Absolutely must agree. Big thanks to Mrk, Stormy and Hugh. What a fantastic week. Great locations, amazing views and sceenery, good food and rather too much to drink (every night), good company and some new friends.

As for the roads. Euro Blast is supposed to be a challenge and this year we have driven every type of road imaginable from flat out in second gear for 30 minutes on Spain's most twisty road to flat out in top gear (again) on the German autobhan.

Also thanks to the brilliant sense of humour of the group, some jokes, p*** taking and laughs and we will remember for a long time:

Thunderbirds are Go
Waaaa..tshhhh..pop
Uphill and downhill mountain passes
Keifee and Orvil
Cymbal playing mountain monkeys...tink tink tink
The slightly bumpy Lotus sauna

Hope to see some of the same faces soon.

Tony

 

Phew! What a blast!!!

Big thanks to messrs Mrk, Stormy, and anyone else involved in setting this trip up.
And what a great bunch of people to do the trip with. Thanks to you all, especially for helping me out after Nice.
How to put it all down in words...

Long French Autoroutes.
Peage barriers.
Beer and Pizza
Twisties!!!!
Pau Arnos race circuit.
Spectacular scenery.
Gorges.
Hairpins.
Spanish police.
Lost wallets
The Cols
Italian driving
Mountain monkeys with cymbals
Thunderbirds
Autobahns and passing 200 km/h (briefly)
Occasionally getting lost
A different hotel every night.

And now back to reality...

 

Expecting a call from the bank manager soon

 

Great to meet up with you all

BIG thanks to those who made it all possible

Some pics & stories on the MLR here: EuroBlast 2009 Pics - Mitsubishi Lancer Register Forum

Vids to follow

See you all in 2 years time

And yes I do have an EVO

Rog

 

get your photos up lol

as rog said was good to meet you all see you next time

 

I see the MacNav was working when you got back Rog

 

Beat you, not that I'm happy about it

Total distance: 3053 miles
Fuel used: 727litres/160gallons
Fuel Cost: £785.72
Fuel Usage: 19mpg

Come on Martin, whats the damage for the RX8? we all need a laugh

 

Martin has ran out of fingers and is looking for a monkey to help with the brake down of the costs

 

Any one volunteering to write MLR, SIDC articles ??? or should we do a joint one we can all use ???

Some awesome piccies there guys, glad you all got home safely, see you at the Autumn blast at Goodwood, Brands in Feb, Castle Combe in April or on next years Euro Combo.

Good to get out of the Tupperware car, Sooooo roomy *** is still Exige shaped.

Oh dont ring still cant remove that damn thunderbird tune someone loaded for me :-)

 

Finally got a wee vid sorted

Euro Blast 2009 Vids - Mitsubishi Lancer Register Forum

Rog

 

I'm in the process of putting something together for SIDC/True Grip, if anyone wants to add to my ramblings then please do, I could also use some good pics, anything with all of us at dinner or similar, mine are all either car based or scenary based. Could you PM any pics/writtings to me and I'll be eternally greatfull

Phil

 

"If I get any more calls I will be fining YOU for each of them"

Off to get my aircon fixed now ....

 

Cool vid Rog. Looking forward to seeing some more. Also, lets have your fuel costs and economy figures please. What does it cost to go: Waaaaah...tshhhhh....pop for 4000miles

Phil. Will send you some pics a.s.a.p.

Martin. If your reading this. You can't hide forever. Pretend you havn't got a bank manager for a few minutes and get those fuel cost and economy figures up... so the rest of us can feel a bit better about what we have just spent.

Tony

 

sounds like a great time ?eurocombo this autumn??? now where is my t-shirt for the trip i never went on lol
stormy i have pm'ed you re your car
martin

 

Speeding Fines: £45
Road Tolls: £50
Petrol: £800
Going Vvvvrrrroooommm... Tssshhhhh... BANG for 4000miles: Priceless

Rog

 

well said roger,i take it your new car is quieter than your old evo lol
martin

 

I run it with a silencer bung in, which helps a bit

Rog

 

COULD YOU LET ME NO THE TOTAL COST OF THE TRIP AS ID LOVE TO DO THIS NEXT YEAR

STU

 

The total cost is something we all hide from, if you know it you won't go

That said, the single traveller option this year was £699, plus about £600 - £800 on fuel, plus about £500 spending money, plus any servicing/upgrades to the car before we go.
Probably about £2000 - £2500 over an 8 month period leading up to the trip.

Don't let that put you off though, its the best holiday you will probably ever have, some fantastic drives, with great people, and just pmsl everynight with the banter over a few beers and dinner.

Slight problem, it only runs every two years so you'll have to wait for 2011 for the next one. There is always Eurocombo though. Keep an eye on the trackmasters web site for details.

 

Finally got my pics onto my PC last night - will have a sort through them over the next couple of days and see what I've got in the way of 'crowd shots'. I've also got shots of a few people going round Pau Arnos too.
Haven't got enough records to give a total mileage/fuel bill, but think mile-wise it'll be in the same ballpark as Tony and Phil, but may have used a little less fuel, as I seemed to be getting a bit further between fill-ups. Still think the bill would be around the £700 mark though.
But it was well worth every penny.

 

OK here are the results for ...the RX8

All the figures are approximate ( because I lost count ) .

Total Mileage : 3000

Fuel used : 210 gallons

Cost : £1026.41

Fuel Usage : 14.25 mpg


Now I know it get in the region of 20 mpg on a motorway run so I reckon well into single figures on the passes

I'm off for a lie down .......

martin

 

Ouch... That must be almost as painful as your hangover on the sunday morning after we apparently lost all sense and were buying cans from the hotel vending machine until 04:00

 

Hhhmmmm still trying to work out why vending machine Heineken seemed so attractive ....... At the time it seemed like the best idea in the world

I've realised that I've worked out my mpg wrong ..... I took Tony's average cost per gallon and divided it in to my total fuel bill to get an approximate number of gallons . I've remembered that the RX8 runs on 95ron so I'm getting more gallons to the pound ...... and less MPG excellent

 

Looks like a great time was had by all and I hate the lot of yer!!

So fooked off I missed this one - but, I have another scoob now so what's next?? I need a fix!!

 

So did you ever get the Aston then Marv? I've got two mates bought them recently, one DB9 the other Vantage, both Very Nice

So what Scooby have you got now?

Stu

 

Morning EBers

EB09 T shirts

Couple of you want to order a few more, for those of you who picked shirts of me on the trip, would be grateful if you could pay for them when you get a mo. In additon I have one white large T shirt never claimed.

Stormy

 

Marv

You and Stu were missed imho the best trip yet.

Welcome back to scoobyland

Looking at Autumn ring trip otherwise perhaps see you on next years Euro Combo

Stormy

 

Euro Combo... Not done that one yet. Now where did I put that big bottle to start saving up my pennies once more

Marv, looking forward to seeing the new beast at one of the local meets.

 

Hi Stu,

Didn't go for an Aston in the end, tried them out and although they're great cars, there's no Aston 'family' like we have here in scoobyland

So you missed this one too did you mate? Eurocombo next year?

Stormy - not been a good year for me so far, my old man passed away a couple of months back and my mum isn't too good healthwise either. Sorry I missed it tho mate, eurocombo looks good for next year, keep me on your mailing list for that one. Authum trip to the ring, mmmmmm let me know the details

 

Hi Marv

Couldn't get anyone to come with me this year, and didn't fancy doing all the driving myself, let alone all the fuel costs .