Andy665 0 Posted September 17, 2006 Thats another trip to Italy out of the way, highlights: Spa and Nurburgring on the way down - German Ferrari Festival on at the Ring so lots to look at Italian Grand Prix - crap race but superb atmosphere as always Imola - always nice to go and pay respects to Senna - managed to weedle a couple of laps in a 997 Carrera S while I was there Ferrar Galleria - much better now its been extended Fiorano - lots of last minute testing going on before the Italian Grand Prix and managed to get a good vantage point on the bridge Lamborghini museum - awesome but forgot to take the camera Did other things whilst other there, Venice, Milan, Verona Did remind me of a few things I'd forgotten: German autobahns and driving standards are CRAP Switzerland must have more roadworks on motorways than any other country in the world Italian driving and the Autostrada are superb Great trip back yesterday, left at 6am and was home by 11pm - 1080 miles, averaged 70mph including fuel and comfort breaks, waits at the Swiss border crossings and the St Gotthard tunnel etc but not including the time waiting for the shuttle. Just about to book for next year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted September 17, 2006 Blimey, sounds like quite a trip! The German driving was pretty agressive when we were over there, but nothing compared to the Dutch loonatics that cut you up all the time. Mentalists :lol: How long were you there for in total? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy665 0 Posted September 17, 2006 We were out for 17 days - I love driving in Italy, drivers there are quick and decisive, the typical German seems to be quick and stupid. I always seemed to be averaging far higher speeds in Italy than anywhere else. I took some average speeds yesterday for the journey back: Italy - averaged 93mph Switzerland - averaged 86mph Germany - averaged 63mph Belgium / France - averaged 87mph Next year we're going to drive down through France and hop over the Alps near Turin and miss out Germany all together Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted September 17, 2006 Sounds like a plan, but it makes doing the Nurburgring a little harder :lol: It's cool going across the Alps and seeing the obvious difference between French roadbuilding philosophy and Italian. The French bit is all twisty hairpins up and down the mountains, then the Italian bit is just tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge in a straight line :lol: Definitely sounds like an ace trip though 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
