My Road Trip 2012
My Road Trip 2012
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anonymous-user

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70 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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Thought Id Share this, this is a road trip planned and booked, that me, my mates and my gf will be doing across Europe this summer. Where kicking off at the north of England down to dover, Calais to lyon then a stop over there to the south and a few days there then off to the stelvio pass then off on up to eiterfeld, then amsterdam and finally back to the UK. Here are some of my calculations and sites Ive used for help. Hope it can help anyone else. Ive viewed many threads and tried my best to modify the routes along some of the best roads the EU has to offer however money has a factor with this.



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  1. #########Fuel Prices in the EU###########
http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/fuel_prices_europe.ht...
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All in Euros
France 1.49 / £1.24
Germany 1.47 / £1.22
United Kingdom 1.58 / £1.31

  1. #########Rough CALC###########
41 litres = 9 (9.01873545)
330 Miles Per Tank
37 (rounded up) MPG Motorway / City Driving

  1. #########Calculating mileage under load###########
http://www.metrompg.com/posts/roof-racks.htm
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Average of all 'A' runs: 55.24 mpg (US)
Just adding (empty) roof racks reduced fuel economy to 48.2 mpg (US), or -7.0 mpg / -12.7%.

  1. #########PRICING###########
Total Miles Driven by Car: 3205 (rounded up)

  1. #TOTAL COST
Price Per Person
Petrol Cost £163.5
Tolls £28.04
Hostel £15
Caravan £95
Stelvio Pass Hotel £35PP
Frankfhurt train £8
Parking in Amsterdam £UNKNOWN
Amsterdam HOTEL £80PP
Food Approx: £15PD / £180 Total
Total cost APPROX: £604.54

  1. #########EU Tolls###########
http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/overseas/europea...
http://en.mappy.com/itinerary_homepage

  1. #########DRIVING IN FRANCE###########
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/touring_tips/...
http://www.thelocal.fr/1920/20111201/
http://www.brittany-internet.com/BrittanyNews/Driv...

  1. #########DRIVING IN GERMANY###########
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/touring_tips/...

  1. #########DRIVING IN AUSTRIA###########
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/touring_tips/...

  1. #########FRENCH CAMPING ADVICE###########
http://www.france4families.com/Campsites/Camping.h...
http://gofrance.about.com/od/lodging/a/camping.htm

  1. #Road Info###
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.ultimatedrives.net/routes/index.php


  1. PREVIOUS THREADS LINK##
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en...


Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 20th May 19:43


Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 20th May 19:46

MadMullah

5,297 posts

209 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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looks brilliant!

I'm doing something similar but not going that deep into germany - crossing over in switzerland to milan and then to paris not going south of france.

thanks for the links though