Swindon to Tromso 2016 my W12 Jurney

[daviesbike]

Well ... in February 2016 my partner and I are embarking on a Jurney of epic proportion...

And request the help and advice of fellow A8ers

A tad on the background is that I used to live in a small town called Sjovegan "south of Tromso " so we have a family owned log cabin there that we will be staying in.

We are going to drive there in the W12 taking on Austria near Vienna en rout as we will stay with friends one night to break it up.

Main concerns are I'm struggling to map out the rout with frequent LPG filling stations .. " current range 200 miles to a tank" Only a 65L tank sadly.

Second questions are .. when we lived in Norway it got to -30c in winter... we used to have an old ford sierra that had to be plugged in over night to avoid freezing .now I have Auxiliary heating with engine Pre heating but will that be enugh to protect it in cold start environments ?

I have 18" winter wheels with a 55 profile tyre. They are studless ice tyres. "Bridgestone blizak LM25 " brand new. With tpms to keep an eye on things.

You may have seen my suspension mod to lift it and give more clearance this will also be implemented Pre departure

Roof box will be going with 1-2 spair wheels. " I have 6 of the above wheel set ups" .... slowly built up the collection of them now have 8 of the rs4 wheels. And 8 blizak lm25 s.

Any Norwegian A8 owners living in Norway able to help out with this incase I've missed anything out ?

[Dezzy]

I reckon your aux heater will be ok Guy, it should push up to 60degs? regardless of outside temp. The other thing you can do is make a small fire in a can and place it under your sump!!

[audifin]

Hi Guy, assuming you have the circulation pump etc. on your Aux heater it is fine, that's what people use these days as a modern alternative to the plug-in electric engine heaters in Scandinavia. Things have moved on in 30 years Just bear in mind that it will drain the battery, in case you do short trips while in Tromso.

Also make sure your coolant and windscreen washer mixture can handle the sub-zero temperatures.

What an epic trip, your trip to Vienna "en-route" is only 800 extra miles, so it will be a cool 3000 miles one-way (assuming shortest route)

[mattylondon]

Sounds like a great road trip!

You've tried the route planner on mylpg.eu? I just did a search and seems helpful. You can change the route if you prefer, I just did a simple A to B.

[Delboy]

If I were going all that way I'd be tempted to squeeze in an extra 500 km and go the last bit to Nordkapp which is the most northerly point of Europe.

I've been as far as Hammerfest and it's pretty wild up there, it's ok in summertime when it's daylight all the time but it's opposite in the winter.

[tintin]

I have a similar trip planned, but not in the S8

[tc4332]

I was stranded in Kristiansand once during one of our winter flying training exercises so wearing UK Army uniform with my Army Air Corps blue beret hitched my way north via Oslo to Hjerkinn.
Quite an adventure, met some really nice people.