Who did you have a race with on the way down and back?
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I saw some lovely cars on the way down from Calais on Wednesday, but most seemed to be cautious of the speed limits. Except a Typhon and a Sagaris were in a pair - hubby and wife? - and going for it, clearly not fussed about Les Police. I stood no chance with them but we saw them at a fuel stop later and after that they never came past, so I guess that was their one mad blat.
I had a play with a French Clio V6 on the N138, which was class.
On the way back it was excellent. There were a couple of guys in a silver Monaro on the N138 not hanging about, we had a play for a few miles and would have continued were it not for traffic.
On the motorway, a convoy of a Lotus Carlton, Vauxhall Vectra DTM (B10W UA ? as the reg plate), Monaro etc. were all up for it and gunning along in a super-smooth convoy. Those Carltons are fast..!
There were 4 Asian lads in a 51 reg red Evo who were licking along too in what looked like total comfort, great work!
Four UK lads on motorbikes (MV F4 1000, R1, Blade etc.) were having a great time taking on all-comers.
So who did you see and who did you have a 'play' with?
I had a play with a French Clio V6 on the N138, which was class.
On the way back it was excellent. There were a couple of guys in a silver Monaro on the N138 not hanging about, we had a play for a few miles and would have continued were it not for traffic.
On the motorway, a convoy of a Lotus Carlton, Vauxhall Vectra DTM (B10W UA ? as the reg plate), Monaro etc. were all up for it and gunning along in a super-smooth convoy. Those Carltons are fast..!
There were 4 Asian lads in a 51 reg red Evo who were licking along too in what looked like total comfort, great work!
Four UK lads on motorbikes (MV F4 1000, R1, Blade etc.) were having a great time taking on all-comers.
So who did you see and who did you have a 'play' with?
the lotus carlton,vectra dtm and Le manaro were part of our convoy...........when we managed to stay together other cars included 2 cosworths a mark 1 escort the LEMANBULANCE,turbo'd astra,200sx,cupra r,300zx short wheel base,rx7,e46 m3,i think at some stage we all had a little stretch of our legs with various machinery 
Matt-tom said:
the lotus carlton,vectra dtm and Le manaro were part of our convoy...........when we managed to stay together other cars included 2 cosworths a mark 1 escort the LEMANBULANCE,turbo'd astra,200sx,cupra r,300zx short wheel base,rx7,e46 m3,i think at some stage we all had a little stretch of our legs with various machinery
You boys were camped in Karting Nord I think a stone throw away from us.Didn't really have a race as such but convoyed down empty motorways with a few M3s, a mint original D reg M5, an Audi S3, Vectra V6, and more that I forget, it was the best trip down yet! very little traffic meant very smooth and reasonably fast progress in close formation...
Convoying down to our meet point with Guy in his M3, I realised how nice it is to drive with like-minded people: as we approached a tunnel on the M20, I wound my windows down to better hear his scorpion exhaust, only to see him back off to better boot it, all that without discussing it ahead of time. Great stuff!
Convoying down to our meet point with Guy in his M3, I realised how nice it is to drive with like-minded people: as we approached a tunnel on the M20, I wound my windows down to better hear his scorpion exhaust, only to see him back off to better boot it, all that without discussing it ahead of time. Great stuff!
I saw the white Mk1 Escort on the motorway in England so he should be fine.
I gave chase to a couple of Porsches much to the amusement of the rest of my convoy as I was in a silver Mk1 Golf..... as the Porsche blatted past with me in close pursuit! after that we had a blown manifold gasket on the blue escort cab in our group so I sat behind it in case it broke down ( it also was leaking oil from the gearbox )
I gave chase to a couple of Porsches much to the amusement of the rest of my convoy as I was in a silver Mk1 Golf..... as the Porsche blatted past with me in close pursuit! after that we had a blown manifold gasket on the blue escort cab in our group so I sat behind it in case it broke down ( it also was leaking oil from the gearbox )
We had a good run down from Calais on Friday morning with a 360 which sounded fantastic.
Then sat with a Impreza WR untill Rouen. We were on our own for the duration of the N138.
We did see the 360 again in Grace but have no idea which way he went to get there?
On the way back we sat with a s2000, z4m, rx7 and the fastest moving VW touran (sp) I have ever seen, then the rx7 had to pull over with the hazards on so his convoy stopped with him. We then picked up an RS focus, 3 door cossie, saphire cossie, merc and 3 series up to Calais.
Great fun, the run there and back is always a high point of the weekend, just a shame the N138 was dead on Friday lunch?
Then sat with a Impreza WR untill Rouen. We were on our own for the duration of the N138.
We did see the 360 again in Grace but have no idea which way he went to get there?On the way back we sat with a s2000, z4m, rx7 and the fastest moving VW touran (sp) I have ever seen, then the rx7 had to pull over with the hazards on so his convoy stopped with him. We then picked up an RS focus, 3 door cossie, saphire cossie, merc and 3 series up to Calais.
Great fun, the run there and back is always a high point of the weekend, just a shame the N138 was dead on Friday lunch?
Inigo said:
The RS4 and F430 on the M20 going out on Thurs at around 6:30 were a sight to behold. Far, far too fast for the public road in all honesty, especially with a fair few cars around but bloody hell they were really, really shifting...
Was it a Black F430 with white Stradale stripe?Edited by Inigo on Tuesday 19th June 22:38
It was a quiet run there but on the way back we had fun with a S1 Elise running a supercharged Type R lump and a Porsche Cayman (Watching the Elise get pulled over and finding out it was for a small front plate rather than for the speeds we saw him doing creaming the Cayman!)
A nice run blasting back from the ferry with our 2 Anti Lag Evos and my Elise with a R33 Skyline all too keen to spit flame, an all black Clio V6 and another Evo 6
A nice run blasting back from the ferry with our 2 Anti Lag Evos and my Elise with a R33 Skyline all too keen to spit flame, an all black Clio V6 and another Evo 6
Edited by Guiddy on Wednesday 20th June 10:06
On the way down Friday afternoon/evening - autoroute south of Rouen.
Blue Focus RS blew us away how fast it was - he was neck and neck with my mate's 996 C2 up to 165mph!
Some Dutch lads in an 80's V8 Merc coupe - it was a barge but they rung every last bhp out of it.....in fact they were dangerous, but looking back it's funny.
Blue Focus RS blew us away how fast it was - he was neck and neck with my mate's 996 C2 up to 165mph!
Some Dutch lads in an 80's V8 Merc coupe - it was a barge but they rung every last bhp out of it.....in fact they were dangerous, but looking back it's funny.
Lensey said:
Inigo said:
The RS4 and F430 on the M20 going out on Thurs at around 6:30 were a sight to behold. Far, far too fast for the public road in all honesty, especially with a fair few cars around but bloody hell they were really, really shifting...
Was it a Black F430 with white Stradale stripe?Edited by Inigo on Tuesday 19th June 22:38
The RS4 was a black or blue avant with a fair deal of stickerage going on.
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