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Mar 17, 2019 21:36:27 GMT
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It's basically agreed that a few of us are going to drive to South France, this is all very early days so I'm looking for two suggestions from anyone with experience or ideas:
Where are the best driving roads?
Companies to rent a car from? (I don't have faith in the RX7, also 9mpg, doesnt have to be old but must be interesting and currently I really want something American).
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If you want good driving roads you want to be heading for the France/ swiss/ Italian alps areas
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Last Edit: Mar 18, 2019 7:05:33 GMT by swampy76
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andyborris
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Do driving roads and American cars mix?
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Mar 18, 2019 10:22:55 GMT
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I can also recommend the pyrennees.
You could do a big loop taking in both sides?
Take note that the A-road equivalent speed limit recently dropped from 90kmh to 80kmh and their cameras are well hidden
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Mar 18, 2019 13:34:27 GMT
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I can't help with the car hire bit, but my advice is to plan to only use the Route Nationale roads (equivalent to our A-roads) and avoid the toll Autoroutes, unless you are in a tearing hurry. The N roads are generally quiet, and well maintained (note the comment about speed cameras though) and go through interesting towns and villages. With regard to driving roads, it depends what you want - long straight roads through pleasant countryside like this:- Which was central France somewhere! Or more windy like this:- Heading towards the Swiss border. Have a read here www.fordcortinamk2oc.co.uk/cortinas_to_cortina.htm which is the trip the pictures came from. Have a good trip!
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Mar 18, 2019 14:26:35 GMT
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Mar 18, 2019 14:28:51 GMT
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google, the circuit du riems-gueux, its well worth a look. thats my company Kia in the photo
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Last Edit: Mar 18, 2019 14:37:26 GMT by time
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Mar 18, 2019 14:32:24 GMT
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Mar 18, 2019 15:43:27 GMT
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why hire a car, buy a cheapish mx5, do the run then sell when you get home, they are pretty reliable, much fun and loads of them for sub 2k and will fetch most of if not all your money back when you get home.
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andyborris
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Mar 18, 2019 19:07:32 GMT
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sb
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Mar 18, 2019 20:55:32 GMT
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why hire a car, buy a cheapish mx5, do the run then sell when you get home, they are pretty reliable, much fun and loads of them for sub 2k and will fetch most of if not all your money back when you get home. Because it doesn't have a V8 and it's just not interesting. I totally get the argument and if I could get a cheap solid third gen Camaro I would absolutely do that. But I like the idea of it being someone else's problem.
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Mar 18, 2019 21:02:44 GMT
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I must say, even with the few photos in this thread, it puts me in the mood for a similar trip!
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Mar 22, 2019 20:44:00 GMT
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Done the south of France twice in the Stag. The Milau viaduct is worth a look, even if it does cost 10 euros to cross it! I used their motorways so didn’t find any good driving roads. Traffic is horrible in Lyon and on the south coast. If you go to Monaco or St.Tropez then go early because traffic is terrible, also watch out for scooters/mopeds
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Done the south of France twice in the Stag. The Milau viaduct is worth a look, even if it does cost 10 euros to cross it! I used their motorways so didn’t find any good driving roads. Traffic is horrible in Lyon and on the south coast. If you go to Monaco or St.Tropez then go early because traffic is terrible, also watch out for scooters/mopeds have to agree the Milan bridge is fantastic , the village is a lovely place to stop and some of the local roads are used in the Tour de France If your route takes you anywhere near Luxembourg then drop in for cheap fuel. I found Andorra beutiful and the roads fantastic. Our route this year consists of Calais into Belgium towards Luxembourg then head across the autobahn to Munich, in to Austria for a few nights then over the alps to the Italian lakes for a week
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Whatever you do & wherever you go, just make sure you do it before brexit, because you do realise the world is going to end after then don’t you!
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Mar 23, 2019 16:34:34 GMT
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Did the Route Napolean in the Stag, it's an excellent set of roads. Did the Vosges mountains last Autumn i.imgur.com/pbvhHPe.jpg
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vader
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Mar 23, 2019 21:40:07 GMT
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This is worth a look, British Engineer too
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Mar 23, 2019 21:45:57 GMT
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Stag resting after a long drive down to Frejus. Monaco is is nice place and not too expensive if you use the back streets for food and coffee. There’s top end clothes and jewellery shops I’d never heard of, but I’m not into that tho. The boats are impressive too
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Mar 24, 2019 13:08:28 GMT
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I drove 1000 miles across southern France last summer. Granted it was a hired Citroen C1 as we flew into Toulouse. Roads are awesome and not that busy either. Definitely stick to the smaller roads, we just navigated across country mostly and the small roads were so much fun, virtually empty and beautiful. I did however get a speeding fine from a dual carriageway that sneakily dropped the limit for a few hundred metres for a junction joining whilst trying to get to a Tour de France stage We drove into Andorra one day and it was wet and grim which made the switchbacks interesting. Millau Viaduct is magnificent. We drove under it first from the West then over it and then the hair raising decent down to Montpellier, which was a hole, but the lagoons and beaches were nice. I think a medium sized car would be perfect, Focus sized or a little hot hatch, like an AX
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Mar 24, 2019 20:51:17 GMT
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Done the south of France twice in the Stag. The Milau viaduct is worth a look, even if it does cost 10 euros to cross it! I used their motorways so didn’t find any good driving roads. Traffic is horrible in Lyon and on the south coast. If you go to Monaco or St.Tropez then go early because traffic is terrible, also watch out for scooters/mopeds Agreed about the Viaduct. Though my advice is cross it one way and head through the gorgeous little town of Millau the other instead. The original route through the town heads into some pretty fun twisties when heading south. I've driven to Spain countless times along with route and decided to take the cheaper A77/N7 route, as opposed to the A71 via Bourges. It made no difference in time, saved about 40€ and allowed me to sample some gorgeous villages around Moulins. In general, skip the north and head for the Pyrenees.
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