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tonyrome
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My next road trip in the C6 will begin on Friday, a 4000km round trip from Berlin through France, Italy and possibly Switzerland. It will be interesting to see how many C6s I come across in its home market. The likely route is SW from Berlin through Germany, across eastern France to the Loire Valley and on to Bordeaux, back east to Souillac and Rocamadour, south to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne, into the Carmargue, to Gordes and across Provence to the Cote d'Azur, then along the coast from Antibes to Nice, the Corniches, Monaco and the Riviera into Italy. After that, I just have to work out an interesting route back 
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C6Dave
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No short cuts for you then  Enjoy the trip and let us know how you get on. |
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gmerry
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Location: Scotland |
Pleasure or business? G |
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verycleverman
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Location: Northumberland |
tonyrome wrote ... Carcassonne and Narbonne, into the Carmargue, to Gordes and across Provence to the Cote d'Azur, then along the coast from Antibes to Nice, the Corniches, Monaco and the Riviera into Italy. My favourite part of Europe, particularly Haute Provence. Throwing the C6 around some of those Alpine passes - pure joy. I must say, though, that following the coast you miss out on some of the gorges. My preference would be to head north from Narbonne and cross the Millau Bridge. a stunning piece of engineering, then the Gorge du Tarn. After that, across to the Gorge d'Ardeche then the Alps, via the Gorge St. May. Drop down into Italy and back via the Brenner Pass and the Europerbruck. Just my preference, you understand.  Whichever way you go, drive safely and enjoy. The trees in Provence are exquisite at this time of year. Meanwhile, I shall be touring round Ontario and Quebec for most of October, but in a piece of Detroit detritus! Pete. |
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tonyrome
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verycleverman wrote ... My preference would be to head north from Narbonne and cross the Millau Bridge. a stunning piece of engineering, then the Gorge du Tarn. After that, across to the Gorge d'Ardeche then the Alps, via the Gorge St. May. Drop down into Italy and back via the Brenner Pass and the Europerbruck. I don't think there will be time to take this route, although I will be trying to see a few of the gorges along the way. I've been over the Passo del Brennero before, in my Alfa on the way from Italy to Austria, and that was a superb road. To be honest, it needs something a little more agile than the C6, I think! |
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tonyrome
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gmerry wrote ... Pleasure or business? Should be the former on this occasion, although you never know! |
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gmerry
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Alternatives? Via Turin, Tende tunnel. Tunnel is very period, built in the 1930s?, no lights, very narrow. Lovely EU funded approach via multiple switchbacks on the French side. On the size of the C6 versus something more nimble, Passo del Splugo definitely to be avoided (even in a hired Fiesta had to 3 point turn some of the corners on the Italian side) Regards G PS, I was way off with the construction date. Apparently it dates back to 1882!.. Go now while you can, before it is replace by some modern monstrosities. |
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tonyrome
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gmerry wrote ... Alternatives? Via Turin, Tende tunnel. Via Torino is a return route I've considered. I'll have to read about the Tende tunnel! |
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tonyrome
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Well, the journey proved most enjoyable and the C6 performed well enough, although I'd have like to have swapped it out for a Ferrari 458 Italia on the mountainous roads of France, Italy, Switzerland & Austria during the return journey! I know it's no sportscar but there was far too much body movement in the corners and the auto gearbox is not helpful, either. I drove past the famous Monte Carlo casino - twice - in an attempt to get a photo of the C6 in front of it but there were just too many people and too much traffic! The highlights of the trip were driving each of the three Corniches (Inferior, Moyenne & Grande), on the Cote d'Azur and the amazing return journey, starting from Monaco and driving north across hundreds of miles of tortuous mountain roads, rising up to 2000 metres above sea level and crossing 5 countries, before re-entering Germany and hitting the Autobahns back to Berlin. The only real negative points were the appalling driving abilities of the French...and the Italians, who are definitely worse still! At one point, I came around a blind bend on a main road, only to come face to face with an articulated lorry driving towards me at 100km/h on the wrong side of the road, overtaking another articulated lorry across a double solid white line, would you believe  . I had to take emergency, evasive action, to avoid being creamed.Incidentally, I didn't pay a single cent in road tolls anywhere on the entire 4000km trip, despite France, Italy, Switzerland & Austria having tolls. I'd already calculated that the tolls in France alone would amount to 250 EUR for the trip, so I wasn't about to end up with a bill well above that, just to drive along Autoroutes/Autostradas, especially with a poxy speed limit of 130km/h! Once back in Germany, I used the (free) Autobahns and was able to get the toe down and return to Berlin pretty quickly. Fuel economy continues to improve with a best of 43mpg and a worst of 29mpg on the Corniches. Most of the stages were close to 40mpg, so pretty impressive overall. For those interested, here is the stage-by-stage breakdown. Stage 1 (Berlin - Nancy) Distance: 805km (500 miles) Consumption: 7.4l/100km (38.2mpg) Average Speed: 115km/h (71mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 2 (Nancy - St. Georges sur Cher) Distance: 536km (333 miles) Consumption: 6.9l/100km (41mpg) Average Speed: 71km/h (44mph) Number of C6s seen: 0 Stage 3 (St. Georges sur Cher - Bordeaux) Distance: 357km (222 miles) Consumption: 6.6l/100km (43mpg) Average Speed: 70km/h (43mph) Number of C6s seen: 0 Stage 4 (Bordeaux - Souillac) Distance: 215km (134 miles) Consumption: 7.4l/100km (38.2mpg) Average Speed: 54km/h (34mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 5 (Souillac - Pradines) Distance: 284km (176 miles) Consumption: 8.4l/100km (34mpg) Average Speed: 45km/h (28mph) Number of C6s seen: 0 Stages 6 & 7 (Pradines - Toulouse - Narbonne) Distance: 422km (262 miles) Consumption: 7.4l/100km (38.2mpg) Average Speed: 54km/h (34mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 8 (Narbonne - Saint Remy de Provence) Distance: 235km (146 miles) Consumption: 7.3l/100km (39mpg) Average Speed: 58km/h (36mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 9 (Provence) Distance: 331km (206 miles) Consumption: 8.0l/100km (35mpg) Average Speed: 49km/h (30mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 10 (Saint Remy de Provence - Nice) Distance: 324km (201 miles) Consumption: 8.1l/100km (35mpg) Average Speed: 45km/h (28mph) Number of C6s seen: 3 (inc. 1 3.0HDi) Stage 11 (Nice - Monaco - Menton - Nice) Distance: 252km (157 miles) Consumption: 9.6l/100km (29mpg) Average Speed: 33km/h (21mph) Number of C6s seen: 2 Stage 12 (Nice - Milano) Distance: 362km (225 miles) Consumption: 7.5l/100km (38mpg) Average Speed: 53km/h (33mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 13 (Milano - Feldkirch) Distance: 289km (180 miles) Consumption: 7.9l/100km (36mpg) Average Speed: 45km/h (28mph) Number of C6s seen: 1 Stage 14 (Feldkirch - Berlin) Distance: 765km (475 miles) Consumption: 6.9l/100km (41mpg) Average Speed: 94km/h (58mph) Number of C6s seen: 2 |
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C6Dave
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Location: Northumberland |
Sounds like a great trip and the C6 is still a fairly rare site in it's home country.
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tonyrome
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