jonybravo 0 Posted January 7, 2010 Not posted on here for a while! Me and my brother took the Rado on a road trip around Europe a few months back. She covered nearly 2,200 miles in 8 days. Started off in Manchester, down to dover, through Holland, Germany, Swizzerland down to Monaco (she looked awesome parked next to a ferrari 360) and back up through France. Didn't break down once, and the handling was awesome on windy roads of the Swiss alps. My brother enjoyed it so much he wants to buy one! Rado got loads of attention, particularly in germany when we visited the Nurburg ring (didn't take her on the track though) Got a few pics - i would definately recommend doing it! :stromlaufplan_gamma4.pdfrado1.jpg[/attachment:2hm4ok57]Corrado92.pdfrado2.jpg[/attachment:2hm4ok57]passat climatronic wiring diags.pdfrado3.jpg[/attachment:2hm4ok57]climatronic wiring-Golf from May 01.pdfrado4.jpg[/attachment:2hm4ok57]2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfrado5.jpg[/attachment:2hm4ok57]rado6.jpg[/attachment:2hm4ok57] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh Waddi 0 Posted January 7, 2010 Your pics are quality mate, always wanted to take my C on a trip but i dont have as much faith as you have. If you dont mind im after some cost/timescale on touring to holland and back. do you have a rough idea of fuel usage and timesacle. Obviously your VR will use more fuel than my measly valver. :salute: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swompy 0 Posted January 7, 2010 Obviously your VR will use more fuel than my measly valver. :salute: Looks like its a valver not a VR, 4 studs on the rims and just about see the V on the 16v grill badge. Watson what do you think? :lol: Sounds like a good trip too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted January 7, 2010 sounds similar to our Eurohoon this year. 3 rados and a ricemobile took 10 days through the swiss alps and to the ring it has to be done - good choice of holls!! Im sure there will be a few going this yr too :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh Waddi 0 Posted January 7, 2010 Obviously your VR will use more fuel than my measly valver. :salute: Looks like its a valver not a VR, 4 studs on the rims and just about see the V on the 16v grill badge. Watson what do you think? :lol: Sounds like a good trip too. The VR was a random guess, still after time/costs involed tho!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big ben 10 Posted January 7, 2010 yeah i would like to know rough cost, even a good route maybe? think its something everyone would like to do, just need a boot full of spares and a mechanic thats knows what their on about now :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrtw 0 Posted January 7, 2010 I once did a european jaunt like this (with gavkt) when we did the cannonball run round europe in a VR6. If I remember rightly we averaged 28.5 mpg with an average speed of 68mph for the trip. Our web site was http://www.corduroyslacks.com/cannonball/ and I think I wrote up all the details in a report somewhere on the site. The main thing I remember was roaring through the Alps along with an air cooled 911 - a superb time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted January 7, 2010 it does cost a fair bit in fuel but again this is down to the route, driving style and whether you go on the ring or not!! :lol: :lol: I have not totted up the cost on my card for fuel as it would hurt..... up to 100E each tank. 1 tank = 350 miles ish (we were driving fair quick) Journey = 2000 miles ish so: 2000/ 350 = 6ish tanks. It doesnt seem so bad when broken down :D I shared the journey this yr and we topped up in turns so not too bad. Worth every penny I say..... and I for one will be off again this year. No doubt! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanVW 0 Posted January 7, 2010 Your pics are quality mate, always wanted to take my C on a trip but i dont have as much faith as you have. If you dont mind im after some cost/timescale on touring to holland and back. do you have a rough idea of fuel usage and timesacle. Obviously your VR will use more fuel than my measly valver. :salute: My Brothers came over for xmas and took the Dover to Calais ferry and from there its about 3.5 hours drive to get to Amsterdam, the ferry was less than 100 quid for 4 passengers and the car. Cheers Dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiAsAKite 0 Posted January 7, 2010 I've taken the VR to Le Mans with a weeks camping gear twice, and to the south of France with 2 weeks camping gear twice, and its been fantastic, they really do make very good long distance cruisers, with the benefit that you can really enjoy the alpine roads when you get there.. ..the last time I drove 1001km, fully loaded, in a single day on the way back... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonybravo 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Thanks for the comments. My Rado is a 2.0L 16V :D The route we took is below: Cant really remember how much it all cost, but it wasn't cheap in the end. I think we were spending about £60 on fuel a day, and after a crap first night sleep in a tent in Germany, we opted to stay in hotels for the rest of the trip so the cost mounted up. Although some of the money was recouped in a Casino in France on the way back when I took them for 250 euros on the roulette table :clap: I think we were averaging around 400 miles a day, average speed around 60 mph. We were going to hire one of the Renault meganes at the Nurburg ring, but it worked out to be ridiculously expensive, something like £350 each for a few laps, and we didn't really have the budget to be honest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adski 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Im hoping to do something like this, this year, How did you go about Hotels? just stay in Travel inns? How long did it take you to plan the Route? did you use a Sat nav?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonybravo 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Spent a while planning the route, used Google maps and kept adding destinations which were approximately 400 miles apart as this was about as far as we fancied traveling each day, think most legs took around 6 or 7 hours. With regard accomodation we planned the first couple of places in advance, a campsite near Nurburg ring, then some place in Swizzerland, just reserved online as I took a netbook with us which was really handy when planning things to see and do. We didn't want to book all the accomodation in advance, as we may not have managed to keep to the schedule if we broke down or got stuck in traffic etc, but we didn't have any problems getting hotels. I think the one in Swizzerland was a travel inn, and monaco was some 5 star job, and on the way back some golfing club (dont play golf but it had a nice pool and views) and a variety of hotels which we booked the night before. We used sat nav, my brothers sat nav had world maps down loaded and to be honest it was a god send. Sometimes the motorways were gridlocked so we had to take detours down A-roads etc, and just having information such as how far you have left to travel and how long it will take you was invaluable to be honest. I got clocked by a speed camera in Germany, i think i was only doing about 30KMH, so not sure what that is in MPH but not very fast. The guy at the hotel told us the speed limit though the tunnel was 25KMH or something, which is really really slow. I told him the corrado has two speeds, 0mph and 90 mph and nothing in between LOL Anyway, i've not had any fines or anything in the post so I'm sure they just can't be arsed to track down a British driver. On the very last leg we were trying to get back to dover to get our ferry and we were running late and I think I had the rado at 120mph at one point! I took the rado to a garage the week before the trip, had a full service and told them i was going on a road trip and asked them to do a thorough check as we really didn't want to break down (Took it to Awesome GTI in Manchester) They sorted all the basics, and also replaced the wipers as the OEM ones are crap as we all know, and they raised the suspension at the front so that I could get on and off the ferry etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrado93 0 Posted January 17, 2010 Just out of curiosity, what's the best economy anyone has recorded on a VR6?! Most I've ever had personally is 34.5... Road trip looks amazing by the way, a friend of mine in his S4 and myself in my VR6 are planning on doing something similar this summer, so thanks for the pointers! 8) Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philmo 0 Posted January 17, 2010 sounds similar to our Eurohoon this year. 3 rados and a ricemobile took 10 days through the swiss alps and to the ring it has to be done - good choice of holls!! Im sure there will be a few going this yr too :D BTW Has any of you guys reported on the Eurohoon? [You must have a vid of the St Bernadino & Stelvio?] Sorry if I've missed it. Are there any senior C drivers fancying a similar trip - 2010? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swompy 0 Posted January 17, 2010 Just out of curiosity, what's the best economy anyone has recorded on a VR6?! Most I've ever had personally is 34.5... Road trip looks amazing by the way, a friend of mine in his S4 and myself in my VR6 are planning on doing something similar this summer, so thanks for the pointers! 8) Chris By all acounts CrazyDave got 40mpg out of his VRT on a road trip to the nurburgring ring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyDave 0 Posted January 17, 2010 Just out of curiosity, what's the best economy anyone has recorded on a VR6?! Most I've ever had personally is 34.5... Road trip looks amazing by the way, a friend of mine in his S4 and myself in my VR6 are planning on doing something similar this summer, so thanks for the pointers! 8) Chris By all acounts CrazyDave got 40mpg out of his VRT on a road trip to the nurburgring ring Sorry Jake, only 35mpg 8) Still amazing! Valver regularly gets 40 though :D Good trip that! Time to dig out the tunnel videos again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted January 17, 2010 sounds similar to our Eurohoon this year. 3 rados and a ricemobile took 10 days through the swiss alps and to the ring it has to be done - good choice of holls!! Im sure there will be a few going this yr too :D BTW Has any of you guys reported on the Eurohoon? [You must have a vid of the St Bernadino & Stelvio?] Sorry if I've missed it. Are there any senior C drivers fancying a similar trip - 2010? do you know what?? we havent. I am sure fuzz is doing a write up for Sprinter though........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
