Dear diary

[Taz]

Day -6

six days to go before my journey, last minute panics beginning to set in - what else do I need etc etc

today I gave the car a quick wash, its very very dirty, i must get some wheel cleaner and do those wheels again - MV2's are a nightmare

[roofless]

[MalcZ4]

Day -6



today I gave the car a quick wash, its very very dirty, i must get some wheel cleaner and do those wheels again - MV2's are a nightmare

Remember to take cleaning materials with you.

I did - I love cleaning my MV2 wheels.

[roofless]

Remember to take cleaning materials with you.

Yeah two weeks in a coupe without a wash and you'll be ripe Should've bought a convertible for that fresh off the clothes line smell

[Taz]

Day -6 (Continued)

been to Tesco's, got £1000 of euros. Also picked up 3 new T shirts - half price, Can't argue at £4.50 for a summer T shirt

[Lance]

Hi Taz

Be excited fella, there is something very special about road trips.

Remembering everything? As long as you have your passport and credit card, everything else you can get by without.

Spare key? Not sure where you can keep it though. I usually give my spare to someone else in the group, but IIRC you're doing this trip alone?

Split your money, perhaps hide some in the car/boot as that way you don't lose it all if it does go amiss. People do pull things out of pockets and a fold of readies fall out.

I've just come back from a weeks trip in France (motorbike) and saw 2 UK Z4s on my travels, you may well bump into some over there.

Remind me of your route please, there may be ideas en route.

Whatever you do, it'll be great and you'll see some great places and drive some epic roads......have fun.

[Taz]

Day -5

Washed car again, this time the bits inside the doors and boot, still need to do the wheels again

Bought 4 phrase books, German, French, Italian and Spanish. Also bought a Su Doka book

Dad gave me 2 camp site books


Lance, no route planned as such, just setting off and seeing

[Nickm]

Take some MF cloths and some Glass cleaner. Nothing worse than a dirty windscreen.....

[Nickm]

And also remember phone charger. If someone going with you, give them the spare key to keep safely......

[Mafoo]

Whatever you do, do not forget your camera.

Otherwise

[ZermattV]

Best of Luck with the Trip Taz ..... have you packed the can opener for southern climes

[roofless]

Taz, most important two items you need: a 2 pence piece and a dice

Each morning before you drive off flip the coin, heads left, tails right, roll the dice and see which number turning you take on the designated side and see where it takes you

Used to do this years ago and found some amazing out of the way places we would never have seen any other way, wish i'd had the presence of mind to write some of them down.

[Taz]

do they still make 2 pence coins?

[roofless]

do they still make 2 pence coins?

Ok flip a euro Don't flip the bird or for the modern guy i'm sure there's an app for the iphone, smart phone or f-phone, certainly seems to be plenty on the interweb to help people toss

[roofless]

Day 4 ? How's