10-02-2015, 11:11 PM
Me and the missus are planning a trip to Italy, only this time we(I) want to drive there lol I learnt to drive a car in Italy many moons ago and drive there (in a hire car) often enough! I've also ridden to Italy on the motorbike, would I do it again? God yes! Would I do it on the bike I have... That's debatable!
I'm getting the Pug a once over next week so I can pre-empt any massive things that need doing chassis/engine wise....
The current plan is sometime between July and August, I have a rough route albeit in my head, train over to Calais, drive down to Switzerland and through into northern Italy and finally down south to Pescara - I did it on the bike last time and didn't touch France, went through Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and then Italy.
Firstly - more than likely and I don't see why not, will she be able to make the nearly 3000mile round trip in 2 weeks?
Secondly - realistically what mileage should I roughly expect from a 1.8 16v on long haulage? At the mo I average around 300mile to a full tank but that's all city driving...
Lastly - anyone done something similar before? Any pointers?
I'm getting the Pug a once over next week so I can pre-empt any massive things that need doing chassis/engine wise....
The current plan is sometime between July and August, I have a rough route albeit in my head, train over to Calais, drive down to Switzerland and through into northern Italy and finally down south to Pescara - I did it on the bike last time and didn't touch France, went through Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and then Italy.
Firstly - more than likely and I don't see why not, will she be able to make the nearly 3000mile round trip in 2 weeks?
Secondly - realistically what mileage should I roughly expect from a 1.8 16v on long haulage? At the mo I average around 300mile to a full tank but that's all city driving...
Lastly - anyone done something similar before? Any pointers?