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Furthest you have driven abroad ?

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  • 20-02-2005 9:08pm
    #1
    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭


    What is the furthest you have driven abroad in your (Irish reg) vehicle ?

    Country/Countries visited ?


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    deckie27
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭deckie27


    Drove from De Hagg in Holland to Geneva Switzerland in a Reno 5.
    Went through Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Switzerland.
    was about 800 miles did it in 12ish hours

    Dec


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    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    Furtherst I've gone in my Irish reg car was Hungry :eek:

    Visited France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungry, Belgium and Austria. Somehow managed to miss Holland!

    Took about six weeks off an travelled around Europe. Got some funny looks at border control, when they'd see the reg they'd look twice :)


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    Maxxum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Maxxum


    Drove to Monte Carlo at christmas Via UK ,France,Germany,Switzerland,Italy,France and home 3500 miles in 10 days


    Had a Ball

    Saw some awesome cars

    3rd pic 355,360,430,DB9 !!!!!!!!!!!


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    rolion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭rolion


    Hello,

    Did it twice ,over 3 years,with my lovely car Renault Espace 99:
    Ireland-France-Germany-Austria-Hungary-Romania-Hungary-Austria-Italy-Switzerland-France-Ireland !
    This year,if my car will keep me going ,i want to see some of the Nordic Countries and spend few days in LegoLand in DK with my kids !

    I have used all the way my laptop with the GPS,no problems !
    Very impressed in Vienna,Paris,Venice ,Alps !
    Roads :Italy,France (expensive toll roads),Germany !

    First trip,my car left me down at the France-Germany border:petrol pump got bananas ! Lucky,i was in the Mother Country !!

    Problems at the border EU-nonEU,as usual !Felt quite not-at-home when i have to leave the EU Money zone and to start looking for cash machines and Exchange Points !

    I won't take the plane next time for nothing in the world !! The experinece is unique !!

    PS
    IrishFerries,a little bit rusty !! and for a crap Irish breakfast ,they charge me €12 !!


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    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    Cool !

    Nice wheels Maxxum - good to see an Irish-reg car 'flying the flag' around Europe !

    (I plan to do some EU driving at a future date).


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    ambro25
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭ambro25


    Pretty much all of Europe: France (+Corsica), Spain (+Teneriffe & Majorca), Italy, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Denmark/Norway. In a variety of personal + rental cars over the years (15 years or so since I've been driving).

    US: Florida - Mazda 323 (saloon), Ford MPV job, New England - Chevy Cavalier Z24 Convert, San Francisco - Pontiac (something) GT (big -BIG- & sleek family car thing)
    Canada - Volvo S40
    Turkey - local flavour of the Renault 12
    Antigua - That small tinfoil-looking Suzuki jeepy thing
    Iraq - Toyota Hi-Lux LWB, back in '86 (that one wasn't strictly legit, but then life was different back then in that particular place ;))


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    Haket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭Haket


    Furthest trip was France-Spain-Italy-Switzerland-Austria-Germany-Benelux-UK about 4.5k miles in 3 weeks, in 2001

    Furthest "as the crow flies" distance was Prague in 2003.

    This year it'll be the northern Norway / Sweden, all on my trusty 00-LK bike. You do get some funny looks especially in CZ and the more off the beaten track places, but they all seem delighted to see the IRL on the plate :-)


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