Driving to Tuscany
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The wife and I are headed to Tuscany in July. The car is a 20 year old Alfa GTV.
I’ve got UK breakdown cover but the provider (Autoaid) don’t cover cars over 15 years old in Europe.
Can anyone recommend a company who might be able to help.
We could take the Mrs’ much more modern car, but where’s the joy in that?
I’ve got UK breakdown cover but the provider (Autoaid) don’t cover cars over 15 years old in Europe.
Can anyone recommend a company who might be able to help.
We could take the Mrs’ much more modern car, but where’s the joy in that?
TypeR said:
The wife and I are headed to Tuscany in July. The car is a 20 year old Alfa GTV.
I’ve got UK breakdown cover but the provider (Autoaid) don’t cover cars over 15 years old in Europe.
Can anyone recommend a company who might be able to help.
We could take the Mrs’ much more modern car, but where’s the joy in that?
From left to right, Stac Pollaidh Cul Mor and Cul Beag ...I’ve got UK breakdown cover but the provider (Autoaid) don’t cover cars over 15 years old in Europe.
Can anyone recommend a company who might be able to help.
We could take the Mrs’ much more modern car, but where’s the joy in that?
We've done the trip several times and it's fabulous . Route Napoleon and a diversion to Maranello highly recommended . Breakdown cover? Pah, it's an Alfa and it's going home so it will behave perfectly.
Thanks for the replies, Nationwide are curently paying £120 to switch accounts, which makes that idea a no brainer.
The Scottish mountains were pictured on a NC500 tour a couple of years ago. I'm embarrassed to say I've not spent much time in Bonny Scotland at all before then, it was perfect.
The car is just back from a major £1k+ service and cambelt change, nothing "should "go wrong and 20 years ago I'd would have made the trip without any travel/breakdown insurance at all, but I'm older and a bit wiser now!
We're stopping on our 1st night in Puligny Montrachet in Burgundy, then across to Grenoble to pick up the route Napoleon then down to Lake Como and Milan to visit the Alfa Museum.
This is pretty much the same route I did when I rode my Guzzi back to the factory in Mandello del Lario.
The Scottish mountains were pictured on a NC500 tour a couple of years ago. I'm embarrassed to say I've not spent much time in Bonny Scotland at all before then, it was perfect.
The car is just back from a major £1k+ service and cambelt change, nothing "should "go wrong and 20 years ago I'd would have made the trip without any travel/breakdown insurance at all, but I'm older and a bit wiser now!
We're stopping on our 1st night in Puligny Montrachet in Burgundy, then across to Grenoble to pick up the route Napoleon then down to Lake Como and Milan to visit the Alfa Museum.
This is pretty much the same route I did when I rode my Guzzi back to the factory in Mandello del Lario.
Lovely Alfa and great trip. Would love to do that one day and visit all the car museums.
BTW you paid only £13,860 for your DC2 new? How did you manage that? Was it one of the last UK cars with huge discount or something? Fabulous car, one of the all time greats. I had one for almost ten years.
BTW you paid only £13,860 for your DC2 new? How did you manage that? Was it one of the last UK cars with huge discount or something? Fabulous car, one of the all time greats. I had one for almost ten years.
BrotherMouzone said:
Lovely Alfa and great trip. Would love to do that one day and visit all the car museums.
BTW you paid only £13,860 for your DC2 new? How did you manage that? Was it one of the last UK cars with huge discount or something? Fabulous car, one of the all time greats. I had one for almost ten years.
It was bought back in the days when it was far cheaper to buy cars abroad. So much so, that three of us travelled to a Honda dealer in Belguim and bought one each! 2XWhite, and 1XBlack. I kept it ten years and should never have sold it!BTW you paid only £13,860 for your DC2 new? How did you manage that? Was it one of the last UK cars with huge discount or something? Fabulous car, one of the all time greats. I had one for almost ten years.
Cant help on the cover but you will have an incredible time. we've been twice in my old tuscan and they were probably my 2 favourite holidays ive had.
The roads were perfect, and i mean race track perfect, hairpin after hairpin, massive height differences, sweeping corners and so much more.
Now i have 2 small kids so unless i take a f
king suv (which to be fair im even considering) i wont be back soon 
We went to gaiole in chianti and i would strongly recommend trying out some of the side roads. Like rally stages
The roads were perfect, and i mean race track perfect, hairpin after hairpin, massive height differences, sweeping corners and so much more.
Now i have 2 small kids so unless i take a f
king suv (which to be fair im even considering) i wont be back soon We went to gaiole in chianti and i would strongly recommend trying out some of the side roads. Like rally stages
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