sasha@lazytrips

Visited lake Bled and Slovenia on a previous trip so starting the road trip proper from Zagreb this time. All aligned on the various borders. The issue only arises if you enter Kosovo, then try to leave via a Serbian border + we're avoiding north Kosovo so here's hoping everything is straight-forward!

Thanks! Already booked most of the Croatia leg. Going Zagreb > Zadar (maybe via the lakes) > Sibenik > Trogir > Split > Hvar > Bosnia, then coming back from Montenegro to Dubrovnik and catching the ferry across to Bari!

Got an Xperia Z5 Premium and have had exactly the same question on my mind for almost a year now. Couldn't be bothered to figure it out, but if anyone knows, this would be useful!

Ah that's a shame! Well you'll be looking at a solid 15-16 hour drive there! If you're taking the Belgium/Germany/Austria/Slovenia route, then be careful on your timings as that route will travel around Koln and Frankfurt which can be notoriously jammed up during certain parts of the day! Really want to join in one of these road trips with the zeds, but struggling to find many groups who travel down together. In the entire country of Luxembourg there are only 20 members of a specific luxembourg Z owners group... one of which I will be convoying with to Berlin for Reisbrennen 2016 next month! Yeah - I don't think it'll take me that long. Been that way to parts of north Italy and central Europe multiple times before. 45 mins to Eurotunnel 45 mins to get through to France (including loading/unloading) 30 mins to get to Belgium 2 hours through Belgium to Black Forest. Have made the diagonal through Germany in 4 hours on a good day. Even if it takes 6/7 that's just 10 hours to Austria and Zagreb is pretty close from there. Leave at 7, be there for dinner.

I've done a few insane road trips going as far afield as southern Europe & into various parts of Russia (all in the zed ) but never driven through areas with actual live mine fields (Drive from Sarajevo to Prizren in Kosovo through some remote mountains) so definitely expecting a variety of road quality! Hopefully will get the car prep moving promptly and get the show on the road! @mattross1313: Have an issue on the back of the car where I dropped my golf bag on a very expensive bumper and some weird paint rubbing issue on the side that I'd like to get fixed. Don't want people to look at you funny as if you don't care about the car in provincial Albania! @RS8055: Kinda missing out on everything before the Balkans on this one - driving down from the UK to Zagreb on day 1 so will make my way through Belgium to the autobahn and put my foot down

Can anybody please explain what I have to do when replacing rear suspension with coilovers? Do I have to reinforce the connection? How?

Thanks! Going to be a tough choice!

So I've decided to take the car on another little road trip. This time we're driving around the Adriatic Sea. Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania then hop across to Italy and make our way back up. Start date: 18 August I will try and post some photos in this topic. For more, feel free to check out my Instagram below. INSTAGRAM PHOTOS: https://www.instagra...m/sasha.yanshin Thanks to everybody who helped out with the car parts during the prep stage!

Is it worth getting any new brackets underneath the car? Always wondered whether it would be worth it/make a difference. I mean the various brace types on sale at the usual places.

Thanks! Which of the BC variants do I need to go for? Have no idea on suspension. Been on the factory one for 150k odd miles! Driving down to Greece this summer so need to get it into good shape!

Hi guys, Looking for recommendations. Need to replace my suspension as mine is way past its sell-by date on high miles. Springs at the back are gone and fronts are pretty much gone too. Looking for some good quality suspension setup that will: a. NOT lower the car b. Provide good firm control c. Be suitable for long drives and road trips rather than action laps around a track Any recommendations welcome. Finding it hard to find good options which do not include lowering the car.

Think the key is how it sounds with fluctuations around the 3-3.5k rev range (e.g. sitting on Motorway at 80ish). Think most things will be quieter than my current one, but really hard to find something that fits the bill. Guess my needs are different to the majority wanting more sound!

Looking to replace my exhaust with something that doesn't wake up the entire county in the morning. As some of you know, I do a lot of long distance driving and am looking to drive to Greece this summer. Would really like to be able to hold a conversation in the car and limit the rasp/headache. Currently have a custom-made dual with *limited* silencing (a little similar to the HKS Ti) so I'd guess the majority of options would be better. Requirements: Quiet (subject to below) Good sporty sound (as long as above holds) Dual look at the back without a central silencer box Nothing with burnt tips or giant pineapple guns at the back (my current setup) *** Any recommendations welcome!

Seems that Rota UK only has 1 rear 11 inch wheel in stock - no idea where to get me another!

Hi guys, I'm looking for some Linea Corse LC818s in the following sizes. One of my current wheels is badly damaged so I would like these as soon as possible. Hyper Silver 19x9.5 ET20 19x11 ET25 I have some new 265 and 285 wide tyres which should work nicely with these. I tried contacting some traders and websites, but no luck. Any advice appreciated. Cheers, Sasha

Woop. That'll be me

134k miles - still on original clutch Car's been to over 20 countries, up and down most European mountain ranges and all kinds of rough dirt tracks. I'm not sure how, but some of them do last...

I've got some good news! The underlying site structure is now complete and live! A huge update which should now look great on all manner of devices and has a cool fresh feel. Be sure to check it out: Lazy Trips Updates scheduled in the upcoming weeks: Loads of new content - this should really help with information. Reopen user area with ability to save favourite locations, etc Add trip planning with full itinerary, hints and tips. You can share these on social media, add any relevant information (e.g. ferry crossing details or hotel bookings). Plus a whole lot more after this to bring the entire planning process under one awesome roof. The summer is here, so get ready to pound some European mileage. Or should that be kilometrage?

Think your route sounds good. Dijon in particular is a fantastic spot en route to southern/central Europe. Be sure to stop at a few other places in the north-east near venice starting with Verona. If you haven't got it in your itinerary, Bologna is a fantastic place to visit. Zero tourists, amazing medieval architecture and arguably the best food you'll have in Italy. Perhaps add that last stop on our North Italy tour to yours as it's on the way?

I'm doing a Balkan drive myself this summer! Looking forward to it!

As some of you know, I'm a big road trip fan. Recently I've relaunched the core platform for a site I ran some time ago for fellow road trip lovers. Still in early stages of the relaunch, there are a few road trip itinerary ideas already on there - all built up from personally going on these trips myself and including some of my favourite spots. The website is here: Lazy Trips A couple of great road trips for you to use as ideas for a summer road trip: Spain road trip down the Mediterranean coast Italy road trip through amazing cities of the north Still working on fixing some old structural issues, but coming in the next few months: Reopening user accounts Ability to make personal road trip plans and itineraries and share these with friends and family Loads of information on sights, cities, and anything travel-related! I'll post updates as they come! Hoping this will be useful for some fellow road trip enthusiasts on here!

Apologies for never posting back on this - had a very turbulent time recently with work so haven't had the opportunity. We made it all the way round the rest of the trip with absolutely no problems. Drove up to St Petersburg along what is meant to be Russia's best motorway. Here are a few pictures from that: After spending the afternoon walking around and the evening eating Chinese food, we began the trip back. The road from St Petersburg towards Latvia is patchy with the majority of patches being awful. As we were fast approaching the Latvian border, the inevitable happened and we were stopped by the Russian blue sirens. The one of us who wasn't me was sat behind the steering wheel as the very serious-looking men in blue explained the full list of charges including illegal manoeuvres, speeding and various others which were duly caught on camera. Jail in Pskov, impounding of the car with little prospect of getting it back and a first court hearing 3 days later were on the menu but after I completely by accident parted with a £50-worth stack of roubles down the appropriate glovebox we got on our way and made it safely to the border despite another few dozen lots of men in blue hiding in every bush along the way. Here is a pretty church that we stopped off at shortly after the stop: We crossed through a very random little village crossing into Latvia which was great because there was absolutely no queue and the local boss came round to chat. The chat went something like "How many horsepower" followed by "Is that all?" Great mardy guy. Latvia was a major surprise. We didn't venture towards the coast, but covered a lot of the eastern half of the country and wow. It is stunning. There are hills and forests and lakes with beautiful houses. This place gives countries like Switzerland and Slovenia a run for their money. I completely didn't expect it, but it felt a lot more European than any of its neighbours. Talking of neighbours, the moment we crossed into Lithuania, everything changed. We were back to Soviet-style towns, old rusty tractors and... roadworks. Now these weren't just some roadworks of the type you might expect on a major road between two countries. This was the sort of thing that monster trucks usually get up to. I have no idea how we got the car along the 70-80 miles of a mix of mud, rocks, crevasses and sudden changes in the height of the road which could be more than a foot in places, but eventually we made it out. The car was in a bit of a state. With the dirt road taking quite a few hours off our journey, we arrived into Gdansk very late which meant that we spent half of the next day going round the town before setting off for Bremen. I can't seem to locate the photos from this bit of the trip - must be on some odd SD card lying around in a rucksack somewhere. Bremen was also very nice. Quite unlike a number of other cities at the western tip of Germany, the centre looks great even if most of it is reconstructed. The beer is also good (but not as good as Belarus) and due to the autobahn we made up a lot of time to relax in the evening. The journey back from Bremen was very quick and straightforward right down the middle of Holland and towards Calais. To be honest by this point, we were both glad to be back - a really great experience and lots of cool memories!

And a couple more. Unfortunately it was pouring it down during our entire stay in Minsk so not much photographic evidence available.

So we've made across the tunnel, along Germany's finest concrete and experienced southern Poland's "roads" before filling in a small forest's worth of paperwork to temporarily import the car into the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan joint tax area before stopping off at Minsk and carrying on to Moscow. Here's some interesting things: Provided you do your homework, the trip is pretty easy to do once you get going Krakow was great, but annoyingly full of drunk and high British stag weekend revellers drinking beer at 9am in various cafes while watching Sky Sports Border crossing to Belarus takes a few hours, but as long as you have the right visas and all the right paperwork (with a load of photocopies of every single document) it is relatively smooth - if anyone wants to go make sure that you have either Russian or Belarussian roubles available to purchase insurance and other potential border expenses. Cash only. Minsk is fantastic - great restaurants open all night - we had an amazing meal in one of the best ones in town for about £20. Only got stopped twice on the way to Moscow by the notorious Russian Police. Mostly for entertainment value for them to crack jokes at our documents which apparently look very different to Russian ones. So last night we thought we'd go and check out the sights and naturally enough went and parked up right on the Red Square for some photo taking. Confused local law enforcers came over to have a look, but let us get on with it. Obviously the next logical step was to go to the Moscow street racing venue by the University and park up in front of the Moscow State University on a hill overlooking the city.

New tyres: DONE New brakes: DONE Rusty bit replacements: DONE Wobbly plastic bits: DONE All ready for Saturday morning!