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debi Mar 24th 2007 2:53 am

Driving to Spain
 
Hi all,
Could anybody out there who,s driven to costa blanca area from UK give us an idea of how much it cost for petrol please? :thumbup:

Thanks,Debi

Miss Naughty Mar 24th 2007 2:57 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by debi (Post 4556157)
Hi all,
Could anybody out there who,s driven to costa blanca area from UK give us an idea of how much it cost for petrol please? :thumbup:

Thanks,Debi

well to the costa del sol it cost us about 110 euro for tolls and about 500 euro in fuel from lincoln to costa del sol xxxxx
so would be less for you

debi Mar 24th 2007 3:02 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by Miss Naughty (Post 4556169)
well to the costa del sol it cost us about 110 euro for tolls and about 500 euro in fuel from lincoln to costa del sol xxxxx
so would be less for you

Wow thats not half as much as we were expecting! Did u travel with children Miss Naughty?

Miss Naughty Mar 24th 2007 3:05 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by debi (Post 4556182)
Wow thats not half as much as we were expecting! Did u travel with children Miss Naughty?

Hi
yep all 3 of them :thumbdown: a bloody nightmare that was and with the breaking down from paris all the wat, and the bloody mountins in france, make sure your car can cope with them :ohmy:
We also have a 4 ltr jeep so i thought it was very good xxxxx

debi Mar 24th 2007 3:16 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by Miss Naughty (Post 4556195)
Hi
yep all 3 of them :thumbdown: a bloody nightmare that was and with the breaking down from paris all the wat, and the bloody mountins in france, make sure your car can cope with them :ohmy:
We also have a 4 ltr jeep so i thought it was very good xxxxx

We would also be doing it with 3 kids and 2 dogs :eek: .we won,t be going for about a year yet but we gotta try working out the best way to do things! I just want to say also, im so sorry that things didn,t work out for u over there. Maybe next time eh! xx

Miss Naughty Mar 24th 2007 3:21 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by debi (Post 4556221)
We would also be doing it with 3 kids and 2 dogs :eek: .we won,t be going for about a year yet but we gotta try working out the best way to do things! I just want to say also, im so sorry that things didn,t work out for u over there. Maybe next time eh! xx

HI,
I bet you are really excited about making the move, keep me posted on how it is progressing xxxxx
How old are your children? xxx

debi Mar 24th 2007 3:28 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by Miss Naughty (Post 4556234)
HI,
I bet you are really excited about making the move, keep me posted on how it is progressing xxxxx
How old are your children? xxx

They,re 12, 11 and 6! we,re doing our best at learning the language :confused: as they would be going into spanish schools. We,re going over in October to look at schools for them also my husband has done a lot of work in spain and knows a few companies he can see for work while we,re there! How old were your children when u went?

Miss Naughty Mar 24th 2007 3:31 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by debi (Post 4556256)
They,re 12, 11 and 6! we,re doing our best at learning the language :confused: as they would be going into spanish schools. We,re going over in October to look at schools for them also my husband has done a lot of work in spain and knows a few companies he can see for work while we,re there! How old were your children when u went?

hi they are 14, 13 and 5 we only managed 5 weeks out there, however next time we go i will make sure we are there for a lot longer lol.
What does your hubby do? where abouts in the costa blanca are you goingxxx

rugbymatt Mar 24th 2007 3:43 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by Miss Naughty (Post 4556195)
Hi
yep all 3 of them :thumbdown: a bloody nightmare that was and with the breaking down from paris all the wat, and the bloody mountins in france, make sure your car can cope with them :ohmy:
We also have a 4 ltr jeep so i thought it was very good xxxxx

Miss N I hate to tell you this but you chose about the worse 4x4 to go there with!

Why didnt you keep the L200?

Miss Naughty Mar 24th 2007 3:52 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 4556288)
Miss N I hate to tell you this but you chose about the worse 4x4 to go there with!

Why didnt you keep the L200?

wish we did if we knew we would only be out there 5 weeks we would not of sold it, we sold it to raise more cash big frigging lesson learnt there. as well as the crappy jeep i ma driving around in a old battered kia mentor.
However if Mr N's mum did not give us the cash i would be walking still.

derek500 Mar 24th 2007 3:54 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by debi (Post 4556157)
Hi all,
Could anybody out there who,s driven to costa blanca area from UK give us an idea of how much it cost for petrol please? :thumbup:

Thanks,Debi

Have a look at this site http://www.autoroutes.fr/voyage/itineraires.php?lng=2

Even though it's a French site, you can put your Spanish destination in and it will price the Spanish tolls as well.

rugbymatt Mar 24th 2007 4:00 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by Miss Naughty (Post 4556311)
wish we did if we knew we would only be out there 5 weeks we would not of sold it, we sold it to raise more cash big frigging lesson learnt there. as well as the crappy jeep i ma driving around in a old battered kia mentor.
However if Mr N's mum did not give us the cash i would be walking still.

Get it running, and get it sold! My best advice I could ever offer when it comes to Jeeps!


Hardly a wonder really that Jeep (Chrysler) are bankrupt really!

Miss Naughty Mar 24th 2007 4:01 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 4556340)
Get it running, and get it sold! My best advice I could ever offer when it comes to Jeeps!


Hardly a wonder really that Jeep (Chrysler) are bankrupt really!

Now that the bloody tax has gone up i plan too xxxx

MnM Mar 24th 2007 5:01 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by debi (Post 4556157)
Hi all,
Could anybody out there who,s driven to costa blanca area from UK give us an idea of how much it cost for petrol please? :thumbup:

Thanks,Debi

Hi Debi,

Use Via Michellin put in your route, type of car, etc and it will give you approximations of petrol and tolls. It is updated frequently and quite accurate ;)

Martha

Rosemary Mar 24th 2007 5:12 am

Re: Driving to Spain
 

Originally Posted by MnM (Post 4556514)
Hi Debi,

Use Via Michellin put in your route, type of car, etc and it will give you approximations of petrol and tolls. It is updated frequently and quite accurate ;)

Martha

Could not agree more. We found this site brilliant. In addition you will find it helpful to get money bags from the bank and put in the correct toll money for each stage. This takes a lot of stress out of that particular aspect.

Rosemary


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