Easyplan66
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I want to come now !
Have a great time and as Andrea says lots of photos please.
Have a great time and as Andrea says lots of photos please.
Road trip to France 1-3 October 2010
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Easyplan66
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Open a few bottles tonight Loz you will feel much better in the morning
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What can i say guys ,totally gutted , after the tense build up of whether we would actually make the trip due to Kaz's work , the stops were well and truly pulled out and we managed to make the deadline, albeit thurs eve late arrival to meet Matt at the hotel in Ashford , set off as planned early Fri , lovely day , and a good crossing was had , arrived Calais all in tact with SimonM ,Matt and Paul , Superb blatt down to Le Touquet and we managed by tentertive manipulation to get Pauls Quattroporte up to 120 mph Well done mate proud of you , and your smile said it all excellent , arrived in Le Touquet and took the Parade of Massers down the narrow city center high street, with sport buttons well and firmly switched on , the locals knew we had arrived heheh
Met up with the others at the restaurant and after a frenzied round of handshakes and hello's we had a good bite to eat , great start to yet another french trip , as we departed the restaurant, a slight drizzle started and after 10 miles turned into a proggressive downpour , Massers undeterred we disrupted the french traffic system with a long line of Massers out in the Fast lane, after 40 miles at around 100 mph i started to get a slight vibration all through the car , progressing to a severe wobble , slowed down to around 80Mph and the others crept ahead , all of a sudden a giant bang and the car started slewing , foot immediately off the gas no braking wjen this happens, managed to bring the car under full control to a gentle stop on the hard shoulder ,
Checked out the tyre and yes totally ragged on the inner edge , any hope of filling with tyre weld was truly out of the question , Rob then Matt had turned round and come to my aid , Luckily a few metres down the road was a rest area , and i slowly drove to safety , i already knew at this stage it wasn't going to be an easy fix , thank god for My european cover which came into play , not without its problems i might add , matt and rob were thanked and i sent them on there way , was definately no point in blighting their trip .
A couple of hours later still raining but at a local garage in Abbeyville it soon became apparent after a manic phone call session , that NO where in France was a 265 X 30 x 19" available , soaking wet , miserable and even more gutted , a Kaz that wasn,t a 100% we decided to cut and run , i knew that in the UK i would have a new tyre within hours and that seemed more inviting an option as the garage was closing and kicking us out , we decided to get recovered back to UK , , 13 hours later here i am about to search and have a new tyre fitted
My thanks to Rob and Matt for the immediate help , and to all those whose texts of sincerity that i recieved constantly all my way home ,a big thanks guys enjoy your weekend and hope the weather picks up
regards loz
Just incase anyone is reading this who really shouldn't be , it might be the case due to my tiredness, that i have confused Mph with Kph ................... make up your own mind heheh
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lozcb
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Yeah were both okay but (tired ) no pun intended ,re the wheel thats another story which i'll relate later , but it appears okay , just in the process of searching for a tyre local or might have to order from camskill to get another Vreddy in which case i'll probably order a pair for the rears
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Loz.....can't believe there wasn't a tyre of that size in the whole of France!!!
France as a country, has slipped way down the list of petrol-head countries, its almost anti-social now to have a flash car anywheres outside of Cannes!!!
I need a set of rears myself and need an alignment too....might have to go to the UK mainland to get that done!!
Glad your both ok......try and chill for a day or so.
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France as a country, has slipped way down the list of petrol-head countries, its almost anti-social now to have a flash car anywheres outside of Cannes!!!
I need a set of rears myself and need an alignment too....might have to go to the UK mainland to get that done!!
Glad your both ok......try and chill for a day or so.
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Loz, when we are on the topic of tyres........is this the item we are talking about or are there other variations?
http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m61b0s66p12442
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http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m61b0s66p12442
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lozcb
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yeah there the ones for the 4200 rears Frank , mine are 265x30x 19 altho im gonna order a pair i'll probably go for 275 or even 285x30x 19 this time , give me a little more grip , might even increase the profile to 35 im pondering at the moment oh and chilling a bit
regards loz
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Am just checking in case there is a lesser spec/style type of the above tyre as my local tyre supplier seems even keener than Camskill! He's going to see if he can quote for a pair of Falkens. Though, the recommended alignment issue seems as if it aint gunna happen...they use Accu-track and they didn't seem to like the use of shims being used....
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