well , it's only the converted N10 which will have a reduction [ in speed and cost ] until it's finished , the finished southern section will be the normal price

so for the moment you should get away with £10 or so

We are now on our way.

So far so good, we are now on the outskirts of Bordeaux.

Got the overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre, then a steady drive down in the pouring rain to the hotel where are staying tonight. More than 500 miles covered so far, but the Audi has taken it all in its stride except for one small problem which seems to have cleared again. Basically at idle the revs were bouncing up/down but its all good again now.

Tomorrow its drive through the pine forest and onwards.

Petrol on the Autoroutes is expensive, but dive off and buy from a local hypermarket and its more than 15cents a litre cheaper. Paid 1 euro 54 cents a litre in the hypermarket whereas its 1 euro 70 or thereabouts on the autoroute. Put one tank full in on the outskirts of Rouen, still got that now and hopefully will get me to Spain.

Next stage is complete, now sat in the hotel on the outskirts of Madrid. Arrived at 6pm local time. The Madrid ring road during the rush hour is worse than the M25 and we had to travel 20 miles of it to get to the hotel exit which delayed our arrival somewhat.

Ahh but you made it! +++
Have a great holiday Manny :cool:

What's the temp? Get some pics.

I'll add some pics tomorrow once we get to our final destination, up in the hills close to Malaga.

When we arrived in Madrid it was 36c and bright sunshine. At 10pm Spain time its still 30c, with a minimum temperature of 20c expected overnight. I dont think my poor old 3.7 D2 has seen such high temps since this time last year when it registered 41c on the Costa Del Sol. We have travelled more than 900 miles since leaving my home in Dorset on Wednesday evening.

Whilst I have internet access here the upload speed is pretty poor at 256kbps, hence waiting till tomorrow for the pics.

Fuel wise the D2 is doing suprisingly well.

Started with less than 1/2 tank on Wednesday.
Filled up between Le Havre and Rouen in France at 1.54 euro per litre (off Autoroute, local Carrefour supermarket), otherwise would have been 1.64 euro on the Autoroute.
Put 50 euros in between Bordeaux and Biarritz.
Filled up again just outside Burgos (Spain) on the AP-1, at 1.40 euro per litre.

The D2 attracted quiet a lot of attention as well, especially when parked at lunchtime today. A group of Spaniards were really impressed by the fact I had driven from the UK in such a large engined V8 which is very rare here in Spain. Even more so given that its the best part of 13 years old.

.... and what a great car to be doing a 900 mile trip in :) +++

have a great time !

Well, we have now arrived at our destination up in the hills of the Montes de Malaga. Filled up the car again today, with the previous tank completing 500 miles before filling up.

Access to the villa we are renting can only be described as challenging. Basically a bump track with a number of steep gradiants, and the car struggling due to its low ground clearance.

The first picture below was taken at Cestas in France running down to the spanish border and the following two were taken in the Madrid hotel carpark.

500 miles isn't too shabby on one tank!
Car is looking nice on those rims Manny +++

Looking good Manny. Great car.

I can feel that Mediterranean weather from those pictures!