greece-uk in a cupra!

[cupra2007]

goodmorning everyone!some quick thoughts before i forget them about roads and drivers!italy:very good roads,very bad drivers(aggressive),a lot of stations with gas and great food along the way,a lot of trucks!!swiss:the moment you pass the border you can feel the difference!really clean,smaller but good roads,everyone keeps the speed limits(in italy noone),fewer stations,the best scenery from all the highways all over europe by far!france:great roads,lights only around towns like the others though,good drivers,not so good stations,fewer trucks.luxembourg:great roads,lights everywhere!limits very very loose!the town was very miserable though,no life at all!belgium:best roads by far,loose speed limits,lights almost everywhere and the road from brussels to calais is really amazing,really fast smooth flow!.i recommend a weekend to brussels to you guys anytime it's just beautifull!!uk: we'll talk when i leave....next time we'll also talk about the cupra ok?

 

[cupra2007]

ok guys london is beautifull even more than paris,and i love paris,but oh my god it's so expensive!!i mean everything that in greece costs 1euro ,lets say ,here it costs 1pound so you are 50% more expensive in everything!!!i took my car today for a quick automatic wash at a nearby bp station and they took me 7pounds for what in greece i would have paid 6euros!!!is this only in london or everywhere in england?today i also have seen a jeep hammer limo 20metres long,i have it on video,really really kits!!we leave saturday for france and i hope i don't loose my license like lewis did!!cheers!!

 

[Tam]

LOL - yes London is expensive, but then most of the UK is far behind on day to day costs - and don't even talk about house prices!

You've obviously not filled up with Petrol to realise how expensive it is otherwise you'd have said about that too!

 

[m0rk]

£7 for a car wash in central london? it's £6 up here

glad you're enjoying the trip though

 

[diss_50]

£3.50 up here in Scotia

 

[DanGB]

where in london are you staying?

 

[cupra2007]

holiday inn kensington forum.very good hotel and we only got it for 110euros per night,great deal!!about the petrol i had 46.38lt of v-power for 50.51 pounds!!!!cheers!ps:the garage is costing me 25 pounds per night thought!!a lot of money guys.............

 

[cupra2007]

we're going to paris tomorrow for 4 days and then our long way back to ancona!some quick stuff about the cupra so far:1)there is a lot of power throughout the rev range although for some (a few) times i wished i had the revo on for those huge straights and espesially for the brussells-calais route! 2)at 130kph-145kph the fuel cons. is 9,8-10,2lt/100km which is great but....if you press it and travel at 160-180kph it goes to 14,5-17 li/100km!so be patient and on the limits...at least for most of the time!3)the driving position is almost perfect for long journeys except for a couple of thinks.first you NEED to install some kind of cushion in the doors plastics(see my thread) it really worked after 955km in one day!!!second the seat is a little bit narrow at the thighs, and i'm not fat mind you ,so after 3 or more hours of driving my left thigh was getting a little sore.maybe for you guys it will be the right one...Also i would have wanted more support for my lower back.i remind you that these problems begin after 4 or 5 hours behind the wheel,and yes i had a break every 2 or 3 hours on the road!!last little problem was the clutch.after a very long drive(lets say 5 hours) when i was entering a city and had to use it all the time it felt heavy and tiresome to use it,at this time i really wish i had the fr dsg...all in all nothing special though!these were my little problems,the pros you all now them very well don't you!?!

 

[m0rk]

Sounds like a great trip.

Paris centre drivers are amusing!

Take car in the fog tomorrow... it's been bad today

 

[cupra2007]

Sounds like a great trip.

Paris centre drivers are amusing!

Take car in the fog tomorrow... it's been bad today

thanks mate!where can i find info about the fog and the weather in the channel for tomorrow?in london it wasn't that bad,maybe in the road to dover?ps:we came with the p&o ferrys and they were very good so we'll propably take them on our way back although they were rocking from side to side slowly with no weather at all the day we came !

 

[cupra2007]

also can anybody tell me if there is a seat on my way to dover so i can stop by and bye a ZGB1P1061163
Description: Flexible Load Liner(http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=15249) ,like the one zboyd has in his car boot?we don't have these in europe-greece!!

 

[m0rk]

best bet is to watch BBC Breakfast (6-9am) on BBC1 in the morning. They have the best weather forecasts on TV.

OR

http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/UKXX0085?from=popular

but it's not too foggy

Traffic Map http://www.trafficengland.com/map/b...rafficBox=on&current=on&emap.x=299&emap.y=150

 

[Tam]

also can anybody tell me if there is a seat on my way to dover so i can stop by and bye a ZGB1P1061163
Description: Flexible Load Liner(http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=15249) ,like the one zboyd has in his car boot?we don't have these in europe-greece!!

Depends where you are getting your ferry from!

However according to Seat.co.uk http://dealer.seat.co.uk/dealers/locator2.aspx

Hollis Motors
1 Crabble Hill
Dover
Kent
CT17 0RS
Tel: 01304 206 710

or depending on which way you go out of london,

this dealer is just off the M25
Westerham Garage
190 London Road
Westerham
Kent
TN16 2DJ
Tel: 0845 2575403

this dealer is just off the A20 on the way out of london towards the M20
W J King Ltd
129 - 137 Main Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 6PA
Tel: 020 8300 8311

This dealer is off the M20
Hidsons Limited
1 Loose Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 7BW
Tel: 01622 688990

If you are not rushing towards the ferry then you can take the slow route down the A2 and past this dealer
Hidsons SEAT
5 High Street
Rainham
Gillingham
Kent
ME8 7JB
Tel: 01634 236000

And again, if not pushed for time then try these
Barretts SEAT
The Westgate
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2BL
Tel: 01227 864455

Check their locations out on http://maps.google.co.uk


Good luck, hopefully one of them will have one in stock for you

Need any more info - let me know

 

[cupra2007]

thanks a lot mork and tam,i'll try and phone one or two before i'll leave in the morning and see if they have it.if any of you guys and all the others of course ever come to greece let me know,i'll do my best to help you out!!it has been a great experience!!more from paris then...

 

[chrisboyle999]

also can anybody tell me if there is a seat on my way to dover so i can stop by and bye a ZGB1P1061163
Description: Flexible Load Liner(http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=15249) ,like the one zboyd has in his car boot?we don't have these in europe-greece!!

you may be better off waiting until you get to paris if youre there for 4 days, i'd be surprised if theyre available off the shelf.

 

[cupra2007]

ok,we're back in athens the last couple days!the ferry trip from ancona was really smooth,no sea at all,but the road from patra to athens is the worst by far in all of europe!!shame on us!!!now lets go back one week...

 

[cupra2007]

the trip from london to paris was ok,except some fog just before dover and a lot of snow from calais and 100km after that,nothing serious to report though!!getting into paris was relatively easy,and we used the car the days we stayed there to move around.the roads were much more wider thn in london,not a lot of traffic and many parking options!on the other hand london has by far the best bus system i met so there weren't really a need to use your own car to move around!!

 

[cupra2007]

what was really amazing though was how easy the trip from paris to ancona was after all!it was 1325km from our hotel to the port in ancona....we left paris at 8.30am christmas morning,everyone still asleep and reached ancona 9.30 pm!we stopped every 2.30 hours for gas or just a rest and we really enjoyed the ride down to ancona!!the seat didn't bother me that much this time around...strange!!

 

[cupra2007]

ancona was an empty city with no soul in the streets although joly hotel was ok for a good rest after so much driving!are all cities except the capitals that empty all over europe?in greece ,even in the winter,there are a lot of people in the streets whatever the time and especially christmas time...!thats it for now,i'll post some pictures when we'll go back to rhodes.have a very-very happy new year!!!

 

[wild willy]

ancona was an empty city with no soul in the streets although joly hotel was ok for a good rest after so much driving!are all cities except the capitals that empty all over europe?in greece ,even in the winter,there are a lot of people in the streets whatever the time and especially christmas time...!thats it for now,i'll post some pictures when we'll go back to rhodes.have a very-very happy new year!!!

Well done mate, this has to be the best Cupra road test ever.