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Go for it, the car sounds good for it so why not and plenty do- and you will enjoy it. Chris S.

I did nearly 800 miles last autumn on trip to Disneyland, absolutely no issues either with the car or the French roads (Paris suburbs excepted!!). Mine had nearly 199k on the clock at the time and without pushing it hard it still did the 300 miles from Roscoff to Paris in 4 hours.
Coming home, due to an accident on the A12, we had about an hour to do the last 145km to Le Havre and made it just;)
These cars are built for doing long distance trips in comfort.

Just make sure you have the required travel kit, a reasonable selection of tools, service it prior to traveling and you should be fine.:}

It's what it was designed to do so ... let it do it !
As long as it's well serviced and has no underlying or apparent issues .... stretch it's legs, a good long run can sometimes be exactly what it needs.

I drove round Europe last August with my two sons in my 190, 2,848 in a week throughly enjoyed it and throughly recommend it :D

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Originally Posted by whyte850 (Post 2720887)

Hi folks,

I am going on holiday this year to France and thinking of taking the 75, however with her getting on a bit I am worried that I will constantly be thinking somethings going to happen reliability wise. I live just outside Edinburgh so the overall trip will be about 1500 miles roughly.

She has done 69425 and has had considerable recent expense. I have kept her for high days and holidays since 2015 (summer use only) when she ceased to be my main car. I have had the auto box fluid changed in the last year along with a full service. I have had the cambelt and auxiliaries changed along with fixing a cracked thermostat. The car has had a pretty cossetted life but still the unexpected could happen. She now has classic car insurance which includes UK and Euro breakdown so some piece of mind.

What do you guys think, needless risk? or sensible idea?.

Then go forward my man and enjoy the journey, any car can breakdown, I should not be worried, so long as you have the car serviced well, make certain you have a spare wheel/tyre, NOT a 'spacesaver', spare oil, bulbs, and ALL the European legal requirements are met, also READ the European cover policy carefully to ensure you know what is covered exactly, then enjoy before Brexit turns a journey such as this into a military operation (or not!).

I thought twice about taking my previous 75 from Norfolk to the Scottish borders for a touring holiday. It never missed a beat and kept us in absolute comfort for the week. 75s and ZTs are not just garage queens! ;)

Some great responses, I had no idea our 75’s were still getting used so extensively including abroad.

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Originally Posted by macafee2 (Post 2721243)

Ask yourself, would I drive this sort of mileage in the uk with out worry?

I know exactly the worry, no idea why we worry about doing mileage abroad when we do the mileage and more in the UK.
Is it that bit of water in between, is it a language issue, is it the difficulty of getting home?

Your car has not done a lot of miles and if it is going ok then by all means take it and enjoy it.

macafee2

I wouldn't drive anywhere in the UK without some degree of worry, period.! Our roads are congested, poorly maintained, badly sigh-posted, and most important of all PEOPLE can't drive, are rude and selfish. Other than that its a breeze.

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Originally Posted by grivas (Post 2721589)

I've seen potholes and huge roadworks in Germany, appalling roadsense in Italy and both in America, as well as massive traffic jams in France, it's not just here ;)

If I understand correctly, for all of you who will join the Dutch meeting here, the roads concerning: you will enter heaven compared to the rest of Europe. We pay the highest road tax but the roads are the best. Did not know in the UK they aren't that good.

To the subject: I agree, our cars should be garage and road kings and queens:}
Treat them like where they are designed for: long comfortabel luxurious trips! N-joy.:D

Emiel