RE: PH Alpine Assault 2009

[Harsh]

we'll be at Supercar Sunday at Gaydon if anyone would like to come and have a chat.
you'll be able to watch some DVD snippets and also talk to tour vets and excited soon to be tourers.

somehow i dont think you'll miss our stand

[bigburd]

Harsh said:

we'll be at Supercar Sunday at Gaydon if anyone would like to come and have a chat.
you'll be able to watch some DVD snippets and also talk to tour vets and excited soon to be tourers.

somehow i dont think you'll miss our stand

Hmmm I don't remember signing the form for public viewings!

[Harsh]

bigburd said:

Harsh said:

we'll be at Supercar Sunday at Gaydon if anyone would like to come and have a chat.
you'll be able to watch some DVD snippets and also talk to tour vets and excited soon to be tourers.

somehow i dont think you'll miss our stand

Hmmm I don't remember signing the form for public viewings!

you were asleep on the eurotunnel on the way back at the time!

[Harsh]

So looking forward to this!

I've been looking at the route notes today, you guys have no idea whats in store!

if anyone wants to join us at the last minute let us know as we're signing off on numbers with the hotels and Eurotunnel in the next few days.

[jdwcd]

Who is staying at the hotel the the night before.

Edited by jdwcd on Tuesday 7th July 18:28

[bigburd]

jdwcd said:

Who is staying at the hotel the the night before.

Edited by jdwcd on Tuesday 7th July 18:28

Highly likely

[hahithestevieboy]

Harsh said:

So looking forward to this!

I've been looking at the route notes today, you guys have no idea whats in store!

if anyone wants to join us at the last minute let us know as we're signing off on numbers with the hotels and Eurotunnel in the next few days.

Dont know why it has to be such a big secret myself...

[andye30m3]

I've just come back from a similar trip to do the passes around Switzland, Italy and Austria and really enjoyed it, by adding a Spa trackday at the begining and the Nurburgring for a few days on the way home I think we managed the ideal holiday for a petrol head.

Hope everyone who goes enjoys it as much as we did.

[hahithestevieboy]

Checked the routes out last night using a GPS Visualizer overlay on google earth. It's a bit limited as it gives the routes between the waypoints as the crow flies rather than down the actual roads, but you can kind of guess/work it out.

But Damn!

Daaa,aaa,aaaam!

[FemmeT]

You can also use Tyre to view and create TomTom routes in Google Maps or Google Earth.

http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

I will be joining the group on French soil. I think I'm the only Dutchman in the group so please be kind .

[SlvrCrb]

FemmeT said:

You can also use Tyre to view and create TomTom routes in Google Maps or Google Earth.

http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

I will be joining the group on French soil. I think I'm the only Dutchman in the group so please be kind .

Tyre is a good supplement to the tasks of planning and coordinating. There are some, er, 'issues' though ;-) Chief among them being that it just doesn't like most of the Swiss passes. Fluela pass for example, it thinks you would be better off doing a u-turn 1/2 way across, going back towards Italy, heading North and then loading the car onto a train and going through the mountain to Davos. You can also forget the San Bernadino, the San Gottard, the Grimsel, the Sustenen, the Furka and as for the Tremolo, it laughs in your face.

As for being Dutch, we won't hold it against you. :-) See you on the road Femme.

[FemmeT]

SlvrCrb said:

There are some, er, 'issues' though ;-)

You have to switch to walking mode (second tab in preferences of the map view), then it will let you go straight over the passes .

Edited by FemmeT on Tuesday 14th July 23:21

[Harsh]

3 more sleeps....that's all then you wont need to visualise on google maps, we'll actually be there!

[johnbear]

Three of the cars are staying up at Maidstone on Friday.

Just had a new stripe put on the Cerbera and two dragons on the doors for good measure.

Demon tweeks have just changed my tyres and iam about to rechip the beast now.

see you at the tunnel saturday

shake'n'bake

[SpeedYellow]

Look forward to seeing you all for breakfast and getting to know everyone!

[bigburd]

johnbear said:

Three of the cars are staying up at Maidstone on Friday.

Just had a new stripe put on the Cerbera and two dragons on the doors for good measure.

Demon tweeks have just changed my tyres and iam about to rechip the beast now.

see you at the tunnel saturday

shake'n'bake

I maybe staying in Maidstone area as well...if not the premier inn nr tunnel

[go vrs]

for all you lot going have fun and be safe and we need pics and lots of post if you have the time

[johnbear]

We're at the marriott

[jdwcd]

st, hope i make it, screw in the tyre, new ones delivered to exeter today, ecu probs with cold running and mis fires, swaped the ecu's around, all fine until i drive to wales, now the other ecu is not workin right. drivin back home tomorrow from the holiday house from hell. I AM GOING.

[bigburd]

jdwcd said:

st, hope i make it, screw in the tyre, new ones delivered to exeter today, ecu probs with cold running and mis fires, swaped the ecu's around, all fine until i drive to wales, now the other ecu is not workin right. drivin back home tomorrow from the holiday house from hell. I AM GOING.

PLenty of seats to ride shot gun if your car has 'issues' en route