MarvSTi5

Howdo mate - last years was just over 2000 miles as I recollect

It's true what Tony and Labman have said, it's not all about flat out action - unless you want it

Could be an Aston - who said that

JonnyUK1980

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Cheers Marv, so 2000 miles and how long is the trip for?

There is no list of all the details i keep whining about is there a link anywhere to last years post or something? I feel like a pain in the a**e keep asking these questions all the time and would like to get more of an idea of what the trip includes - routes, cityies taken in, trip duration etc

To price it all up, im thinking........

Fuel - aprox 2000 miles - £400 ish going on current uk prices and getting £250 miles to a £50 fill up.

Accomodation - £??

Road tolls - £??

Ferry / euro crossings - £??

Food, drink & travel cash - £??

I am genuinely interested and have the cash to do such an awesome sounding trip just want to get a rough idea in my head!

Thanks for all the replies so far guys

Jonny

MarvSTi5

No probs mate - perfctly understandable to want to know more before you commit to it. Here's the link to the last run in 2007
https://www.scoobynet.com/internatio...4-30-sept.html
That should give you some more idea of the sort of thing we get up to

stormy

Route

2005 was 2800 miles, 2007 was 3300 door to door

Not finalised yet pending final recces based on the recces we have done. Approx mileage per day is 350 with the exception of day 1 and 8 most mileage will avoid auto routes

Day 1 UK to Pau France (drivers assemble)
Day 2 Pyrenees
Day 3 Pyrenees drop south to Coast
Day 4 South of France via Alpes de Maritime
Day 5 North into Alps
Day 6 Alps
Day 7 Luxembourg (tbc)
Day 8 to uk with option for drivers to go to ring.

Accom

We aim to provide 3* accom once route is confirmed with will look at accom so we can fix price.

Car

Any performance car will do, as a driver you will join a group and the leader will try and maintain a pace suitable for all according to conditions (frankly and being on SN will word this carefully) a WRX/STI/Evo in standard from will deal with the road combinations and have more than enough performance to keep in touch. What we do recommend is that the car is well maintained and that your brakes are ready for some challenging roads. Last year we had bad weather and frankly a 1.6 focus would of kept up, if its dry then obviously suspension, brakes, performance etc are plus's and do get used but power is not complusory by any means. Its your car and you should drive well with in your ability. If you want to find your/car limits prior to trip we offer driver training to attendees

Cost

Ive shared my room in previous years and shared all costs, fuel accom, insurance etc and taking that approach frankly its a bargain. We do not recommend passengers in the rear.

Last years costish was £650 accom/ferry, fuel £580, euro cover £35, Tolls £60 allow for a service and new pads, tyres etc prior to trip, beer wise due to the amount of driving the bill isnt bad unless you meet a Saga group out meat hunting :-)

Go on to Track Masters.co.uk there are loads of press links on the there to read

JonnyUK1980

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This sounds absolutly awesome and although my wrx is pretty much stock apart form lowered suspension and a strut brace theres still plenty of time to do some upgrades for the trip!

Ok one last question before i go off to read through last years post, how many spaces are left and do we pay for everything ourselves or is like the accomodation done as one big booking so would i need to send a payment/ deposit to someone?

Thanks Marv & Storm, spot on replies

Jonny

MarvSTi5

Oooops - got the mileage a bit wrong in original guesstimate!!


Not sure how many spaces are left, Stormy is one of the main organisers so he'll tell you that. No deposits have been paid yet tho

You don't pay yourself for accommodation or ferries as that is done by the organisers - you pay them for that and they did take instalments on the last two trips so not sure if that will happen again this time. You pay for fuel, tolls & beer individually

This is a superb opportunity to drive some fantastic roads, is well organised and it's all done in great company, I can't wait

Stuart Knight

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I can only second what Marv has said, great roads, great cars, great people, I've done both trips so far plus 2 Euro Combos (the 'Ring + Spa) and had a fantastic time. Personally I prefer to have a second driver in the car and share the driving. Downside is that you don't get to drive all the great roads, but upside is that you are not so knackered every evening, and get the chance to see at least half the magnificaent scenery you are travelling past,a nd you halve teh petrol bill! A lot of trust required to let someone else loose in your pride and joy on those mountain roads though!

Stormy is spot on about speed/performance cars, you soon work out which group is driving at a pace you are comfortable with, and last year I was in my Merc 600sl, which although over 400bhp is also over 2 tons so not exactly sprightly. I led out group all week, and had no complaints about the pace we kept up (quick but not silly) and we never even had a sniff of any of the local gendarmerie , but then that may be as we tended to travel at different times than the rest of the group.

I would also recommend a TomTom (or similar) with Western europe maps. I spent a long time before each trip inputing all the routes in detail into the itinerary planner so that on the day I just got up, switched on the TomTom and loaded that day's route, saving any anxiety over navigating, plus the TomTom actually works quite well as "pace Notes" showing you where the road goes next round that blind hairpin!

JonnyUK1980

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Cheers Stu and Marv, yeah i have a tom tom, will have to look at getting the european memory card then someone would have to help me load in the itineries i tried to do that for the recent 'tunnel run' and totaly messed it up lol

I'm pretty much there guys, just wondering how many space are left as my mate has a Lotus exige and he loves things like this he's always over in Europe on little road trips i reckon it'd be right up his street

Jonny

stormy

Cool

Spaces as Marv says no bookings yet.

Have another couple of recces to do then I sort out Hotels, then fix prices of to check out Nice north Col de Turini etc in 2 weeks time

We normally take payments in installments as it helps all (including me)

Where peeps want to share I broker that

Plan is to aim to confirm route in dec/jan price in Feb places are reserved with a 50% payment final payment a month prior to event

Ref Exige cool I may even have one by then

JonnyUK1980

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Actually he's only down the road in Swindon from you in Reading! I have lots of friends in Readin i'm always down that way!

Well like i said i'm practically there, i can afford to do the trip on my own but would rather i had a mate with me and am waiting on one of them getting
back to me although he's pretty much said yes already. Just wanted to ask about spaces so i didn't miss the boat (or ferry ) lol

Jonny

Wmscooby

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I'm also genuinely interested in this also can my name be considered?

Would be two of us in the car - Evo 7 rs sprint

Twin/double room please

JonnyUK1980

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Yeah i've been thinking about this again recently and after watching the vids again from last year i cant afford to miss out on it!

Put me down for a deffinate, 1 car and 1 twin room please

stormy

Flying out to Nice on Friday with Mrk for our next Recce working our way north will let you know how it goes

Stormy

JonnyUK1980

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Nice one stormy, grab some pics too mate

stormy

We are back see TM site for recce reports



Track Masters.co.uk



Mrk and I had some adventures and boy have we found some roads for you we will get out a EB09 special newsletter very soon with an outline of the trip and the next steps including details on our intent to warm up on the stunning Pau Arnos circuit in the morning as a private group before driving the pyrennes on Day 2 off the trip.

Stormy

Labman

Great recce report Stormy, excitement building already, especially having done the long boring I15 from Vegas to LA the other week, will be good to see some real bends.

Are the dates in June confirmed now. I'll need to let my co-driver know as he might not be able to make it.

Phil

MarvSTi5

Mrk/Stormy,

Looking good fellas, the roads aint bad either!! lol

All things being equal , count me in

Trying to convince the missus to go on this one but not sure I've won her over yet, depends what I do it in I suppose!

TonyG

Oh well, there go any savings for next year Wonder if I should try and get a co-driver this time?

JonnyUK1980

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Awesome work lads, looks superb im definitely coming

Stuart Knight

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May have sorted a co-driver . Recce looks very promising chaps, can't wait

The Admiral

Good work Guys

Rog

stormy

More info due soon guys

Oh quick one Pau Arnos circuit looked awesome, after assembling the night before in Pau, we have booked the circuit for the morning to play together before driving into the mountains.

So at least you will have some corning practice :-)

Cant sell my car so it looks like this trip will be its third Euro Blast (bless it)

farrow

I have put my name down for this, any chance of including the Millau bridge?
Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

stormy

Having driven day 1, 2 and 3 on Recces you may find the bridge a "bridge too far":-)

Several options you drive bridge en-route to trip assembly in Pau Im sure others would join you. Or on day 3 as you drop south of Andorra you go north to the bridge then pick up fast stuff south to the coast.

Stormy

Labman

Maybe we can make it an option route for day 3. Either follow the route you and mrk suggest or go our own way and get completely lost

On another note, anyone up for buying their Euros now before it drops any further? £1 to 1 euro!!

stormy

Could do :-)

dont mention the Euro, try pricing up and paying deposits for this trip :-0

Plus Speedferries have gone bust

Interested Drivers :-)

Ade STI, Barry & Rhona BMW, CW42 STI, Danny 977, Ian GTR 33, Chris WRX, jonny WRX, Trackman Evo IX GT, Lee Spec C, MRK 933, Marvin 500bhp Robin Reliant , Paul WRX, Stormy Spec C, Bugeye RX8, Labman STI, Admiral Evo VIII RS, Simon 57 ?,Tony G STI, Steviebee tbc, Stu Merc SL, Dave 1 Evo VI, WMScooby tbc, Dibsen tbc, Cster STI, Phil B Mondeo, Farrow tbc, Terry B M3 CSL.

Stuart Knight

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Oh goody, mine's become an AMG and I hadn't even noticed :-). In the words of Kylie "I should be so lucky!" Just a plain old SL for me though I am working on making it better than an AMG

MarvSTi5

A 500BHP V12 Robin Reliant - interesting !!

terryb

Oyy - where am I on that list?? How could you forget ME??? - M3 CSL

Stuart Knight

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Spill the beans Marv, what you got? AM Vanquish S?