The S2N Party
Yesterday was the end of S2N. Most teams managed to get to Naples one way or another and there were a lot of English bangers lined up in the carpark in Castel Volturno. We didn’t drive into Naples itself because to do so is apparently extremely unwise. Even the local population advised us against it!
The big news is that unfortunately Team xj3 did not win any prizes, we were very much in the running but some rather bad luck in the final challenges caused us to place just outside the prizes. Damn. Prizes were awarded for winning the most points in the challenges, the best themed car (Andy and Lou from Little Britain: they even did the photograph challenge on Day 3 in costume, complete with wheelchair), the longest hitchhike (from Calais after their Ford’s gearbox broke!) and the best bodge (something about using Parma Ham to repair an automatic gearbox).
There were two bits of bad news during the evening: we never saw the pink Volvo belonging to the four girls and it turned out that the Jaguar XJ-40 that had been painted in RAF livery, complete with a model spitfire bonnet mascot had suffered a catastrophic rear wheel bearing failure and it looked unlikely that they would be able to continue to Munich with it in the morning. We really loved the thought of an RAF Spitfire car driving through Germany. There was another Jag that was available as a donor so there is a slight chance that the Spitfire will ride again.
During the evening, many of the bangers found new owners with Italian teenagers who then proceeded to rag the hell out of them until they broke. We were asked several times if we intended to sell the Dutchess but of course we would not part with her to any Italian. She deserves much better than a certain death in a foreign country. One of the Italians also tried to drive into the side of her in his new car as we were on our way back to our hotel, but due to her 4.0L engine and a sports button we soon had her away from danger and into the safety of out Holiday Inn carpark.
We spent the rest of the evening in the hotel’s bar with all our S2N friends and two travelling American IT Administrators who were on a trip through Europe and made the mistake of asking “So, what are all you English guys doing here...”.
So for the third night running, the English turned up and drank until there was no beer left in any of the nearby bars and then staggered off to bed. Brits abroad, eh?
The big news is that unfortunately Team xj3 did not win any prizes, we were very much in the running but some rather bad luck in the final challenges caused us to place just outside the prizes. Damn. Prizes were awarded for winning the most points in the challenges, the best themed car (Andy and Lou from Little Britain: they even did the photograph challenge on Day 3 in costume, complete with wheelchair), the longest hitchhike (from Calais after their Ford’s gearbox broke!) and the best bodge (something about using Parma Ham to repair an automatic gearbox).
There were two bits of bad news during the evening: we never saw the pink Volvo belonging to the four girls and it turned out that the Jaguar XJ-40 that had been painted in RAF livery, complete with a model spitfire bonnet mascot had suffered a catastrophic rear wheel bearing failure and it looked unlikely that they would be able to continue to Munich with it in the morning. We really loved the thought of an RAF Spitfire car driving through Germany. There was another Jag that was available as a donor so there is a slight chance that the Spitfire will ride again.
During the evening, many of the bangers found new owners with Italian teenagers who then proceeded to rag the hell out of them until they broke. We were asked several times if we intended to sell the Dutchess but of course we would not part with her to any Italian. She deserves much better than a certain death in a foreign country. One of the Italians also tried to drive into the side of her in his new car as we were on our way back to our hotel, but due to her 4.0L engine and a sports button we soon had her away from danger and into the safety of out Holiday Inn carpark.
We spent the rest of the evening in the hotel’s bar with all our S2N friends and two travelling American IT Administrators who were on a trip through Europe and made the mistake of asking “So, what are all you English guys doing here...”.
So for the third night running, the English turned up and drank until there was no beer left in any of the nearby bars and then staggered off to bed. Brits abroad, eh?
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