Aventador to Geneva
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On a bit of a whim, and clutching a pair of hospitality passes from McLaren, me and a buddy decided to jump in my Aventador on Friday at about 10pm and drive through the night to get to the Geneva Motorshow. We arrived in Geneva at 7am on Saturday morning, went to the show and got back in time for tea with my mum on Sunday! We powered through lots of rain, snow, sleet, ice, narrow city streets, lots of attention, a few police escorts,and several games of cat and mouse with gangs of car spotters to finally get to the hotel overlooking the beautiful lake Geneva. On he way back we enjoyed wide open sunny roads and the howl of the V12. What an epic GT car...
Here are some pics of the journey.... We're gonna do it all over again next year if anyone wants to join us...
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Here are some pics of the journey.... We're gonna do it all over again next year if anyone wants to join us...
likesachange said:
Fantastic, you must have been knackered and grumpy come sunday surely??
I can only imagine the aventador being quite noisey hard and tiring on such a journey?
Not at all, the Aventador is a great GT carI can only imagine the aventador being quite noisey hard and tiring on such a journey?
Sure on small British roads its bumpy and harsh, but get it on the big, smooth continental roads, pop it in Strada mode and its quiet, comfortable, roomy and refined.
Just a little!! Did you hang out the door while driving on? 
ChocolateFrog said:
Just about to say that must have been a bum clenching drive down the train.
It feels tight enough in a normal car.
Yeah unfortunately they had no space left in the wide carriage, it was a complete nightmare and the train loading team got a bit upset we were taking so long to move the car to its final position. We had to go through 7 carriages with 1cm each side! It feels tight enough in a normal car.
SteelySteve said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Just about to say that must have been a bum clenching drive down the train.
It feels tight enough in a normal car.
Yeah unfortunately they had no space left in the wide carriage, it was a complete nightmare and the train loading team got a bit upset we were taking so long to move the car to its final position. We had to go through 7 carriages with 1cm each side! It feels tight enough in a normal car.
SteelySteve said:
Yeah unfortunately they had no space left in the wide carriage, it was a complete nightmare and the train loading team got a bit upset we were taking so long to move the car to its final position. We had to go through 7 carriages with 1cm each side!
Wow, thats almost a better story that you came out unscathed than the the driving to Geneva!SteelySteve said:
Yeah unfortunately they had no space left in the wide carriage, it was a complete nightmare and the train loading team got a bit upset we were taking so long to move the car to its final position. We had to go through 7 carriages with 1cm each side!
i was contemplating taking the eurotunnel in my murcielago; this has made me think I will take the ferry instead....SydneySE said:
SteelySteve said:
Yeah unfortunately they had no space left in the wide carriage, it was a complete nightmare and the train loading team got a bit upset we were taking so long to move the car to its final position. We had to go through 7 carriages with 1cm each side!
i was contemplating taking the eurotunnel in my murcielago; this has made me think I will take the ferry instead....Its unusual to not be able to get onto the wide carriages on Eurotunnel.
As others have mentioned you can always choose high vehicle option on booking the tunnel which gives you the much wider carriages (No extra)
they do normally wave you through if you turn up in something like the Lambo.
Best solution IF you can't is to drive down the train with 1 set of wheels on the kerb and only centre it up when you get to the final parking spot.
they do normally wave you through if you turn up in something like the Lambo.
Best solution IF you can't is to drive down the train with 1 set of wheels on the kerb and only centre it up when you get to the final parking spot.
SteelySteve said:
On a bit of a whim, ...... me and a buddy decided to jump in my Aventador on Friday at about 10pm and drive through the night to get to the Geneva Motorshow. We arrived in Geneva at 7am on Saturday morning, went to the show and got back in time for tea with my mum on Sunday!.....
Top man ! that's what supercar ownership is supposed to be about (less the bit about tea with your mum)Edited by Wilmslowboy on Tuesday 8th March 20:26
Wilmslowboy said:
Top man ! that's what supercar ownership is supposed to be about (less the bit about tea with your mum)
Well it was Mothers day, god bless her!Edited by Wilmslowboy on Tuesday 8th March 20:26
It was epic, I know 1200 miles in 48 hours cost me in depreciation, but the memories of the trip are priceless so I'm quids in!
Edited by SteelySteve on Tuesday 8th March 21:50
Awesome read! Well done! I drove my murci from Surrey to Italy chasing the Mille Miglia, 3000 miles and memories will live forever. If the wide carriage is not available when you book just go through the >1.85m, anyway. I've always got on that way and the website doesn't actually mention a width restriction so totally legit to wait till you get there and refuse to go through the width barrier as it is 2.0m and I think our cars are 2.04m! I've taken the murci over 5or 6 times that way
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