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Post by Blackbeauty » Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:08 pm

Evening,

Newcomer just dropping a line to say 'hello'

Loving every minute of owning this car (23i M Sport no mods (yet)) After buying back in ...er March I think it was I've already done a drive down through France to Barcelona (via Andorra) and then through the Pyrenees (N240/260 route) across to San Sebastian and back up to catch the boat home again. Fantastic to drive and many admiring glances along the way from Continental types!

..hope the piccy loads up ok (I'm useless with technology)
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Post by Mr Tidy » Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:31 pm

Piccy loaded just fine OP, and car looks great!

Keep enjoying it. :driving:
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Post by buzyg » Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:10 am

Sounds like a great way to get to know your Zed. :driving: Welcome to the forum. You could also to provide photographic evidence of your Zed enjoying some fine European roads too. For us poor folk stuck in Blitey :D
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Post by enzed4 » Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:54 am

Beautiful car, I'll bet it just ate those miles :thumbsup:
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Post by RickRob » Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:48 am

Hi and welcome.

Thanks for the pic - looks good!

The road trip you did is on my bucket list, but if we do it, it will be on the Discovery so that large hound can come.

Enjoy :driving:
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Post by Smartbear » Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:01 am

RickRob wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:48 am Hi and welcome.

Thanks for the pic - looks good!

The road trip you did is on my bucket list, but if we do it, it will be on the Discovery so that large hound can come.

Enjoy :driving:
take the zed & your hound can follow in a support vehicle :P
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Post by Smartbear » Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:03 am

Blackbeauty wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:08 pm Evening,

Newcomer just dropping a line to say 'hello'

Loving every minute of owning this car (23i M Sport no mods (yet)) After buying back in ...er March I think it was I've already done a drive down through France to Barcelona (via Andorra) and then through the Pyrenees (N240/260 route) across to San Sebastian and back up to catch the boat home again. Fantastic to drive and many admiring glances along the way from Continental types!

..hope the piccy loads up ok (I'm useless with technology)
Hi, How did you find it for comfort? I've done a euro jaunt in my e89 with m-sport seats and felt better after the trip than I did before leaving!
Great way to bond with your new car :thumbsup:
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e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
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Post by jabber » Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:02 am

Hi and welcome to the forum liking your test drive route!
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Post by Rusky » Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:15 am

Nice introduction, lovely zed :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by firebobby » Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:51 pm

Welcome to the forum, epic road trip
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Post by Blackbeauty » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:13 pm

Dear All

buzyg...I don't know what was wrong with me but I didn't get many shots of the car whilst on the trip...plenty of shots from the car taken by my other half...but I was just so wrapped up in the drive I didn't give it enough thought I guess. Anyway, at the risk of boring you folk here's a selection from the trip. (If you are ever in that part of the world (Spanish Pyrenees) you have to drive the N240 and/or N260...it's Zed country!) I've included some of the Zed before setting off just because it was an interesting experience squeezing as much into the car as possible for a two week holiday without compromising the driver/passenger space.

enzed...I tried to get off the beaten track as much as possible. I didn't want to just hammer down motorways (when I had to it did indeed eat the miles...the straight six was barely ticking at 80!). In the main though I planned my route to take the more interesting roads so that I could explore the countries and of course the 'soundtrack' a bit more!

Smartbear...Before buying I'd read numerous warnings about the Zed particularly when running on 19's and run flats (poor ride and tram lining etc). On all but the worst roads I found it incredible civilised and comfortable (and I don't think French and Spanish roads generally are any better than those here in UK). I drove/drive it in standard mode so can't comment on sport and sport plus yet. As a caveat to the above I would say that if you do hit a bad pothole you really bloody know about it with the above set up!

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1. Maximising that thin gap behind the seats...Atlas, route planner, battery charger, mini tyre compressor, emergency tyre repair foam, hi viz jackets, first aid kit, iPad, fire extinguisher etc etc...all the car related stuff... packed into the two seat organisers hanging from the hoops. Our overnight rucksack for the ferry in the middle (took me ages to find one in matching black leather... :rofl: )
2. I bought the fitted luggage for the boot from a place in Germany. Wife thought it was an extravagance but it turned out to be damned convenient and maximises space with the lid down
3.One minute to launch (No, I don't know why the wife felt the need to do a Fonz impression!)
4. The love of my life (and the wife) Just pulled off the motorway here and preparing to drop the roof for a drive through the vineyards of the Languedoc, southern France
5.No matter where you go there's always someone to upstage you! Hotel car park in Carcasonnes. I parked in such a way that he couldn't bounce his cheap door off my Zed
6.BB in the Pyrenees. Fuel stop somewhere near Andorra I think (Lord I wish I was back there right now!)
7. Gerri De La Salle, northern Spain...this is why I got off the motorways!
8. N260 near Seira (the soundtrack on this stretch and in the numerous tunnels was bloody fantastic...I have to admit to being very childish here and dropping it down to second for no other reason than to listen to the roar reverberating off the canyon walls as I went up through the gears)
9. N260 near Janovas (I bought the car because I no longer fly (chicken) and the wife wanted a foreign holiday. I wasn't going to do a driving holiday in my workhorse trusty Mondeo so bought the Zed...no regrets and you don't get views like this from an aircraft!)
10. N260 nr Abadia
11. N260 nr Sarroca
12.N240...view across the snout!
13 N240
14. N240...can't remember
15. I took this shot in the hotel car park in San Sebastian because I found it amusing...the car park was rammed but everybody seemed to be avoiding parking next to the Zed...which was fine by me!!

Day 1 Sheffield-Portsmouth (a day in Pompey Historic Dockyard...well worth a visit guys and gals!)
overnight ferry
Day 2 Le Havre- La Rochelle
Day 3 La Rochelle-Bordeaux
Day 4 Bordeaux-Carcasonnes
Day 5 Carcasonnes-Sitges
Day 12 Sitges-San Sebastian (12 hour drive through some utterly beautiful mountains/countryside)
Day 14 San Sebastian-La Rochelle
Day 15 La Rochelle-Le Havre, Pompey-Sheffield

2413 miles there and back...the Zed...utterly impeccable.

Next time we go I'll pay more attention to getting shots of the car !

This has been a post from the Spanish Tourist Board!
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Post by Blackbeauty » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:13 pm

the other ones!...

sorry these all seem to have loaded in reverse order
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Post by philbo909 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:37 pm

Bloody hell that's a nice Road trip, one on the list for sure! I'm surprised your stuff fit in the boot.
We're doing Ireland for two weeks end Sept, won't be wishing for a convertible there though
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Post by twizellb » Fri Aug 25, 2017 3:40 pm

Great road trip.
We are off to South of France later next week after buying our Z4 on monday.
Will try and get as many pics as possible, we have done Euro trips many times before and there are some fantastic roads alright.

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Post by Sam1977 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:36 pm

Fab photos and a great looking car! Tin-top convertible does look the business in my opinion.
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