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Posted: 25 Jul 2011, 22:21    Post subject: Yoda's trip to Austria

Ultimately, what we went for was essentially a drive through the alps, and a car show.. Did 3197 miles in total, took near enough 1600 photos along the way. Drove down to Dover on Thursday 26th of May, our ferry was booked for 4AM Friday 27th, but with our excitement we couldn't sleep lol, so we sat and waited at the top of the multistory car park for a few hours, eventually getting the 2AM ferry. Got across into France 2 hours later, and by 9PM that night we we're in Swtizerland, looking for somewhere to stay the night.. Found a small hotel for 100 Euro for the night for the two of us, including breakfast..
Next morning, drove up San Bernardino Pass, on to Davos, then across the border into Italy, into Livigno, which is tax free, so fuel etc is super cheap, filled up with V Power for 85p per litre :D We tried to make it to Stelvio (Can you tell we were following the Top Gear route? :P) but we were told it was closed, so we had to go the long way round, even further south into Italy, putting extra hours/cost on our trip. But, when we got told it was closed at the checkpoint out of Livigno, we we're no where near Stelvio, so got turned around for no reason! As we found out later, after driving around about 3 hours extra, a car we had seen in Livigno drove passed us going the opposite way, having just come off the road we we're told was closed... Ā¬_Ā¬
Anyway, we got to our destination in Austria (Klagenfurt) at 2AM thanks to our delay.. I should point out we hadn't seen any police in any of the countries so far all the way to Austria, as my friend pointed out. Just as he said this, what goes by just after we cross the Austrian border? A police car. Obviously it's late, I'm the only car on the road, and he's going the opposite way.. Doesn't your heart just sink when you see them doing a U turn? :( To be fair, I was doing 45 in 30 zone or something, but that's because the speed limit signs in Austria suck! It looks just like our national speed limit sign (60mph).. Anyway, they send us on our way, we arrive at Klagenfurt where we find a lay by (Too late to find a campsite/hotel now) and sleep in the car for the night, along with lots of other VW's :P We stayed in Klagenfurt for 3 nights at a campsite after our budget was running low.. (I had just 30 Euros when we got to Livigno! Had to borrow money off my parents..)
There's nothing I can say to describe it (Worthersee), it really is just one of those "You had to be there" times.. I suppose the pictures are the best way to describe it, but you just don't get the feel for it, the atmosphere..
We left Klagenfurt in the morning around 10AM, bound for Dunkerque once again via Germany/Holland/Belgium/France.. I drove none stop except for fuel fill ups till we go to the ferry around midnight, having to buy an earlier ticket as we we're obviously a day too early.. Got back to the UK for 1AM our time (1 Hour behind France) which is where me and my friend split the driving this time, through the night, one drove while one rested. And that was it, we were home for 7AM :)

Enough jabba, pictures! There is quite a few of my own car, but obviously! If your 20 year old car made it you'd like to be able to prove it too :P

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On with the main pictures I guess..

Hanging out at Dover...

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On board..

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Farewell UK..

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Hello France...

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First piss/smoke break in France

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Switzerland begins

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San Bernardino did not look like it did on Top Gear.

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Our hotel car park for the night..

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Towards Davos

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That's the end of the mobile phone pics, time for some DSLR action ;)

Basically, we went into a 9 mile long tunnel, on the other side it was like a different world, went in rainy, came out boiling and bright..

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Brakes were actually glowing orange/smoking, camera didn't capture it though..

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I'll post the rest tomorrow, I've spent an hour and a half going through the photos again and making this topic lol :D
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Posted: 25 Jul 2011, 22:32    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

Heading for Austria on Friday.
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Posted: 25 Jul 2011, 22:34    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

thats amazing, i'm jelous to be honest
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Posted: 25 Jul 2011, 22:45    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

At first: nice car! :)


I remember some of this places on the pic's from my last austria visit ;)
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 01:06    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

piss on france? j'aime
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 08:59    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

wow, landscapes are so amazing :o
And HEY! Klagenfurt is near to Sopron where I live, check the Google map.. :(
next time you'd visit me :P



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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 09:51    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

assum pics :P

btw : Where's our SKC meeting next year ?



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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 09:58    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 10:29    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

You have no idea how close you were too me dude :P
I was in St.Moritz while you were in Davos going to Livigno. You should have seen signs saying St. Moritz, didnt you? Anyway, the landscapes there in Swiss are indeed amazing. Where did you go in The Netherlands?
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 11:20    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

very nice post and AWESOME CAR :D
Yoda where was you in France ?



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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 11:21    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria




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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 11:21    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

piss on Germany ? ich liebe


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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 12:03    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

ass kissing tripple posting fool.
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 12:36    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

haha, I'll post a map of the route we took when I'm in from work, and yes Tulp, I did see the signs, thank god I didn't go there I guess :P
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 12:45    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Amazing all them pics and not one with ur ugly mug on?
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 12:46    Post subject: Re: Vee's trip to Austria

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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 14:49    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

I'm going to a private school, so what do you think? :lol:

But I'm not a 'RichKid' like you imagine it, I'm normal.


I just said that the petrol is cheap there... and the other things there are nice, but expensive ;D
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 15:35    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

So you say, RichKid isnt normal? He will be glad to hear it...
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 16:16    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

He will understand it, if he'll ever return. :)
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:34    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Bought my Nikon D3100 in Livigno tax free, thinking it would be cheaper than buying it back here in the UK. It wasn't.

On with the show..

Map of the route we took..

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Lego bridge? :P

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South towards Tirano..

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On the road to Austria now

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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:39    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Awesome scenery, i understand u had to be there to really appreciate it.
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:40    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

At 15km from the french border you missed me and mystic by about 5km.


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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:41    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

so, you've seen 'the balls of steel' ?


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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:44    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

I didn't see any balls of steel I don't think lol..

Skey, where abouts are you? :o

And yeah Sputs, theres just something about the fresh alp air that adds to it :P
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:46    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria




"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:48    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

lol, now everyone will send you christmas cards next year :P


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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:49    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Haha, damn, I was close.. Nevermind :)
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 17:56    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

So you want to meet Myskey but you dont wanna meet me huh, fine!

@skey, i dont think i can beat that! You live damn close to the sea lal
its like 1km? im at 6km
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 18:01    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 18:10    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

1-2 km. About a 5 min bike ride :lol:


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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 18:10    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Good to see you found out the part you drove through, is indeed the shitty part.

Fine, i dont even wanna meet you anymore, i knew you would hate me after alll ive done to you :)

@skey, 20 min bike ride for me
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 18:12    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 18:46    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

You really did, i still got that pic tho! Glasses man
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 18:56    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Yes Yes..

We're going again next year, but going from Hull to Rotterdam, then down to Switzerland again, going past Brussels on the way..
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 19:01    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

So next year, we got an SKC meeting in Brussels ? ok, I'll be there


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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 19:15    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

No we got one at the Nordschleife
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 20:25    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Who would want to do that much Belgian highway?
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 21:03    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

It was alright, nice and smooth, which matters in my car :)

Do you want the rest of the pics from Worthersee Tour?
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 21:44    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Belgian roads nice and smooth? lolwut
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011, 22:34    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

be happy with ur nice roads on which u cant drive fast MUAHAHAHAHA
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 12:12    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

the key difference between UK and the civilized world is that, over there the roads work perfectly fine despite the snow... in the summer.

Go on then yoda tell us what you squeezed out of your car, mean speedwise not oil and other vital fluids
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 13:22    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Can i count NL in the UK-team? Whenever 3 snowflakes have fallen here, our roads are a complete disaster
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 16:59    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Well, I got 130mph out of it, which isn't bad since the speedo only goes up to 120mph and it went round another 10mph lol.. Satnav confirmed :)
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 21:18    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 21:20    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

Nothing major, cam and carb
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 23:00    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

epic pics dude!!


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Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 20:42    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

not too bad at all.
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Posted: 10 Sep 2011, 18:41    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

To carry on with the actual pics of the show if any of you are bothered :) Not in order I don't think.. Lots of them!

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Posted: 10 Sep 2011, 22:25    Post subject: Re: Yoda's trip to Austria

awesome, I could masturbating right now :D

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