I'm back ! (picture heavy)
clairetoo - 5/9/10 at 06:13 PM
I'm back .......................... from a two week mountain thrash of fun , sun , and........snow !
The Fury ran well - I even managed a stunning 38mpg cruising , but I have to say after more use/abuse in two weeks that a lot of cars get in a year -
it needs a bit of TLC................
I headed for the Stelvio pass first - where an early evening blast on empty roads got me up , and back down , in about 45 mins 
Stelvio.......
Then off to Cortina , where I found some of the best driving roads (and sun ! )
Mountain top
I came back via Obergurgl (OMG what a buzz the Passo Rombo is 
) , then on to the Stelvio , and damn it was cold.......I awoke to fresh snow on the
mountains around the campsite So it was off to find the sun for me !
Snow
Then to finish off , I found a decent campsite at Dunkirk , right next to the beach and grabbed some rays
Day at the beach
I even squeezed in a day at the Sinzheim transport museum on the way through Germany - and went on both Concord , and Conkordski ! !
RAYLEE29 - 5/9/10 at 06:23 PM
Wow that looks fantastic.
Ray
Dangle_kt - 5/9/10 at 06:23 PM
that looks amazing!
Where did you put your tent and stuff? (I notice you went to a campsite - I'm guessing you didnt jus unhook the caravan for the photos? 
)
What is your car like noise wise? Wondering if a long run twists your noodle at all?
RichardK - 5/9/10 at 06:25 PM
I am green with envy!
Sounds like you had a blast, maybe one day I'll have the balls to do something like that.
Cheers
Rich
MakeEverything - 5/9/10 at 06:27 PM
Awesome. Did you go on your own?
clairetoo - 5/9/10 at 06:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
that looks amazing!
Where did you put your tent and stuff? (I notice you went to a campsite - I'm guessing you didnt jus unhook the caravan for the photos? )
What is your car like noise wise? Wondering if a long run twists your noodle at all?
The tent (and all my camping gear) fits in the boot space - I lowered the boot floor when I fitted the larger (45 litres) tank - then tools and stuff
in the passenger footwell , with food and odds and ends in the passenger seat
As for noise - I just pop in some ear plugs for the longer runs (mainly for the wind noise) , then all I hear is a bit of a whine from the worn
gearbox (and also the diff after all those passes ! )
clairetoo - 5/9/10 at 06:30 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
Awesome. Did you go on your own?
Yep - just lill' ol' me
MakeEverything - 5/9/10 at 06:33 PM
quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
Awesome. Did you go on your own?
Yep - just lill' ol' me
Awesome. Id like to do that when mine is finished. a life of solutude...... alone.....
adithorp - 5/9/10 at 06:50 PM
At least you got to the Stelvio. We got stuck in a blizzard 3/4's the way up the Grimsel Pass in June.
Slide show
Riskyshift - 5/9/10 at 06:52 PM
Wow, looks a fantastic trip! How many miles??
Ian
clairetoo - 5/9/10 at 06:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Riskyshift
Wow, looks a fantastic trip! How many miles??
Ian
Far too many.............and 76 hours behind the wheel !
[Edited on 5/9/10 by clairetoo]
Riskyshift - 5/9/10 at 07:25 PM
Excellent! would have well and truly blown my limited mileage policy though..
Ian
bi22le - 5/9/10 at 08:05 PM
Inspiration for us all!!
I went to Nurburgring, does that count!
LBMEFM - 5/9/10 at 08:13 PM
Stunning scenery-brilliant
mangogrooveworkshop - 5/9/10 at 11:22 PM
You spoiled little so and so...
Im so green 
Swizzerland is fab....
I so wanted to do that this year but we got an new job and we got into crashed into head on at Kenmore.....dam soft roader got a seven shape nose dent
in its frontend.
Never mind next year
RK - 6/9/10 at 12:50 AM
oh, that doesn't sound very good. You're all lucky to be able to drive your cars on the road. Here I don't think it would be safe, even
if I could. The soccer mum's just don't look around often enough.
Dave Ashurst - 6/9/10 at 05:13 AM
When did you get back? I was on the norfolkline ferry from dunkirk in the locost on tuesday night. Mine was only a commuting trip though.
speedyxjs - 6/9/10 at 07:08 AM
I did a similar run last year in the tin top and would love to take the locost when its finished. There are some fantastic roads round that part of
the world.
iti_uk - 6/9/10 at 07:40 AM
Those roads look nice - kinda remids me of my daily commute...
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Chris
[Edited on 6/9/2010 by iti_uk]
mrwibble - 6/9/10 at 10:25 AM
congrats on your road trip. sounds brilliant, must of been amazing, is this the first time you've taken your fury on such a long journey?
wondered how the weather held out, that one pic looks a bit iffy...
clairetoo - 6/9/10 at 03:47 PM
Not the first time - and certainly wont be the last !
I was last up and down the Stelvio when it was crossflow powered - and I ended up stuffing it into a mountain
But this time , the balance/power delivery/gearing was spot on - a bit of minor tweaking to do , then start saving for next year !
I had to get away from the mountains as the snow was a bit much - and it rained all the way through Germany on the way down , but when the sun shone
it was epic
[Edited on 6/9/10 by clairetoo]
