Wayney

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Mate like Hogmaw said, give your car a chance fella, its sounds far too cheap! Also consider sticking your car for sale on Pistonheads. Within 12 hr of the advert going live, I had a deposit on the car. I found this forum, to be full of dreamers! I had loads of silly PMs from far and wide with stupid offers, some less than your bargain give away! Best of luck with the sale.

Chaps, I'm currently planning the Route, I would welcome some comments and contribution. the plan is a 5 day hoon, so I open the floor to discussion. Are there any roads, that you've been on before, or have heard about and would like to add to the route? I was thinking to keep costs down, we could go via the Nurburing, and pop in for an afternoons blasting around the track. The general over view is a blast over to German, a good blast aroud the Nurburing, over night there and then a blast down south to the Alps, in search of all the best driving roads. Any comments or views would be most welcomed. I'm hoping to have a route and provisional bookings of hotels in place by the end of Feb.

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Ben I totally agree, the chaps at the FB5k did a fantastic job getting the hotels cheeper. e.g. £180 room for £130. Limiting the numbers, I think 15-20 cars max would be ideal, as finding a suitable hotel is usually difficult. I will look into the insurance side of things. Ben thanks for highlighting these matters. Just wondered would you be interested in comming along?

Ben the email I got through this week, for the Milau trip 08, for 4 night, 5day trip like the one I am planning. 1 person 1 Car £699 2 People 1 Car £898 2 Person 2 Cars £1,050 Please bear in mind you have to add 1) Petrol Cost 2) Toll Roads 3) Food + Drink 4) European Travel & Break Down Insurance I am not organising this trip to make money, just to share the experiences and fun I had with you lot. I feel there are areas where we can cut money like the hotel dept, one night we stayed in a 4* chateau which cost £130 for one night, (bed and breaksfast). Which I must say was cheeper than the origonal price of £180 per room per night. These road trips aint cheap, the figures I have thrown in the air are the basic guide line budgets. If you want to get any where near the alps, a 5day drive is min. [/i]

Sounds good. I'm gonna start planning the route, and come back to you, in the next few weeks with a rough out line.

Mate regarding dates, I'm free any weekend, how does Thus 19th- Monday 23 June sound? Wkends I cant do wkend 14th -15th June (Lemans) Wkend of 24th-25th May (Away in Paris that weekend). What about every one else, is that weekend any good?

Yeer mate, sorry it was supposed to be tolls. The FB5K which I done last year is a lot more pricey then this trip. To do a 4 nite trip away, excluding petrol, food and tools only accomodation and travel. = £750 One person for 4 nights = £900 for 2 sharing one car for 4 nights. Plus u got petrol, tolls, food. I did mention on the FB5K forum that it was pointless to stay in 4* hotels every night, as you cant make good use of the facilities. Its literlly a case of arrive dinner, chill and bed, coz you've been on the road for 8 hrs. The FB5k, is ok, but I found they did cram in too much in for each day, there was not enough time to stop and take photos, the ones I took, was when we stopped brifely for like a couple of mins. There was far better views, but we did not stop.

Right guys, this is still in the early planning stages, if we are to get to the Stelvio Pass, it will have to be a 5 days 4 nit job, as driving 1800 miles in 3 days is madness. This is not TWAT BALL! Where they race across country after country! The whole point of this journey is to drive on the best roads. Approx figures £100 For Euro Tunnel Crossing £500 Petrol £100 Tolls £50 a night * 4 = £200 (Hotel) Food + booze = £300 (5 days and piss up one nit) Roughtly your looking at £1200 as a rough guide. This is not including a track day or staying in a 5* chateau. As I am sure most of you are aware the fuel bill is the huge chunk. So with that out of the equation, your looking at £700 as a rough guide. The last trip I did to the Gauge, I spent £550 on travel and accomodation, + £450 on petrol + tolls £100 + Food & booze £200 = £1,300. So as a rough guide a budget of £1,500 would be enough for a 1,800 miles road trip. I am also looking into the prospect of bringing along a chase car, with a mechanic and all the necessary tools, just incase, we may need to call on some ones services incase some thing pops off or falls apart. :-) Right then what I need a provisional list of names with a budget of £1,500, obviously dates pending. Some time in May/June 1) Wayney + 1 (Prob P111ddy as his Crank Pulley would prob be nackered like last yr) 2) Lui + 1

I've seen it in the flesh, the paint job is great, not sure about the ironing board of a spoiler. A tab bit too big for my liking. £25,000 may seem a hell of a lot to UK buyers but in Denmark and Sweden you'll easily get £25k + Its all about marketing your car, to the right prospective buyers.

Cheers Rob, we never did get a chance to go for a cruise or a bit of a hoon, hows yours shaping up?

hahaha, trust u to be the 1st one to ask that. Mate I'm def gonna have a flat warming party, I will keep u lot posted. But as for ur P111ddy, if I do hav one I'll make sure I tak down all my family pics off the wall, dont want u putting up silly pics of me again!

Thanks for all the kind comments guys, I really appreciate. I my Supra was sold on Wed night to a nice chap from Scotland. It was supposed to go to chap from Sweden. But he turned out to be a tyre kicker and not a serious buyer. Its ended up going to an enthusiast from Scotland. I'm sure he will be introducing him self soon to the forum. and I have no doubt he will look after her. I took a few last photos of her all clean, in Tooley Street tunnel, right next to London Bridge. Well I off flat hunting, and watch this space I will return! Never seen soo much money!! She looks a GEM!

I've been in the same boat, when you've not driven it for a while. I had it jump started profeshionally by RAC, and they let the batt charge for 20-30mins before jump starting it. They said it was the best way for that kind of car. Or else you can blow all the fuses.

Cheers guys. Have sent PMs, will up date you wit more info

Damm, Lui, I'm gutted I missed this one!! Was driving mine back from Newcastle last night, so did not make it back till midnight!! Did JamieP, liv up to his usual rep and do a few rolling burnouts and did Lui eat all the pies? So whens the next one Lui? Come on, let see some pics of an awesome night.

Guys I wanted a pair of face lift head lights, must be in good nick. Its the ones with the clear lenses, and the inside is black. Please PM me. Cheers Wayne I now the title says HARD lights, but I'm def aft a pair of head lights. LOL

You ashamed your self!! Now go and face the wall, as punishment!!

I spoke to Doug at AlloyMedic and he rems doing those exact wheels before Xmas, and said he did not do them personally, he gave it to another lad to do who works for him. To add insult to Injury, Envy had not contact Alloy Medic about this members complaint. When i spoke to Doug he said it was the first time he heard about this. Some thing fishy is going on, and Envy should do the honourable thing and either replace this poor lads wheels or get them refurb for free again!!!

Right after a bit of searching on the web found theses guys. They sound like they know what they are doing. £80 a wheel for polishing ant bad either. http://www.alloywheelrefurbishing.co.uk/index.htm

Mate this was the straight forward option, called Jurgen, and he gave me his alloy wheel man. NO DISRESPECT TO JURGEN IN ANY WAY But the guy he gave me is a complete TOSSER!!!! TWAT!!!! C*NT!!! Hes quoted me one price, for all 4 wheels, £350, then decides he cant be bothered as its an hr drive to Michel Lanes place. Comes out with hes loosing money, coz he has to drive an hr. But hes a mobile service!! And the North East is spread out, not like London!! Then he comes out with I can knock out 12 wheels in a day, even though business is slow at the moment, which he told me. Then he decides, he will only do 1/4 of the work for £200. So price that is a 400% rise, of £200 for 2 wheels which I was origionally quoted £45 a wheel. Thats right 1/4 of the work, only polish the lips, no sand blasting or power coating and wants £200. I've got the customer comming from Sweden on Wed, so I'm desperate, so i say ok lets do it for £200 just for 2 wheels. Then he says, I've just takne on more work and cant do ii for another week!!! Dont know what paint thinner hes been sniffing in the North East, but its def stronger than the one they sell down south. TWAT!!! To add insult to injury, I've got an Alloy Wheel guy in Knightsbridge, right near Harrords who does Lambos, Ferraris etc who GVN recommended and he said the cost to polish a lip is £60 a wheel. So why will I pay £200 to do two wheels in the North East??? Oh yeer, while I'm on the subject, this is the same bloke to nackered this poor lads wheels!! http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=137106 NAME & SHAME http://www.alloymedic.com/ Doug 07872 985 822 Thanks mate, will do a search on google.

Chaps my car is in the North East, Darlington, near NewCastle. can any one recommend an ally wheel refurb company who can polish chrome lips in that area? thanks Wayne