Founder Beanoir™ Posted April 11, 2017 Founder Share Posted April 11, 2017 ...but totally an issue for a devout petrolhead. I'm off on another Petrolhead Tours trip in June to Norway. The trip means driving from the UK, through France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark by mainly motorways for 2 days before getting there. quite a long schlep. So so do I take the M5, perfect for the motorway and fun on the Autobhan, or do I take the Cayman perfectly suited to the more fun twisty roads in Norway, but uncomfortable for the 4 days of journey there and back? Difficult decision? Or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I think you should take your Ford XR2, problem solved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob63 Posted April 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2017 9 hours ago, Beanoir said: ...but totally an issue for a devout petrolhead. I'm off on another Petrolhead Tours trip in June to Norway. The trip means driving from the UK, through France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark by mainly motorways for 2 days before getting there. quite a long schlep. So so do I take the M5, perfect for the motorway and fun on the Autobhan, or do I take the Cayman perfectly suited to the more fun twisty roads in Norway, but uncomfortable for the 4 days of journey there and back? Difficult decision? Or not... I'll throw another option into the mix... You can have the pleasure of my 21 year old Seat Arosa. Overall the car is in a very good condition, mechanically at least, with a genuine 53k on the clock and ALL receipts from new. However, it seems that the previous one Lady owner had a propensity for striking wooden objects at low speed, unless there's a trend amongst the older generation to set garden fence and gate posts at jaunty angles. The performance from the 1.4 auto is more than enough for a road trip of this nature, after all you'll be applying the age old convoy rule of slowest at the front...this will make you the fastest. I've no intention of putting the car on a dyno but suffice to say that on a dry and well compacted surface it will easily pull a chicken of its nest. The weak link here will be the tyres, these are Chinese Slide Masters, 40mph feels like 60mph, 70mph feels like a ton and a ton feels like...well, this being Norfolk we don't have a hill or sea cliff high enough. Storage wise thing's aren't too bad, with the rear seats up you can get a pair of trainers in the boot, there's a decal on the back of the seat to offer advice on achieving this, with seats in the down position I can then get the rest of my running gear and a towel in the back. No AC installed, but if you reach over to the nearside window you can wind it down to offer an ample supply of free, non power sapping, cooling air. Admittedly the ICE system is fairly basic, that said the LW reception is pretty adept at picking up errant Russian trawlers working in the Dogger Bank area. But...it does offer a good old fashioned cassette player, unfortunately there's a Jeferson Starship C90 tape stuck in it...if you can remove this tape you'll find a Bony M one in the foot well. The handling is limited by the choice of rubber, see above, but cornering is 'interesting' with a certain amount of body role in evidence, recessed door handles would be a welcome addition. Overtaking maneuvers are best conducted by going between the cats eyes, strike one of these ruddy mini tank-traps and on a wet road at speeds above 35mph the resulting shimmy is enough to induce blurred vision, above 50mph and you risk a detached retina..... There's more, but you get the jist. Take the Arosa, give me the keys to the Bee Em and the Porker and upon your return I'll inform you of what you should have taken, simples 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Looks like that's a offer too good to refuse! I also have a Seat you could take, although you need to bolt it back together after rebuilding the Turbo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Popular Post Beanoir™ Posted April 12, 2017 Author Founder Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2017 An offer of 2 SEATS...compelling opportunity honestly, but I already have too much choice You guys are so helpful! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMC Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 On 12 April 2017 at 20:22, Beanoir said: An offer of 2 SEATS...compelling opportunity honestly, but I already have too much choice You guys are so helpful! 2 SEATS? So it has to be the Cayman? But wait... it can't be now... I guess you're taking the M5??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Beanoir™ Posted May 24, 2017 Author Founder Share Posted May 24, 2017 Sure am, it's good for the long journey to Norway - maybe not so good in the twisties once I'm there but I'm sure it won't be that bad. 9 days and counting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhouse Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 A moot point now but when we moved back to the UK from Sweden, the wife and I and two cats did much of that route over 2 days in my old 968 without any problems. A few years before, me and our three kids moved out there in my 944 but we did cheat a bit by taking the Newcastle to Gothenbutg ferry! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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