Off Topic Holiday routes

[loveshandbags]

I thought the tunnel was the ideal time to open the windows and hear a 'performance' back box coming 'on song'.

 

[306maxi]

I thought the tunnel was the ideal time to open the windows and hear a 'performance' back box coming 'on song'.

Your speed is monitored through the tunnel and you're meant to keep a certain distance from the car in front.

 

[arorat]

Looks a good route. You may well see me there depending on whether I get one of the jobs I've got an interview for later this week. If I get a job there'll be no holiday and since the wife is a school teacher and had 5 and a bit more weeks of holiday I'd rather stay not working! But beggars can't be chosers

Let’s hope you get the Job, ask them to start in Sep so you can enjoy more time off Let me know if you do the trip and may catch up with you on locations !! My wife is also a teacher, playing golf today whilst I work.

Yes a great route, unashamedly I followed first leg of your trip and used suggestions. So obviously I am doing this trip for you ALL and will no doubt be going to some Weinkellers to give you feedback on the new harvests

Previous trips have been on bikes through Pyrenees to Barcelona to watch F1, on the way back via France it becomes a tad boring, but the isolation is nice as it gives you time to reflect.

best part was Pyrenees - worth google earthing

here is the route…

 

[306maxi]

Let’s hope you get the Job, ask them to start in Sep so you can enjoy more time off Let me know if you do the trip and may catch up with you on locations !! My wife is also a teacher, playing golf today whilst I work.

Sadly I think that won't be possible But hey we'll see what happens anyway.

 

[arorat]

what field of work are you in ?

 

[306maxi]

what field of work are you in ?

Nothing at the moment!

I usually do IT support

 

[ahmett]

A silly tax indeed by an easy going country and just to punish you further I read the following; “The validity is printed on the motorway vignette, starting on December 1st of the year before and ending on January 31st of the next year”, wow !! not that they can’t print a 12 month expiry from the day you request it. It’s similar in the UK, paying for road-tax from 1st of the month regardless of what date you apply for tax.

Current price for Swiss sour vinegar is £28.50 http://rail.stc.co.uk/userdata_vignette.php?passid=5&frame=1&system=GB&affiliateid=45

I just realised I may need a Vignette for Austria.

The TA’s power curve is a funny one; you may recall a post by the OH of a lady who said there was kickback on the TA in first gear, well that is what happened yesterday, pulling off fast in first gear loss of power on rev limiter, I know, I know it’s a silly thing to do but sometimes I think I am on the “motorbike” and expect more from it, regardless the 500 is a nice toy car to take on holiday even if my brother laughed and insulted it. I did ask him if I could take his Carrera S, he said he would think about it. I mean what could you possibly do wrong in a Carrera on Stelvio's pass :devil:

Not that I have ever done licence loosing speeds (on the famously tarmacked empty and inviting French motorways) but lets say if one does, I was told its better to take an espresso rest to allow the computer at payment junction to average your speed to 120km or below.

Guys the Swiss may charge Motorway Tax but they do not have any tolls! For me this comes out to the same thing. driving through france and Italy you have to pay tolls. In Switzerland you pay motorway tax and you can live on the motorways all year long without paying more if you wish!

 

[ahmett]

Oh and having had driven through Switzerland from the UK and back to the UK on the way to Greece I managed to escape paying the motorway tax from the entrance to Basel giving me free pass on Switzerland's motorways. However, on the way back entering through Lugano they stopped me at border control and made me pay it so I did not get away with it = (

 

[306maxi]

Let’s hope you get the Job, ask them to start in Sep so you can enjoy more time off Let me know if you do the trip and may catch up with you on locations !! My wife is also a teacher, playing golf today whilst I work.

You can breathe a sigh of relief Unfortunately I've got a temp job until at least the end of September. A little annoyed as I'd have much preferred another 5 weeks of holiday with the wife but hey ho.....

 

[grimwau]

What I don't understand is, you were going to chase arorat all across Europe (a little poetic licence used there) but a day trip to the beautiful New Forest National Park is too far to travel.

 

[arorat]

You can breathe a sigh of relief Unfortunately I've got a temp job until at least the end of September. A little annoyed as I'd have much preferred another 5 weeks of holiday with the wife but hey ho.....

Reading another thread upsetting people I was going to say if you had a bad interview

anyway money in bank is also nice but I hope you can squeeze a week out and do some traveling ??

What I don't understand is, you were going to chase arorat all across Europe (a little poetic licence used there) but a day trip to the beautiful New Forest National Park is too far to travel.

now that is funny... oh let me know when the next one is so I can book another long break

 

[grimwau]

now that is funny... oh let me know when the next one is so I can book another long break [/QUOTE]

Good job I know (think I Know, lol) you're just kidding.

 

[306maxi]

What I don't understand is, you were going to chase arorat all across Europe (a little poetic licence used there) but a day trip to the beautiful New Forest National Park is too far to travel.

Because going across Europe is a holiday, driving in the UK is driving in the UK

 

[arorat]

Almost there with the 2k trip... triangle and vests ordered, more money but it makes sense...

quick question !!

Oil showing centre of hi/lo, should I be taking some oil with me ? does the TA use excessive oil ? I wouldn't have thought so as done 2500 since new and not filled up.

Cheers guys

 

[306maxi]

Almost there with the 2k trip... triangle and vests ordered, more money but it makes sense...

quick question !!

Oil showing centre of hi/lo, should I be taking some oil with me ? does the TA use excessive oil ? I wouldn't have thought so as done 2500 since new and not filled up.

Cheers guys

Buy a litre of Selenia KPE 5w40 from your local stealership. Of course I can't speak for a twinair, but my 1.2 burnt maybe 200-300ml of oil on the trip. Running up at 80-90mph all the time burns a bit of oil. The twinair could burn nothing, or it could burn more. Better safe than sorry and all that.

Have you got bulbs and beam deflectors as well? Bit of a tip, but give the headlights a good clean and then a wax before applying the beam deflectors and they'll come off on when you return. Can't remember if they came off cleaner after being warmed by the headlights or whether they came off better just cold. I have a sneaking suspicion they came off cleaner cold........

Check tyre pressures (buy a gauge and a pump tbh or better yet one of these Michelin CUS12259 Tyre Inflator: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike halfords do them also), make sure you've got the locking wheelnut and all tools. EDIT: There's a better Michelin tyre inflator with a light on it, I've got that one and tbh for a few quid more it's worth it as a light is always good at night!

 

[bgunn]

My TA used virtually no oil over 1000 odd miles of mixed driving (some flat out driving to help bed in the rings/bores also), but equally another one could use some.

As said, buy some KPE oil from shop4parts - it's cheap and is the right oil for the job given that the Multi Air system will have specific viscosity/flow requirements to work properly..

 

[306maxi]

My TA used virtually no oil over 1000 odd miles of mixed driving (some flat out driving to help bed in the rings/bores also), but equally another one could use some.

My 1.2 uses virtually no oil day to day, but when you're running at 80-90mph for hours on end it uses a little bit Seems to just be a small engine at high speed thing.

 

[arorat]

Buy a litre of Selenia KPE 5w40 from your local stealership. Of course I can't speak for a twinair, but my 1.2 burnt maybe 200-300ml of oil on the trip. Running up at 80-90mph all the time burns a bit of oil. The twinair could burn nothing, or it could burn more. Better safe than sorry and all that.

Have you got bulbs and beam deflectors as well? Bit of a tip, but give the headlights a good clean and then a wax before applying the beam deflectors and they'll come off on when you return. Can't remember if they came off cleaner after being warmed by the headlights or whether they came off better just cold. I have a sneaking suspicion they came off cleaner cold........

Check tyre pressures (buy a gauge and a pump tbh or better yet one of these Michelin CUS12259 Tyre Inflator: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike halfords do them also), make sure you've got the locking wheelnut and all tools. EDIT: There's a better Michelin tyre inflator with a light on it, I've got that one and tbh for a few quid more it's worth it as a light is always good at night!

Cheers dude, very useful advice, I may just get the Michelin - btw: aren't Aussies tall and strong and use foot pumps ?

Are the headlight deflectors required by law ?

I will pick up some bulbs, stoplight & indicators, Xenons should not fail.

 

[arorat]

My TA used virtually no oil over 1000 odd miles of mixed driving (some flat out driving to help bed in the rings/bores also), but equally another one could use some.

As said, buy some KPE oil from shop4parts - it's cheap and is the right oil for the job given that the Multi Air system will have specific viscosity/flow requirements to work properly..

Thanks guys, 5w40 Selenia KPE noted, I will risk it and pick a bottle up on mainland as running out of time to order online.

 

[306maxi]

Cheers dude, very useful advice, I may just get the Michelin - btw: aren't Aussies tall and strong and use foot pumps ?

Are the headlight deflectors required by law ?

I will pick up some bulbs, stoplight & indicators, Xenons should not fail.

I do still have a footpump, but tbh using a 12v is sooooooo much easier and if you've got a flat from a slow puncture you'll be there for hours with a footpump. Plus the 12v pump is more accurate than my foot.