Just done 900ish miles in my brothers 20vt to Assen and likely to do Le Mans in Aug in my coupe.
May even do a Nurburgring run also.

I have driven across half of the USA in a Pontiac. Did approximately 2500 miles in 10 days. From Tulsa across to LA, then up to San Fran and across and back down to Tulsa. It was epic

Last June? Meh, just the three and a half thousand mile trip to Alesund on the north-west coast of Norway, via France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Denmark.

Landed at Chicago, drove south down to Indianapolis then east Charleston, northeast to Harrisburg continued northeast up to the Canadian border, southwest to Albany, east to Boston and finally south to New York. Around 3500 miles in 14 days. Great trip!

skiing trip in France Italy and Austria a couple of winters ago ..4000 in 4.5 weeks...off to Milan tomorrow for a wedding ..just setting the sat nav up

Having driven the Coupe to Venice and Turin on previous trips in the past, this year's European trip to Assen was a mere 1,000 miles (over 2 days, including driving around the track a few times, but sadly not returning via the Nurburgring this time)

Also did around 2,000+ miles in my pre-Coupe days for a West Coast USA trip from San Francisco to Grand Canyon via Yosemite, Death Valley, Zion Park, Las Vegas and Hoover Dam

Over 8,000 klm when we visited New Zealand in 2011.

I've driven my Coupe to Spa in Belgium in 2008, and then to Turin via the Netherlands and Germany in 2014 for the 20th anniversary of the Coupe. Driving some of the Alpine passes on the trip to Turin was particularly memorable.



Longest road trip I've ever done was when I lived in Australia and drove Canberra to Perth and back ~ 7,500km. This included the famous '90 mile straight'. 110km/h speed limit was somewhat difficult to obey.

That Alps pic is great. Still can't believe we did it.

After reading some of these I think I need to get a bit more creative with my trips. The problem with using the Coupe though is I find something wears out after every trip and needs 'another' trip to the garage...

It wouldn't be half the fun in a Golf though would it? And that's why we do these things.

We certainly do some long trips here in Australia. When I was playing rally cars, we would do over 5000km in a week and not leave the State, with a variety of terrain including desert, mountains and the tropics.

I fully agree about the breakdown cover. In 2007 I did a 2735 mile round trip over 13 days from Ireland to Kitzbuhel via the U.K, Belgium, Nurburgring, Seefeld in Tirol to Kitzbuhel.

I'd love to do it again, with more time and get into south Italy. When I get a full restoration on the car....

Luckily I had called into Paul and Rob to get a few jobs done on the way, so the car was in great shape

I had taken out the ADAC breakdown cover (thanks Barnacle) which I didn't need, but on the ferry home from Holyhead there was an Irish car on one of their recovery trucks
( a 6 years old Toyota MPV So it was great to see ADAC bringing them home and I had great pride in the Coupé for not missing a beat!

The Coupé is a great long distance car. One of my goals was a 110 mph average over the hour on the south part of the Autobahn. My favorite memories of the trip was a lime green Porsche GT3 passing me at 180+
while I was cruising at 120mph
One of many petrolhead giggly things that happened on the trip

Ten or eleven years ago, I tried a similar trick in the 16NA - an honest hundred miles in an honest hour on the autobahn, including all the 120kmh limits and roadworks. Did it with a minute or two to spare...

Drove from Cambridge to the south-east of Spain in 3 days, with MrsC, step kids, father-in-law, worldly possessions and a cat. In an LDV Convoy minibus. 2nd gear on some uphill motorway sections...
Then drove back a week later in a mostly empty minibus in 2 days and sold it.

Then drove back from Spain almost a year later with MrsC, a few worldly possessions and 2 cats in a 214,000-mile Merc E320 estate. In a day and a half.

In 1987, I drove a Triumph Spitfire from Surrey to Saint Tropez in a day. That was a bit of a gamble!

Well I won't be driving far this weekend due to the French strike,s.

My weekend has been cancelled at Magny cours watching ced51 racing in the Alfa cup.
And it's to late to cancel the hotel so that's 120 euro down the drain.

Yes, the current strikes and fuel blockades are a bit of an issue. I've worked out if, I fill up at Folkstone before boarding the train, then we should just about have enough fuel to get to Lyons la Foret (near Rouen) and back without going near a French petrol pump. As long as I drive economically that is - Calais to Lyons la Foret is 133 miles each way - so should have a spare 50 miles or so in the tank.

Could you not go Portsmouth - Le Havre?

Already booked the Eurotunnel crossing months ago and wouldn't get the money back. Looked into going via ferry from Portsmouth but it was about £200 more! I also think the French have been blockading ferry ports so we don't have any choice really.

Brittany Ferries are pirates when it comes to prices. I'd be surprised if the smaller ferry ports were blockaded, but at the moment, it's all a bit dodgy.

Last September I drove from Dorset to Dover, across the channel to Dunkirk (on a ferry). From Dunkirk to Ypres in Belgium and then on to Luxembourg before stopping in Germany on the first night. After that we visited Strasbourg before going to Switzerland via the Black Forest. We visited Lichenstein before crossing the alps into Italy and this leg involved five passes through the Alps including the legendary Stelvio and the Umbrail. We headed on into the Dolomites before dropping down into Florence and Pisa. From there we drove across to Monaco on through the Carmague and up to Millau where we crossed Norman Fosters famous bridge. The drive continued on through Limoge to the coast near La Rochelle before heading north again to Ouistreham where we caught the ferry to Poole. Round trip worked out at just under 2500 miles. The only problem was a puncture in Italy (soon sorted). I would say that the coupe is ideal for such a journey and is a real mile-muncher with the proviso that it must have working aircon and I'm fortunate that mine does!

Trust me, aircon is not essential. As long as the windows open...

That does depend on the ambient temperature!

Newhaven-Dieppe is a good and cheap route off motorcycle touring in August, was £90 rtn.

Does it still run? My ex in-laws lived in Seaford, so I often took that route when I lived in France, but I think it must be tough to turn a profit because it kept stopping and changing operators.
LD Lines are a cheaper alternative to Brittany Ferries on some of the longer routes (Cherbourg, I think), but as Slugcatcher has already booked his shuttle, it's all a bit academic!

yes DFDS have just renegotiated with the French Govt for an extension to it's operating licence, bargain price and saves me petrol to get to Honfleur