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Off to the Isle of Wight!
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:16 am
by polopowah
As of 10am this morning i shall be winging (well driving) my way down to the Isle of Wight for a 4 night stay with the missus.
So i shall be representing uk polos across the waters
will catch up with all the goss when i get back
take it easy all
-Ben-
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:09 pm
by walshc
1.0 litre power all the way baby
have a safe one
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:13 pm
by omicron
Lovely place, full of fit women and nice people. I did a job there last year and would love to go back.
CymruPolo wrote:Is that the place without any speed limits?
You're joking, there's more speed cameras than street lamps there
You're thinking of the Isle of Mann.
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:41 pm
by neilw
Did you go on the Red Funnel Ferry? If you did it may of been my dad driving you over.
Yes there are speed limits and the only bit of dual carrage way is about 250meters long
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:47 pm
by dino
CymruPolo wrote:omicron wrote:Lovely place, full of fit women and nice people. I did a job there last year and would love to go back.
CymruPolo wrote:Is that the place without any speed limits?
You're joking, there's more speed cameras than street lamps there
You're thinking of the Isle of Mann.
Ahh
, I knew it was one of them
I thought it was the Isle of Wight too lol
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:49 pm
by neilw
Oh.. and you dont need a passport to go there either. Before anybody says that
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:59 pm
by omicron
neilw wrote:Did you go on the Red Funnel Ferry? If you did it may of been my dad driving you over.
Yes there are speed limits and the only bit of dual carrage way is about 250meters long
No, we went from Lymington, don't know why because it put about 40 miles on the trip. Knowing my work, it was probably 2 quid cheaper.
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:15 pm
by neilw
Ahh Could of been my girlfriends dad then, coinsidently He's captain on the Wightlink from Lymington.
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:14 am
by polopowah
well i survived and arrived back in one piece last night.
had a good time and weather was kind to us!
i must say i didn't notice alot of birds (well i was driving most of the time :p)
the roads are absolutely shocking on the island! way too bumpy and i bottomed the car out quite abit. the worst bit was getting off of the ferry, i caught something and as per usual it sounded worse than it was!
there was alot of vag cars out and about including 3 Polo gti's a G40 and lots of mk5 gti's
-Ben-
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:09 pm
by ModifiedMadness
polopowah wrote:including 3 Polo gti's a G40 and lots of mk5 gti's
-Ben-
3 of the new GTi's?
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:14 pm
by omicron
It's rather hilly as well, so it can be hard work in a lower-powered car. My Escort was struggling now and then.
You certainly need to keep an eye on what you're doing on the roads.
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:52 pm
by polopowah
ModifiedMadness wrote:polopowah wrote:including 3 Polo gti's a G40 and lots of mk5 gti's
-Ben-
3 of the new GTi's?
nah the mk5 ones mate. one was black with keskin alloys on and dropped about 80mm (didn't have my flyers with me
)
other two were silver.
-Ben-
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:54 pm
by polopowah
omicron wrote:It's rather hilly as well, so it can be hard work in a lower-powered car. My Escort was struggling now and then.
You certainly need to keep an eye on what you're doing on the roads.
couldn't agree more!
i found i had to keep dropping it a gear to cope.
It was also the first time i let the other half get behind the wheel of my car, she stalled it a few times because the roads were abit steep for 4th gear lol
-Ben-