My Elgrand drove perfect today!!!

[SteevieB]

550 mile round trip to visit friends in Newquay over the weekend. The van didn't skip a beat and stood out in an absolute sea of VW Transporters and a surprising number of Alphards.

 

[Phil G]

Yesterday...
But it did drive perfectly to the mot station, (passed with flying colours) then to the garage to fill up, (and they had lpg 85p per litre)

 

[ELSib]

Traveled to the nearest city for work. 100km there and 100km back. I'm glad the tractor is still running.

 

[Griff]

Only had it a few days but loving my Elgrand, finding any excuse to take it out
At some point I really should try and figure out what all the buttons do but for now I’ll make do with the quick start guide approach

 

[Lemosapien]

Picked up my E50 from Herefordshire and drove back to Cardiff without a hitch! Don't see what the problem is...

 

[Pixeldrift]

New E51 owner, drove around 170 miles home, bit of city but mainly motorway... it was soooOOOOOooOOOoooo smooth and comfortable!

 

[ODAAT]

208.54 miles of smooth stress free driving with my wife and two kids. Spotify on the stereo via Bluetooth and a few stops for snacks. Even treated to a bit of a sunset. I love driving my van.

 

[Magnu]

Had a short trip out to the monster in laws today.

 

[RuskinStreet]

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208.54 miles of smooth stress free driving with my wife and two kids. Spotify on the stereo via Bluetooth and a few stops for snacks. Even treated to a bit of a sunset. I love driving my van.

Went the long way round LOL
Have you ever done this run "cross-country"?

Great roads and better views than the M5/M6, takes longer but if you're not in a hurry.....

 

[Mark76e]

Went the long way round LOL
Have you ever done this run "cross-country"?
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Great roads and better views than the M5/M6, takes longer but if you're not in a hurry.....

Yup, I used to take that route frequently when I was an area sales manager, many years back.
Great roads and scenery. I had a VW Bora which was pretty boring aside from the 130bhp gttdi engine.
Company car so it got absolutely thrashed while I lived out my Colin McRae fantasies.

 

[ODAAT]

Went the long way round LOL
Have you ever done this run "cross-country"?
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Great roads and better views than the M5/M6, takes longer but if you're not in a hurry.....

Yes I have done that route before and it is beautiful but... with two kids in the van and petrol costing what it does at the moment, I gave it a miss this time!

 

[ODAAT]

We just got back from our trip. We went home via Cardigan Bay (near New Quay) where the four of us stayed in the van for about five nights. There were dolphins and sunsets and beautiful coastline. It was a truly gorgeous holiday. Almost exactly 1000km

 

[Magnu]

Had a couple of good runs today around the Sunderland and South Tyneside areas doing 41miles in all. Even better the sun was shining for 40 of them.
Despite keeping half an eye out for other Elgrands I didn't see any.

 

[NB568]

Drove from Fife, Scotland across France and back over 2 1/2 weeks.

2536 miles and a lot of fuel. Just over 28mpg on motorways (with and without aircon) and 21mpg climbing over bits of the Jura mountains to visit Switzerland. Ave just over 25mpg, not bad for a camper van conversion.

Absolutely no issues despite the 36deg heat.

 

[P4ddy]

Drove from Fife, Scotland across France and back over 2 1/2 weeks.

2536 miles and a lot of fuel. Just over 28mpg on motorways (with and without aircon) and 21mpg climbing over bits of the Jura mountains to visit Switzerland. Ave just over 25mpg, not bad for a camper van conversion.

Absolutely no issues despite the 36deg heat.

Total cost of fuel??

 

[Mark76e]

Total cost of fuel??

Please don't...

 

[Reverend RobP]

Total cost of fuel??

I've done this journey several times. York to South of France. Used to cost around £500- £550 to do the round trip before fuel prices went crazy.
No matter the cost even now, it's still probably cheaper than flying us and hiring a car down there

 

[malcolmyz85]

Did Newcastle to Birmingham, 240 miles yesterday, car drove like a dream , forgot how gd these were for eating the miles up

 

[Nevillerover]

Going to tow our twin axle caravan 327 miles today.

I’d appreciate it if you all could be on standby with Jerry cans en-route from Suffolk to Devon please.

I anticipate the first can will be needed somewhere in Essex.

 

[pumps100]

Lovely thread this. I left the Facebook Elgrand group because I was fed up with all the negative posts.

Just back from 4 night stay on the Isle of Wight via ferry from Southampton. Two firsts: - first time playing music with the new 6.5" Rockford Fosgate P165-SI speakers recently fitted. What a difference! And first time using a drive away awning kit so we could use the van during the day - no idea why we have not done this before. No issues whatsoever - saw quite a few Alphards on the M3.