914 International in Barcelona Options

[richardL]

I just got back from Europe. The main event was to drive the 914/6 from Amsterdam down to Lloret de Mar near Barcelona and back for the 914 International.

I arrived at 4pm and we departed in the car at 7pm to drive to Calais. We met up with the other British cars at midnight.

Next day we left heading south and drove around the Le Mans circuit before stopping.

Second day was cross country on small roads, we made sure to pass over the awesome new Milau suspension bridge, and stopped in Perpignon, near the coast. There we met the other British group to make up 8 cars. The owner of the hotel loved it - kept showing people the cars. Later on he invited us down to his private garage where we found an incredible looking special edition Lotus Exige in John Player Special colors (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

Friday we drove in convoy into Spain and onto the hotel. There were 27 cars in all from all over.

Friday night was a huge dinner with around 20 courses and free flowing booze. Saturday we went on a long photo rally through the back roads. Stopped in a spectacular cafe for coffee and croissants then drove a stage of the WRC Rally of Catalunya before returning to the hotel for another massive dinner.

Unfortunately on the rally stage Tom, in the green 914/6 had his rear suspension ear tear off leaving him stranded. They were OK and had the car transported back to England later in the week.

Since we were going back together the scenic way that left us without a partner so we decided to head back to Amsterdam quickly. It took us 14 hours to do the 900 miles. For a total mileage of 2000 miles. The only problem we had was that the rear trunk leaked in the occasional driving rain, which flooded the trunk and most of my clothes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

With the extra time in Amsterdam we visited a high end car dealership - Lambo, Lotus, BMW, Bentley and RR in a specatcular building. We also were leant a Cayman S for two hours (its spectacular - much better than a Boxster S in so many ways - a definate car to lust after).

Here are pictures:





Indianapolis Corner at Le Mans