Every day tips for living with a 599
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Then off to Maranello.
The A1 was a jam because of a bad accident and added nearly an hour. No matter the country, the 599 hates creeping along in traffic.
Stayed at Villa Maranello
https://www.hotelvillamaranello.it/
Had dinner at Cavallino. The Beef was amazing!
https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/ristorante-cavallino
The A1 was a jam because of a bad accident and added nearly an hour. No matter the country, the 599 hates creeping along in traffic.
Stayed at Villa Maranello
https://www.hotelvillamaranello.it/
Had dinner at Cavallino. The Beef was amazing!
https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/ristorante-cavallino
Milan wasn't feeling very Christmas like so decided to go find a little snow.
Took the Simplon pass to Zermatt
The road was wet and temps dropped to 0 but the 599 remained sure footed and we got to Zermatt for lunch.
The sun came out in the afternoon and little more scenic driving.
The 599 is such a joy to drive.
Set any speed and she'll eat a motorway in comfort. Hit the mountain pass, preferably a nice wide one
and you'll have great fun on the twisty bits.
Then she will slip quietly through Swiss villages without drawing too much attention yet you'll get smiles and nods from the people who know.
The best bit though was reving it up and doing skids in a car park for a couple of small kids. I'm not sure the parents approved but this kid was having fun
Took the Simplon pass to Zermatt
The road was wet and temps dropped to 0 but the 599 remained sure footed and we got to Zermatt for lunch.
The sun came out in the afternoon and little more scenic driving.
The 599 is such a joy to drive.
Set any speed and she'll eat a motorway in comfort. Hit the mountain pass, preferably a nice wide one
and you'll have great fun on the twisty bits.Then she will slip quietly through Swiss villages without drawing too much attention yet you'll get smiles and nods from the people who know.
The best bit though was reving it up and doing skids in a car park for a couple of small kids. I'm not sure the parents approved but this kid was having fun
Journey back to the UK was interesting this time Google didn't try to murder me and took me along some interesting roads over the Jura. D9, D47 and linked up to the N5.
Once on the motorway conditions deteriorated with heavy rain but luckily very little standing water so was able to drive at normal speeds.
However frustration abound as my deliberate choice of fuel station was devoid of super
Luckily there's a large reserve on this car and driving with the light on till the next station only resulted in 85 litre fill of a theoretical 110 litres
Once on the motorway conditions deteriorated with heavy rain but luckily very little standing water so was able to drive at normal speeds.
However frustration abound as my deliberate choice of fuel station was devoid of super
Luckily there's a large reserve on this car and driving with the light on till the next station only resulted in 85 litre fill of a theoretical 110 litres
I'm sure we must have driven past eachother 10 years ago! I lived in Sciez, my wife was a frontalier, working in Genève for 6 years.
I used to ride my motorbike all over the Jura in the summer and take the scooby in the winter
Much less snow than I remember for this time of year.
All the roads were clear.
The snow line was quite a way up and even then very patchy.
I used to ride my motorbike all over the Jura in the summer and take the scooby in the winter
Much less snow than I remember for this time of year.
All the roads were clear.
The snow line was quite a way up and even then very patchy.
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