General NC 500 - 1800 miles in a week

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General NC 500 - 1800 miles in a week

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So I got a sticker to memorialise the epic trip to the NC 500 from south London

First part of the trip was preparing the car. I fitted a new clutch slave cylinder as the old one squeaked when hot. The I removed the rear seats and had a small platform made for the boot. With the front seats fully reclined it allowed a flat level that allowed us to blow up a double air bed that filled the car. I then covered the rear windows for privacy. I bought a frost cover for the front windows that I could tad and remove each night and morning.

Over the course of the week we covered over 1800 miles and over 40 hours of driving. I averaged 49.1mpg for the entire trip. That’s with two people and the rear of the car full of stuff. We went with a friend who had a van so at night we were able to put all our stuff that was in the car to the van.


Was a great trip. We saw seals and a pod of orca whales. Amazing to be one of the fastest cars on the road. We were surrounded by campervans. :)
 
Hi, sounds like you had a great trip.

We've also used our Panda as a mini-camper. And I couldn't help noticing we even took the same bbq! You clearly have excellent taste;)
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As you say, a double airbed fills a Panda perfectly! Snug might be the word. Still, with a Panda you can enjoy the driving part of a driving holiday:)
 
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Snug is a good word. Especially since I am 6 feet 2 I had to have the none steering wheel side. The fairy lights is a nice touch. :)
 
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