The QMG Citroën Classic Challenge 2012

Jaba · Post by **Jaba** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:31 pm

We are basking in 30 deg weather for the challenge. All apart from Mat - Mr cool with aircon are sweating, but not wilting. All cars are working perfectly.

Much admiration has been shown from the local Citroen fans as we pass through.

Wish you were here xxx
from Team red leader.

Caffiend · Post by **Caffiend** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:10 pm

You can keep your nasty 30deg, but please do bring us some sunshine back with you, as well as lots and lots and lots of pictures!

Glad to hear it's all going well

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:41 pm

They're all having FUN - I bloody knew it! I'm sat here all on my jack, with the rain pouring down, drinking a cold cup of tea, smoking an electric fag with my hands stinking of cutting compound. Well, I'll tell you something Mr 'driving round France in the bloody sunshine having fun' - I'm having fun as well. So there!

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Des Smith · Post by **Des Smith** » Fri May 11, 2012 12:21 am

Paul, I think the emoticon you want is...

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:26 am

Im not jealous .

France would be alright if it wasn't full of French people

Des Smith · Post by **Des Smith** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:02 am

Mickey taker wrote:France would be alright if it wasn't full of French people

...who make wonderful things like Citroen and wine. Light and shade, Mick, light and shade...

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:25 am

Des Smith wrote:who make wonderful things like CitroëN and wine. Light and shade, Mick, light and shade.

Right lets get this straight once and for all Des.

I'm English not British

My citroen is from SLOUGH in Royal Berkshire England.

Wychwoods brewery dont make bloody wine so that means its grape juice and not Beer so its for girls.

Finally, I like things in black and white not woosy light and shade

hilarystone · Post by **hilarystone** » Fri May 11, 2012 5:02 pm

Some pics to be going on with:

It was a wet start at Calais but later in the day dried up and started to get warm!

We stopped by a canal early on Thursday – all the cars except Mikes red 16V are here…

Today we all climbed the first Col successfully - though Tim's engine didn't particularly like the 30° plus temps and about five miles of climbing. We nearly didn't get to go up – this road works closed the road completely for 20 minutes.

Views of Tim's BX, Mike S's GS and the white 16V just before the top.

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Fri May 11, 2012 5:16 pm

Weh Hey!!

BEAUTIFUL! What make of car are they again?

Citroen Motors ('creative technologie' and so on and so forth) got lucky with you lot; all that free advertising for diddly squat!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Fri May 11, 2012 5:25 pm

What's up with Tim's car, are the fans knackered?

Great pics, & glad everyone is having fun, it sunny in Chesterfield at the mo

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Fri May 11, 2012 5:38 pm

Great pics! Sounds proper scorchio. Not my cup of tea at all!

The NA diesels aren't massive fans of very steep, lengthy climbs. The Green Tiger got a bit pongy on some of them. Mind you, it wasn't so hot then. We drove through a blizzard on one of the climbs!

Caffiend · Post by **Caffiend** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:01 pm

Awesome

What did the poor GS do to be so ostracised in the second pic?

Sadly doesn't look like you've made it into the Calais newspapers (unless they didn't realise what kind of cars you were driving) - link to Froggy papiers iciif anyone else wants to go huntin' over the next few days.

WESTON89 · Post by **WESTON89** » Fri May 11, 2012 9:38 pm

Great photos, looks like everyone is enjoying themselves. Just making me regret not going even more now!

Caffiend wrote:.......What did the poor GS do to be so ostracised in the second pic? ..............

Mike must have cleverly planned to park over the grass, to hide the oil leaks!

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Fri May 11, 2012 10:20 pm

Caffiend wrote:

What did the poor GS do to be so ostracised in the second pic?

It's not actually ostracised. I think they're having a game of 'may I?' and the green GS is 'on'.

hilarystone · Post by **hilarystone** » Sun May 13, 2012 6:11 am

Some more pics from yesterday. Myself, Mike & Jabba and Matt decided after a lengthy French lunch to go off and explore a local col or two that might be open. First off was the Col de Vars which leads up through the ski resort of Vars – I found that quite eery as it was mostly deserted…

You can see that there was still snow here…

And here's the three cars with the official sign!

Then came the descent the other side and Matt decided he had to stop to take some pics - yes it was a sheer drop the other side of where he was standing.

The descent was spectacular - my brakes smelt so much Matt could smell them following me!

In the valley we stopped at a supermarket. Matt pointed out a small col - the Col du Pontis he'd found in his Michelin atlas - with three chevrons - rather appropriate for Citroens. The Michelin atlas warned of an extra narrow steep and dangerous road. We could not ignore a challenge like that. I have never been up such a steep twisty switchback hairpin ascent - using first gear on many of the corners. We got to to the top meeting only a C15 van coming down - that was a good think as I think Matt leading drove it like a rally stage. And then we took a wrong turn – this led to an unsurfaced track:

Shortly after this we met a Frenchman in a small 4x4. We were feeling adventurous and went on but decided to turn back when it looked as if the track was simply a dead end.

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