This could get expensive, test drive for Mrs weeksy

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Or should I say, even more expensive.

Just sent Mrs Weeksy out for a test drive!

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Also lots of other exotica here to play with!

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Posted : 09/08/2017 8:56 am

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Should we refrain from the Women Drivers pisstake ?

Posted : 09/08/2017 8:58 am

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Save yourself some cash...

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bugatti-veyron-for-sale-on-ebay

Posted : 09/08/2017 8:59 am

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Should we refrain from the Women Drivers pisstake

The extra 50 euro for full insurance cover was a no brainer

Posted : 09/08/2017 9:01 am

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Jings OP,yir stretching that pink shirt a bit. 😛

Posted : 09/08/2017 9:02 am

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Lol that ain't me, that's the man in charge of the 700bhp monster she's driving for next few hours

Posted : 09/08/2017 9:04 am

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Lol that ain't me, that's the man in charge of the 700bhp monster she's driving for next few hours

a few hours?
No wonder it's getting expensive @ €600 an hour!

Posted : 09/08/2017 9:08 am

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You don't need to tell me vinney, this was next years Morzine trip money, 600euro is optimistic lol. Its 750 after insurance.
Its her 40th birthday present though, so worth it.

Tonight is Ferrari hotel after the factory tour after lunch, then off to lake iseo for a week, then home via Chamonix and the chair lift there, then Troyes for a few days

Posted : 09/08/2017 9:11 am

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Apparently it was absolutely amazing! The video will make good watching I think, there was about 30 people watching in the shop when they were showing us

Posted : 09/08/2017 11:21 am

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Posted : 09/08/2017 2:32 pm

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I do like that shade of green.. what is it? VW Viper Green?

Posted : 09/08/2017 2:37 pm

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Just figured out what the wife is getting me for my next birthday! Cheers Weeksy.

Posted : 09/08/2017 2:43 pm

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Nice - we enjoyed the Ferrari museum in Modena a great deal but didn't have time to get out to Marrenello or do one of the hire trips. MrsG tells me she would like a California!!

Posted : 09/08/2017 2:45 pm

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We thought about the California as it would have meant me and my boy could have gone out too, but the Hurracane was another level of special and performance. It was just a spectacular thing of beauty

I can't wait till we get home to see the video, it was great watching.

Posted : 09/08/2017 2:53 pm

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I do like that shade of green.. what is it? VW Viper Green?

I believe it's called Verde Ithica, but yes, very similar.

Posted : 09/08/2017 3:02 pm

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Nice, one very lucky lady! 😀

Posted : 09/08/2017 6:03 pm

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The Hurracane looks fanastic especially in that colour. Green does suit them. Looks like a fanastic day out

Posted : 09/08/2017 8:30 pm

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Just arrived at Lake Ieso. Apartment is lovely! Views from both living room and bedroom.

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Been very impressed with air b n b for finding these places and the hosts. Awesome!

Posted : 10/08/2017 10:27 am

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So how much (or how little) was your wife allowed to drive the car? Have heard some places impose silly low speed and rev limits on these supercar experiences so you are basically trundling around at pedestrian speeds.

Posted : 10/08/2017 10:36 am

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Have heard some places impose silly low speed and rev limits on these supercar experiences so you are basically trundling around at pedestrian speeds.

probably quite sensible as most drivers won't be able to handle 700bhp!

Posted : 10/08/2017 10:37 am

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That's what tyre barriers are for.

Posted : 10/08/2017 10:39 am

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1 hour on mountain roads, she hit 195kph and the guide was smacking the dash and shouting go go go for her to nail it

Posted : 10/08/2017 10:58 am

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Loving it 😀

Do you think any of them cars are wheelchair adaptable? Will they take a bike with the front wheel removed?

Looks like your having a great time, enjoy!

Posted : 10/08/2017 11:37 am

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and the guide was smacking the dash and shouting go go go for her to nail it

oo-er missus

sounds like a load of fun

Posted : 10/08/2017 11:43 am

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You go to Ferrari and drive a Volkswagen 😯

Posted : 10/08/2017 11:52 am

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I never even drove it. Best I've driven this week is my own Mondeo!

Posted : 10/08/2017 12:04 pm

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footflaps

probably quite sensible as most drivers won't be able to handle 700bhp!

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1 hour on mountain roads, she hit 195kph and the guide was smacking the dash and shouting go go go for her to nail it

Well whatever about 700bhp, but clearly Weeksy's wife can handle 602bhp!

Posted : 10/08/2017 12:05 pm

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Well whatever about 700bhp, but clearly Weeksy's wife can handle 602bhp!

Well the computers anyhow. I bet they dont let you switch of traction control ?

Posted : 10/08/2017 12:06 pm

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Do you think any of them cars are wheelchair adaptable? Will they take a bike with the front wheel removed?

I've seen MX-5's as Motability cars, but I don't think the disabilities involved needing a wheelchair, but you never know...

Posted : 10/08/2017 12:17 pm

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Excellent. Thanks for sharing. I remember you posting up about the trip a year ago

Posted : 10/08/2017 8:17 pm

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Happily, its been everything I hoped it was going to be for her birthday. Its been fantastic in all aspects.

Lying at the pool with a massive lord of the rings type hill taking up your view.etc

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There's another something to come in a few weeks that will blow her mind, but we can't discuss that yet

Posted : 11/08/2017 9:40 am

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Lunch at the lake. Seafood pasta was exceptional.

Even a very strange bike with insane calipers

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Random houses

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More lake

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Posted : 12/08/2017 2:12 pm

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Boat trip today, Mrs weeksys birthday!

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More boat trip for anyone not too bored yet

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Posted : 13/08/2017 1:50 pm

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We tried this place a few days ago and was exceptional, but tried a few other places, which in hindsight we should have just kept coming here.

Lovely place, amazing food. We may come again tonight for our final meal before heading to Chamonix in the morning

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The seafood pasta was really a"what meal do you want if you're a condemned man" type of meal

Posted : 16/08/2017 11:58 am

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This thread is akin to having to view your parents holiday photo slides in the 1980s

Posted : 16/08/2017 12:04 pm

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By any chance Is that lake Annecy !

Posted : 16/08/2017 12:30 pm

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Iseo. We did Annecy last week.

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View from the hotel balcony. Its pretty much about 50m from the midi lift.

Posted : 17/08/2017 11:29 am

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Top of the first lift up the plan praz

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Next is the Brevent which is a proper James bond type cable car thing. Mrs Weeksy is having issues!

Posted : 17/08/2017 12:55 pm

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Posted : 17/08/2017 1:39 pm

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1 hour on mountain roads, she hit 195kph and the guide was smacking the dash and shouting go go go for her to nail it

what closed track is this? must be huge if you can drive for an hour and not go round in circles because obviously driving at 120mph on an unfamiliar twisty mountain road in an unfamiliar 600bhp car would be a moronic thing to do.

Posted : 17/08/2017 2:01 pm

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what closed track is this? must be huge if you can drive for an hour and not go round in circles because obviously driving at 120mph on an unfamiliar twisty mountain road in an unfamiliar 600bhp car would be a moronic thing to do.

Lol have a word, it was on an overtake. She never died and in about 5 days when back in UK we'll upload a video snippet so you can really get your knickers in a twist as she does several 100mph overtakes

Posted : 17/08/2017 2:05 pm

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Ah nobody died. That's o.k. then, had me worried for a bit.

Posted : 17/08/2017 2:23 pm

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Weeksy did you vote for Brexit, yeah thought so.

Posted : 17/08/2017 2:32 pm

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Vote? Lol nah. I'm not one of them voters.

Epic afternoon today, off to relax in hotel

Posted : 17/08/2017 2:38 pm

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Evening meal, hmmm. A bit 'ding' and distinctly average at best. Chamonix is insanely expensive too.

£7+ for a 500ml of beer. Mains are £15 and as I said, very average.

Posted : 17/08/2017 6:24 pm

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Don't let the sun go down on me!

Posted : 17/08/2017 6:39 pm

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Breakfast of champions sitting at to bottom of mont blanc

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Posted : 18/08/2017 6:36 am

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Autun in Burgundy today. Been here to this restaurant loads in last few years, we were passing 15 miles away to buy wine, so seemed rude not to come for lunch

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