May 2005 - Maymeeting in Luxembourg

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:30 am

Im up for this meet as i have to go to hungry and lativia for a month anyway so i'll just drive, look foward to seeing you.

for any other limeys heres the RAC interactive map from dover

http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner;jsessi ... CF5C37FF37

just stick in your town details (its 259 miles from calais) and they make a 12 hour journey more like 4 hours

suddy · Post by **suddy** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:07 pm

just out of curiosity, how long does it take to drive to Hungary?

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:46 pm

about 12 hours from the netherlands if I remembered correctly

volviz · Post by **volviz** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:27 pm

2 felyx

you are coming to Latvia?

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:53 pm

2 volviz : yes am going to riga for 2 weeks as i need a lot of denistry doing and Â£5000 worth of work on my mouth in the uk would only cost about Â£800 in latvia, how far are you from RIGA????

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:10 pm

IT takes about 16 hours dover to budapest though RAC rourfinder reckon 24 hours,
996 miles
cheers felyx

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:16 pm

heh, route finders avg, is based on avg speed of 41.5mph whereas yours is based on averging 62.25mph. So a differance in 20.75mph avg speed makes 16hr take 24!

Better keep your foot hard down Felyx!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:30 pm

dentistry tourism, i like it.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:57 pm

well everyone comes to the uk for free NHS so why not

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:08 pm

@ matbatt i take you've not heard of autobahns then matt combined with a disregard for speed limits????

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:14 pm

LOL,

I couldn't possibly comment on disregarding speed limits.
I always stick dead on the limit!

Honest!

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:29 pm

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:36 am

felyx wrote:@ matbatt i take you've not heard of autobahns then matt combined with a disregard for speed limits????

I drove around the back of berlin from the netherlands up north to the eastern sea last authum...
on many tracs my average speed was 180 Km/h.....

This of course were it was allowed.
( still most places in germany have no speed limit on highways!)

but..advice
Take enough sleep, and drive trough germany at night..
not through Poland and further!from here on you need daylight ! (some roads, and traffic will be bad !)

Be aware of (no offence!) Hard working Polish drunk and sleepy "west workers" driving home for the weekend ... they drive slowly at 130 KM/h with mostly old cars on the middle lane, but need the whole three lanes to drive at night

You will not forget em easy as you aproach em with +200......

I must tell u, there never goes more energy though a 480 body than to kill 200 km/h speed in no time !

(calculate to miles x 1,6 i think !)

Driving to Latvia I will do once too, as i did to Swedish lapland the other summer..... I like the east very much, specially them under scandinavian influence....

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:41 am

From Luxemburg it will take, provided U drive the max alowed speed and no traffic jams ( at night for instance) about 1,5 to 2 hours , from the east of the belgian harbour town Antwerp.

So maybe 2 to 2,5 from the harbour..

I never been to Calais.

Be aware for the little things and big dangers of driving on the other side of the road !

volviz · Post by **volviz** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:54 am

felyx wrote:2 volviz : yes am going to riga for 2 weeks as i need a lot of denistry doing and Â£5000 worth of work on my mouth in the uk would only cost about Â£800 in latvia, how far are you from RIGA????

I live in Riga

You will drive with 480?

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:37 pm

@VOLVIZ yep will be driving with a 480 probally a red 1992 turbo with colour matched MOMO's and european beakdown cover.

Sophie · Post by **Sophie** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:36 pm

I will be there with my Turbo.

Clara is for sale for spare parts therefore will never get to see luxemburg.

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:27 pm

would be nice to see u again, sophie

, so as others !

Autobahnstormer · Post by **Autobahnstormer** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 5:49 pm

[quote="volvofox"]From Luxemburg it will take, provided U drive the max alowed speed and no traffic jams ( at night for instance) about 1,5 to 2 hours , from the east of the belgian harbour town Antwerp. quote]

2 hours from Luxemburg to Antwerp? You must have a rocket up your ar$e then JP! Even travelleing on that bl**dy awful autoroute from Arlon to Namur it takes at least an 1.5 hours from Lux to Namur.

Bet on 4 hours from Calais to Lux, via Lille, Tournai, Mons, Charleroi, Namur, then south.

That way you stay out of France for as long as possible.

I could drive that route in my sleep, but all of the potholes in the road would wake me up!!

Phil

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:16 pm

Autobahnstormer wrote: I could drive that route in my sleep, but all of the potholes in the road would wake me up!!

Phil

Volvo 480 Club Europe

May 2005 - Maymeeting in Luxembourg

im up for it

meet

dover to budapest

speed

Re: speed

Re: meet