My Mille Miglia trip and much much more.
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chrissull said:
I'm sure the owner of the red Countach that got crashed into is on here, can't quite remember his username though.
Enjoyed looking through these pictures, look forward to seeing more! Cheers for sharing with us all
I also called it a Diablo......Doh....will finish off the journey now.Enjoyed looking through these pictures, look forward to seeing more! Cheers for sharing with us all
I visited another car museum before the MM started when i drove to Verona from Brescia but i don't
have the pics currently so will sort that out at the end.
After all the cars had left Brescia i moved on for day 2 to find a random place to watch them
pass again.
After getting hopelessly lost in Verona and Not quite so badly lost in Ferrara i find myself in
Voghiera,which i previously said was between Verona and Ferrara,it's between Ferrara and Ravenna.
Some of these pics been posted in the monkey's blog thread ,can't remember which so have them all
again.
have the pics currently so will sort that out at the end.
After all the cars had left Brescia i moved on for day 2 to find a random place to watch them
pass again.
After getting hopelessly lost in Verona and Not quite so badly lost in Ferrara i find myself in
Voghiera,which i previously said was between Verona and Ferrara,it's between Ferrara and Ravenna.
Some of these pics been posted in the monkey's blog thread ,can't remember which so have them all
again.
That's it for MM pics.
After this i planned on going to Imola circuit for an European Le Mans race on Saturday.
I wasn't too impressed by the small entry for a 3 hour race so got there Friday afternoon,
watched some practice and qualifying and started the long trip home.
The pics from Imola are a bit poor due to shooting through a safety fence.
Support races for Peugeot RCZs
and the French GT championship
Heading further north i need to go past Reims again,remember my fail there 2 weeks before,
i find a map in a service station and go for another attempt at finding the Reims Champagne
car museum..........EASY,the way into the city i take this time even has signposts for it.
So find it easily this time.
That is a 2CV with different panels fitted ,you can see the 2CV centre section.
The front of this Salmson reminds me of the original Batmobile
A Ligier JS2
A Renault 25 that the mentalist Swiss Franco Sbarro has restyled,quite a good effort
A bizarre Tour de France support vehicle
i find a map in a service station and go for another attempt at finding the Reims Champagne
car museum..........EASY,the way into the city i take this time even has signposts for it.
So find it easily this time.
That is a 2CV with different panels fitted ,you can see the 2CV centre section.
The front of this Salmson reminds me of the original Batmobile
A Ligier JS2
A Renault 25 that the mentalist Swiss Franco Sbarro has restyled,quite a good effort
A bizarre Tour de France support vehicle
Other stuff ...........in the wrong order.
After leaving the Ferrari Galleria i went down the road to Fiorano,the Ferrari test track.
Access to inside it is rare if ever available but it's not exactly hard to peer through a side
gate ,nothing on it to say i couldn't poke camera in there,and anyway if you want to spy
on Ferraris latest products just buy a flat overlooking the track.
spotted another Barchetta for sale in a Fiat showroom,they do do colours other than silver
the prancing horse statue on a roundabout next to Ferrari HQ
After leaving the Ferrari Galleria i went down the road to Fiorano,the Ferrari test track.
Access to inside it is rare if ever available but it's not exactly hard to peer through a side
gate ,nothing on it to say i couldn't poke camera in there,and anyway if you want to spy
on Ferraris latest products just buy a flat overlooking the track.
spotted another Barchetta for sale in a Fiat showroom,they do do colours other than silver
the prancing horse statue on a roundabout next to Ferrari HQ
Similar pic to my profile in the other car,last time i was just passing through.
I took the scenic route back to base via the Passo di Goggio which it turns was closed
earlier that day for a Hillclimb event,which if i had known about would have gone to
instead.These 2 Panteras were parked in a layby waiting for the heavens to stop emptying.
I couldn't not go past Mugello without doing that ^^^
and the roundabouts are decorated with Ferrari bodies too
I took the scenic route back to base via the Passo di Goggio which it turns was closed
earlier that day for a Hillclimb event,which if i had known about would have gone to
instead.These 2 Panteras were parked in a layby waiting for the heavens to stop emptying.
I couldn't not go past Mugello without doing that ^^^
and the roundabouts are decorated with Ferrari bodies too
So over 3400 miles between 6th and 19th of May,completed reliably in a 16 year old Fiat
only owned since December.
Costs, a lot of fuel used,petrol more expensive in Italy than France,motorway tolls soon
mount up,the tunnels through the Alps are over 40euro each but you can save by buying a return
ticket.
Reliability good,just some niggly faults with the car but not anything to spoil the fun.
Hood down most of the time but rain was torrential when it came.
Italian drivers,don't ask,just go with the flow and keep chilled expecting to be overtaken just
about anywhere by the fastest thing in Italy.....the old Panda........
That's it,sorry if i bored you.
only owned since December.
Costs, a lot of fuel used,petrol more expensive in Italy than France,motorway tolls soon
mount up,the tunnels through the Alps are over 40euro each but you can save by buying a return
ticket.
Reliability good,just some niggly faults with the car but not anything to spoil the fun.
Hood down most of the time but rain was torrential when it came.
Italian drivers,don't ask,just go with the flow and keep chilled expecting to be overtaken just
about anywhere by the fastest thing in Italy.....the old Panda........
That's it,sorry if i bored you.
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