My Epic Road Trip

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:46 am

Now in Dijon

Another 160 miles gulped up by the big Audi

85mph on cruise all the way

Starting to get better weather so roof down from here on in

Few hours here in Dijon then on to Lyon for lunch I think

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:12 am

Btw

Got flàshed by a static speed camera...

Any consequence?

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by Mr V10 » Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:32 pm

I got caught in my S8 on the way into Paris, nothing came through. My mate got flashed too and something came through the post, he scrunched it up and there were no consequences.
What en epic trip by the way, heres me getting excited about my road trip to Amsterdam on Friday.
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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:28 pm

Cheers Amar, as I thought

Jusr parked up in Lyon

This place is really nice

Blue sky 30degrees now, top down all the way

Done about 550 miles from home now

Lunch here then 250 to Cannes

Will post some pics if the hotel has wifi

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:29 pm

Made it to Cannes!
Bit of traffic, but more or less on schedule

Its a feckin busy place this!

Its got a mental motor alley when you turn off the motorway, literally about 20 dealers of every manufacturer known to man!

So far, seen a R8 in Lyon where this obviously gay guy double parked at a junction and started revving his engine

Also a stealth RS 4 passed me, all black, optics, debadged and black A4 wing mirrors, very stealth

So, done 850 miles from home in 24 hrs, thankfully that's the biggest chunk of driving in such a short time, I hope

Going to chill on the beach tomorro

The fat cab is doing well, 44MPG so far, average speed over 850 miles of 60mph, but iv basically been cruising at 85mph

Also, the temperature gauge hit 37degrees today, but with the roof down and air con on LO and windows up actually does keep the cabin cool, its obvious when you put your hand above the windscreen the passing air is noticably warmer

Right, off for beers

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:01 pm

In Nice now ... its nice :-)

Off to Monaco tomorrow then a big 350 drive to San Marino .... should be nice

upon exiting Cannes this morning, I saw a ridiculous amount of car porn ... Lambo's, SLR's, Bentley, Porsche ... you name it

there is some money down here thats for you

still, did get some weirdo dude in a Peugot 307 convertable stop and give me the thumbs up for the big gay Audi ... he was about 45yrs old and had a massive perm ...

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:04 pm

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:23 pm

Wow, the car porn outside the Hotel Du Paris and Casino in Monte Carlo is nuts

RR
Bentley
R8 V10 Spyder
Lambo
Fezza
SL65

Etc etc etc!

Fecking rich people!

Still did get some dude film me on a camcorder as we drove past, he must have liked the big gay Audi, not many of them about

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by PJC » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:00 pm

aka_dk wrote:Wow, the car porn outside the Hotel Du Paris and Casino in Monte Carlo is nuts

RR
Bentley
R8 V10 Spyder
Lambo
Fezza
SL65

Etc etc etc!

Fecking rich people!

Still did get some dude film me on a camcorder as we drove past, he must have liked the big gay Audi, not many of them about
How much are the beers?

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by sonny » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:55 pm

Nice pics, sounds like your having a good time.
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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:59 pm

^^its one of those places you dont ask how much things cost

arrived in San Marino now ... another 360 miles gulped up by the big fat gay Audi

wow, the autoroute / autostrada from Monaco to Genova ... how many bends and tunnels !!! literally about 50 tunnels and hardly a straight piece of motorway

It was crying out for an RS 4 cab

do I regret not still having my RS 4 cab for this trip ??

no actually....filling up every 250 miles would have pissed me off .... double the cost would have bankrupt me, with the milltek it would have done my nut in and most importantly, I couldnt go through the mental pain of parking it down in the most ridiculously tight underground car parks !!

it the BFG (big fat gay) A5 gets damaged, even badly, I dont give a flying feck ....as long as its still drivable

got another 300+ miles tomorrow to Bari to catch a ferry to Greece

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:00 pm

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by HYFR » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:26 pm

some Monte Carlo porn

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by Steve_C » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:51 pm

That Lambo is parked a bit randomly?
Gone to the dark side

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Re: My Epic Road Trip

Post by PJC » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:44 pm

I know it is what it is, still like to know though, 1ME nice plate

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