PaulR Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hello all. Long time lurker, had my Z for nearly 2 years now. Just finished 6 days Zedding through Europe, Newcastle - Amsterdam - Davos - Stelvio - Maranello - Pisa - Cannes and quite a few places inbetween. Pics (many) to follow, questions, comments answered with pleasure. Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 cracking pictures, looks a a great trip you had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Great photos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 That looks like a great trip with fabulous pics. How did the Zed perform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Who is R88SDN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Great pics. Would love to do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 That looks like a great trip with fabulous pics. How did the Zed perform? Z (touch wood) was faultless. Gave me a new found love for it. After two years of ownership I was starting to think this winter would be time for a change, but the trip has reminded me what a good car it is. Happy as can be sipping fuel on the Autobahn (441 miles dte on the gauge!! 35mpg ish at just under three figure mph) and even happier blatting round the back roads and mountain passes of Southern France. Only PITA was trying to take pictures out of it, it's too low! EDIT - The Euro rate also means a full tank of 95 is over £90....which was slightly disappointing. Who is R88SDN? He's my £250 cousin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekman Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 God that brought me so many memories back.... All those pics of the pass i never took....September 07 in my maserati...tiny bit of snow only on the peaks... Venice-Lecern through Davos....14 hours of driving...getting lost....arguing with the girlfriend...asking bike riders for directions...great weather and hood down...14 of the best hours of my life....what an experience...just perfect..... Well done and cheers m8... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Incredible. It's the definition of what owning a sports car like the zed is all about. Since I am new to this thing, the only issue I have concerning me would be the distance between petrol stations - how do you arrange your trip so you guys don't get stuck in the middle of nowhere? no food, can't speak language, no petrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Looks fantastic - infact its just like North Manchester Love the Mustang btw one of my old faves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 What stunning pics. That pass certainly looks like a fun play ground. Who needs jungle gyms?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbloke74 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Incredible. It's the definition of what owning a sports car like the zed is all about. Since I am new to this thing, the only issue I have concerning me would be the distance between petrol stations - how do you arrange your trip so you guys don't get stuck in the middle of nowhere? no food, can't speak language, no petrol. +1 Yeah, would definately like to know how you piked your route and what that route was - views are absolutely stunning and I can't imagine anything better than driving my zed down a road with no other cars on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Absolutely stunning! Hoping to do something similar myself at some point, it's what the Zed was made for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Stunning pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Absolutely stunning! Hoping to do something similar myself at some point, it's what the Zed was made for. +1 - great pics -thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing to see the snow still that deep mid-year. An outline of the roads you used would be helpful for those of us lurking around doing a similar trip Hope you might also like to join us on the Scottish (September) or Welsh (October) runs this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 350Z Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Beautiful piccies, brother. You'll have Green Peace up in arms with the amount of dead flora and fawna you must have used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 Hi all. Thanks for all the kind replies....have to go away with work until the weekend but I'll try and update this thread and answer questions then. Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Right...back after a few work-related days, I'll try to fill in a few gaps. Incredible. It's the definition of what owning a sports car like the zed is all about. Since I am new to this thing, the only issue I have concerning me would be the distance between petrol stations - how do you arrange your trip so you guys don't get stuck in the middle of nowhere? no food, can't speak language, no petrol. We made sure we started each day with a full tank, and re-filled as soon as we got down to a quarter left. Never left us that short. On some of the mountain roads above Nice we found a couple of dead-end roadblocks and got down to 45 mile to empty which was a bit nervous, but if you have a good satnav which can tell you the nearest petrol stations it's not really a worry. Absolutely stunning! Hoping to do something similar myself at some point, it's what the Zed was made for. +1 - great pics -thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing to see the snow still that deep mid-year. An outline of the roads you used would be helpful for those of us lurking around doing a similar trip Hope you might also like to join us on the Scottish (September) or Welsh (October) runs this year Our route, day by day was roughly as follows; Ferry Newcastle - Amsterdam. Day 1 Amsterdam - Davos (Switz.). Stay Davos. Quickest, Autobahn route available. Day 2 Davos - Stelvio Pass (SS38) - Lake Garda - Modena. Day 3 Modena - Maranello & Fiorano (Ferarri) - Pisa - Cannes Day 4 Cannes - Col du Vence - Col du Turini - Cannes Day 5 Cannes -Monaco - St Tropez Day 6 Fly Home(work), Leave car in Nice airport Fly back out 5 days later, drive Nice - Turin - Milan - Como - Strasbourg - Amsterdam - Newcastle all on motorways. If you're planning a trip www.alpineroads.com is a biker site but a good start. I did 2700 miles in 8 days driving and I reckon got through about 415 litres of the good stuff...which with the crappy Euro exchange rate (thanks Gordon) cost about £500 in fuel alone. Phew! Any more just ask.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Right...back after a few work-related days, I'll try to fill in a few gaps. Incredible. It's the definition of what owning a sports car like the zed is all about. Since I am new to this thing, the only issue I have concerning me would be the distance between petrol stations - how do you arrange your trip so you guys don't get stuck in the middle of nowhere? no food, can't speak language, no petrol. We made sure we started each day with a full tank, and re-filled as soon as we got down to a quarter left. Never left us that short. On some of the mountain roads above Nice we found a couple of dead-end roadblocks and got down to 45 mile to empty which was a bit nervous, but if you have a good satnav which can tell you the nearest petrol stations it's not really a worry. Absolutely stunning! Hoping to do something similar myself at some point, it's what the Zed was made for. +1 - great pics -thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing to see the snow still that deep mid-year. An outline of the roads you used would be helpful for those of us lurking around doing a similar trip Hope you might also like to join us on the Scottish (September) or Welsh (October) runs this year Our route, day by day was roughly as follows; Ferry Newcastle - Amsterdam. Day 1 Amsterdam - Davos (Switz.). Stay Davos. Quickest, Autobahn route available. Day 2 Davos - Stelvio Pass (SS38) - Lake Garda - Modena. Day 3 Modena - Maranello & Fiorano (Ferarri) - Pisa - Cannes Day 4 Cannes - Col du Vence - Col du Turini - Cannes Day 5 Cannes -Monaco - St Tropez Day 6 Fly Home(work), Leave car in Nice airport Fly back out 5 days later, drive Nice - Turin - Milan - Como - Strasbourg - Amsterdam - Newcastle all on motorways. If you're planning a trip www.alpineroads.com is a biker site but a good start. I did 2700 miles in 8 days driving and I reckon got through about 415 litres of the good stuff...which with the crappy Euro exchange rate (thanks Gordon) cost about £500 in fuel alone. Phew! Any more just ask.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogan Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 what you think of monaco?, i go over for the f1 every year and wud love to drive it, in my own car lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogan Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 what you think of monaco?, i go over for the f1 every year and wud love to drive it, in my own car lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walbertonio Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 That looks like an awesome trip, love those pics, nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 nice one! Sorry 4got to ask, How many miles per day and hours spent in the car? Did you do longer stops or just A - B driving? If you did the trip again what would you do different? Did a 4.5k/km bike trip before the summer and if I did it again it would be very different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Looks fantastic - alpineroads.com good tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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