Cochyn Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Here's the rest of the thread.... Member on here, was a bit pissed up when we spoke to him but what a sound lad with such a cool car Look at the lock on this! Neat bottom arm conversion... You see the white line....that wasn’t even visible halfway through the day with so many layers of tyre This had melted 2 pistons and the engine was rebuilt by the next day...crazy! These are the after rebuild pics!!! These boys were nuts, Mad Mike from New Zealand and Norwegian Fredrik Aasbo... Team Yellow were awesome! This car was in a tent that had hundreds of tyres on sale for a fitted price, something very handy indeed. They even had budget tyres, not just expensive track ones This truck was so cool, no refinements and went like stink! The infamous Mini Quattro which really flew on track... Full carbon Supra... This MK2 was chopped in half and widened to accommodate the transmission. Amazing car, but the owner crashed it quite badly on the Sunday I have millions of pics and I’ll upload them as time goes on. But after the show was done, me old man and I stayed one more night on the Sunday so we can be fresh and ready for the 100 mile drive to catch our return ferry from Brevik, Norway on Monday at 6pm. It was pretty much the same ship, but the downside on the return is that it takes 56 hours to get back to Immingham, as it goes back via Gothenburg first and stays there all day for whatever reasons. But there’s plenty to do onboard so not a big deal. Think of how cost effective it is So we made the drive, stopping halfway to take the Horten-Moss ferry link that only costs £10, comes every 30 mins, takes only 30 mins to cross and you don’t need to book it in advance. The benefit of this ferry is that you don’t need to drive all the way up to Oslo and back down the other side. Saves time and fuel. Coming into Moss When we arrived at Brevik, it came across as the “local place for local people only” quiet village. So having a noisy Cosworth rumble with British plates isn’t really going to make us popular But we had a few hours to kill and had some lunch and did the tourist pic taking thing. Lovely little place and the sun was shining still At this point we made the decision to say screw the budget Now I can still work out how much it would cost if someone did exactly the same trip, but coming all that way, there’s no way I was going to go home without seeing the famous bridges through Sweden and Denmark. So me dad and I made the decision to get on the ship in Brevik, where we immediately got in touch with DFDS to cancel the crossing to Immingham. They not only swapped the charge over to the Esbjerg-Harwich ship with no extra costs, but they allowed us a free crossing from Brevik to Gothenburg (which should have cost around the £150 mark for each car and driver). Score! So the next morning, we made the looooooong trip from Gothenburg to Esbjerg. 375 miles in one go and was worth every second. Sorry about pic quality, kinda nervous driving over the bridges and taking pics the same time This was my new best friend by this time... And the ship in Esbjerg... And the 253 mile drive home from Harwich... So all in all a trip of a lifetime! Easily the most exciting track I’ve ever driven, certainly the best drivers I’ve seen and they’re of all ages and still have quality skill and ability. The Nurburgring is great, but dated and boring to me. This track has everything without the risk of dying as much :cry: I think I’ll be on the new Gatebil DVD speaking Welsh....the guy doing the interview thingy seemed so fascinated about it Do it guys, it’s worth missing 2 shows in the year to just do this one massive example of how shows should be. As for my own spends, well camping stuff is just a given, so depends how much beer you take. I wasn’t searched because I was on freight, but you probably will be limited to how much beer you take into the country on a normal civi ship. So I’d just buy beer and take money out in Sarpsborg (just before Rudskogen) because you can just use your debit or credit card everywhere else inclusing toll roads. aaaahhh annoying, it won't post pics after a certain point. I post them all the same, then it stops me!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alelys Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) This truck was so cool, no refinements and went like stink! The infamous Mini Quattro which really flew on track... Full carbon Supra... This MK2 was chopped in half and widened to accommodate the transmission. Amazing car, but the owner crashed it quite badly on the Sunday I have millions of pics and I’ll upload them as time goes on. But after the show was done, me old man and I stayed one more night on the Sunday so we can be fresh and ready for the 100 mile drive to catch our return ferry from Brevik, Norway on Monday at 6pm. It was pretty much the same ship, but the downside on the return is that it takes 56 hours to get back to Immingham, as it goes back via Gothenburg first and stays there all day for whatever reasons. But there’s plenty to do onboard so not a big deal. Think of how cost effective it is So we made the drive, stopping halfway to take the Horten-Moss ferry link that only costs £10, comes every 30 mins, takes only 30 mins to cross and you don’t need to book it in advance. The benefit of this ferry is that you don’t need to drive all the way up to Oslo and back down the other side. Saves time and fuel. Coming into Moss When we arrived at Brevik, it came across as the “local place for local people only” quiet village. So having a noisy Cosworth rumble with British plates isn’t really going to make us popular But we had a few hours to kill and had some lunch and did the tourist pic taking thing. Lovely little place and the sun was shining still At this point we made the decision to say screw the budget Now I can still work out how much it would cost if someone did exactly the same trip, but coming all that way, there’s no way I was going to go home without seeing the famous bridges through Sweden and Denmark. So me dad and I made the decision to get on the ship in Brevik, where we immediately got in touch with DFDS to cancel the crossing to Immingham. They not only swapped the charge over to the Esbjerg-Harwich ship with no extra costs, but they allowed us a free crossing from Brevik to Gothenburg (which should have cost around the £150 mark for each car and driver). Score! So the next morning, we made the looooooong trip from Gothenburg to Esbjerg. 375 miles in one go and was worth every second. Sorry about pic quality, kinda nervous driving over the bridges and taking pics the same time This was my new best friend by this time... And the ship in Esbjerg... And the 253 mile drive home from Harwich... So all in all a trip of a lifetime! Easily the most exciting track I’ve ever driven, certainly the best drivers I’ve seen and they’re of all ages and still have quality skill and ability. The Nurburgring is great, but dated and boring to me. This track has everything without the risk of dying as much :cry: I think I’ll be on the new Gatebil DVD speaking Welsh....the guy doing the interview thingy seemed so fascinated about it Do it guys, it’s worth missing 2 shows in the year to just do this one massive example of how shows should be. As for my own spends, well camping stuff is just a given, so depends how much beer you take. I wasn’t searched because I was on freight, but you probably will be limited to how much beer you take into the country on a normal civi ship. So I’d just buy beer and take money out in Sarpsborg (just before Rudskogen) because you can just use your debit or credit card everywhere else inclusing toll roads. aaaahhh annoying, it won't post pics after a certain point. I post them all the same, then it stops me!!!! Edited July 19, 2012 by alelys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrodeH Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Enjoyed reading your story! Great pictures as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escort RST WRC Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Awesome report!! Kristian Løvland----------1989 Ford Sierra Cosworth 2wd Wolf Prosjekttråd her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alelys Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Enjoyed reading your story! Great pictures as well! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochyn Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Cheers boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNAa Racing Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Good story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri sport Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 quality pictures, looks like Stian Hafsengen with the Rs200????No it is not stian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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