3MA2013 as it happens

[Robert]

Time to start this year's "3MA as it happens" thread 

Ineptitude fuelling up:



Heading out to the highway:



Crossing the Bavarian border:



The Beauty and the Beast en route to Munich:



To be continued! 

[simon131]

Looking good Robert! 

My update is that the Abarth has been given a very quick internal valet and all 'pre-flight' checks have been carried out - water, oil, petrol, tyre pressures, etc., so should be good to go at 04.45h  tomorrow. Currently going through my limited wardrobe and selecting the clothes that actually still fit me  (Diet starts when I get back from 3MA! ).

Kev131 set out from Limerick at the crack of dawn this morning and crossed the Irish Sea to Wales sometime between 09.00h and 11.00h.

Theo and Jason have both been packing during the day - well actually, apparently Lynn has done Jason and Aston's - but plan is for Kev, Theo, Jason and I to meet at the Port of Dover around 06.45h in the morning, for an 08.00h ferry to France.

Getting excited now....

[kev131]

Checked into the Premier inn Dover and waiting for my dinner table at 8.30pm.

763 Kms today and I still feel fresh as a daisy...although I might not smell as fresh as one! Roads a bit damp until Tiperary but bone dry from then on...which means no car washing tonight.

The car ran like clockwork so I'm very pleased to have invested so much time parts and labour over the winter. Let's hope that continues.....for everyone!

Now to sample a chilled pint of Stella.....

[bellamacchina]

Enjoy it all this year.

Greetings from Ela, Eliana & Albert

[jasonh131]

As the  song goes ?Im so excited ? and suffering a nervious b****m its mad like  first day of school  lol

[Heini131]

Only 30 minutes left 

Just waiting for Gisela, Werner and Norbert ...

[kev131]

Theo Simon Jason and I met at 6.45 in Dover and spent an hour kicking tyres and catching up since last year.

We've also now had our full English breakfast on board the DFDS ferry and we're just discussing the optimal route to our overnight stay near the Nurburgring...which we hope to sample in the evening.

Should be about 4 hours from Dunkirk.

[Thotos]

Team UK (plus Irishman taking the photo  ) on the ferry 

[131akafa]

Just a quick view how 3ma13 started for "Team Knauber":
Sending Jan's and Ren?'s 132 into exile to have place for Holger's and Ren?'s Mirafioris - pics of the latter impossible due to HEAVY rain (why do I wash my car at all )
Looking forward,
Greetings,
Ren

[kev131]

What an experience the 'ring was. The quality of the machinery was top class with some serious dudes playing with their toys.

At least half of the cars were rent a ring race cars with the rest being anything from a hired Qashqai driven by a nervous Chineese couple to a pair of fire breathing Corvettes and Nissan GTrs. Most were German registered but some cars from UK, France, Holland, etc and two BMW E30 cabrios.....from Russia!

The speed differential with some of the cars was immense so you drive with one eye permanently on the mirror. We were lucky that the circuit was relatively quiet and dry but supercars still blow you away with regularity. After a spin as a passenger in Simon's Abarth (which incidentally is a fantastic track car) and where my respect for Simon's driving ability went up another notch I decided not to drive my rather soft Super and instead went around again with Theo's Sport. The diffence in the handling between the two cars is striking and I wonder how much of a sales success the Sport would have been with the Abarth's rear independant suspension!!! It must be one of the best kept secrets out there but Simon's stayed flat and planted four square at rediculously high speeds - 4 wheel discs are also a worthwhile upgrade!!!!

Great start to our motoring holiday and tomorrow we'll have a later breakfast with a more leisurely drive south. Yesterday we passed by Spa Francochamps and with more time we would have stopped for a look. Five countries yesterday and the countryside has really improved now that we are in the Eifel.

[Phil]

It must be the start of 3ma, first rain of the trip and half a tree on the paintwork.

[Robert]

Beauty & Beast are the first to arrive in Miesbach. Weather is typical 3MA 

[irisheyes]

Beauty & Beast are the first to arrive in Miesbach. Weather is typical 3MA  

Shoudl I ask which one is the 'Beauty' and which one the 'Beast'  

Wish I was there. Maybe next years event. And your road book is cool. Looks fantastic although I don't suppose thats Ingrid in her tennis gear inside the first few pages?

Take care everyone, have a good trip and keep posing and posting updates.

Rich :-)

[Jacquie131]

Loving the updates guys....so wish I was there with you all.  Hope you all have a wonderful time. 

Jacquie
xxxx

[jasonh131]

I braved the ring , in the soggy beast , was such a crack as chiken kev would say lol, feels we guys start the 3ma crack 2 days ago as soon as we joined the ferry  fist group dinner finished in hotel