Coming to the end of our Italian adventure

[gremlin]

Thankfully, they're working on the tower!
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One Medieval engineer to the other, squinting upwards: Is it me, or....?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Didn't they have something daft like 400 towers at one point? The engineering standards on display probably reveal why there are only 2 now.

[gremlin]

Didn't they have something daft like 400 towers at one point? The engineering standards on display probably reveal why there are only 2 now.

San Gimignano* had loads. Most fell down.

Nuff said.


*I broke a Ducati key in St. Jimmy's. That was a bloody expensive mis-hap.

[Sadlonelygit]

Well, eventually got out of the camp site (long story, but it sums up Italy) and we drove past the factory where they make the big red noisy things, loads of them just sitting outside in the rain.

[Sadlonelygit]

Thankfully, they're working on the tower!
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One Medieval engineer to the other, squinting upwards: Is it me, or....?

And speaking of Italian engineers, been in Maranello today!
Once I've cropped the photos, I'll post a couple up!
Heading north now towards Turin, biblical rainstorms happening. Only issue is below 30mph the screen mists up. Swmbo is on karcher duties!

[Sadlonelygit]

Trick question, what car is this?

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[gremlin]

Well it's the wrong colour for a Nissan Figaro...

Is it a FIAT?


Ps. I'm in Turin next month, taking in Lake Orta and Novara. Only a five-day visit. Glad to hear the rain is getting done and dusted now, rather than when I'm there.

[Pirahna]

Trick question, what car is this?

Dino

[Newey]

All I know is that it's RHD

[Sadlonelygit]

Trick question, what car is this?

Dino

A little more specific please

[Pirahna]

Trick question, what car is this?

Dino

A little more specific please

Dino's were either a 2.0 or 2.4 V6, so 206 or 246, it'll be one of those. I was offered one a long time ago when they were cheap and not highly regarded.

[Sadlonelygit]

Dino

A little more specific please

Dino's were either a 2.0 or 2.4 V6, so 206 or 246, it'll be one of those. I was offered one a long time ago when they were cheap and not highly regarded.

Nerd 246

[Sadlonelygit]

Right, some snaps

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[Sadlonelygit]

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[Sadlonelygit]

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[KungFooBob]

It's from before my time, but I've never really got the love for the Daytona, looks like an SD1 to me

[Sadlonelygit]

It's from before my time, but I've never really got the love for the Daytona, looks like an SD1 to me

It is a marmite car. But in 1967/8, it was a bit speesh.
As it was in production 8 or so years before the Rover, one might say they stole a few styling hints for the SD1

[Taipan]

It's from before my time, but I've never really got the love for the Daytona, looks like an SD1 to me

You must have missed the 80s...

[Sadlonelygit]

Well we're crawling across France ATM, and by crawling, I mean 'bollocks, where's all the power gone?'
Bloody vans gone into limp mode. Everything closed today as it's some religious observance day!
We're 300km from home, so probably run the gauntlet tomorrow.
Wondered why the van was a bit breathless coming over Col de Mont Cenis, thought it was just the altitude!

[Mussels]

Did it give you an error message? My car went into limp mode recently saying the DPF was fubarred but all it needed was a bottle of cleaner tipped into the tank.