PaulR

Did a Z euro trip in June, the pics on my thread show mostly where I went....awesome http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/ov ... pment.html The link above is the AA definitive guide of what you need for each country. Spare bulbs I think you might need (Although clearly you can't change HID lights, but I took some headlight bulbs anyway so Monsieur Plod was 'appy!) Radar detectors are totally banned in France and they take a very dim view of them. GPS based camera-detecting systems are OK. If you take a sat-nav I'd take a Euro Atlas too as a backup...satnavs go wrong at the worst moments.... If you end up parking up anywhere in a French town space tends to be at a privelege - parallel parking is done by feel, and double parallel parking is common. Multi-stories tend to be exceedingly tight too - I had to use the entry to exit the one in Cannes we used as I couldnt physically get the Z round the corner used for the real exit. Plan your parking carefully! It's also well worth filling up here before you go. With the Euro rate (thanks Mr Brown ) you're looking at the best part of £90 to fill the Zed on the continent. Worth budgeting for. And most of all enjoy it! You'll love it! Not many Z's in France so expect a few looks! Any other help just ask. Oh and I'm standard ride height but had no bother on / off Ferry...

Went to Uni in Swindon. Got a bollocking off the local traffic Police one night for literally going in a straight line over the magic roundabout from one side to the other at about 40mph....oops

Hello mate welcome to the Z side of things... I'm an ex-dubber too, used to have these two; Polo Mk1 and Golf G60. Love the mk3, there's a lot of very clever, subtle OEM+ mods on there. And the 'Rado looks fab too. Do you know Phatty? Think he's still building his, very similar. Paul

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Well I've just finished work. Took this.... to Alicante and back. Time for bed.

P3 Done yesterday at Benfield Nissan Newcastle (Shieldfield) Very impressed, done on time, NOT washed at my request, £285 inc VAT using their oil. Tried to sell me an air-con re-gas but no pressure when I told them no thanks. Successfully diagnosed another small issue I know is niggling away.

Did mine a few weeks ago. There's a few threads here about it so have a search. In short.... Open bonnet, undo 10mm bolt at top of headlight to allow it to move forward a few cm. Reach behind indicator to find grey bulb holder, twist and release. Swear lots. Replace bulb (without getting greasy fingerprints on your nice silver bulb.) Swear lots more. CHECK BULB WORKS BEFORE REFITTING! Re-fit in a reverse manner to above. Complete swearing and then realise you have to still do the other side. And don't even contemplate it if you are a well hung lesbian (i.e. have fat fingers!) Paul

Did mine a few weeks ago. There's a few threads here about it so have a search. In short.... Open bonnet, undo 10mm bolt at top of headlight to allow it to move forward a few cm. Reach behind indicator to find grey bulb holder, twist and release. Swear lots. Replace bulb (without getting greasy fingerprints on your nice silver bulb.) Swear lots more. CHECK BULB WORKS BEFORE REFITTING! Re-fit in a reverse manner to above. Complete swearing and then realise you have to still do the other side. And don't even contemplate it if you are a well hung lesbian (i.e. have fat fingers!) Paul

Right here goes....some real interesting variation so far. I WAS a bit of a dubber too... First Car....1.3L Ford Escort Mk4. Blue, rusty, relaible, rubbish. Second - MK3 Polo GT Third - Golf Mk4 1.6 Fourth (showcar) - 1978 Polo N (had this and the Golf as a daily.) Sold both Polos and the Golf to move to NZ for a year. Came back and bought.... Fifth - Tweaked Golf G60. LHD, Supercharged, 200 bhp. Sixth - Octavia vRS Turbo. 180 bhp ("The Turbo Taxi") Seventh - Zed. Paul.

Right here goes....some real interesting variation so far. I WAS a bit of a dubber too... First Car....1.3L Ford Escort Mk4. Blue, rusty, relaible, rubbish. Second - MK3 Polo GT Third - Golf Mk4 1.6 Fourth (showcar) - 1978 Polo N (had this and the Golf as a daily.) Sold both Polos and the Golf to move to NZ for a year. Came back and bought.... Fifth - Tweaked Golf G60. LHD, Supercharged, 200 bhp. Sixth - Octavia vRS Turbo. 180 bhp ("The Turbo Taxi") Seventh - Zed. Paul.

Right...back after a few work-related days, I'll try to fill in a few gaps. We made sure we started each day with a full tank, and re-filled as soon as we got down to a quarter left. Never left us that short. On some of the mountain roads above Nice we found a couple of dead-end roadblocks and got down to 45 mile to empty which was a bit nervous, but if you have a good satnav which can tell you the nearest petrol stations it's not really a worry. +1 - great pics -thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing to see the snow still that deep mid-year. An outline of the roads you used would be helpful for those of us lurking around doing a similar trip Hope you might also like to join us on the Scottish (September) or Welsh (October) runs this year Our route, day by day was roughly as follows; Ferry Newcastle - Amsterdam. Day 1 Amsterdam - Davos (Switz.). Stay Davos. Quickest, Autobahn route available. Day 2 Davos - Stelvio Pass (SS38) - Lake Garda - Modena. Day 3 Modena - Maranello & Fiorano (Ferarri) - Pisa - Cannes Day 4 Cannes - Col du Vence - Col du Turini - Cannes Day 5 Cannes -Monaco - St Tropez Day 6 Fly Home(work), Leave car in Nice airport Fly back out 5 days later, drive Nice - Turin - Milan - Como - Strasbourg - Amsterdam - Newcastle all on motorways. If you're planning a trip www.alpineroads.com is a biker site but a good start. I did 2700 miles in 8 days driving and I reckon got through about 415 litres of the good stuff...which with the crappy Euro exchange rate (thanks Gordon) cost about £500 in fuel alone. Phew! Any more just ask....

Right...back after a few work-related days, I'll try to fill in a few gaps. We made sure we started each day with a full tank, and re-filled as soon as we got down to a quarter left. Never left us that short. On some of the mountain roads above Nice we found a couple of dead-end roadblocks and got down to 45 mile to empty which was a bit nervous, but if you have a good satnav which can tell you the nearest petrol stations it's not really a worry. +1 - great pics -thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing to see the snow still that deep mid-year. An outline of the roads you used would be helpful for those of us lurking around doing a similar trip Hope you might also like to join us on the Scottish (September) or Welsh (October) runs this year Our route, day by day was roughly as follows; Ferry Newcastle - Amsterdam. Day 1 Amsterdam - Davos (Switz.). Stay Davos. Quickest, Autobahn route available. Day 2 Davos - Stelvio Pass (SS38) - Lake Garda - Modena. Day 3 Modena - Maranello & Fiorano (Ferarri) - Pisa - Cannes Day 4 Cannes - Col du Vence - Col du Turini - Cannes Day 5 Cannes -Monaco - St Tropez Day 6 Fly Home(work), Leave car in Nice airport Fly back out 5 days later, drive Nice - Turin - Milan - Como - Strasbourg - Amsterdam - Newcastle all on motorways. If you're planning a trip www.alpineroads.com is a biker site but a good start. I did 2700 miles in 8 days driving and I reckon got through about 415 litres of the good stuff...which with the crappy Euro exchange rate (thanks Gordon) cost about £500 in fuel alone. Phew! Any more just ask....

Hi all. Thanks for all the kind replies....have to go away with work until the weekend but I'll try and update this thread and answer questions then. Cheers Paul

Z (touch wood) was faultless. Gave me a new found love for it. After two years of ownership I was starting to think this winter would be time for a change, but the trip has reminded me what a good car it is. Happy as can be sipping fuel on the Autobahn (441 miles dte on the gauge!! 35mpg ish at just under three figure mph) and even happier blatting round the back roads and mountain passes of Southern France. Only PITA was trying to take pictures out of it, it's too low! EDIT - The Euro rate also means a full tank of 95 is over £90....which was slightly disappointing. He's my £250 cousin

Hello all. Long time lurker, had my Z for nearly 2 years now. Just finished 6 days Zedding through Europe, Newcastle - Amsterdam - Davos - Stelvio - Maranello - Pisa - Cannes and quite a few places inbetween. Pics (many) to follow, questions, comments answered with pleasure. Cheers Paul