Fairly epic BX journey.

roscoe · Post by **roscoe** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:52 am

Furthest I've taken my TZD is from Reading to Sydney Australia

Of course, the wet part of that trip it was parked in a 40 ft container along with my worldly goods and chattels! Outside of that, have driven it from Haslingden (Lancs, when I lived there) up to Scotland and back to London in a weekend, plus multiple trips all over the UK and the continent - around the top end of Holland, into Germany, most of France, etc. and never had a problem with it at all - other than having my o/s mirror knocked off while parked in a narrow Belgian street.

capri · Post by **capri** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:08 am

The last TZD conveyed myself and my best friend overnight and non-stop from Southampton to Montpellier without putting a foot wrong. We left Southampton at 5pm, arrived in Boulogne at 12:30am, and then chugged on through the night on empty French motorways, changing drivers every 2 hours or so, and arriving in Montpellier at 12 noon the following day.

The new TZD will do the same trip this Summer, except this time it'll be during the day, with only myself on board, and with an overnight stop in Dijon halfway down. I can't wait!

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:11 pm

The furthest I've travelled in a BX (my trusty GTi auto) was from Essex to Agen, France in two days. Didn't miss a beat.

Mind you I did 1,100 kilometers in two days in my Visa GTi once!

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:35 pm

The longest recorded single Journey in my BX19GT was 50,000 miles

took me just under 2 minutes to do that trip up a hill in South West England.

Guess should put this under Speedo errors or some mysterious sub space anomaly Alien Abduction during the middle of the day

Dont kow exactly what happened but basically my speedo clocked over 115,000 miles then procedeed to clock over 10,000 miles blocks. Starngest thing it stopped at 165,000?

Never found out why but my local mechanic found me a new second hand one.

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:38 pm

you guys are lightweights, I've done 800 miles in 2 days in a 2CV

As for BX's not many long trips, one not very long but of note was i bought a 17RD in kent and drove it home to kettering on only a tenners worth of diesel, wayhay.

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:39 pm

Oh, and the 2CV was towing a trailer tent for most of it.

Post by **docchevron** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:59 pm

Hardcore Matt!

Alas, undertaking long journeys in my cars is frought with dangers, mainly, bits falling off!

Cheers
chris G

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:03 pm

Longest we ever did was 1045 miles in about 21 hours - coming back from a camping holiday in Sete in the South of France - and deciding we were likely to miss the Portsmouth ferry and driving via Calais and Dover. Nice when we left but the rain was so bad at one point I remember us slowing and stopping in a parkingplace while it cleared!

Wife drove home from Dover - until she woke me for directions - in Reigate of all places - we should have been on the M25! - She was blonde then.

Post by **docchevron** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:06 pm

jeremy wrote: She was blonde then.

I hope your missus doesn't read this Jeremy? If she does, keep an eye over your shoulder and have your tea checked for polonium 210......

Cheers
Chris G

tom · Post by **tom** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:22 pm

Southampton to Arrochar in one day with my boat on top of the 2CV. There is a picture somewhere. The trip cost me a relationship and cured me of
A: vegetarianism.
B: Scotland.
C: Camping holidays.

These days, the standard run is Southampton to Carelles, a mere 500 miles via Boulogne. Being a lightweight, we're going to Paris from Home on the TGV!

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:11 pm

I am planning Chelmsford to Czech Rep. next year - via Brussels... Don't know what in yet. but chances are in a TXD or TZD BX...

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:51 pm

Wife's used to blonde jokes - she even dyed her hair brunette when she applied for her present job and went blondeish again later!

Stewart (oily!) · Post by **Stewart (oily!)** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:16 am

I got home last night from Scotland, 350 miles in a shade under six hours including stop start traffic on the M8 that wasted a good half an hour, maximum temperature seen 3 degrees, minimum minus 6! this weeks total mileage 980, the car never missed a beat, shame its my Xantia

Stewart

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:32 pm

i take my fully laden bx, 4 people, over to Europe for me holidays every year..

even met DLM one year down in Bidart (south west french/spanish border), but thats another story..

furthest id been is a toss up between Portugal, to a lovely place called Praia de Ancora and the Adriatic coast of Italy, another sun kissed hell called San Bennedetto.

and that was in my old 14re, now in that big scrappy in the sky

and would you believe every year i always come back much heavier then i went...

to the tune of about 100 well packed bottles

charlie hic

Stewart (oily!) · Post by **Stewart (oily!)** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:53 pm

I take it thats the first layer there Charlie

Stewart