I'd like to see for myself.
JDavis21 wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 5:24 pm
Ruofdez wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 5:20 pm Yeah it is a bit of a detour but it’s on my bucket list and not sure when I’ll next have a chance to be (relatively) nearby so hopefully we’ll have time. We’re off on 15th June so a bit less safe in terms of what mountain passes will be open but keeping my fingers crossed! How long are you going for?
From the top of my head, I think I've read the latest Susten Pass has been opened in recent years was 5th June. So hopefully you're okay! Grossglockner was open first week of May last year, so we got lucky.
How did you find Grossglockner? Heard good things about it but how does it compare to some of the other alpine passes?
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Post by Ruofdez » Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:49 pm

Well the trip was successful! Managed about 3000 miles in a week so was pretty full on but brilliant trip. The car behaved itself and didn't use a drop of oil. The passenger door got stuck at one point but that rectified itself and hasn't done it again since so I'll settle for that! Lots of photos and videos so I'll upload some when I get a chance to edit it (500gb in files)! But here are a few:
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Did the following:

- Porsche Museum Stuttgart
- Mercedes Museum Stuttgart
- Stelvio Pass
- Umbreilpass
- Fuela Pass
- Furka Pass (my favourite)
- Gothard Pass
- Lake Como
- Ferrari Museum Maranello
- Ferrari Museum Modena
- Lamborghini Museum Modena
- Pagani Museum Modena
- Monaco
- Route Napoleon
- Reims-Gueux Old F1
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Post by JDavis21 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:00 pm

That sounds like a great list! Fingers crossed mine runs as smoothly as yours in two weeks time...

Looking forward to Furka pass videos :thumbsup:
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Post by Ruofdez » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:31 pm

JDavis21 wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:00 pm That sounds like a great list! Fingers crossed mine runs as smoothly as yours in two weeks time...

Looking forward to Furka pass videos :thumbsup:
Fingers crossed! What does your itinerary look like (I know you mentioned the Andermatt Loop before but anything else)? I think I may have to set up a YouTube account as not sure what to do with the files where they're so big - that's the downside of filming in such high quality I suppose but I'll get Furka on first :thumbsup:
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Post by Ruofdez » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:35 pm

Oh and averaged 33.6mpg over the entire trip, pretty impressive!
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Post by JDavis21 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:03 pm

Ruofdez wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:31 pm Fingers crossed! What does your itinerary look like (I know you mentioned the Andermatt Loop before but anything else)? I think I may have to set up a YouTube account as not sure what to do with the files where they're so big - that's the downside of filming in such high quality I suppose but I'll get Furka on first :thumbsup:
Fairly chilled first day to Reims, then we head to Chamonix via Lake Geneva. Then next stop is Engelberg for a few nights near the Andermatt Loop - with a day around Interlaken on the way for some Paragliding (weather permitting). Then four days at the Nurburgring for the VLN4 race, so we'll probably have a play in the Black Forest to relieve our motorway boredom.

12 of us in a 5 car convoy, should be fun!

We originally intended to include Napoleon Pass, Monaco, and Lake Como - but ended up choosing to spend more time in each place rather than a new hotel/apartment every day.
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Post by R60BBA » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:56 pm

Ruofdez wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:49 pm Well the trip was successful! Managed about 3000 miles in a week so was pretty full on but brilliant trip. The car behaved itself and didn't use a drop of oil. The passenger door got stuck at one point but that rectified itself and hasn't done it again since so I'll settle for that! Lots of photos and videos so I'll upload some when I get a chance to edit it (500gb in files)! But here are a few:IMG_5457.jpeg

IMG_5466.jpeg

IMG_5474.jpeg

IMG_5853.jpeg

IMG_5859.jpeg

IMG_5873.jpeg

IMG_5881.jpeg

Did the following:

- Porsche Museum Stuttgart
- Mercedes Museum Stuttgart
- Stelvio Pass
- Umbreilpass
- Fuela Pass
- Furka Pass (my favourite)
- Gothard Pass
- Lake Como
- Ferrari Museum Maranello
- Ferrari Museum Modena
- Lamborghini Museum Modena
- Pagani Museum Modena
- Monaco
- Route Napoleon
- Reims-Gueux Old F1
Any reason you didn’t do the BMW museum?
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Post by Ruofdez » Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:37 am

I know this is seriously delayed but for anyone interested here are the videos:

Furka Pass
[youtube]https://youtu.be/o79zCCjiZjQ[/youtube]

Stelvio
[youtube]https://youtu.be/FkU1TzDvp_U[/youtube]

Umbrail
[youtube]https://youtu.be/1ObZyZktDdQ[/youtube]

San Bernadino
[youtube]https://youtu.be/M27XM1wvyfk[/youtube]

Monaco
[youtube]https://youtu.be/wj-EAnDRQUE[/youtube]
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