NightSpirit

I washed the Glanza the other day, 2 years since its last wash

Rick your car better be dirty for the shoot...far too shiny in that photo, take a photo of mine at night and it's invisible

that sounds like a plan...although captain planet was a fag who never did anything but organise protests and write letters to MPs. we can drive to some secluded part of the carpark to take photos and possibly hug. I want some decent shots of the trackstar so will bring the tripod and camera along..did the trick last time

kierz was that photo taken at York University? looks familiar... I might re-enter after Blue Water

my car's a wastegate

pointless The thing that annoys me most, is that some complete gimp like Wayne Rooney who sleeps with aging hookers and looks like his face was modelled on a Mr Potato head toy can and does earn more money than a doctor who actually does something for people, like saving lives. If it was up to me, their wages would be capped at £500 a week as it's still more than they'd own if they weren't playing football, because, let's face it...they'd all be flipping burgers. Then we come onto the 'WAG' a phrase I hate...in particular, Coleen, Wayne's other half. She's a nobody, no skills (relying on people to suggest business ventures to her) and an ugly fucker too. Wayne slaps her about and humps other women....but she stays with him because, hmmmm...without him, she'd be skint, working in TopShop spending the rest of her days in anonymity. And then she's a 'role model' to young women? Sorry to rant, can you tell you've hit a nerve with the 'beautiful game' ?

I'm thinking the best spot for a bullet cam is either centre of front bumper or inside behind driver with view of driver/wind screen. It's a tricky one as once we're out there, if they spot the cams and we get booted there's not much chance of us getting away with it the following day etc and not videoing the trip will be gayer than something very gay.

I'll be staying well clear as to me football is decidedly homosexual...watching 22 scantily clad mentally retarded idiots kick an inflated pigs bladder round a piece of grass is about as appealing as sucking out of date tuna chunks out of my own ass through a straw. controversial...

Sparky, because of video evidence I think...crashes and the like...people sueing (fuckers). Tommy, the trackstar has no dash for a CD player, it will be wank on the boring roads for sure, but when we hit the Furka Pass etc and some of the roads round Interlaken...heaven MuthaDucka is thinking of putting his cam in the scoop, I'd be afraid of heat (and I have no scoop). Anyone want to guess what time we manage on the Ring? what's the EP82 record? ;)

at Cal you pikey scumbag. The R888 will be toasted if I have my way with them for sure. And no, I have no other rubber for the return leg...or the Alps...awesome That price is from CamSkill, £64 a tyre with vat and shipping. I looked at importing from Yoko in Japan but the costs took the piss.

Now...obviously we'll all have cameras for photos (we're planning to make a DVD of the trip) the two EP82s both have bullet cams (that's me and MuthaDucka) the R32 GTR should have aswell... Can anyone think of impressive places to put a bullet cam (and I don't mean up my own ass..or someone elses..ecks/Rick). They'll ban us for the day if they catch us recording which would suck, so I need some creative but top spots to hide the cam. First choice would be on the front bumper at the top of the IC hole area. In car won't be doable as I'd need the bullet cam attached to the rollcage for a decent video and with the poly carb it's like a goldfish bowl in there, would take about 3 secs to see the cam. Suggestions welcome

You've never driven the Alps then...sun is shining, but snow on the ground, temps can drop to near freezing especially if there's wind

And yes...I'm wearing ear plugs. Should be interesting in the trackstar, no heater.

The ferry is booked, as is the Chunnel and the 'Ring hotel. We're budgeting around £700 for the week including fuel. Fuel about £350 or so.

Beautiful roads = the Alps, Stelvio Pass and road to Thun is mesmerising...

We're doing it over the course of 1 week...with 2-3 days of Ring time. The problem is the Ring - Alps journey and Alps - Calais. We may end up just doing: Home - Holland - Ring - Heaven or Home - Holland - Ring - Holland - Home

shutit.. anyway, I've ordered Toyo R888s, came down to budget. Set of 4, 195/50/15 medium compound...£256 delivered.

First draft of the route for the Ring trip in August...hmmm long drive. We're planning to cover hague (parents) to ring, ring to thun, via Stelvio Pass, furka Pass, Grimsel pass (google maps is fucked there) then back home. Driving Directions http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=e...amp;t=h&z=6 Start address: Wassenaar The Netherlands End address: Calais France Start at: Wassenaar The Netherlands 1. Head northwest on Tuinpad toward Van Hogendorpstraat - 0.2 km 2. Turn right at Van Hogendorpstraat - 79 m 3. Turn right at Van Limburg Stirumstraat - 0.2 km 4. Turn right at Johan de Wittstraat - 0.1 km 5. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Lange Kerkdam Go through 1 roundabout - 0.9 km 6. Slight right to stay on Lange Kerkdam - 27 m 7. Turn right at N44/Rijksstraatweg Continue to follow N44 - 8.1 km 8. Slight left at Boslaan/N44 (signs for Rotterdam/Utrecht/A12/Amsterdam) - 27 m 9. Turn left at A12/Boslaan Continue to follow A12 - 108 km 10. Take the exit onto A50 toward Nijmegen/'s-Hertogen-bosch - 21.3 km 11. Take the exit onto A73 toward Nijmegen/Venlo/Köln - 5.9 km 12. Take the exit toward Nijmegen/Venlo/Köln - 0.8 km 13. Merge onto A73 - 56.5 km 14. Take the E34/A67 exit toward Venlo - 1.5 km 15. Follow signs for Venlo/Duisburg and merge onto A67/E34 - 4.6 km 16. Take exit 41-Venlo toward Venlo/Kaldenkirchen/Geldern/Mönchengladbach - 0.4 km 17. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Kaldenkirchen - 27 m 18. Turn right at Weselseweg - 1.3 km 19. At Europaplein, take the 3rd exit onto Klagenfurtlaan - 5.0 km 20. At Keulseplein, take the 3rd exit onto Keulse Barriere heading to Kaldenkirchen/Mönchengladbach Entering Germany - 0.8 km 21. Continue on A61 - 78.4 km 22. Take the exit onto A61 - 60.2 km 23. Take exit 33-Wehr toward Wehr/Nürburgring/Adenau/Kempenich - 0.5 km 24. Turn right at B412 - 22.5 km 25. Turn right at B258 - 3.7 km 26. Turn right at Hauptstra�e - 0.5 km Arrive at: Nuerburg Germany 27. Head southwest on Hauptstra�e toward Neuhausstra�e - 0.5 km 28. Turn left at B258 - 3.7 km 29. Turn left at B412 - 22.5 km 30. Turn right to merge onto A61 toward Ludwigshafen/Koblenz - 184 km 31. Take the exit onto A6 - 7.3 km 32. Take exit 31-Kreuz Walldorf to merge onto A5 toward Basel/Karlsruhe - 37.5 km 33. Take exit 46-Dreieck Karlsruhe to merge onto A8 toward Bad Herrenalb/München/Stuttgart/Pforzheim - 155 km 34. Take exit 65-Kreuz Ulm/Elchingen to merge onto A7 toward Kempten/Lindau - 54.5 km 35. Take exit 128-Kreuz Memmingen to merge onto A96 toward Bregenz/Lindau - 29.7 km 36. Continue on B18/E43/E54 Continue to follow E43/E54 - 9.3 km 37. Continue on A96 Entering Austria - 24.9 km 38. Continue on A14 - 26.5 km 39. Take exit 27-Altach toward Altach/Götzis - 0.3 km 40. Turn left at Schweizer Str. (signs for Koblach/Mäder) - 0.2 km 41. Continue on Neue Landstr. - 0.3 km 42. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Alte Landstr. Entering Switzerland - 1.6 km 43. Continue on Unknown road - 0.3 km 44. Turn left onto the ramp to Chur/Sargans - 0.3 km 45. Merge onto A13 - 40.4 km 46. Take exit 11 toward San Bernardino/Chur/Bad Ragaz - 0.8 km 47. Merge onto A13 - 9.6 km 48. Take exit 14 toward Landquart/Davos - 0.2 km 49. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto 13/3 heading to Landquart/Davos/28 Go through 1 roundabout - 0.7 km 50. Continue straight - 1.6 km 51. Slight left at 28/Prättigauerstrasse Continue to follow 28 Go through 1 roundabout - 39.8 km 52. Slight right at Dorfstrasse - 0.7 km 53. Turn right at Promenade - 0.5 km Arrive at: Davos Switzerland 54. Head north on Promenade toward Jörg-Jenatsch-Strasse - 0.5 km 55. Turn left at Dorfstrasse - 0.6 km 56. Turn right at Sandstrasse - 62 m 57. Turn left at 28/Bahnhofstrasse Dorf Continue to follow 28 - 7.9 km 58. Slight left at Davoserstrasse - 0.2 km 59. Sharp right Go through 1 roundabout - 0.8 km 60. Turn right - 25 m 61. Take the Klosters-Selfranga-Saglians train to Susch - 19.5 km 62. Continue straight - 0.3 km 63. Take the ramp to 27 - 0.6 km 64. Keep left at the fork to continue toward 27 and merge onto 27 - 8.3 km 65. Turn left at 28/Via da Rastö Continue to follow 28 - 11.9 km 66. Slight right Entering Italy - 4.0 km 67. Continue straight - 7.9 km 68. Continue straight onto Via della Val - 1.3 km 69. Slight left at Via Rasia - 1.5 km 70. Continue on Via Li Pont - 0.5 km 71. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Via Pontiglia - 0.4 km 72. Continue on Via Isola - 0.4 km 73. Turn right to stay on Via Isola - 94 m 74. Make a U-turn - 94 m 75. Turn left to stay on Via Isola - 0.4 km 76. Turn right at Via Bondi - 0.3 km 77. Continue on Via Strada Statale 301 - 1.1 km 78. Turn left at SS301/Via Strada Statale 301 - 2.0 km 79. Turn left to stay on SS301/Via Strada Statale 301 Continue to follow SS301 - 16.7 km 80. Turn left to stay on SS301 - 7.8 km 81. Continue on Via Livigno - 0.5 km 82. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Via Nazionale/SS301 Continue to follow SS301 - 4.2 km 83. Slight right at Via Belvedere - 0.6 km 84. Turn right at Via Carlon - 0.2 km 85. Slight right at Via Sant Gallo - 1.2 km 86. Continue on Via per Premadio - 0.7 km 87. Turn left at SS38/Via Stelvio - 0.3 km 88. Turn right at Via Monte Braulio - 8 m 89. Turn right to stay on Via Monte Braulio - 0.4 km 90. Continue straight to stay on Via Monte Braulio - 0.2 km 91. Turn left at Via San Francesco - 0.2 km 92. Slight right at Via Buon Consiglio - 0.2 km 93. Turn left at Via Alberti - 0.1 km Arrive at: Bormio SO Italy 94. Head northwest on Via Alberti toward Via Castello - 0.1 km 95. Turn right at Via Buon Consiglio - 0.2 km 96. Slight left at Via San Francesco - 0.2 km 97. Turn right at Via Monte Braulio - 0.5 km 98. Turn left to stay on Via Monte Braulio - 8 m 99. Turn left at SS38/Via Stelvio - 0.2 km 100. Turn left to stay on SS38/Via Stelvio - 37 m 101. Turn right at Via per Premadio - 0.7 km 102. Continue on Via Sant Gallo - 1.1 km 103. Turn left to stay on Via Sant Gallo - 39 m 104. Turn right to stay on Via Sant Gallo - 29 m 105. Turn left at Via Belvedere - 0.7 km 106. Slight left at Via alle Fornaci/SS301 Continue to follow SS301 Go through 1 roundabout - 4.6 km 107. Turn right at Via Livigno/SS301 Continue to follow SS301 - 28.2 km 108. Turn left at Via Florin/SS301 Continue to follow SS301 Entering Switzerland - 11.5 km 109. Continue on Unknown road - 3.9 km 110. Turn right at 29 - 21.2 km 111. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto 27/Engadinstrasse Continue to follow 27 Go through 3 roundabouts - 9.4 km 112. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto 3/Via dal Farrer - 0.2 km 113. Turn left at 3/Via Maistra Silvaplana Continue to follow 3 - 24.2 km 114. Turn left at 3/Mulegns Continue to follow 3 Go through 1 roundabout - 30.6 km 115. Take the ramp to Chur - 0.4 km 116. Merge onto A13 - 15.4 km 117. Take exit 18 toward Reichenau/Disentis/Mustér/Flims/Domat/Ems - 0.3 km 118. Merge onto 19 (signs for Disentis/Mustér/Flims) Go through 1 roundabout - 60.7 km 119. Turn left at 19/Via Alpsu Continue to follow 19 - 21.8 km 120. Turn left at 19/Gotthardstrasse - 1.1 km 121. Turn left at 19/2 Continue to follow 19 Go through 1 roundabout - 7.6 km Arrive at: Realp Switzerland 122. Head southwest on 19 toward Bahnhofstrasse - 22.7 km 123. Turn right at 6 - 6.2 km Arrive at: 6 124. Head southwest on 6 - 6.2 km 125. Turn left at 19 - 28.1 km 126. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto 19/2 Continue to follow 2 - 8.6 km 127. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the A2 ramp to Zürich/Luzern - 0.8 km 128. Merge onto A2 - 52.2 km 129. Take exit 32 toward Interlaken/Stansstad/Bürgenstock/A8 - 0.2 km 130. Continue straight - 0.1 km 131. Turn right at Stansstaderstrasse Go through 1 roundabout - 1.6 km 132. Continue on Stanserstrasse - 0.4 km 133. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit - 0.5 km 134. Turn right toward 4 - 34 m 135. Turn right at 4 - 3.1 km 136. Take the ramp onto A8 - 16.4 km 137. Continue on 4/Brünigstrasse - 0.9 km 138. Slight right to stay on 4/Brünigstrasse - 85 m 139. Turn left onto the ramp - 0.1 km 140. Continue straight - 2.3 km 141. Slight left at 4/Brünigstrasse Continue to follow 4 - 12.9 km 142. Continue on A8 - 1.8 km 143. Turn left to stay on A8 - 2.7 km 144. Turn right to merge onto A8 - 33.5 km 145. Take the exit toward Spiez/Faulensee - 0.2 km 146. Turn right at 11/6/Interlakenstrasse Continue to follow 11/6 - 3.5 km Arrive at: Spiez Switzerland 147. Head northwest on 11/6/Oberlandstrasse toward 11/Schlösslistrasse Continue to follow 6 Go through 3 roundabouts - 9.8 km 148. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Jungfraustrasse - 0.3 km Arrive at: Thun Switzerland 149. Head southeast on Jungfraustrasse toward Henri-Dunant-Strasse - 0.3 km 150. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto 6/Frutigenstrasse - 0.1 km 151. Turn right at Hohmadstrasse - 1.8 km 152. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the A6 ramp - 0.2 km 153. Merge onto A6 - 34.9 km 154. Continue on A1 (signs for Zürich/Basel/Kirchberg) - 44.7 km 155. Take exit 45 to merge onto A2/E35 toward Karlsruhe/Mulhouse/Basel/Olten-West/Egerkingen - 28.3 km 156. Take the exit toward A2/A3/E60 - 0.1 km 157. Take exit 9 on the left to merge onto A2/A3/E60 toward Karlsruhe/Mulhouse/Basel/Liestal - 12.9 km 158. Take the exit toward Mulhouse (F) - 0.1 km 159. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Mulhouse/Basel-Sankt Johann and merge onto A3 Entering France - 3.6 km 160. Continue on A35 - 65.1 km 161. Continue on E25 (signs for N83/Nancy/Strasbourg/Sélestat) - 1.0 km 162. Continue on N83 - 10.9 km 163. Continue on A35 - 39.1 km 164. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto D1422 heading to Strasbourg - 2.0 km 165. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the A35 ramp to Strasbourg/Illkirch-Graffenstaden - 1.2 km 166. Merge onto A35 - 15.0 km 167. Continue on A4 Partial toll road - 152 km 168. Take the exit toward Paris/Luxembourg/Thionville Toll road - 0.5 km 169. Merge onto A4 Partial toll road - 194 km 170. Take the exit onto A26 toward Reims-La Neuvillette/Laon/Lille/Calais/Bruxelles Toll road - 261 km 171. Take the exit toward A16/E40 - 0.2 km 172. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for A16/E40/Boulogne/Calais-Ouest and merge onto A16/E40 Continue to follow A16 - 3.7 km 173. Take exit 44 toward Rue Chevreul - 0.3 km 174. Turn right at Rue Chevreul Go through 1 roundabout - 0.3 km 175. Continue on Rue des Prairies - 0.7 km 176. Turn left at Boulevard Lafayette - 0.5 km 177. Turn right at Boulevard Jacquard Go through 1 roundabout - 0.9 km 178. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Boulevard Georges Clemenceau - 0.1 km 179. Slight left at Place du Maréchal Foch - 83 m 180. Turn right at Rue Richelieu - 0.3 km 181. Turn left at Rue du Seigneur de Gourdan - 0.1 km Arrive at: Calais France

that's me...Mark 'protect your engine as best you can' Rehorst-Smith

As I couldn't wait for you..I've bought 6 quarts of Royal Purple Racing 41 10W40 shizzle Also bought a few of the Sard Mag+ filters from Japan and a few of the Mag+ sump nuts. Just need to buy the A048s and get hi-Spec to make me some new front discs and I'm there...in Germany...in 8 weeks...dead....in the armco....broken, on fire. Or as we're doing the Stelvio pass on the way back, I could be at the bottom of the alps...dead...awesome

Jules, Car was sold to 3S Services for the engine, he wanted it for a customer (380hp atw) far as I know the Border kitted shell, minus the good bits is still sat at his garage gathering rust. Damn shame but I needed rid of that thing...I was sad to see it go after 6 years and countless thousands spent.

I prefer the 'quality over quantity' approach

Rick, what viscose oil you using in the Royal Purple? you say you've got 10W30, but recommend 5W30 Mark

I'm Dorking area, J9 M25 ish. How much are you wanting for the lube?

Nope I'm at home though? most of the time We could meet up for hugz?