Taking a Ferrari 360 Modena to Modena - Our Euro trip
Discussion
I adored the Modena but it was becoming increasingly frustrating here in the south east, heading out for a bit of a drive and always being sat in traffic. It began to feel like a racing car constantly having to adhere to the pit lane limiter. That was the fault of our congested roads, full of lumps, holes and cameras and no fault of the car. It took me a long while to get my head around swapping it but the California should be an easier car to simply cruise about in whereas I felt the 360 was wasted unless you could unleash it on some quiet roads (although then you're still always dreading the scamera vans).
Interesting story - I think I probably have one suggestion for a "process improvement".
I get that you don't want to use a satnav, because you want to choose the specific roads you travel on. However, as you found out, navigating in Europe can be somewhat challenging at times, and you can end up going round in circles and taking forever actually get on the road you want to be on.
What I do is plan my route before I leave using either Google Maps or Via Michelin (which can be quite challenging if you do your planning during winter, as both systems will refuse to route you over mountain passes that are closed - I get round this by using places immediately before and after the actual pass). Then I pick waypoints along the route that force the satnav to send me along the roads I want to drive along. Something like Waze makes this super easy. I then have the advantage of having Waze direct me when things are a bit tricky, but I'm also following the route I want to follow. Not sure if it's available for your Ferrari, but there's an Australian company (Naviplus) that make Android Auto / Carplay systems that work using a transparent overlay over the top of the factory screen - so you keep the factory look and all of the original functionality, but can also use Waze and Spotify really easily.
Also - when you book Eurotunnel and you put in your car registration, it works out if you have a low or wide car and automatically books you into the tall vehicle carriages. You then just follow the signs appropriate to the ticket you've been issued and you'll end up in the right place.
I get that you don't want to use a satnav, because you want to choose the specific roads you travel on. However, as you found out, navigating in Europe can be somewhat challenging at times, and you can end up going round in circles and taking forever actually get on the road you want to be on.
What I do is plan my route before I leave using either Google Maps or Via Michelin (which can be quite challenging if you do your planning during winter, as both systems will refuse to route you over mountain passes that are closed - I get round this by using places immediately before and after the actual pass). Then I pick waypoints along the route that force the satnav to send me along the roads I want to drive along. Something like Waze makes this super easy. I then have the advantage of having Waze direct me when things are a bit tricky, but I'm also following the route I want to follow. Not sure if it's available for your Ferrari, but there's an Australian company (Naviplus) that make Android Auto / Carplay systems that work using a transparent overlay over the top of the factory screen - so you keep the factory look and all of the original functionality, but can also use Waze and Spotify really easily.
Also - when you book Eurotunnel and you put in your car registration, it works out if you have a low or wide car and automatically books you into the tall vehicle carriages. You then just follow the signs appropriate to the ticket you've been issued and you'll end up in the right place.
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