The A110 road trip topic
Discussion
Maxym said:
Great trip and great pictures there. I calculate your fuel consumption to be 37 mpg, so pretty good I reckon. (Another calculator gave me 31 mpg but I suspect that’s for US gallons.)
Thanks!With regards to the fuel consumption, one contributing factor to the relatively low consumption was the fact that the first driving day from Tallinn, Estonia to Kaunas, Lithuania which was about 600 km did not have motorways, speed limits were 90 km/h or lower and there were lots of traffic. Therefore the driving was mostly just driving peacefully on a queue. The fuel consumption on that day was 6.4 l/100 km according to the trip computer.
Portti said:
Thanks!
With regards to the fuel consumption, one contributing factor to the relatively low consumption was the fact that the first driving day from Tallinn, Estonia to Kaunas, Lithuania which was about 600 km did not have motorways, speed limits were 90 km/h or lower and there were lots of traffic. Therefore the driving was mostly just driving peacefully on a queue. The fuel consumption on that day was 6.4 l/100 km according to the trip computer.
44 mpg then! In my 1,500 miles (2,400 km) since new I’ve averaged about 40 mpg. A lot of motorway cruising at an indicated 75 mph/120 kph, and I accelerate fairly gently, but once I’m up to speed I don’t like to slow down. Efficient engine and light car.With regards to the fuel consumption, one contributing factor to the relatively low consumption was the fact that the first driving day from Tallinn, Estonia to Kaunas, Lithuania which was about 600 km did not have motorways, speed limits were 90 km/h or lower and there were lots of traffic. Therefore the driving was mostly just driving peacefully on a queue. The fuel consumption on that day was 6.4 l/100 km according to the trip computer.
biggles330d said:
It's that time of year again. Anyone off on an interesting road trip in their A110 this summer?
Currently on Lake Garda, having driven down the eastern side of France and over the Alps. Heading south of Turin midweek, then returning home through France, which will make the whole trip around 2k miles in total. Only seen two other Alpines, both Bleu Alpine -we've seen more Morgans, Ferraris and Lamborghinis on the trip, and Porsche/Audi RS are ten a penny.leglessAlex said:
Maxym said:
...and I accelerate fairly gently...
This is pretty wild to me. Even in every day driving I take every opportunity possible to floor it, things like motorway slip roads especially. It's a sports car!
I just returned from a short trip to Germany too. As soon as I had passed the sad scenery of NL, Flanders and the Ruhrgebiet, I chose to avoid all Autobahn stretches and was awarded with lots of beautiful curvy roads. Highlights were the rolling hills around the Tauber river in Bavaria, and the dormant volcanoes in the southern part of the Eifel region. Both are highly recommendable if you like open landscapes and roads with fast corners. Plus there seems to be hardly any road police left in Bavaria, now they have all been sent to the borders.
Three of the passes have fun lakes - san Bernardino, fluela (where the road wends between two) and reschen (which covers a village with only clock tower remaining).
Stelvio and Nufenden were great for the curves. The glaciers were massively shrunk so we didn’t stop instead stopping at Lake Constance.
We’re started the trip in mont dore and opened up on a few of the Tour de France stages.
Make sure to plan to stop for food properly. We are really well.
Stelvio and Nufenden were great for the curves. The glaciers were massively shrunk so we didn’t stop instead stopping at Lake Constance.
We’re started the trip in mont dore and opened up on a few of the Tour de France stages.
Make sure to plan to stop for food properly. We are really well.
Another video of an owner making proper road trip use of his new car. Not me sadly, but looks a great trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLqaxQrrkS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLqaxQrrkS8
marrow said:
I agree on which angle looks best, but even the bad one looks great! One of the best colours, and my favourite wheel design.
Well there’s something in what you say. I love the wheels but the Fuchs maybe have the edge? But this colour/interior/wheel combo came up and I snapped it up quick.Further to the pics above... This was a 600-mile trip to N Wales over four days during which the Alpine was a brilliant companion - able motorway cruiser, nimble when required, great along flowing A roads, sharp sprinter past slow drivers, intelligent transmission that quickly adapted to driving style. The only question mark was maybe the brakes, which on occasion needed more shove on the pedal than I expected.
Barmouth bridge:
Welsh Highland Railway:
Llanberis Lake Railway:
Near Llanberis:
Fairbourne Railway:
Drws-y-Coed:
Barmouth bridge:
Welsh Highland Railway:
Llanberis Lake Railway:
Near Llanberis:
Fairbourne Railway:
Drws-y-Coed:
Hello. I'd like to share some of my many road trips through Portugal. Probably the best roads in Europe! Believe me! I've even had the opportunity to host friends who own Alpines from the UK in Portugal, and I think they really enjoyed it. If you ever come to Portugal, I can show you hundreds of kilometers of the best mountain roads. Best regards from Portugal.
Here are some cell phone photos.
Here are some cell phone photos.
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