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keep it lit
Original Poster
1,948 posts
36 months
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... went to mow an alpine meadow. hey up, a few words & pics from our recent euro-tour to share. the planned route; MANCHESTER STUTTGART LAKE CONSTANCE LIECHTENSTEIN STELVIO PASS BOLZANO SERIES OF MOUNTAIN PASSES CORTINA SERIES OF MOUNTAIN PASSES PLOCKENPASS VILLACH SLOVENIA AND ASSOCIATED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND RIVER DRIVES ( HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) NOVA GORCIA UDINE PORDENONE BELLUNO TRENTO SONDRIO COLICO BELLAGIO LECCO LAKE COMO VARESE STRESA BIELLA AOSTA COURMAYEUR COL DU PETITE ST BERNARD LA ROSIERE ROIGNAIS BEAUFORT ALBERTVILLE MOUTIERS BOURG ST MAURICE COL DU LISERAN VAL D' SERE BONNEVAL LAN LES BOURG COL DU MT CENIS MODANE ST MICHAEL-D M COL DU GALIBIER COL DU LAUTARET LA GRAVE ALPE D' HUEZ VIZILLE GRENOBLE CHAMBEREY ANNECY FRANGY BELLEGARDE COLLONGES ST CLAUDE COL DE LA FAUCILLE MOREZ CHAMPAGNOLE POLIOGNY DOLE DIJON LANGRES CHAU MONT ST DIZIER CHALONS EN CHAMPAGNE REIMS LAON ST QUENTIN CAMBRAI ARRAS BETHUNE ST OMER CALAIS AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, GOOD OLD BLIGHTY. first stop;   second duty bound stop;                  ... three hours in the museum (with great food!) on a sunday afternoon was enough, i was more fixed on the next three weeks! so we saddled up and hit the autobahn for lake Constance.. shortly into the first de-zone on the autobahn the white car and i got invloved in an exercise with a pushy local hero in a black RS4 Avant MTM TT (a very fast Audi!).. truth be told he had me but the poke winning white car won @ 193mph.. we soon pulled over to wait for the yellow & green cars who were following.. we thought....... after a phone call we learnt the yellow car had a problem. the water temp had shot up as they hit the autobahn and pulled over.. on inspection the front center radiator had let go, all coolant lost.. they called for recovery, the green car was with them, we were told to push on!.. next morning we were told the car had been recovered swiftly to the local Stuttgart main dealer, but it would be wednesday at the earliest for a replacement radiator.. (seriously in Stuttgart!!) it was indeed thursday morning before the yellow car was fit for purpose again.. bummer! the lads did go to Spa on the way home for a glorious weekends racing as consolation... the green & yellow cars had only planned to do the first week.. next year lads!! let the games begin!       more pics to follow.. ade          9000 kms door to door.. .. nearly forgot; many many thanks to my best mate, the man, the myth, the Highland legend Andy in his fresh white RS.. leading from the front as ever! my absolute pleasure to be with, every single mile & every last minute. a trip we will never forget!! Ade
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Crimp a Length!
4,730 posts
92 months
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Bloody fantastic, looked like you had an epic trip.
Look forward to the pics.
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keep it lit
Original Poster
1,948 posts
36 months
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Crimp a Length! said: Bloody fantastic, looked like you had an epic trip.
Look forward to the pics. mental weather here Crimp!.. so sketchy internet??.. difficultly on the upload schnizzle!! glad to home... WTF!
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sportsandclassic
3,525 posts
87 months
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I will be getting a pass out for next years trip.
Looks like you had a good time.
Mike
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PGM
1,538 posts
118 months
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I'm going away with the family, taking the 997 to Jura in a couple of weeks time. How do you recommend the Col de la Faucille, I see it was on your list? Any pictures of this area? I'm a euro tour veteran having completed several long tours in our old 996.
Thanks
Paul
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fioran0
1,392 posts
41 months
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That's properly epic- 9000kms road trip!!! Can't wait to hear your tales 
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dadofbud
429 posts
78 months
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Wow, Comprehensive sound too inadequate a word for the post let alone the trip, envious.
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Slippydiff
5,040 posts
92 months
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Nice one Ade ! Great cars, superb roads, thanks for posting some great pictures too. Nice to see yours looking so well used and "travel stained"
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GT Glee
617 posts
44 months
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keep it lit said: Stunnning! And I'm not talking about the scenery What a mega drive too.
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dazren
21,746 posts
130 months
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Superb bit of Hoonage. Three weeks on the road is serious endurance. Did anyone need to change tyres mid trip?
I'm off with a few other PHers at the end of the month into Europe for 3k miles over 11 days. Taking in the Swiss Alps and then a Megahoon trip around Italy.
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all2ofme
812 posts
57 months
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That trip looks amazing, Ade! Must post about my week-long jaunt to southern Poland and back. I had coolant issues too, but they were solved much more easily!
Oh, and mmmmm to a bottle of Saumur Champigny - one of my favourite reds. So light and quaffable. Om nom nom.
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Ordinary_Chap
7,037 posts
112 months
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Amazing, I really want to see more pics as I'd love to do something like this and have been thinking about it for a while.
Look forward to the next update.
Lee
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Jmracing66
506 posts
108 months
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GT Glee said: Stunnning! And I'm not talking about the scenery What a mega drive too. Sorry for th off topic but what are the wheels on the mk1 gt3 ? Epic trip btw
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Terminator X
2,133 posts
73 months
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That white one is mental! I'm on  TX.
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Crimp a Length!
4,730 posts
92 months
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This is what i should be doing in the GT2 instead of taking to the shows and polishing the bloody thing. Lifes too short for all that garage queen b  ks.
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jackwood
1,214 posts
77 months
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Ade, that looks epic!
Did you do it one set of rubber?
Call in for those stickers if you're passing anytime.
Jack
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DAB964RS
101 posts
36 months
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Ade
epic trip and great photos
we actually saw you descending the Stelvio, we were parked up taking photos of the zig-zags towards Bormio. I will mail you a few photos that we took of your descent towards the tunnels.
cheers
David
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tracydeedance
219 posts
48 months
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Looks epic. Nice to see GT3s being used for road trips as well as track and just being left in the garage.
Just done 500 miles in my 996 GT3 Mk2 recently to poole. Some epic driving in the company of more powerfull 997 turbo 997 turbo s and a 997 GT2.
Looked a great trip nice pics also.
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911god
1,834 posts
54 months
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Crimp a Length! said: This is what i should be doing in the GT2 instead of taking to the shows and polishing the bloody thing. Lifes too short for all that garage queen b ks. You Definately should. Had a 4 day 1200 mile run with some mates in April and spa in October. Mines looking like I'll do 7-8k miles a year
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Mermaid
12,497 posts
40 months
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Inspiring 
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