Motorail anyone?

[AG Tuscan II S]

Hey chaps - now my car is pretty much sorted, I am turning my attention to somewhere fantastic to drive it.
I fancy the motorail option to Nice (next summer) and then on into Italy / Switzerland for a week or so.

I read that the SNCF chaps do the loading / unloading of the car from the train. The thought of which fills me with the sound of stripped fifth gears and a bruised cold engine.

I'd be very glad to hear any experience /opinion that anyone has to offer.

Cheers.

[AG Tuscan II S]

fifth gears = "reverse gears"

[rens914]

what do you think of the stelvio pass in northern italy
2800 meters of lenght with 48 hairpin turns
be sure your brakes are ok
the summum for petrolheads

rens

[rens914]

AG Tuscan II S said:

Hey chaps - now my car is pretty much sorted, I am turning my attention to somewhere fantastic to drive it.
I fancy the motorail option to Nice (next summer) and then on into Italy / Switzerland for a week or so.

I read that the SNCF chaps do the loading / unloading of the car from the train. The thought of which fills me with the sound of stripped fifth gears and a bruised cold engine.

I'd be very glad to hear any experience /opinion that anyone has to offer.

Cheers.

have never done the motorail
have been on the skitrain through the alpes to switserland
there you load and unload yourself and stay in the car during the trip
i don't fancy "boy's" driving my car either

my son is a mecanic and i know how they sometimes take advantage to testdrive cars they have been working on
rens

[b2tus]

Hi
I have used Motorail with my TVR and I insist on loading and unloading my car. No problemswit this and a great way (albeit expensive) to take the car to the south of France.

[AG Tuscan II S]

Awesome - thanks for that - thanks for the tip Rens too!