advice for road trip

[OLD_ian]

My girlfriend and I are doing a one week drive up to and around Scotland in a couple of weeks. This is going to be the first long trip since getting the car a couple of months ago. What should I take with me, or be aware of? I suspect the 944 is going to be much more appropriate for the trip than the horrific 1.1 litre rental car we used last year. That could barely make it up some of the hills on the North Coast roads! Only downside is that I'm doing all the driving this time, which means my enjoyment of distillery tours is going to be severely curtailed.

The car's booked into RPM Technik next week for belts, service, and sort out some of the odds and ends that need doing. So it should be good to go for the long road trip.


ian

 

[MarkK]

Spare DME relay,tyre puncture foam!
Have fun![]

 

[robwright]

Second spare DME relay or the three way jumper to bypass it.

 

[AntB]

5ltr can of oil in the boot (fits nicely down one of the side wells) just incase you use a little oil pushing her on the great roads you will drive

 

[MarkK]

Just in case(not being negative)Breakdown cover?!

 

[OLD_ian]

ah, so that's the relay that's rattling around in the glove compartment! I'd wondered...

ORIGINAL: robwright

Second spare DME relay or the three way jumper to bypass it.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Probably - cant have too many spare DME relays!
Enjoy the trip, last time I was up there it was with a wife 2 kids and a dog in a Galaxy, think the '44 will be great!

Mike

 

[DivineE]

Its a 944 it'll be fine

 

[MRGT]

Just spent a week in Scotland, wish I'd taken the 944. We actually drove up from Devon in wifeys Panda (1.3 turbo diesel) suprisingly capaable even with 2 kids in the back []. Averaged 68 mpg over the whole trip !

Howard

 

[gavinm]

nothing useful to add on the packing of essentials...BUT....make sure you include in your trip getting to Fort William, taking the ferry over then driving the coast road to Mallaig. try to do it either at Dawn or dusk...still one of the most beautiful drives in europe....you also drive past the train line and bridges where they film the scenes of Harry Potter going to school on the steam train. If you're lucky you can actually take that steam train ride, although i know at some point they stop running it for the winter...

have fun anyway!

http://www.road-to-the-isles.org.uk/

 

[sulzeruk]

Train is called the Jacobite and is run by the West Coast Railway Company. Well worth the trip. Lots of good driving roads. Skye is particularly nice taking a trip from the bridge to the north of the island. There is a hotel quite far norrth on the island and the guy has a few classic cars, can't remember thename of it though!
Alasdair

 

[OLD_ian]

Thanks for the advice. We've not quite settled on the route just yet, but will probably alternate driving days with hiking days. Most likely will start in the Cairngorms at a lovely B&B we stayed at last year.