sparky21 Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 Well where do I start... the chap who I bought the XTR2 off all those years ago is a member of the Italian supercar club and we have become pretty close friends over the years going to shows/track days together etc etc and every year a group of them go for a rally/tour across europe and he asked me to join them this year and he just about twisted my arm lol... Now as many of you will know recently have had a few issues with the westy so a friend asked me if I would like to drive his Mclaren GTR for the trip as he was driving his car so again it took me all of about 10 seconds to give him an answer lol.... As for the trip there were 6 cars,1 support van and 12 people and the trip would cover just under 2000 miles, we started by getting the train from dover to Calais and drove down past Le Mans to the south of france then along the coast to our main destination... Monte Carlo Anyway enough babbling now and let me introduce the cars Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0 V12 QUAD turbo (700bhp) Porsche 997 GTS 3.8 (408bhp) Lamborghini Countach Lamborghini Diablo VT Mclaren M6 GTR Porsche 996 C2 I am still sorting through all the photo's and will add some videos, but thought would start with these... Any questions fire away... Quote
Doug Dastardly Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 I have got to get some new friends............................... Smashing. Quote
Speed Freak Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 Now as many of you will know recently have had a few issues with the westy What issues you been having? the last time we chatted u were telling me about how u jumped in the deep end as far as the car/engine goes!But that it was running well.Better than well, awesome! Quote
sparky21 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Posted September 12, 2011 Ah well I had a small bit welded on the chassis and they did not disconnect the battery so the regulator rectifier blew which then over charged and cooked the battery then melted the power commander and has fused some of the loom together... so all fun and games... but we are getting there slowly..... Quote
pistonbroke Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 some folks get all the luck hurry along with the rest of it , we like a good dose of drool and gloat Quote
carpetstu Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 we have become pretty close friends over the years How close does it involve lots of ? Quote
echoz Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 we have become pretty close friends over the years How close does it involve lots of ? if thats the case i'd still say it was a solid investment if thats the return Quote
lippydave Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 C'mon then Sparky, we need a driving installment.... Nice adventure in the making..... Quote
bhouse Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 fantastic collection of cars. I bet the route was planned to take in the max number of tunnels! One question - why is the McLaren on a Q plate? Quote
sparky21 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 we have become pretty close friends over the years How close does it involve lots of ? ah ha ha..... certainly not that close lol..... Quote
sparky21 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 fantastic collection of cars. I bet the route was planned to take in the max number of tunnels! One question - why is the McLaren on a Q plate? there were loads of tunnels going into monaco and the Mclaren is a kit hence the Q Quote
sparky21 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 C'mon then Sparky, we need a driving installment.... Nice adventure in the making..... Blimey I didnt realise how many pictures I took so the best thing I think to do is I will put the link to the album then anyone can look at the whole trip as it goes Also then anyone can post any of the pictures up with questions etc ) " border="0"> Quote
sparky21 Posted September 16, 2011 Author Posted September 16, 2011 why has the album been removed? Hi try this http://s1114.photobucket.com/albums/k529/MarcVenton21/France%20Trip/ Photo bucket can be a pain in the sometimes hopefully that will work Quote
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