>> wow these first world problems eh?
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Sorry!
Say nav was similarly optimistic, or pessimistic, on day 2 as well. Only 270 miles from Dijon to the alps, mainly roof down so at at 72 mph on the autoroute rather than 81. I left the car in miles for the whole thing, but still beat the arrival time by a good 30 minutes.
Roads very quiet; Beaune well worth a visit, though there’s a risk it’d turn out expensive... The boot on an E class, while appearing spacious enough, is now completely full. That’s with just 4 cases of 6 bottles, an aeroplane sized wheely bag, a rucksack, a hold-all, a satchel, a suit carrier, a carrier bag of flip-flops, walking shoes, trainers and the plastic crate than MB seem to provide with all cars. They’re be more space if I don’t want the roof down of course, as it folds into part of the boot. Seats 4. Luggage space for 1 ;)
Yesterday’s easy 268 miles were completed at an average of 51 mph, and 38.2mpg. Cumulative average still 37.7 mpg after 749 miles. The car will stay put until tomorrow, when the route includes the St Bernard pass. Car very sure footed on the way up here; hills/hairpins were best handled in ‘sport +’ mode for better throttle response and holding gears...though the Goodyear tyres it came fitted with create some unnecessary tyre squeal at really quite low speeds on tight bends. And that’s not because they were losing traction! They run at pretty high pressures too (runflats) so seems odd. Still, no one about to hear it so no matter!
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