Euro Road Trip in the E70 X5

[55NF]

Returned last week from a mammoth road trip, business mixed with pleasure.    Departed Hull on a Friday evening & arrived in Zeebrugge the following morning.  Blasted through France & down to Morges,  Switzerland in comfort. Then headed to Nuremburg to see the WW2 sites.  Nuremburg to Prague & then onto Flossenburg, Zagan (Great Escape POW Camp) in Poland... and onto Colditz castle.    Colditz to Ostennen (Dambusters) Mohne Dam & then Ostennen back Brugge.

2498 miles in seven days, 440 GBP in diesel. The X5 performed effortlessly on the entire journey and the Autobahn drive was excellent

Pleased I went in the X5 as Zagan POW camp is seven sq miles of rough terrain & forest which I glided around with ease.  People had tried in normal cars & there were bumpers & bits littered all over !

[Caesium]

Liking the black wheels.

[pvr]

Nice

Especially the last picture from the M25  )

[shadrack]

love the last picture, was that flat out? cant see the rev counter,  what sort of mpg is that as it seems good £440 for 2500mile trip?

[535dboy]

Great pics

[X Box]

Nice one. I really want to do a road trip in mine.

[55NF]

[quote="shadrack"]
love the last picture, was that flat out? cant see the rev counter,  what sort of mpg is that as it seems good £440 for 2500mile trip?
[/quote]

Yes..... £440 over 2498 miles.  Paying approx 1.39 euro per litre.    Pushing it hard I was getting just over 24mpg & just over 28mpg at around 90mph.    I didn't think that was bad over such a trip.    I was heavily weighed down also.  Wasn't flat out, there was another 10mph in there.