Svan on the move
- 14 Jun 06, 01:08 PM
A GARAGE FORECOURT, DREIEICH-OFFENTHAL - Magic mechanic Schacher has installed the new immobiliser part in Svan and we are on the move again.
We are heading south, stopping for the night near Hockenheim, where Ricco will do his best , driving Svan around the .
Schacher and Dennis, who ordered the part we needed in double quick time, were immensely helpful.
That said, it took me a while to see the funny side when Schacher started joking that the spare key we needed to reprogramme the new unit had not arrived.
Schacher laughed and laughed.
We left our campsite this morning but not before the owner, Gerhard Schonweitz, showed us his entire collection of cuttings from the site's 36-year history.
Pride of place went to a piece in the local paper showing all the England fans that had stayed for the game against Paraguay standing in front of a customised limo-style Hummer.
It was painted in the colours of the George Cross and Gerhard could not have been more pleased that a "Hammer" had been to his site.
The only slightly distressing aspect of talking to Gerhard was when he wandered around for a chat wearing his tiny swimming shorts.
Distracting indeed.
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Gerhard..pictures from 36 years...swimming costume...
was this "just a thong at highlights"?
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I'm really getting into this excellent blog - thanks for doing it - it really cheers me up, being a remote ex-pat in the wildest reaches of arctic Sweden to read of your escapades (the ups and the downs) in Germany!
It reminds me of when I drove through Frankfurt once and quickly learnt that mechanics everywhere do that "das ist nicht gut!" look - plus "zwei neue gummi!" isn't a phrase you want to hear after 10 hours' driving...
I look forward though to reading how Svan handles the Hockenheim track - perhaps you should do a race between Svan and one of you on inlines?? My money's on a draw...
Personally I'm looking forward to driving my red Saab coup茅 to England in 2 weeks' time for the Final - complete with St George's flag on the roof, 脿 la "My car is Swedish but I am not so please don't trash it!!!"
Best of luck - I'll keep reading - but might skip future references to German campsite owners in swimming trunks....*shudder*.....
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You guys are Krazy!
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Don't forget to crank up the stereo to the tune of "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac when you are flying around the track! I can hear Murray Walker now.
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You guys should see if any of your 成人快手 contacts can get in touch with that crazy German woman who drove Richard Hammond around the Nurburgring for Top Gear, she would give Svan a very energetic workout and I doubt Svan would ever experience being handled that expertly by a woman again!!
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Well, then the first thing you guys should do is head for the Nuerburgring NOT the Hockenheimring. The Nordschleife (former Nuerburgring) is open to the public and a great track. As far as I know Hockenheim isn't open for the general public, and anyways it's nowhere near as good as the Nordschleife...
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I just finished Spain VS Ukraine. This was one of the best games.
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awesome stuff
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can u please tell me is it the world cup that the bbc are showing or is it the england road-show?
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You're not doing a very good Clarkson impression mif you try a lap of the Hockenheim F1 circuit. Clarkson's far more impressive feat was a lap of the awesome Nurburgring Nordschleife (again avoiding the sanitised GP cicuit which shares the illustrious name "Nurburgring" but is a pitiful attempt to cash in on the name).
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What would you recommend as a half time snack to create an authentic German atmosphere (not your favourite, their favourite)?
Do they criticise or congratulate themselves in the media on the way they are organising the world cup?
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You can't be doing a Clarkson if you are driving the Hockenheimring, especially not in its new over sanitised F1 circuit guise. Get Svan over to the awesome Nurburgring Nordschleife and do a 'Clarkson' in style...just keep it away from the pitiful joke which is the Nurburgring GP circuit.
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Good luck on Hockenheim lads.
I've never read a blog before this but now I'm hooked. It's excellent! You should have your own TV show.
Since Svan's on the mend, I'd love to see you pop down to one of my favourite shops near Munich. It's one of Germany's finest purveyors of traditional German
dress.
Given Fletch's criticism of his German host's attire, I'd love to see him paying proper homage to Germany's sartorial riches. Let's see him in Lederhosen!
Angermaier
Am Viktualienmarkt
Rosental 10
惭眉苍肠丑别苍
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Was it you that gave me a toot in passing on the A3 today, or was it one of the several hundred other British camper vans heading Southwest?
Ps. Go on, give us a link!
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Patrick, you wrote:
Well, I am one of those sceptic Germans don麓t believing that 麓06 was going to be a great World Cup. But hey: Really everyone praises the great atmosphere in the stadiums, in the streets, in the bars (I麓m a regular 成人快手 Radio 1-listener), most games are nice to watch and maybe it麓s just a new kind of Germany the world sees, what makes this World Cup for us Germans so special.
As I said before: Not only me was sceptic, but what we experienced by now it麓s going to be a terrific World Cup (and I麓m looking forward to Germany vs. England ;-)) so maybe we can really be proud a litte bit, can麓t we?
Best,
Lars
(Essen, Germany)
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Just for the record - we desperately wanted to go to the Nurburgring but it was shut because of a 24-hour race.
I thought it was pretty decent of Hockenheim to fit us in at such short notice so make sure you check out Ricco's blog on it.
And as for Rob P - if you think I'm wearing traditional German dress....
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PLS persenter.
Help us tell FIFA that we are not happy with the way some of her refer, look away when some clear peneties offence are committed againt African Teams
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