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Pork, Strudel & Cheese With Holes - a road trip :-)

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Re: Pork, Strudel & Cheese With Holes - a road trip :-)

Post by buzyg » Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:28 pm

pvr wrote:And we had a 3km tunnel as well srhutch. Bing feels very inadequate with his exhaust now :D
Hope he had the roof down. :D
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Post by PerryGunn » Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:41 pm

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pvr wrote:And we had a 3km tunnel as well srhutch. Bing feels very inadequate with his exhaust now :D
Hope he had the roof down. :D
Is there any other way...? :wink:
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Post by pvr » Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:14 pm

At 30c today and so far sunshine every day, the roof has been down permanently.
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Post by Bing » Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:20 pm

Roof has been down all the time whilst driving since Maidstone, even at, ahem, higher than average speed on the 'bahn. 8) :thumbsup:

I have no problem with my exhaust, on the way back through that tunnel I found 3rd gear at 70mph - heaven :driving:

We've not posted any pics yet as we've really not had time... However I have nicked one of Tom's taken at about 7am this morning at the top of Route 500 - one of the top 10 best driving roads in Europe apparently. I'm sure he won't mind... We should be very clear that shortly before this nobody was flashed by a camera, and ZermattV did not terminate a mountain hare with his bumper.

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Post by buzyg » Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:27 pm

Tom clearly does too. Great pic. :thumbsup:
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Post by PerryGunn » Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:01 am

pvr wrote:At 30c today and so far sunshine every day, the roof has been down permanently.
Well, the roof would be down for for Bing & Jax, and I guess Rob had the targa roof off... the joy of a convertible...

...did you pretend to join in by having your beetle's sunroof open? :poke:
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Post by PerryGunn » Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:03 am

Bing wrote:Image

I do love ass...
Nice to see a bit of class in amongst the fat-ass porkers though Bing... just such a pity that Jax spoilt the look by parking his Boxter the wrong way 'round... :evil: :lol:



Have fun today guys and enjoy the passes.... :driving:
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Post by PerryGunn » Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:04 pm

Come on lads - 9pm where you are..... show us your (p)asses
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Post by buzyg » Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:45 pm

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Bing wrote:Image

I do love ass...
Nice to see a bit of class in amongst the fat-ass porkers though Bing... just such a pity that Jax spoilt the look by parking his Boxter the wrong way 'round... :evil: :lol:



Have fun today guys and enjoy the passes.... :driving:
Now you mention it, change the colour of the lights and that is definitely the front of a car. :?
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Post by Bing » Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:13 pm

So, quick update before bed. What a drive. Seriously - we've already travelled three days to get to this point, it had to be worth it. And it was. Even though it pissed down. I don't think words do this country, or the roads we have driven today, any justice at all. The whole place is awesome - I'm pretty sure scenery doesn't get much bigger. There are loads more photos, but here's a 3 or 4 to keep you interested, shamelessly stolen from Wee Bing :

On the way up to Susten Pass :

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There is a small furry beaver under my car in this shot, more to follow on that - but it's mate scared the living daylight a out of me when I got out the car...


This is at the top of Susten Pass :

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Tunnels. So many tunnels - it's a grown up child's dream :driving: :driving: :evil:

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I have to say, whatever you think about Porsche, they got the exhaust right for sure :D

As you'd expect, Mr Scott has way more, way better photos, but they'll be a while coming. Worth waiting for though, I can assure you.

Team PVR & Bing have a huge trip back from Savognin to Calais tomorrow, whilst Jax, Tom & Zermatt head off to Modena. It will be a sad parting, I really wish we were staying on now :( . However, there's always Norway next year :wink:

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Post by srhutch » Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:18 pm

Looking forward to the full write up when you get back.
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Post by buzyg » Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:46 am

Cheers for the update Bing. Awesome looking place. Safe Journey homeward. :driving:
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Post by craig3.2 » Sun Jun 28, 2015 1:13 am

Looks great guys....wish we had got an invite, lol :poke:

Some nice looking roads/pity about the rain. Some nice pics there, and a fine collection of cars :driving:
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Post by jan_tekin » Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:32 am

Looks like a great trip :thumbsup:

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Post by Big Red Cat » Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:05 pm

Great photos, you guys are so lucky. Love driving in the Alps & the Susten Pass has to be one of the best.
Norway is great too but only driven there in a mini-bus with 10 burly geologists in the back :cry:
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