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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.
did lincolnshire to alps in a 1.1 pug
lincolnshire to valencia in a 1.6 pug gti
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.
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 🙂
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.
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!
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
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