Good morning everyone, it's just 6.00am and this is the beginning of an epic journey, a drive up to Monaco with my buddy and his Alfa Romeo 8C Spider.
In the next 5 days we expect to drive for about 1600km, which is a lot of tarmac for a car like this in such a short time.
The 8C is a gran turismo and it's designed for the long-distance driving, is it really a good car for a long trip? Well, let's find out.
Well, that was quite unexpected!
Oh dear, the 8C is not so comfortable as I've expected but this pillow is a good solution,
and also, if you take the 8C for a long trip you're supposed to carry many things with you.
The trunk of the Coupè is quite good, when you see this area you may think that even the trunk of the Spider is good
but when you open it, you realize that two tiny bags are the biggest things that you can carry
and that means that the passenger has to share his seat with the luggages and that's what I've done in the past two hours.
Forget about fuel efficiency, with a relaxed driving at 130kph we did about 8km/l, it's not a real bargain I have to say.
When you're not driving in Sport Mode the valves of the exhaust are closed and the ride is absolutely smooth and quiet
which is something required for a long trip if you have a noisy engine.
Ok, so we have stopped for the 3rd and now it's my turn to drive, I want to show you quickly how's the interior..
it's a huge mess!
Even a friend with a C63 AMG has joined our ride and we have the tunnels in Liguria and it will be real good fun.
Ok so it's my turn to drive, let's open the roof. 00:02:53.50,00:02:52.00 Actually it's not a full automatic roof, first you have to pull this handle.
It's not the best roof that I've seen, but when it folds down your smile automatically goes up!
We are stuck in a tunnel!
We're trying to let pass an ambulance, there must be an accident somewhere.
Ok, so we're on the Ligurian Coast, we're very close to Monaco and there are many tunnels on our way,
it's time to engage again the Sport Mode..
and let people know that we're coming!
In Italy is illegal not to take off in a tunnel with a supercar..
it's true!
Mission accomplished, that's our final destination, well here starts our new adventure!
After 7 hours we've arrived at our flat, my back is still burning but it was really worth it,
there are 5 amazing days to come by starting tomorrow with the Top Marques Monaco and some other surprises, stay tuned.