taking the chamade for a spin

[Chet T16]

Originally Posted by The T.I.B.

...now I am in Cologne...

Thats where i'll be staying, perhaps there will be the faint smell of burnt oil in the air when i'm there

[The T.I.B.]

Originally Posted by Chet T16

Thats where i'll be staying, perhaps there will be the faint smell of burnt oil in the air when i'm there

I can recommend a good hotel, I have a private garage right in the city centre

Also, you're all cheeky gits and I'll be back soon to issue da smackdown

[Chet T16]

We're staying in the Hilton

[The T.I.B.]

Originally Posted by Chet T16

We're staying in the Hilton

Hilton's a very good choice, the local U-Bahn station (Eberplatz) will get you onto all the interesting lines.

You will also be near the Köln Seilbahn, one of the many scary things I've done this week (Kölner Seilbahn).

Also check out the Wuppertal 'Schweberbahn' if you want more scaring. It's a monorail built in 1901 that runs down the middle of a river at 50km/hr. Nobody died til 1999 then they've had 2 accidents since, I survived though.

More tedious facts and photos when I get back next week.

[The T.I.B.]

Before:


2 weeks later:


Car ran great for the whole 2 weeks. Treated it to a new battery half way round but other than that no probs

Ended up doing Britain-France-Belgium-Holland-Germany-Switzerland, it was awesome! I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys driving and generally not being in this country.

[Wicked Neo]

I make that 2927 miles, not bad at all Tom

I did half that mileage though when I went to the South of France and back again to pick up the maxi kit in 24 hours lol but would love to do that myself, a 2 week driving trip around Europe where I can take in the sights etc instead of driving past them at 90mph heh

[kaos]

Tom apart from a lot of money, what was required?

Just a passport and lots of money or?


i'd love to do a road trip espesially to the volvo museum, when i get a passport. so the ability to plan now would be sweet

[Peter T]

Awesome

[bbracer16valver]

when we seeing all the pics then?

[bidderman1969]

^^^ he forfot his camera, lol

[The T.I.B.]

You'll need a passport to get on the boat and that's it. Also if you want to go into Switzerland that's passport too.

Also fuel is a little more expensive in france, holland and germany (1.45 euro). Fuel is loads more expensive in Belguim (1.65 euro).

Pics will be as and when, frankly holiday pics bore me stupid lol

[Gentle Ben]

Looks like a fantastic trip Tom! Fair play!

[The T.I.B.]

Petrol Costs

2927 miles, 350 litres burnt, 510 Euro (£405) spent.
Average = 38mpg.

Not too bad really. Most of the distance was on Autobahns, sometimes fast to get places, sometimes slow to keep it cheap. There was also a fair amount of fannying around in Black Forest mountains, and driving round cities and some other stuff.

For example on my way back home, early in the morning with a full tank it was sitting at 45mpg (70-80mph) for a few hours, later in the day it was low 40s which is strange. Maybe there were good and bad batches of petrol.