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.. The mk1 is a fun drivers car and gave me lots of pleasure round corners, however the mk2 provides that bit more practicality and comfort for long journeys. 
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You Wuss Hartley !! since when has a sports car gotta be comfortable ? theres nowt wrong with the comfort zones in a MK1 mate..... er sorry i mean traitor 
, michael youve got plenty of fat on your ar$e mate so you'll be comfortable enough in the MK1 ( shan't comment on Jo... i'll get slapped 
) leave the MK2 for the skinny arses mate & take the mk1 Jinxy- can't beileve Pete posted that! Heck, Pete - you drove it all the way to Scotland... was that such an ordeal??? 
year (Calais->Paris->Dijon->Champagne->Bordeaux->Paris->Calais) and I was soooo thankful I had a decent car (no comments about the Mk2... ) and had no issues with my Mk1 at all, even with a few 8-12 hour driving days. If it's just Autoroute you're doing, the Mk2 will be great. If you're planning on going on any of the A roads, take the Mk1 - you won't regret it! Just have a beer for me chaps... Especially if we have a wee blast cos youll leave me behind 
Take the red Mk1 you have just bought back.. i was more referring to the fact that when there are 2 people travelling in a mk1 and camping in france for over a week with all the luggage and tents etc. it certainly can get a bit crampt. But when my seat is pushed all the way forward and my chin is almost touching the steering wheel cause I got a tent behind my seat... not so comfy... 
- Scotland trip was fine, cause I only had the one bag. - I'm only 23 and don't want to drive one car for the rest of my life, so i'm bound to try other cars. I'm no traitor though... i'll be back in a mk1 one day. He's already bought them, and he has a choice of which one to take. For this particular trip only, due to the need for space and the cruising down motorways, I personally (without attacking mk1 owners) would advise on the mk2. (Mk1) 
It can be a tight squeeze fitting everything in the Mk1 and not good with a tent behind the seat Hope it all going well for you and your arranging to have it spick and span for France 
AW11 Forever..! wrote:Should be good this year Chris with a few more Roadsters coming along.
. . Yeah it should be good this year with more roadsters, assuming that Mark has still got his mk3 by then - he's just bought dan's vxr220 as he has traded up to a 350z roadster! Aaron's turbo install is done so it should be a beast of a car..t-bar89 wrote:Yeah he does.
..S A Watt wrote:Im def taking the Mk1 cos even i cant pack light enough for the Mk3.
- there's no problems with packing stuff in a mk3 - you just have to use the pax seat!! 
Magny-Cours is the place we need to be. After Mont Michel we can tour across camping along the way towards Magny-Cours and then get some cheap camping there. I'm thinking about coming back on the Monday grabbing an early ferry crossing. A 3 day pass is £70 and this gets you into Enceinte Golf part of the circuit and parking in the same area is £27.12
she was not happy about being unable to extend the holiday & miss the Mont st Michael trip , but now your going to the Grand Prix too !! 
i'll point her in your direction when we meet in 14 weeks time & you can try & talk your way out of it , see ya soon mate Jinxy
- Friday jobs, you should have my job where you do what the hell you like including your own schedule .... £67 as speedferries have an easter sale on for anyone who hasn't booked yet (myself included)! If you can't get white then RED or BLUE parking will do, RED is the better one as you get your own slot where BLUE is a free for all and usually is mayhem getting in and parked. One year we actualy had BLUE tickets but there was no space for us to park and they wouldn' let us in even though we had pre purchased tickets.... avoid BLUE if possible is my advice.£260 to cross on Le Mans week with SeaFrance!!! We are leaving Durham at 9.00am so we should be there around 1pm - 1.30pm !!!!!!! !!!!!!! It is coming round fast.Le Mans Stickers For all those that are on the list but not marked as paid can I ask that you forward me a cheque for the £15 for the set of 3 decals. If you PM me I can let you have my address.[/b] Shane - Set of 3 in black - *** Paid *** Jinxy - Set of 3 in white - *** Paid *** Michael - Set of 3 in white - *** Paid *** Markii - 3 Sets in Black - *** Paid *** Graham - Set of 3 in black - *** Paid *** Pete - Set of 3 in white-***Paid*** Nigel - Set of 3 in black ***Paid*** Chris (Roadster) - Set of 3 in white ***Paid*** ...
AW11 Forever..! wrote:Jinx, can you give me the postcode of the service station where we will be meeting you.
13 weeks to go
:-, postcode is CM23 5QZ "JINXY" stickers for the windows please mate ...... i want the French to remember who i am...... for years to come !