23-08-2019, 08:16 AM
One of the things I have done is to make a box out of some spare plywood, which will go on the tunnel between the front seats, to carry bits and bobs. At the front end of it there is a little compartment with a 12v cigar socket and a double USB socket so I can charge my phone and sat nav on the move. I have bought a 6v to 12v transformer widget that will power it up. I did try the sat nav on 6v but it wouldn't work, and the usb socket for the phone wouldn't either.
I will hopefully have replicated the tools and spares already suggested but intend to travel as light as possible. When I drove the car down here in 2001 from Sheffield, we were three up with luggage and spares, and I did that trip no bother in three and a half days. The run from Sheffield to Dover was about 280 miles avoiding motorways so I'm not planning on doing any more than that in a day although day 7 WILL be a long one! I plan to take a break every two hours if only to stretch my legs. I won't be using motorways or fast dual carriageways. I prefer to keep a steady cruise of 40-45mph wherever possible. Fast roads just tend to make you push the car too hard.
It is a long way to Santiago, and some of the days will be long and challenging for us both, but I always have Jackie Stewart's comments at the back of my mind:
"The man who wins finishes first, but first you've got to finish".
I will hopefully have replicated the tools and spares already suggested but intend to travel as light as possible. When I drove the car down here in 2001 from Sheffield, we were three up with luggage and spares, and I did that trip no bother in three and a half days. The run from Sheffield to Dover was about 280 miles avoiding motorways so I'm not planning on doing any more than that in a day although day 7 WILL be a long one! I plan to take a break every two hours if only to stretch my legs. I won't be using motorways or fast dual carriageways. I prefer to keep a steady cruise of 40-45mph wherever possible. Fast roads just tend to make you push the car too hard.
It is a long way to Santiago, and some of the days will be long and challenging for us both, but I always have Jackie Stewart's comments at the back of my mind:
"The man who wins finishes first, but first you've got to finish".