capriaddict Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 Rollin' in my 2.0.... I'm of to the Capri show in Holland taking the JPS. staying in sittingbourne tonight and catching the early ferry in the morn. Will be back on here on Tuesday with loads of pic's
sab6024 Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 Ideal have a safe trip Looking forward to the photos
tim Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 is that he euro ford show near the german boarder?
capriaddict Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Posted August 30, 2007 is that he euro ford show near the german boarder? No its the Capri Club Zuid Holland show, somewhere nearish to Arnhem i think.
Dom Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 The parents went to Holland last year, the roads are dead straight apparently and you can see for miles and miles
capriaddict Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Posted September 4, 2007 i'm back now what a brilliant weekend, got loads of pics to upload later. The convoy across france and belgium made a great spectacle, 7 mk2 capri's, 2 mk3's and a sapphire cosworth although the european style of driving takes some getting used to The show was ace lots of capri's that we never got in england, will let the pics do the talking when i can sort them out (i took so many). Our english contingent managed to grab TEN of the trophys to bring back with us including best club, i got a couple as well Drank loads of dutch and had a good time
mk1mexico Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 Nice one look forward to the pics. Did you get the wheels on??
capriaddict Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Posted September 4, 2007 Nice one look forward to the pics. Did you get the wheels on?? Yep! put them on the car the day before i left. cheers
quattro Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 The European style of driving is far better than here in the UK.
capriaddict Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Posted September 4, 2007 The European style of driving is far better than here in the UK. If you mean not giving other drivers any room ( no margin for error) i have to disagree, they drive right on your back bumper, pull out with next to no warning or space, pull in in front of you without leaving you any room, need i go on! Maybe its because we're english and they like to try to intimidate us. I don't mean it to sound like i think we drive any better in this country because we don't. I just like to have a little bit of space around my car for safety's sake, plus i don't want it picking up any little knocks ,ding's or scrapes. Moan over, end of disscusion. I still had a great time and will go back again.
quattro Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 Try driving in Germany, that is great fun. Even at 140mph, you will still have an M5 6 inches from your rear bumper. It feels very dangerous at first, but there is no danger. As drivers over there are very aware of their surroundings and will predict upcoming events and will back off just enough room to let you in. I probably do more miles going to and from Germany than I do in the UK and I got used to it. But I can understand how some people may find it uncomfortable, I think the fact that I have been driving abroad since 2 months after I passed my test might have something to do with it!
capriaddict Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Posted September 4, 2007 Fair shout, after all this was the first time i've driven abroad
quattro Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 Fair shout, after all this was the first time i've driven abroad Well done then. The amount of people who tend to really freak out when they get to their first roundabout in Calais and just have some sort of break down is bizzare. Glad you had a good time out there... All this talk of abroad has got me thinking, would there be a market for a a OSF Nurburgring Weekend? If enough people are interested I'm quite happy to put together a few numbers, I'm quite family with the area out there and know a couple really nice places to stay + eat.
Admin Vista Posted September 4, 2007 Admin Report Posted September 4, 2007 Try driving in Germany, that is great fun. Even at 140mph, you will still have an M5 6 inches from your rear bumper. It feels very dangerous at first, but there is no danger. As drivers over there are very aware of their surroundings and will predict upcoming events and will back off just enough room to let you in. I probably do more miles going to and from Germany than I do in the UK and I got used to it. But I can understand how some people may find it uncomfortable, I think the fact that I have been driving abroad since 2 months after I passed my test might have something to do with it! You're have a giraffe!! 140mph at 6" distance isn't dangerous?? You can't be serious!! The unlimited German autobahns have some of the most horrific high speed smashes in the world! Here, I'll give you two good reasons why it's extremely dangerous 1) Reaction times at 140mph are long enough to close that 6" gap from 6" to about minus 60" in a instant. Hence M5 driving twits engine and front wheels are now somewhere on my back seat! 2) If I'm not dead from the high speed rear shunt that's just occured at 1, then I'm highly likely to get out of my car very very angry and insert my fist so far down the offending sausage munchers throat that i can pull out his giblets and insert them up his ass!
emu Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 2) If I'm not dead from the high speed rear shunt that's just occured at 1, then I'm highly likely to get out of my car very very angry and insert my fist so far down the offending sausage munchers throat that i can pull out his giblets and insert them up his ass! PMSL
stephens_xpack Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 Must see photo's, must see photo's..... Please must see photo's, must see photo's . . Oh yeah seeing the photo's would be nice
capriaddict Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Posted September 4, 2007 Must see photo's, must see photo's..... Please must see photo's, must see photo's . . Oh yeah seeing the photo's would be nice Patience my good man! Its taking a while to sort them out, there's over 200 pics Probably get them up in the next couple of days
quattro Posted September 5, 2007 Report Posted September 5, 2007 Try driving in Germany, that is great fun. Even at 140mph, you will still have an M5 6 inches from your rear bumper. It feels very dangerous at first, but there is no danger. As drivers over there are very aware of their surroundings and will predict upcoming events and will back off just enough room to let you in. I probably do more miles going to and from Germany than I do in the UK and I got used to it. But I can understand how some people may find it uncomfortable, I think the fact that I have been driving abroad since 2 months after I passed my test might have something to do with it! You're have a giraffe!! 140mph at 6" distance isn't dangerous?? You can't be serious!! The unlimited German autobahns have some of the most horrific high speed smashes in the world! Here, I'll give you two good reasons why it's extremely dangerous 1) Reaction times at 140mph are long enough to close that 6" gap from 6" to about minus 60" in a instant. Hence M5 driving twits engine and front wheels are now somewhere on my back seat! 2) If I'm not dead from the high speed rear shunt that's just occured at 1, then I'm highly likely to get out of my car very very angry and insert my fist so far down the offending sausage munchers throat that i can pull out his giblets and insert them up his ass! 1) They look much further ahead, so they actually have longer to react. Other drivers are much more aware of what is coming up behind them, since there is a constant threat of 180mph 911s belting up behind you, it makes you think twice about pulling out when you see some xenons coming up behind you. They all drive very consideratly for example if you are in lane 2 with trucks in lane 1 and faster traffic in lan3, and your are approaching a vehicle going slower than you. As you glance in your mirrors and reach for your indicator the chap in lane 3 has already dropped back a few metres and had flashed you to say there is enough room to get in. As soon as you can pull back in, you pull back in. Then lane 3 zooms off again. There is no risk unless something unexpected happens like some British fuckwit in an old Rover dithers off a sliproad straight into lane 3 doing 80mph. 2) Then don't brake randomly. In Germany its viewed as your fault if you get rear ended on the autobahn. You should not brake unless you absolutely have too, you should get out of that lane and make room for faster traffic, or just speed up. I think what car you are driving might have something to do with how safe you feel. If you car has crap brakes then don't try and do 140mph up the arse of someone else. Just sit in the inside lanes and keep it below the ton. Another common misconception is people tend to think they are being tailgated, when actually the car behind is just slip streaming you to save fuel. I once on my way back from Stuttgart in an A8 4.2 sat with 6 other cars doing 155mph for about 30 mins on the A5 Autobahn on the derestricted 3 lane bit south of Frankfurt. Anyway... It's not that important I just feel very strongly about the standard of driving in this country. Where's these pictures then???
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