International EPIC ROADTRIP TO ITALY!! summer 2014

[CJXY]

toll roads

*cough* *splutter* Just spat out my coffee.

Aye, that'll be right !

Tell me we're avoiding toll roads !

 

[dombooth]

I know what a trip to the Ring costs, and this will be about 5 times that, with accommodation and food etc etc.

How much are toll roads etc?

Based on viamichelin.com around £100

Dom

 

[dombooth]

*cough* *splutter* Just spat out my coffee.

Aye, that'll be right !

Tell me we're avoiding toll roads !

Doing that on Google maps adds 10 hours driving time.

Dom

 

[CJXY]

Wow. I guess France is the nightmare for tolls ?

I'm the cheap ass with plenty of time on my hands

 

[dombooth]

Wow. I guess France is the nightmare for tolls ?

I'm the cheap ass with plenty of time on my hands

I'm a Yorkshireman.

Dom

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I'm the cheap ass with plenty of time on my hands

:yeahthat: We're eco running this at a steady 58 MPH I take it?

 

[dombooth]

:yeahthat: We're eco running this at a steady 58 MPH I take it?

We'll see you there then!!!

Dom

 

[Davren]

Okay.

Basing it on 2500 miles, on 35MPG petrol (my car)

Roughly 72 gallons.

roughly 330 litres

£1.40 / litre to be on safe side


£462 fuel.
£90 ferry
£28 vignette
£23 per lap ring
£11 ferrari museum
£34 lambo museum
+Hotels.
+Food
etc

£29 (2014) annual vignette for Switzerland is for motorways If you can find an entry point and route through without motorways, you don't need the vignette.

You will also need a vignette for Austria. £7.10 for 10 days (2014)

Wow. I guess France is the nightmare for tolls ?

There are plenty of good roads through France without using the toll roads.

 

[CJXY]

:yeahthat: We're eco running this at a steady 58 MPH I take it?

53 !

We'll see you there then!!!

Dom

Tempted to take the route I suggested earlier and skip Nurburgring, Paris (arrogant, arrogant people !), and the toll roads and should just about meet you all there

 

[dombooth]

£29 (2014) annual vignette for Switzerland is for motorways If you can find an entry point and route through without motorways, you don't need the vignette.

You will also need a vignette for Austria. £7.10 for 10 days (2014)



There are plenty of good roads through France without using the toll roads.

Thanks for that Davren.

If anyone's got any ideas for route changes let me know.

I'll look at hotels and day planning when I can.

Dom

 

[dombooth]

53 !



Tempted to take the route I suggested earlier and skip Nurburgring, Paris (arrogant, arrogant people !), and the toll roads and should just about meet you all there

Fair enough if you want to do that.

Dom

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Tempted to take the route I suggested earlier and skip Nurburgring, Paris (arrogant, arrogant people !), and the toll roads and should just about meet you all there

Count me in

 

[dombooth]

Okay, subject to hotels matching up etc. This is v1 of the agenda:

Day | Start | End | Mileage | Time | Details
1 | Home | Dover | ?? | ?? |
1 | Dover | Calais | - | - | Ferry
2 | Calais | Lier, Belgium | 135 | 2:15 | Abarth Museum
2 | Lier, Belguim | Nurburgring | 170 | 2:45 |
3 | Nurburgring | Kempten | 310 | 4:45 | AM ring
4 | Kempten | Bormio | 150 | 3:45 | Via Stelvio Pass
4 | Bormio | Lake Garda | 125 | 3:30 |
5 | Lake Garda | Lamborghini | 116 | 2:00 | IPM Show
6 | Lamborghini | Ferrari | 36 | 0:45 | Lambo+Ferrari Museum Visits
6 | Ferrari | Lingotto, Turin | 190 | 3:00 |
7 | Lingotto, Turin | Interlaken | 300 | 6:30 | Fiat factory+HQ am Via Grimsel+Furka Passes
8 | Interlaken | Paris | 400 | 6:15 |
9 | Paris | Paris | - | - | Day in Paris
10 | Paris | Calais | 180 | 3:00 |
10 | Calais | Dover | - | - | Ferry
10 | Dover | Home | ?? | ?? |

If anyone has any alterations or ideas let me know and I'll think about them.

Dom

 

[dombooth]

ben tables don't work on mobile site or apps

Dom

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Just an idea, you may have already considered it, if so ignore me, considered Dover to Dunkirk (sp?) ferries that's the one I normally do when doing the ring

 

[The Black Box]

Route looks good and still very much up for this depending on dates. If the dates don't coincide with the punto show (if we don't hear in time) then I'll be half tempted to go in the cinq if that's alright? I could still take the gp but cinq will be far more fun to drive!

 

[dombooth]

Just an idea, you may have already considered it, if so ignore me, considered Dover to Dunkirk (sp?) ferries that's the one I normally do when doing the ring

No I hadn't seen that, is it cheaper?

Dom

 

[dombooth]

Route looks good and still very much up for this depending on dates. If the dates don't coincide with the punto show (if we don't hear in time) then I'll be half tempted to go in the cinq if that's alright? I could still take the gp but cinq will be far more fun to drive!

No problem.

I've had a reply from the organisers:

---
Dear Dombooth,
No, not yet, sorry.

Usually we know the date for Garda Lake in march/april, but if you want please contact [email protected] or follow www.puntoracingclub.it for every questions.

(I'll write the date in your forum, asap, of course).

Best regards.
---

The whole original idea is to go to the IPM so I'm gonna look into everything else but can't finalise dates until we've got that one.


Dom

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

No I hadn't seen that, is it cheaper?

Dom

£60 return iirc.

Location might be better the other side also from a geographical point of view?

 

[dombooth]

£60 return iirc.

Location might be better the other side also from a geographical point of view?

Yep, awesome. I'll update later.

Dom