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Maccyd's Euro Tour 2009!!
Topic Started: Jun 25 2008, 09:20 PM (402 Views)
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Hi all, i finish university next year, and will be planning the most epic adventure ever. You will require approx 2 weeks off work. The basic plan is to start at le mans 24hr, move on round to nurburgring, hopefully a few laps there and maybe watch a race, then to spa francorchamps in belgium and hopefully time it so i can watch a race or maybe get on track there too.

At the moment the idea is only in conception but i have a year to plan ;)

Anyway, it will be a convoy, not caning it everywhere but enjoying the scenery, weather etc etc. So you will need to drive, come alone or however many you wana take and join in and take part in any part you wish. If youd consider coming for the whole lot gimme a shout at the next meet and we can have a chat (if you think im a pleb hanging out, driving and getting pissed for 2 weeks could get annoying lol). So far we have a starlet and a bright orange wheeled pulsar lol.

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The idea is awesome!!

I'd love to do it if it didn't cost me 3 bollocks in fuel!!!

Good luck with the plans though guys. Great idea! :)
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Yeh fuel will be quite a bit, but camping shud bring the price down and like i said we arent going to be caning it everywhere, itl be the first time both of us have driven abroad so a bit scary lol.
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Awesome idea, a few people do Le Mans then the Ring.

Would like to do it but the amount of stuff I seem to take camping at Le Mans is everything except the kitchen sink so wouldn't be as enjoyable as doing it with a car thats not fully loaded... Did it last year as two separate trips (Le Mans and then Spa/Ring and it was awesome B) )
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hmmm, its a possibility as my friend in the pulsar is worried about costs. And yes it will be living on a shoestring, tent,sleeping bag, mini gas hob a pan and some tins of crap is about all ill be taking.

Maybe it would be more efficient to do it your way. But im thinking this is my one chance before im tied down forever in a full time job to actually get out and enjoy myself and do something stupid lol.

We were considering each buying a volvo 340 and making them ghetto and welding the diffs but we'll see.
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I did my two trips whilst in full time work whilst on placement at Uni and wasn't a problem :)

I would personally do the ring and Spa in hotels as its far more enjoyable, but is more expensive...

Le Mans on a shoe string can be done easily although we seem to take everything with us, need to take a gas oven next year and a boiler for hot showers I think :lol:

Defo recomend doing it tho if possible B)
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yeh but you did 2 seperate trips, which would have been 1 week for le mans max and 1.5weeks for spa/ring max. Because im doing them all in one go im thinking around 2.5-3 weeks which is essentially a whole years holiday (leaving time for xmas) all blown in one trip which i dont fancy. Wheras i will have a couple of months dossing between uni and full time job which i want to take full advantage of!

I will prob do le mans ever year after that and maybe ring too. But not all in one trip. Put it this way, if i have to sleep in my car for a week then i will lol.
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sounds like fun . if it was tomorow i would say yes cos i got nothing to do atm except the odd day labourin for my dad. but i should be in work by then but still just take it as holiday. dependin on car sit as mine isnt goin 2 pass mot in sept and if i still jobless i might be carless too lol.
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doing that in september ;)
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except for the le mans part :-P

just come again in summer mate ;)
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:D :D I will be well up for that I love road trips and this sounds epic. This will be one trip I wont pass up on. Let me know datres and prices and I will let you know if possible to come. Great idea mate
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