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04-22-2009 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by agent,Apr 22 2009, 05:17 PM
BTW, was my route the longest? 
Round trip was 5400 kms!
Round trip was 5400 kms!Pedro came from Malaga (south of Spain) and that is 2152x2=4304km (but he cheated since he used the Ferry from Barcelona to Genova)
Portugueses drove a little bit more.. but I dont think it was more than 5000km all together (also cheating with the ferry)
04-22-2009 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by deibit,Apr 22 2009, 08:35 AM
Sounds like..
Pedro came from Malaga (south of Spain) and that is 2152x2=4304km (but he cheated since he used the Ferry from Barcelona to Genova)
Portugueses drove a little bit more.. but I dont think it was more than 5000km all together (also cheating with the ferry)
Pedro came from Malaga (south of Spain) and that is 2152x2=4304km (but he cheated since he used the Ferry from Barcelona to Genova)
Portugueses drove a little bit more.. but I dont think it was more than 5000km all together (also cheating with the ferry)
04-22-2009 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by LTB,Apr 22 2009, 07:45 PM
Your English is really good Marios, anybody would have thought that you had had a helping hand.
04-22-2009 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by dinibird,Apr 22 2009, 01:08 PM
Just to bring this back on topic...
Well done to everyone involved with organising this amazing event. It was one of the best holidays I've ever had. Having been an event manager in my time, I have to commend the efficiency and professionalism shown by people who have done all this in their own time, for free and out of love for the S2K. Wow!
On a personal note, the trip has helped me become so much more confident in my S. Following a little accident in January involving ice, a motorway and some armco, I was on the verge of selling my S after only 4 months of ownership. Boy, am I glad I kept him. It truly is a relationship that takes time to grow. If I can keep up with the boys on the twisties, but also deal with Italians at rush hour on the Riviera, including darn mopeds and countless sirens, I can drive anywhere! And all in a right hand drive car!
Thanks again for the time of my life.
Dinibird. x
Well done to everyone involved with organising this amazing event. It was one of the best holidays I've ever had. Having been an event manager in my time, I have to commend the efficiency and professionalism shown by people who have done all this in their own time, for free and out of love for the S2K. Wow!
On a personal note, the trip has helped me become so much more confident in my S. Following a little accident in January involving ice, a motorway and some armco, I was on the verge of selling my S after only 4 months of ownership. Boy, am I glad I kept him. It truly is a relationship that takes time to grow. If I can keep up with the boys on the twisties, but also deal with Italians at rush hour on the Riviera, including darn mopeds and countless sirens, I can drive anywhere! And all in a right hand drive car!
Thanks again for the time of my life.
Dinibird. x
04-23-2009 | 05:11 AM
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My group were fab!! Ably organised by Andy2000 and coached in the ways of driving on the continent by Johnsie (Mr Mankini in the pool!).
There were 9 of us on the German Way Down, which was a hoot. We all got on so well, some of us (VicSport, Effing Jeff, Guiness, and me and Mr Dinibird) went to Lake Garda for some tunnel action on the Sunday, where the famous clutch burning incident happened for Effing. We all looked after him, driving as slowly as possible, until we realised his S would have to be abandoned at a service station. 40kmh on the motorway just wasn't safe! Guiness had a spare seat, so we hotfooted it back to Levico for the Gala Dinner, only arriving 30 mins late, but too late to hear the great man's speech.
It was such a time of bonding (!), that although we were all going to go our separate ways back to Blighty, we decided to head back through France together, minus poor Effing, but plus Andy2000. On the 4 day journey back we took in the delights of the Italian and French Riviera, Monaco, Nimes, over the Millau Viaduct (in the pouring rain unfortunately), up through Clermont Ferrand, past Rouen. All just in time for the end of the French fishermans strike to end fortunately.
We have become such good friends we are going to meet up in the Summer. No arguments and such great senses of humour. I love them all!!
So, GWD and French Way Back, were lots of fun!
Dini.
There were 9 of us on the German Way Down, which was a hoot. We all got on so well, some of us (VicSport, Effing Jeff, Guiness, and me and Mr Dinibird) went to Lake Garda for some tunnel action on the Sunday, where the famous clutch burning incident happened for Effing. We all looked after him, driving as slowly as possible, until we realised his S would have to be abandoned at a service station. 40kmh on the motorway just wasn't safe! Guiness had a spare seat, so we hotfooted it back to Levico for the Gala Dinner, only arriving 30 mins late, but too late to hear the great man's speech.
It was such a time of bonding (!), that although we were all going to go our separate ways back to Blighty, we decided to head back through France together, minus poor Effing, but plus Andy2000. On the 4 day journey back we took in the delights of the Italian and French Riviera, Monaco, Nimes, over the Millau Viaduct (in the pouring rain unfortunately), up through Clermont Ferrand, past Rouen. All just in time for the end of the French fishermans strike to end fortunately.
We have become such good friends we are going to meet up in the Summer. No arguments and such great senses of humour. I love them all!!
So, GWD and French Way Back, were lots of fun!
Dini.