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Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

The new bridge at Millau.

British architect Norman Foster designed it.

French donâ€™t like being told that for sure.

Will post more pics in the pics / vid section when I have time.

Nice weather on the way up to Bourges last week, yesterday on the way down it was frozen.

The 1916s did over 2000km in just over a week. Old girl ran like a Swiss watch.

Need to have another go at changing the rear mount, as the gear stick seems to move a bit too much on lift off.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 458

nice pics fella

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

great stuff!

I really want to go on that bridge as well. I like bridges.

Is it a road only bridge or is there a footpath?

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

No Chris its a motorway.

More pics in the pic / vid section now.

I`m off to Dubai on monday, back to work.

Car gets a rest for a month or two.

I`ll miss the Monte-Carlo rally? should be good this year with the amatures back in, shit.

Cheers

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

the erskine bridge over her eis motorway but has a footpath on it and a cycle path. Not as big as that but a nice bridge all the same.

this pic, the 2 lanes on the right, the one beside the main road is the cycle path, the one at the railings for easu suicide is the footpath

the ones that went on the BSM went over it.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Is that the toll one?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yep.

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other intresting stuff, the original clyde tunnel

http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/rotundas/

the modern one we went through

its on-going refurb

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

I did like the clyde tunnel, Slowing down, then booting it through it

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3am when no one is there, all windows and sunroof open, come to a halt then boot it. You can get to 90 before the other end.

The 16V engine with an IK or even dare i say it with no air filter pipe is a very, raw, haunting noise. Its heavenly!

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

I loved the sound of bens clio, and the sound i got from this valver ive got!

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I'll need to get a vid of the exec, its not air pipe etc on it at the mo. Sounds great, not to healthy but sounds great.

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We used to do that in Jonny's VTEC coupe... sounded awesome when the VTEC switched Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

aye my m8s Civic VTEC sounded brill too, he has a straight through zorst and as u say wen the VTEC kicks in its mint, mind u my GTT sound very good too......high revs then DUMP!!!!

Twisted Evil

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chav!

Level 10 User Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 614

What nice pic's. Make great desktop pic's for a 19 fan.

Level 2 User Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 54

look at the lenght of this bridge
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/chesapeake_bay_brdg.html

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

I remember crossing the Erskine Bridge at the BSM, I also remember stopping at a garage a little while after where Irn Bru in glass bottles was purchased in quantity by myself, Chris and JB!