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Now then!
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:17 pm
by spencer13
Hi just thought Id say hi to you guys, love the site but have only just joined as i have bought myself a tidy little 16v. I bought it off eBay a month ago, 5 days later i did a 1800 mile road trip from Leeds to the south of France via London, Paris, Munich Oktoberfest, the Stelvio pass and the Austrian, Italian, Swiss and french alps.
So far ive only put a pipercross air filter on but when i come home in December im thinking of ronals and dropping it slightly.... and one day a 20v!
Hope you like it.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:33 pm
by lolhoward
Good little base you've got yourself there.
Bet the road trip was good. Bet you went along some good roads too.
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:42 pm
by spencer13
Cheers mate, some unbelievable roads! Top gear said the stelvio pass is the best road in the world...... it is one of them but every corner you have to drop it into 1st and full lock it to get round the hairpins. i prefer the roads going into Switzerland.
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:49 pm
by lolhoward
I bet. I used to have a Type R and always wanted to take it on a little trip into Europe, especially Germany
Also, welcome to the forum mate. Loads of help and advice can be found on here.
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:53 pm
by spencer13
nice one thanks, im an ex BMW mechanic myself so will give out my advice and help if its ever any good
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:58 pm
by lolhoward
I try things myself and have a go, but I have been given a lot of advice/tips from guys on here which has helped me or made me try things I wouldn't normally do.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:41 am
by NOZ
Welcoem to the site, great info, tips etc found here. Bet you and he car got to know one another very well by the end of that huge road trip lol!!!
Liking the valver 4k nippy sounds on your road trip?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:53 pm
by kipper
in the second pic looks like shes trying to reinact a famous scene from the film titanic
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:03 pm
by spencer13
yeah she is! and she was in there by herself! HA!
The car was wicked, on my first tank of fuel I managed 472 miles on 43 liters, close i know but that's 49.9 mpg, didn't expect to get that, but then the exhaust between the cat and the silencer decided to totally separate (500 miles in) so i sounded like an ultimate British boy racer cruising through the sleepy villages of the alps! Apart from that it was sweet.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:15 pm
by Dan 6N
Nice ride mate. Scenery is breathtaking!
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:23 pm
by tegwin
Haha...sweet.... Looks like your ladyfriend was a bit happier than mine...
3000 miles in a polo is an awful long way if the lass you are with has serious issues with EVERTHING!..