sasha@lazytrips Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) 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! Edited August 20, 2016 by sasha 1 Quote
yankeesiter Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 I'd be interested in hearing about this as I am considering a similar trip in 2017. I would like to know about the state of the roads, hotel prices, and language problems if any. Quote
monkeybrain1234 Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 LC818's my favourite wheels look forward to the pictures. (of wheels and trip) Quote
RS8055 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Sounds like an absolutely immense road trip! If you're passing near of by Luxembourg, give me a shout if you fancy a meet up and a cheap fill-up. Quote
mattross1313 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Sounds like a great adventure! We did a Europe trip a few years back in the 350 and it was a great fun!! Take lots of pictures, then when you think you have enough, take more Just taking a few of the items in your list : Bodywork touch ups - I would maybe wait until you get back, putting a few thousand miles on the car you will no doubt get more chips and marks? Aircon service - YES! Aluminium undertray - good idea New springs all round - Agree with you keeping stock ride height, just incase the roads get unpredictable Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted July 20, 2016 Author Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) 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 Edited July 20, 2016 by sasha Quote
mattross1313 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 @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! Ah right, fair point then. I read that as just touching up stone chips and things like that. Hope you have a great trip Quote
RS8055 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 @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 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! Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted July 20, 2016 Author Posted July 20, 2016 @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 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. Quote
Snjur Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 If u need any help in Croatia feel free to ask Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted July 20, 2016 Author Posted July 20, 2016 If u need any help in Croatia feel free to ask Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk 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! Quote
Snjur Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Im located at zagreb well 20 km from it but im from coast Split actually. So my region all what u r mentioning Sibenik Trogir Split etc... Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk Quote
Tom-89 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 did a similar trip on bikes last year. go to lake Bled in Slovenia, 100% worth the trip. Did you look at potential difficulties with Kosovo? seem to remember reading something about you can have difficulties going into Serbia from Kosovo (or one way...all a bit vague in my memory now, we didn't go to Kosovo) Yankeesiter. roads are excellent for most of that (no idea of Kosovo, Albania though), we had no language issues really, in Bosnia English was rare but you always get by with some interesting miming. depending how much you want to rough it accomodation is cheap and food/drinks cost nothing unless you're in very touristy places or high end restaurants Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted July 20, 2016 Author Posted July 20, 2016 did a similar trip on bikes last year. go to lake Bled in Slovenia, 100% worth the trip. Did you look at potential difficulties with Kosovo? seem to remember reading something about you can have difficulties going into Serbia from Kosovo (or one way...all a bit vague in my memory now, we didn't go to Kosovo) 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! 1 Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted July 23, 2016 Author Posted July 23, 2016 Any traders want to sell me anything? Anyone know of any good garages to do the work to a good standard and quickly down south (I live on Kent/Surrey border)? Quote
Brummiestormer Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Drove down to Dubrovnik last year loved it! Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 In the zed? Tips welcome! Sent from my E6853 using Tapatalk Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 All work on the car complete! Everything ready to go. Rock on Thursday! The tracker is awesome. I can call the car and it texts me its location and a load of info. Finished the install today. 2 Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 All work on the car complete! Everything ready to go. Rock on Thursday! The tracker is awesome. I can call the car and it texts me its location and a load of info. Finished the install today. 1 Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted August 16, 2016 Author Posted August 16, 2016 a few photos of the completed car... More on instagram (check out original post). 2 Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted August 18, 2016 Author Posted August 18, 2016 If anybody is wondering how to optimise the luggage situation on road trips in the car, I highly recommend the solution in my last insta photo. 100cm x 40cm travel bag fits in the boot like OEM. Note to mods: I have no affiliation with the product. It's just an awesome fit. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B018H6SYPG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_U1uTxb7CH0Q2Q Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted August 18, 2016 Author Posted August 18, 2016 Beautiful drive to Aachen just across the border from the Netherlands in Germany on day 1. Met Jake (member here) on the Eurotunnel and later at a service station in Belgium. Check out our two zeds in Belgium on instagram. #random Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted August 20, 2016 Author Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Bit of excitement on day 2. Nice and easy drive to Zagreb, but something gave in on the ABS. Kicks in at low speed constantly and sometimes triggers ESP. Pretty likely one of my wheel speed sensors is knackered - not something that I will quickly sort here so out comes the VDC fuse from under the bonnet. At least this way I don't have electronics switching off power to the wheels or cutting my brakes for no reason. Will jack up the car when we get to Montenegro and see if there's anything obvious going on with the rear speed sensors (pretty confident it's a rear as braking is largely unaffected even when abs comes in) without taking the wheels off. Old school driving on full manual with a beautiful array of warning lights on the dash. 😎 Edited August 20, 2016 by sasha Quote
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