I've made the same trip down to Sommedieue many times as I take my father there fishing annually (he's now well into his 70's and suffers from Alzheimer's, so there's no way he could do it alone)
I'd say that the longer 7th gear and smooth DSG box makes the B8 a much better travel companion than my previous B7 RS4 Avant. I know it's largely irrelevant in these cars, but it averaged 24mpg on a trip where we spent most of the time between 90 and 100 on the motorways, whereas my B7 used to do the same trip and similar driving conditions averaging around 20
The froggies seemed less impressed with it than the previous car though as it drew less attention at the services. Perhaps that's the Suzuka grey effect rather than the black of my last car. Although we did get the police asking in the universal hand gesture to 'boot it away from the toll' which isn't the sort of thing you get with the UK police too ofter
Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics ;
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And a quick one of the R8 V10+ I had the week before that has since persuaded me to rename my Gallardo Saving fund into a V10+ saving fund
