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MartinP Senior Member Offline Posts: 791 Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2001 2.2 Ltr SALOON LPG	Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er 12. Aug 2006 at 00:04 Someone is going to be driving up/down/through Stelio Pass
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Admin Administrator Offline Posts: 2660	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #1 - 12. Aug 2006 at 08:46 Yes... in a £100 senator (albeit a very good one)... Am I worried? Heck yes! Now how much for new discs and pads....
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #2 - 12. Aug 2006 at 09:57 a rear wheel drive car will own and front wheel heavy cars looking at that road!! Can you mount a camera on the dash or something m8? Be cool to watch
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Admin Administrator Offline Posts: 2660	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #3 - 12. Aug 2006 at 10:34 We will be recording the event... however i suspect it will not be suitable for a younger audience due to the language used... mainly by Mark who is not the most "tolerant" of drivers!
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Markie Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7914 Lanarkshire, Scotland Gender: Drives: RS4, X5, Range Rover	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #4 - 12. Aug 2006 at 10:54 ...just dont look out the windows Dave - at the drop!
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Markjay Omega Lord Offline Posts: 5452 London Gender:	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #5 - 12. Aug 2006 at 11:35 If you are not on your own in the car(!), get someone to take pictures and then post them here...
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Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er
Reply #6 - 12. Aug 2006 at 12:39

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We will be recording the event... however i suspect it will not be suitable for a younger audience due to the language used... mainly by Mark who is not the most "tolerant" of drivers! Grin

We could always edit it to beep out the language... although i suspect we might have 2 hours of beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #7 - 12. Aug 2006 at 13:17 I am also in the car......might invest in a small external cam and mount it behind the front wheel ala Italian Job style...
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Markie Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7914 Lanarkshire, Scotland Gender: Drives: RS4, X5, Range Rover	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #8 - 12. Aug 2006 at 13:24 Now that would be a brilliant idea Mark !! worth seeing that
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Markjay Omega Lord Offline Posts: 5452 London Gender:	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #9 - 12. Aug 2006 at 16:37 Marks DTM Calib wrote on 12. Aug 2006 at 13:17: I am also in the car......might invest in a small external cam and mount it behind the front wheel ala Italian Job style... Ooooo... the Italian Job hairpin bus drive did not end all that well.... Looking forward to see the footage though!
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Reply #10 - 12. Aug 2006 at 16:53

Having extensively researched the subject (err...I typed it into google), it seems that the pictures above were taken from the first line of results in google, so for those of you who are too lazy to look it up, here's a selection of interesting links:

http://www.adamanda.org/travel/it/98/
http://www.paloaltobicycles.com/alps_photos/i68.html
http://www.aukadia.net/alps/ste1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass

'The Stelvio Pass is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps at 2757m... The original road was built in 1820-1825 by the Austrians to connect the former Austrian province of Lombardia with the rest of Austria, covering a climb of 1871m. Since then, the route has changed very little. The 60 hairpin bends, 48 of them on the northern side numbered with stones, are a challenge to motorists. Even Stirling Moss went off the road here during a vintage car event in the 1990s, with an onboard video of his incident (Cor blimey!) being shown on satellite TV.' (from wikipedia)

Looks like fun! Grin

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Kev Omega Knight Offline .:The OmegaProject:. Posts: 1543 Glasgow Gender:	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #11 - 12. Aug 2006 at 20:23 Parachute for when the brakes start to overheat? In fact, do they make ceramic discs for a senator?
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Admin Administrator Offline Posts: 2660	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #12 - 12. Aug 2006 at 22:35 Kev wrote on 12. Aug 2006 at 20:23: Parachute for when the brakes start to overheat? In fact, do they make ceramic discs for a senator? We are taking replacement fluid (and brake bleeding kit) and even a spare set of front brake pads! I think ours will be ok, but I am not so sure about some of the other cars....
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MartinP Senior Member Offline Posts: 791 Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2001 2.2 Ltr SALOON LPG	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #13 - 12. Aug 2006 at 22:39 Markjay wrote on 12. Aug 2006 at 16:53: Having extensively researched the subject (err...I typed it into google), it seems that the pictures above were taken from the first line of results in google does that equate to being owned
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Bo Bo Omega Lord Offline Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into! Posts: 5016 Coventry Gender:	Re: Stelio Pass....LUCKY Bu33er Reply #14 - 12. Aug 2006 at 23:42 Marks DTM Calib wrote on 12. Aug 2006 at 13:17: I am also in the car......might invest in a small external cam and mount it behind the front wheel ala Italian Job style... You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
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