European Tour 3127 miles 21 days

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We have just got back from our ‘European tour’!

3127 miles:- 12 petrol station stops, 1 over-heating stop, 1 water flooding stop, numerous photo calls.

Three sets of ear plugs me two sets, Elaine one set ( she loves the sound of the engine) .

We drove down through France into Switzerland to The Italian lakes, drove about 4 passes including Stelvio.

Then on to Monza for the GP and a stay in Milan.
Then on the Moderna to vist the Lambo and Ferrari museums.

Across to Monaco to drive the GP circuit but got caught up in all the flooding ( this caused the only issue, the engine and electrics got wet and we had a terrible misfire for about a day)

Then across to Limoges to visit friends and then onto La Rochelle … and sadly home,… all this without any damage

All we have to say is the trip and Exige were bloody brilliant!!!

Simon and Elaine

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See ya on the 8th Oct at Oulton

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Hope you enjoyed the Lambo mueseum

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Tried your contact but had no luck with the tour of the factory, but the museum was good and free, not a rip off like the Ferrari one.

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Sigh…that’s a real trip!

Ian

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I was at Maranello and Sant Agata in July and agree with you about Ferrari. Was there about 6 years ago and sure there was more there then. Highlight was seeing the F1 on Fiorano though. Did you not go to Pagani? A bloody nightmare to find but was allowed into the place.
Steve

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No we did not go, but we did see this outside the Grand Hotel in Monaco
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Drool all over it when we left

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Floods! In Monaco! In September!

Blimey

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Yep we got caught up in them as in my first post the car is still in a bit of a state all the electrics got wet, we had a day with a bad misfire only running on a couple of cylinders at one point I thought we were going home on the back of a tow truck