Ultima in Germany

[AndreasW]

Hello everybody,
I'm from Germany and new here in the forum.
A few days ago I have bought me a not quite finished ultima.
I look forward to complete the car and join the community.

Who else here is from Germany, Switzerland or Austria?

[papaulaborgne]

Hi Andreas,

In Switzerland you have Daniel (ULTIMACH) and myself,

althought my german is quite pathetic...

[spatz]

Hallo Andreas,

willkommen im Forum, ich glaube ich kenne das Auto, das Du gekauft hast.

gruss

Uwe

[UltimaCH]

Welcome Andreas,
I'm in Switzerland and counting the months (around 15....) before the start of my GTR project. And my German, well it is poor to say the least

Edited by UltimaCH on Monday 15th November 10:35

[ultimichael]

Hallo Andreas,

noch ein Ultima in Deutschland, einer der ewig nicht fertig wird.
Willkommen.

Michael

[AndreasW]

Many thanks for your welcome.

The car I bought has already been registered in the UK.
Everything is complete exept for the engine.
I am optimistic to get it on the road next spring :-). (Hopefully)

So how many (by estimation) are already out on german roads?
And how many are in progress to follow?

Edited by AndreasW on Monday 15th November 21:43

[Whitean3]

papaulaborgne said:

Hi Andreas,

In Switzerland you have Daniel (ULTIMACH) and myself,

althought my german is quite pathetic...

And me! I'm waiting for Daniel to build the first Ultima in Switzerland- kind of given up hope for the time being, thanks to Swiss bureaucracy, plus a lack of a place to build an Ultima.
One day, fingers crossed!

[dandare1001]

Hello Andreas,

I'm near Frankfurt, and like ultimichael, have an unfinished Ultima, (but I may surprise myself next year).

Wilkommen und Grüße aus der Rheinland Pfalz

Daniel

[AndreasW]

Hallo,

das es eine nur sehr kleine Community in DACH gibt, hatte ich mir gedacht.
Umso erfreulicher, dass hier wohl die Meisten von den Wenigen anzutreffen sind.

Wenn man sich die Beschreibung des Zusammenbaus durchliest, kommt man nicht auf die Idee
das sich das so lange hin ziehen kann.

Ich hoffe diejenigen die noch Schrauben verlieren nicht die Lust.

Ich komme übrigens ebenfalls aus der Nähe Frankfurts (70km nördlich) :-).


I had already thought that there is only a very small community in DACH.
It is particularly encouraging that most of the few are gathered here. :-)

By reading through the instructions I could not get the idea that a completion actually take that long.
But I believe they have ommited the time-consuming parts.

I hope those who are still at the completion will not lose their mood...

I'm also from near Frankfurt (70km northern):-).

[dandare]

Hallo Andreas,

Ja Frankfurt ist nicht weit. Wenn Du Lust hast, kannst Du vorbeischauen. Ich bin normalerweise am Wochenende in der Werkstatt.

Richtig, es dauert nicht sooo lange einen Ultima zu bauen, aber ist abhängig von was man ändert. Ich habe mehrere Sachen geändert, habe nicht viel Zeit, und eine Freundin die nicht viel Verständnis hat. So ist das Leben.

PM mich für meine Nummer wenn Du Interesse hast.

Gruß
Daniel

Yes, Frankfurt isn't far. If you like, you can pop over for a look. I'm usually in the workshop at weekends.

Correct, it doesn't take that long to build an Ultima, but it depends on what one changes. I've changed quite a few things, don't have much time, and have an unsympathetic girlfriend.
That's life.

PM for my phone number if you want to come over.

Regards
Daniel

[AndreasW]

@ Daniel
Beim Versuch Dir eine PN zu schicken habe ich eine Fehlermeldung vom System bekommen.
Schicke Du mir bitte mal Deine Nummer.

[UltimaCH]

dandare said:

I've changed quite a few things, don't have much time, and have an unsympathetic girlfriend.
That's life.

Regards
Daniel

Hi Daniel, All I can recommend is you find and choose (if possible) a car oriented thinking girlfriend. That always works out great when wanting to do that kind of project. I have heard too many stories of Ultima chaps on here have to sell their Ultima's as split ups and divorce happen due to women no longer in the lime light of things a only third or fourth down the line of priorities, after the car, the forum talk, the web searches to find solutions, etc. Just my thought and a certain experience also.

Edited to complete

Edited by UltimaCH on Wednesday 24th November 10:04

[AndreasW]

UltimaCH said:

Hi Daniel, All I can recommend is you find and choose (if possible) a car oriented thinking girlfriend.

Yes, like one of those in the D&W catalog. :-)

[dandare]

UltimaCH said:

dandare said:

I've changed quite a few things, don't have much time, and have an unsympathetic girlfriend.
That's life.

Regards
Daniel

Hi Daniel, All I can recommend is you find and choose (if possible) a car oriented thinking girlfriend. That always works out great when wanting to do that kind of project. I have heard too many stories of Ultima chaps on here have to sell their Ultima's as split ups and divorce happen due to women no longer in the lime light of things a only third or fourth down the line of priorities, after the car, the forum talk, the web searches to find solutions, etc. Just my thought and a certain experience also.

Edited to complete

Edited by UltimaCH on Wednesday 24th November 10:04

I've been through lots of girlfriends, most of whom weren't interested in cars. That was deliberate so that I could spend time in the garage on my own. It's a good time to think in peace. I now have a child so I can't change the girlfriend
Don't worry, all my cars belong to my company, so I won't lose them.

My feelings do go out to the poor chaps who have lost the things most dear to them (Ultimas, children, etc.)due to failed relationships.

Maybe we can start a "company" for all the people in similar situations (to register cars, not children, of course)?

Daniel

[dandare]

AndreasW said:

UltimaCH said:

Hi Daniel, All I can recommend is you find and choose (if possible) a car oriented thinking girlfriend.

Yes, like one of those in the D&W catalog. :-)

Wenn ich mir so eine Frau haben wurde, wäre mein Auto mit Sicherheit nie fertig.

If I had a woman like one of those (from the D&W catalogue), I'd never finish the Ultima.

[UltimaCH]

dandare said:

AndreasW said:

UltimaCH said:

Hi Daniel, All I can recommend is you find and choose (if possible) a car oriented thinking girlfriend.

Yes, like one of those in the D&W catalog. :-)

Wenn ich mir so eine Frau haben wurde, wäre mein Auto mit Sicherheit nie fertig.

If I had a woman like one of those (from the D&W catalogue), I'd never finish the Ultima.

Nah, a D&W girl would cost you more than the price of an Ultima

[donkeasy]

Did anybody ever calculate what the Ultima cost 1/2 an hour?

Wie war es auch wieder:
Gute nacht freunde, es ist zeit fur mich zu gehen.....

Edited by donkeasy on Thursday 25th November 00:04

[GTRene]

donkeasy said:

Did anybody ever calculate what the Ultima cost 1/2 an hour?

Wie war es auch wieder:
Gute nacht freunde, es ist zeit fur mich zu gehen.....

Edited by donkeasy on Thursday 25th November 00:04

this one...nice song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxHPTBriyo

by the way, who in Germany (south) bought that lovely black Ultima GTR with creme/white interior?