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CANV CANVINGTON, Was probably SMALLZOOKEEPER going to the bank with the takings weighing down the car 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Surely a helicopter is the ideal?? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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As previously suggested by boredsurfin,
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| whatever that new audi jeep thing is called.. |
Q7.
(Next to Q8, cause it needs to be near an oil refinery...) |
nice 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I already have my dream car for driving to the snow. It's a Mitsubishi Delica 8 seater 4x4 'bus. It'll happilly cruise all day at 80 on the motorway, it's not phased by snow and off road condition, it's got heaps and heaps of space inside, all the mod cons, nice Kenwood sound system, and my whopping Thule ski box on the roof. And it was cheap.....
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Wear The Fox Hat, 
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| Trenmold wrote: |
| A Volvo 240 estate from the classic period - say about 1989/90 2.0 or 2.3 injection petrol engine. Capacious capacity, incredibly reliable, cheap to buy, handles fine in snow and ice (I know 'cos I've done it). You can get in as many skis as you like, luggage, people, dogs, hay bails, yacht sails, building materials etc etc. I always laugh at those huge modern 4x4 vehicles which have such a lack of space that they stick the spare wheel on the outside! Save the money for the finer things in life, don't waste it on cars. |
There's a lot to be said for these and their more recent versions. The Volvo 960 estates had self-levelling suspension, limited slip differential, sensible profile tyres and would cruise comfortably down to the resort. Of course, not bling and certainly not for the fashionistas but completely practical and the odd ding here and there on the bodywork only added to the car's character.
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1996 Fiat Cinquecento Sport - now sadly poorly 
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My mates 525d Beamer did ok getting 4 blokes and kit there and back last weekend in reasonable comfort after Sleazyjet decided they didn't fancy taking a half full plane to Lyon after all. Unfortunately he was playing with the ridiculously complex i-Drive somewhere near Dijon on the way back and accidently exceeded the speed limit!
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VW Phaeton, 4WD big engine and same chassis as bentley continental, very cheap second hand
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Nick Dawes wrote: |
| and accidently exceeded the speed limit! |
Whats a speed limit
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You know it makes sense.
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skimottaret, 90€ sounds like a cheap one! How fast did they clock u at and where (for future reference!)
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boredsurfin, We got a 90 Euro fine doing 168 kph just North of Dijon - cops with radar guns both sides of the carriageway and bikes to round up anyone who tries to outrun the Gendarmes Ford Focus! Quite good value really, we were going significantly quicker a few klicks earlier!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Surely if this is in the vsame vein as the 'luxury skiing' thread, then the idea may not be to drive it yourself (and arrive pole-axed)? I'm thinking Maybach or similar; snowtires/ type of fuel/ speeding tickets - james' problem!
Augusta 109 if I could.
Or, a nice bentley maybe and let someone else worry about the roof box etc, surely they'll be following on behind?!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pielot, good point. Anything with a Chauffeur would suit...
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| pielot, good point. Anything with a Chauffeur would suit... |
Lets face it if we are in the real luxury set we would be on private jets and helicopter /small plane transfer landing in the resort.
If it has to have wheels one of those huge american camper vans with someone else driving 
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dan100, not for me - I don't like flying but I do like driving!
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dan100, so then you move on to airports close to the resort. Aside from altiports which only take small props, I wonder how close you can get to a resort in a plane. I will be in JH next week, and the town is 15 mins drive from the airport. I consider the connecting flight in there as a rather superior coach transfer with better service and no TO rep trying to sell passes to you. I suspect you can get closer still.
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Ah, for going up the alps skiing, it has to be a 1980's Lotus Esprit Turbo with ski racks fitted, only so that I can play at being James Bond (For Your Eyes Only), seriously though it would have to be a new Audi RS4, fast and grippy 
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drat, double post
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Porsche Cayenne Turbo S or an Audi RS6 Avant Plus (not sure how good they would be on the snow though)
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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CarlT,
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Audi RS6 Avant Plus
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My brother-in-law has got one, Fat summer tyres with no grip under 6 degrees C & 487BHP. What do you think?
Best mate has an original Audi Quattro Sport (the short wheelbase group B one) 990kg & 515BHP. No that's fun!!!
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at 515bhp thats been tweaked somewhat  Whats the spec....they rolled off the production line with 306bhp, all 215 of them
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skinutter,
I think the're are now only 126 left. It's been tweaked by MTM in germany, bored to 2.5L, bigger, no make that huge turbo. Makes the RS6 feel like a shopping trolley in comparison.
Pulls your face off in any gear.
The only thing I've been in that comes close is the Ariel Atom Supercharged.
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sounds awesome......just tossing up whether to retain my Audi S2 Quattro or maybe find a decent RS2 or UR Quattro instead!
If he ever fancies showing it off, point him in my direction.....I'm an Audiphile LOL
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John Heaton
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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skinutter,
I've been in an original RS2 in Calor gas Blue, driven round a test track by Derek Bell, hit 170+, great car.
Took him 5 years to find the Quattro Sport, bought it in Switzerland and drove it back. Probably worth about 70k now.
Biggest problem he has now is nobody makes tyres for them anymore.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Volkswagen T5 'Sportline'....
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There's a lot to be said for these and their more recent versions. The Volvo 960 estates had self-levelling suspension, limited slip differential, sensible profile tyres and would cruise comfortably down to the resort. Of course, not bling and certainly not for the fashionistas but completely practical and the odd ding here and there on the bodywork only added to the car's character.
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Excellent - I knew there would be a fellow Volvo fan out there somewhere!!
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perfect would be a small electric car which would mean i live in a traffic free ski resort and therefore wouldn't have to travel far
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I just dug out and watched that Top Gear episode from a year or two ago when Clarkson beat the other two driving to Verbier in a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, nice motor
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| Spyderman wrote: |
CarlT,
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Audi RS6 Avant Plus
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My brother-in-law has got one, Fat summer tyres with no grip under 6 degrees C & 487BHP. What do you think?
Best mate has an original Audi Quattro Sport (the short wheelbase group B one) 990kg & 515BHP. No that's fun!!! |
I used to have an RS6 - would certainly have another one. There was one in Courchevel at Christmas - running on chunky winter tyres
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CarlT,
the new one will have the V10 lambo engine.
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