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huwwatkins
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:56 am |
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Currently staying in france with my aunt for a week! Nice and warm out here, loads and loads of 19's on the roads, with the swoopy dash! Pics to follow... |
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david3533
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:27 am |
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Chris H
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:36 am |
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huwwatkins
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:54 am |
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About 16 miles from Granville in Normandie. |
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Mad Pierre
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:54 pm |
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At Last somewhere that know's how well the 19 is. |
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william
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Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:20 am |
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Bonjour!
Saw loooooooads of 19s fair play! And managed to spy both a Ph1 AND a Ph2 valver 
Interesting sensation driving on the 'wrong' side of the road to begin with.
Amusingly, both me and huw had pretty much forgotten what we learnt in our french lessons back in school, so buying things was a laugh. But we managed to crack the situation by firstly asking if they spoke english  and that method stood us in good stead for most of the trip! |
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huwwatkins
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Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:42 am |
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Left Gavray in france at 2pm local time, got home the next day at 6am GMT. Fekin long way. Will post some pics of the ph2 valver when im awake. |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:38 am |
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you typed that whilst asleep?
very impressive. |
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Doc
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Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:17 am |
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william
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Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:42 am |
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Lovely weather a week ago today whilst waiting to board the SpeedFerries' 'SpeedOne' cat...
Café in Gavray that serves Fish + Chips (with the most chip-friendly write up ever!)...
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william
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Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:04 am |
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...in a 1.9dT 19 |
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Chris H
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Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:51 pm |
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was that the highest it went? My old 1.4 would have pulled away from you |
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huwwatkins
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:16 am |
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Nope, hit 124 on the speedo with a fully loaded up car, boot/backseats crammed with suff and 2 blokes in the front |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:26 am |
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my 1.4 hit 130 with 3 of us in it and some clothes on the way back from blackpool.
stu has a pic somewhere. |
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huwwatkins
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:29 am |
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Isn't that the 1.4 with headwork etc? Mine is 100% standard  Don't suppose headwork would do much with a diesel. |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:34 am |
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nope that never got headwork that lump. |
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huwwatkins
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:38 am |
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Will try and post footage or the 124mph later on if i can get the cam to co-operate with me |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:39 am |
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don't the frogs time you between tolls to see if your speeding? |
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huwwatkins
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:41 am |
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Dont think so? Usually there's only 1 toll on each motorway. Thats pretty much what we found. You pick up a ticket at your entry point on to the autoroute, then pay when you get to the end or sometimes the middle... price then depends on where you entered the autoroute. |
Last edited by huwwatkins on Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:43 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:43 am |
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aye and its timed I'm sure. |
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huwwatkins
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:44 am |
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Ill check on that, if so everyone would be fined... |
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