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Offline homesqueeze

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Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« on: June 15, 2014, 04:35:51 pm »
I am beginning to get really excited about driving the GTI to Estonia again next week  :party: I have done it a couple of times before and last time got all the way to the border with Russia! That was nearly 1500 miles driving and about a 15 hour ferry trip to get there. Just wondering what the furthest place anyone has taken their GTI to is? Has anyone gone further? Would be interesting to know.
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2014, 05:07:12 pm »
I don't think anyone can match yours HOMESQUEEZE  :grin:

I've done Crewe (Cheshire) to Inverness in my old k03 GTI. 430 miles, took about 12hrs  with all the slow winding Scottish roads.

Trip Display said I had 80 miles of fuel remaining too  :laugh:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2014, 05:12:27 pm »
Took my old mkiv to the Stelvio pass - would love to do the same in my ED30!
Can't beat a good roadtrip!
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2014, 05:14:26 pm »
~380miles. Edinburgh to Inverness and back.

« Last Edit: June 16, 2014, 08:01:23 am by richwig83 »
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2014, 05:26:35 pm »
400 miles Midlands to Portsmouth and back to see Carl to do my cruise control, with a stop in London on the way up  :happy2:

Cost me £75 IIRC and hit 42.8 mpg, those days are gone with the A3 CR TDI - could probably do it on £35 now  :grin:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2014, 05:38:12 pm »
No where near as far but bought my ed30 a couple of months ago from Dover. Had the fun of driving it back to Yorkshire.  :smiley:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2014, 08:00:58 pm »
I've done road trips over the alps. Travelling through France Germany Switzerland Italy Austria. About 2000 plus miles in 6 days. Done it over different roads three years running. Brilliant fun. Furthest part of journey each time was Zurich to home, 13 hour drive including the ferry. A lot of driving but the gti is comfy and with cruise control and dsg it was done with ease.  :driver:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2014, 08:01:23 pm »
I got as far as Italy in mine  :happy2:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2014, 08:13:30 pm »

Paderborn, Germany to Rotherham, S. Yorks and back.

Matt ed30 has been around Europe as has Alex at AKS  :driver:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2014, 08:49:13 pm »
arse end of cornwall to London
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2014, 11:09:25 pm »
From where I live in Cork, Ireland to my home town just outside Exeter, Devon. 600 mile round trip
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2014, 11:53:17 pm »
My Signature picture is from the French Alps near Veynes. The furthest I've been in it.
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2014, 12:36:00 am »
Sheffield to the Nurburgring a few times. one also took in a detour to Spa for a trackday.
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2014, 02:51:25 am »
Not sure if this counts, but in the late 80's I drove my Mk1 GTi from Cape Town to Mombasa totalling 5297 kilometres or 3291 miles  :driver:
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Re: Where's the furthest you've driven your GTI?
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2014, 08:02:42 am »
Just remembered. I did harrow  to Aberdeen a few years ago. That's about 525 miles.
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