although not old it was only a 1lt..I took an Aygo from Manchester all the way to southern Germany and back in the middle of winter! 
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1000 miles France in a little car?
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Also drove to SW France in a mk2 GTi that often overheated. So to draw heat out of the engine, it was best to leave the heaters on full blast. In August. We survived.
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Surf-mats friends in the backseat
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We had to buy an extra fan to mount on the dashboard like a mini-office fan when we used to road trip in france...
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I wouldnt worry. I drove this £600 Citroen XM from Inverness to Perpignan and back twice. It had 160k on the clock
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christ that is a vauxhaul chevette but in yanky mode.. !
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I used to travel down to the south coast regularly, marseilles, in v reg 1 litre ford fiesta with 4 people.
Very few hills dpown to Bordeaux, mostly motorway should be no problem.
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me, my brother and the fridge in the back.
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it'll definately work. it might not be pleasant. Personally, I'd take a few days over the journey, stick to the back roads rather than the motorways. Back-country france, like back-country uk, is quite nice
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Yeah it'll be right, I remember my uncle driving a £350 Citroen 2CV Dolly from Cornwall to Morroco, 4up no probs, was about 20yrs ago mind.
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Easy journey on the motorways. I've done it in loads of different vehicles and way beyond including on a Honda 250N. Try to leave some space to bring back some Medoc.
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did lincolnshire to alps in a 1.1 pug
lincolnshire to valencia in a 1.6 pug gtiPosted 2 years ago # -
Take earplugs. The French roads are made of different stuff to ours, and they're a lot noisier.
And it's a Punto - make sure the cooling system's OK, as they seem to like doing their headgaskets.
Are you doing it all in one sitting? And what Punto is it? A modern one will be pretty bearable, but the originals are nasty.
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Back in my climbing days we did Yorkshire to Chamonix a couple of times in a minivan. Full of camping, climbing and bivi gear and not much money. Bivi outside the huts & watch the guides break trail. Those were the days before marriage and kids mind - bliss
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Did London to Switzerland in an 03 Micra last year loaded up with a roofbox and two bikes in the back with no problem. The French roads were a dream to drive on even with a small car.
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I've driven to the alps in various cars, the worst being an under powered transit that topped out at 80mph downhill. You'll be fine in the fiat!
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Do it, I do a run from Roscoff to near Angoleme of 400 miles ( Bordeaux is 415 miles from Roscoff) in a day piece of piss in my Picasso which is fully loaded and riding on the bumpstops at the back end alot of the time.
Do it in 2 days if 8 hrs driving is a issue but the roads in France are nothing like over here because they are superb
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In addition to my post my place in France is near Nontron which is not far from Riberac there in 2 weeks time Yah
. We have done the run from Plymouth / Roscoff, Poole /Cherbourg and the one we hate Dover /Calais
We avoid the Calais run like the plague because it is not a nice drive across france and you go via Paris and there is nothing between them in terms of milage
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