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Location: The dark side of the Sun and owner of 2 fairy tokens
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Sounds like I might be the only one going at this rate...
Tony, if you can't get the car sorted, AND you can't get a 'suitable replacement' AND you can get to Folkestone/somewhere I can pick you up, you can use my passenger seat.
Sounds like I might be the only one going at this rate...
Tony, if you can't get the car sorted, AND you can't get a 'suitable replacement' AND you can get to Folkestone/somewhere I can pick you up, you can use my passenger seat.
Powerstation doing a compression test today so will hopefully know the timeframe for repair this afternoon.
Thanks for the offer Tony. It may come to that.
If the worst comes to the worst and any of the other single drivers might like a co-driver let me know and I'll share with whoever has the fastest car and aircon...
Location: The dark side of the Sun and owner of 2 fairy tokens
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The slowest (probably) doesn't have aircon either...
How many hands do I need to drive with? Picked up a slight injury last night (base of thumb is about twice its normal size and a bit tender - but that's a vast improvement from last night when it was more than 3 times its normal size)
Head gaskets are fine. Checks for sticking thermostat, air locks in the coolant and water pump function now ongoing. Combining that with 70K service tomorrow and fingers crossed, I'm good to go..
Stormy, I've got visions of Cptn Slow in that Aston N24 when they did the best roads in Europe your, he had no aircon either,
Mrk, I went to France a few years back with my old Pug 306, got the air con regassed before we left. It all leaked out the next day and left me with a bad head cold...
You'll be fine though
all no go i see,i hope all mechanical probs are sorted by this weekend!!
stormy if there is a spare xxl t-shirt going i will have it as marl is being stingey and not doing any eurocombo t-shirts-i reckon he is ploughing all profits into his beetle lol
have a great time
martin
Location: The dark side of the Sun and owner of 2 fairy tokens
Posts: 4,975
All go so far. Car seems to be ok, and thumb swelling is going down nicely, but the bruise is starting to come out. Minor moment of panic this morning when I couldn't find the car insurance document, but ok now.
Funny you should be mentioning Captain Slow, people here at work have said the same thing to me.
ARrrrrgggGH! track insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!! Knew there was something I'd forgotten. That's lunchtime taken care of then.
MORIS are not doing insurance for trackdays until they appoint a new underwritter.
Comp Car insurance only quote for Euro circuits if you have track history with them!!!
Arrrgghhh, anyone know who i might be able to try. Would Keith Michaels do a quote do you think, anyone got a number for them?
Location: The dark side of the Sun and owner of 2 fairy tokens
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Ahhhhhh yutz! Car's worth about £4k (max) now, so if it's not mandatory, is it worth the risk? Or I could just blag passenger rides and go round and round until I.... feel ill.
all no go i see,i hope all mechanical probs are sorted by this weekend!!
stormy if there is a spare xxl t-shirt going i will have it as marl is being stingey and not doing any eurocombo t-shirts-i reckon he is ploughing all profits into his beetle lol
have a great time
martin
Can do you sure about xxl I take a xl or is the Murtaya growing your chest
Track insurance?? Whats that for I think the roads you will be driving on will be far more dangerous than a wee track with run-off . Has no one read the Route Book
An excerpt from Day5 "Sinister scree slopes, protruding rock, barren mountains piercing through lush pine forests, shear drops and low rickety stone walls that wouldn’t stop a kamikaze gnat are all of what are ahead of you".
Oh by the way I HAVE AIRCON, I have aircon its soooo cold as I have aircon in my car, lar-de-dah...........
Location: The dark side of the Sun and owner of 2 fairy tokens
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I've read the route book, and checked some of the roads closely on Google Maps. Er, how many bends?
Love the comment about 'rickety stone walls' but even that sounds a bit more substantial than some of the 'fenced' roads in Italy on the last EB07 (a bit of plastic tape in places iirc).
I've read the route book, and checked some of the roads closely on Google Maps. Er, how many bends?
Love the comment about 'rickety stone walls' but even that sounds a bit more substantial than some of the 'fenced' roads in Italy on the last EB07 (a bit of plastic tape in places iirc).
We shall see Tony glad you read the route book.
Guess what I may have aircon but my brakes are screwed
Thanks again Mrk and Stormy, awesome awesome awesome trip. Still laughing about so much, especially watching Hugh, one Exige, the French toll barrier, and about 5 euros in change come flying out the passenger window,....... then another 5 come flying out when the barrier didn;t go up.
WOOOHOOO & YEEHAAA & YIPPEEEE
