zabba Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I've wanted to take my car to France for a while and the old race track at Reims for a few pics, so with a few days off last week me and the girlfriend headed off to 4 days to Belgium and Northern France for some WW1 sites and champagne tasting Anyway, car performed really well, it is perfect for that sort of trip!! Took loads of luggage in the boot and rear shelf area, and managed to fit in a few bottles when coming home. The car suits the open a roads and French motorways really well, relaxing to drive and cruise around in. Over 800 miles the car averaged 28.1mpg per the computer so happy with that. I didn't see another Zed at all, I think performance cars are a bit less common over there, and it attracted a lot of attention and admiring glances. I think it is a bit of a farewell to the car as it will go up for sale soon, but this trip has given me some great memories of it. Also, I can thoroughly recommend the WW1 sites, some very moving places and I cannot imagine what those soldiers went through for our country. Few pics:- Motor museum in Reims Reims circuit Le Tour Menin Gate at Ypres Canadian Memorial at Vimy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jp606 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) Looks like you had a good time, nice pics That's what I love about the Z, really comfortable on long journeys and sensible fuel consumption too, then bags of power for when you want some fun. Such a great 'all rounder'. Edited July 13, 2014 by Jp606 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big si 1976 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 hello there, glad u had a great time. my brother and I are off to france in a few weeks,done it many times in cars and bikes(cars much safer!). love the roads and people even the cops are nicer! any chance u could send or post the rough route u took as looking for places and roads to go on and see! thanks in advance,si. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Found Ireland the same.....performance cars a rare sight Nice thread.....thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Some great pictures there and would love to do some roads trips around some European countires. Looks like you had a awesome 4 day trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zabba Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 hello there, glad u had a great time. my brother and I are off to france in a few weeks,done it many times in cars and bikes(cars much safer!). love the roads and people even the cops are nicer! any chance u could send or post the rough route u took as looking for places and roads to go on and see! thanks in advance,si. I didn't have a set route as such, just used the satnav to get us from place to place. If you are after great driving roads then southern France is probably a better bet, but depends how much time you have. I kept to Northern France as we only had 3 nights (4 days) where the roads are good with little traffic, although not that exciting. My route was broadly Calais to Ypres to Reims to Amiens to Calais. Ypres in Belgium is a small city, we went to see the Menin Gate memorial, there is a service every night which attracts hundreds of people, and is very moving. We stopped at Vimy to see the Canadian memorial and there are some trenches there to see, again very moving. Reims is in the champagne region, so there are champagne houses you can visit or do tours if you have more time. We also went to the motor museum (lots of cool old French cars) and the old Reims circuit. It's a nice place to walk around as well. Amiens was ok but wouldn't go again, better places to stay but we were there just as a base to see the Somme battlefields and memorials, which were fantastic. The Somme museum in Albert and Thiepval memorial are must sees if you have any interest is WW1. I honestly think everyone should see them at some point. The Thiepval memorial has the names of 72,000 men whose bodies were never identified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth29 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Car looks great - I love how they look from that front 3/4 view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big si 1976 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks for taking the time to reply!, Some great ideas for us to consider. Anyone who has driven in France knows what a pleasure it is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixaman Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Pictures look fantastic... What a pleasure when you get off the twenty past 12 train at 2am and have a clear road to open the taps... For best roads that whole region from Spa down Bastogne way and over through Luxembourg and Mosel Valley Germany is the best of a Northern Europe circa 4 day plus jaunt... Always say you guys down south have it good being so close to the tunnel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Some nice pictures. Any more pics though? from the WW1 sites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Amazing. Looking to do a french trip myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1an1de Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 i'm off to Denmark in mine next week.... thats France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark all sorted then. Theres a few of us going from the UK so set up a google+ thing so we can track each other for the full "Top Gear Race" thing.... should be a hoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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