greetings from Lippstadt

Nigel26 · 03-01-2006, 13:31

some of you might remember me asking about Germany recently as i "might" have to have come over, well i have and i'm bowsing Briskoda from the comfort of an office on a customer sight in Lippstadt.

everything went well, even my first time in a lhd car on the wrong side of the road... only problem was the sat nav on my imate jam... it decided to crash once every 10 minutes when i needed it the most so a few strong words and wrong turns later i decided to trim a few of the options out and it seemed to hold.

from what i saw of it during a slight "detour" Lippstadt is a nice little town, i dont know how much of it i'll be seeing over the next few days though.

saw a few Skodas, theres actually an Audi, VW & Skoda dealer down the road from where i'm working... i've seen a few octavias on the autoroute and a Fabia vRS going the other way, unfortunately i think i saw a very totalled octavia estate on the back of a low loader, i say i think it was an octy, there wasnt a straight panel on the car so i could only go by what was left of the rear light clusters.

oh and guess what the nice man at Avis has given me to drive while i'm here? a Seat... its a new shape Toledo... very odd looking car but fairly tidy inside... its a shame the engines only a 1.6 and has little to no power.

anyway... ta ra for now.

Glider · 03-01-2006, 14:00

1.6 will have plenty of power if you rev it like crazy, which is a must for a hire car. Watch out for all th bridge mounted speed cameras in the 120 zones, I still have a very nice picture from local plod over there.

heresmo · 03-01-2006, 18:17

HELLO Nigel26

Have to shout as you're a few miles away now...

Glad you're doing OK.

I found RHD easy enough, if ignoring the danger of selecting reverse instead of first... Saaaah!

How long are you there for?

Mo

Ooops! meant LHD

Carsten · 03-01-2006, 19:36

Welcome to Germany .... so, how long do you stay here ??

Ít´s a shame, that I am in the Frankfurt area these days.

If any kind of Information is needed, Just P.M. me

Have fun trying out various beers

03-01-2006, 13:31	#1
Nigel26 Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Walsall, West Midlands Posts: 2,298 Members Car: Sea Grey Mondeo Titanium X Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	greetings from Lippstadt some of you might remember me asking about Germany recently as i "might" have to have come over, well i have and i'm bowsing Briskoda from the comfort of an office on a customer sight in Lippstadt. everything went well, even my first time in a lhd car on the wrong side of the road... only problem was the sat nav on my imate jam... it decided to crash once every 10 minutes when i needed it the most so a few strong words and wrong turns later i decided to trim a few of the options out and it seemed to hold. from what i saw of it during a slight "detour" Lippstadt is a nice little town, i dont know how much of it i'll be seeing over the next few days though. saw a few Skodas, theres actually an Audi, VW & Skoda dealer down the road from where i'm working... i've seen a few octavias on the autoroute and a Fabia vRS going the other way, unfortunately i think i saw a very totalled octavia estate on the back of a low loader, i say i think it was an octy, there wasnt a straight panel on the car so i could only go by what was left of the rear light clusters. oh and guess what the nice man at Avis has given me to drive while i'm here? a Seat... its a new shape Toledo... very odd looking car but fairly tidy inside... its a shame the engines only a 1.6 and has little to no power. anyway... ta ra for now. __________________ Sea Grey Mondeo Titanium X

03-01-2006, 14:00	#2
Glider Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 2,432 Members Car: Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 31 Posts	Re: greetings from Lippstadt 1.6 will have plenty of power if you rev it like crazy, which is a must for a hire car. Watch out for all th bridge mounted speed cameras in the 120 zones, I still have a very nice picture from local plod over there. __________________

03-01-2006, 18:17	#3
heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,554 Members Car: Thanks: 50 Thanked 143 Times in 123 Posts	Re: greetings from Lippstadt HELLO Nigel26 Have to shout as you're a few miles away now... Glad you're doing OK. I found RHD easy enough, if ignoring the danger of selecting reverse instead of first... Saaaah! How long are you there for? Mo Ooops! meant LHD Last edited by heresmo; 03-01-2006 at 18:18.

03-01-2006, 19:36	#4
Carsten Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bonn, Germany Posts: 1,209 Members Car: Octavia 1.9TDi Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: greetings from Lippstadt Welcome to Germany .... so, how long do you stay here ?? Ít´s a shame, that I am in the Frankfurt area these days. If any kind of Information is needed, Just P.M. me Have fun trying out various beers

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