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Got back last week from probably the greatest road trip of my life. While ive been to europe countless times never have i driven so much before and been in so many countries in such a short amount of time. 2,900km or about 1,800 miles in the first 6 days (the remaining days were spent in paris and czech so no driving). Felt like i was on a gumball rally with all the driving.
I wont bore you with the typical scenic picture (which can be seen on flickr) I'll show you the road trip stuff.
First off we hit Spa the historic spa-francorchamps f1 track. Originally we planned on just driving up there and checking the track out, but to our suprise there was a track day going on.
We spent the first hour looking around and checking out the bad ass cars driving down the track.
To our amazement we were able to sign up there with just a photo id and 50 euro for 20 minutes. No BS like here in the states with track days, they gave us a helmet and a sticker and that was all. Told us to line up at the appropriate time. No stupid lecture and safey rules blah blah blah, it was open to passing like on a race. Only problem was he had a volvo turbo diesel station wagon as a car rental (sucks i know, we originally planned on something sportier but the rental agency "didnt have anything else")
The car
Anways it was a blast, very cool and very fun, but the next day is what we were excited about. The nurburgring.
We rolled into this tiny town and i was shocked the place didnt smell like burnt tires and gas. This entire town is about 1 thing and 1 thing only. Cars.... These were some of the car around our hotel. The britts really love this place, they had their cars scattered all over town.
The next morning, awww cute isnt it... we woke up to get ready for the big day.
Picking up the rental cars. Expensive, but worth every penny as who knows when i would be returning to drive the track. 350 euros for 1/2 a day with limted km's (sorry about the blury pics!!)
Euro seats! :wub:
The garage of rental cars available, wish i had a garage like that
We hit the track right when it opened, we were practically the only cars there. Paid for 6 laps and off we went. Unfortunately theres no pics of US driving, but it was by far the scariest and most fun ive ever had. My adrenaline was pumping like crazy. the track was damp in the morning from the previous nights drizzle. I almost lost it a few times. The GTI's were fucking awesome (DSG) and since they were stripped they felt sooo much faster then normal. Only thing i wish they had were better pads. I think they are unable to put track pads since the car has to be road/street legal to enter the track on the days its open to the public.
After returning the car we went back to the track to watch. It was better then an autoshow. Amazing people and cars. We didnt know where to look first with that was going on. 2 people totaled their cars in the morning before the track dried up compeletly.
The car i was driving (not me driving). I had it the first half of the day
After nurburgring we planned on stopping in stuttgart, but decided to go straight for the stelvio pass. We spent the night in austria so we would be as close as possible the next morning.
I'll let the pictures describe the road.
After that it was off to italy for a night and then to monte carlo.
Monte Carlo was awesome, we drove 1 lap of the f1 track which was neat and saw the starting grid. Except the checkered finish line was worn off so you couldnt see it anymore :thumbdown:
After that we saw the Millau Viaduct Bridge on the way to paris which was pretty cool to see, its the tallest vehicular bridge in the world apparently.
Anyways like i said that ended the road trip and the rest was just relaxing. If you want check out the my flickr page for a few pics of my trip.
Too see more pictures please check out my flickr page
I wont bore you with the typical scenic picture (which can be seen on flickr) I'll show you the road trip stuff.
First off we hit Spa the historic spa-francorchamps f1 track. Originally we planned on just driving up there and checking the track out, but to our suprise there was a track day going on.
We spent the first hour looking around and checking out the bad ass cars driving down the track.
To our amazement we were able to sign up there with just a photo id and 50 euro for 20 minutes. No BS like here in the states with track days, they gave us a helmet and a sticker and that was all. Told us to line up at the appropriate time. No stupid lecture and safey rules blah blah blah, it was open to passing like on a race. Only problem was he had a volvo turbo diesel station wagon as a car rental (sucks i know, we originally planned on something sportier but the rental agency "didnt have anything else")
The car
Anways it was a blast, very cool and very fun, but the next day is what we were excited about. The nurburgring. We rolled into this tiny town and i was shocked the place didnt smell like burnt tires and gas. This entire town is about 1 thing and 1 thing only. Cars.... These were some of the car around our hotel. The britts really love this place, they had their cars scattered all over town.
The next morning, awww cute isnt it... we woke up to get ready for the big day.
Picking up the rental cars. Expensive, but worth every penny as who knows when i would be returning to drive the track. 350 euros for 1/2 a day with limted km's (sorry about the blury pics!!)
Euro seats! :wub:
The garage of rental cars available, wish i had a garage like that
We hit the track right when it opened, we were practically the only cars there. Paid for 6 laps and off we went. Unfortunately theres no pics of US driving, but it was by far the scariest and most fun ive ever had. My adrenaline was pumping like crazy. the track was damp in the morning from the previous nights drizzle. I almost lost it a few times. The GTI's were fucking awesome (DSG) and since they were stripped they felt sooo much faster then normal. Only thing i wish they had were better pads. I think they are unable to put track pads since the car has to be road/street legal to enter the track on the days its open to the public.
After returning the car we went back to the track to watch. It was better then an autoshow. Amazing people and cars. We didnt know where to look first with that was going on. 2 people totaled their cars in the morning before the track dried up compeletly.
The car i was driving (not me driving). I had it the first half of the day
After nurburgring we planned on stopping in stuttgart, but decided to go straight for the stelvio pass. We spent the night in austria so we would be as close as possible the next morning.
I'll let the pictures describe the road.
After that it was off to italy for a night and then to monte carlo.
Monte Carlo was awesome, we drove 1 lap of the f1 track which was neat and saw the starting grid. Except the checkered finish line was worn off so you couldnt see it anymore :thumbdown:
After that we saw the Millau Viaduct Bridge on the way to paris which was pretty cool to see, its the tallest vehicular bridge in the world apparently.
Anyways like i said that ended the road trip and the rest was just relaxing. If you want check out the my flickr page for a few pics of my trip.
Too see more pictures please check out my flickr page
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