Beiträge von donati

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Raymond said:

The final decision has yet o be made, but please reserve the first WE of September 2004 for the next E34 ///M5 Alps meeting.

Will do.. the Memorial Run organizers are talking about early Sebtember too, im hoping i can convince them to move it a week or two..
Looks like next years event will include some Nordschelife fun, and then a blast to Budapest

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Original geschrieben von Kons
... or if it doesn't matter for you as long as you aren't traveling to Switzerland anymore:-(

Well, i will definately be travelling to Switzerland next year, unless the Tour de Alps is moving to France, i think i was the first one to pay the entry fee for next years event

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Kons said:
Huhh, that doesn't sound very nice... You seem to have big luck with the radars outside Denmark? Last year Germany this year Switzerland - are sure there's nothing more to come from Italy or France from the memorial run??

I would'nt exactly call it "Big luck"
Maybe i just have to start paying attention to the roadsigns? (wich would be boring).
In Denmark there are no stationary radars on the motorway, so ignoring the speedlimit is pretty normal.. driving for years and years without ever getting a ticket even if driving fast, is what i'm used to. Ofcourse it is a completely different story when off the motorway.

I certainly hope there is no "letters" on the way from the Memorial Run.. getting of with handing the French police 90,- Eur. was pretty cheap, but being detained for two hours when we where kinda in a hurry was'nt exactly what we had hoped for..

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Very interesting that they directly contacted you this time - maybe the german officials saved your data after the motorclub send it to them.

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That could be the case, or the police can have actually contacted the motorclub, they just did'nt mention it to me this time.

Anyway.. i will have to think it over before i decide what to do (contact lawyer or other..)

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Original geschrieben von ZweifelM5
Hi Finn

About a difference of 45km/h on the autobahn means a fine of about 1 month income if you are a Swiss habitant.
You are not, so it will be something around CHF 1500.- to 2500.-

Aye Caramba !!
If there is any way to avoid paying that, i will try it..
The 45kmh difference on Aotobahn: Does it still count as that, when it was on a piece with an 80kmh speedlimit?

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In/near which town/village, on which road have you been flashed?
Because the penalty also depends on the "Kanton".

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It was on the A2 motorway, inside a tunnel.

The Letter says:
"Lausen, A2, Tunnel Arisdorf, Talspur.
Basel"

Oh, and btw., there was no notice from the motorclub in Flensburg, like there was last year regarding the speeding in Germany.. dont know why, maybe they just changed their policy on this.

The scans of the letter are here:

http://www.stalx.dk/ticket1.jpg
(front of letter)

http://www.stalx.dk/ticket2.jpg
(back of letter)

It would be great if someone would take the time to do a translation for me

Dominik

Thank you, i will take it serious because it could end up costing me money

A driving ban would be fine, since im not going to Switzerland untill next summer sometime anyway.

A hefty fine would'nt be so great, since they will probably want me to pay up, if i meet the police in person next year, or get checked at the border..
But lets see what it actually says in the letter, when it is translated.

Is there not somewhere one can check what will be the exact price for speeding? or is it decided case by case?

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Original geschrieben von MrFreezer
send me a scan of the letter to my emailaddy and ill translate it for you - if kons has no time to or is just lost in space right now...

ingo

Thank you.
I have send you an email from this board, so that i can get your emailaddy to send the scan to.

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Original geschrieben von donati
I think i also got flashed inside a tunnel, but it could have been just a warning light, not sure. (certainly do not expect to recive a fine :))

Oups.. looks like i was wrong on this, as i recived a letter from Swiss police today.
I think it is a notice, that they have photo'ed me and ask me if i will admit that i was indeed driving faster than the speedlimit.

Any idea what will happen if i dont contact them, with an answer ?
What will be the price for driving 125kmh in a 80kmh zone ?
Is it possible for them to issue a ticket to me, if im not present in court, even if i answer them that i will fight this in court ?

Next year i will have different licenceplates, so if i meet the Swiss police next year, the chance they will find out that i have an outstanding ticket (if it ends with a ticket) are small, dont you agree?

Can someone please translate the letter for me? Konstantin, this is usually your job
(i would like to know what it actually says, so that i can decide what i need to do about it, instead of guessing my way through it :))

I can email a qoute of the letter, or post it here for translation?

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Original geschrieben von Mad1980
It must be older than 1991.

Ok, thank you.

Anyone know about the requirements for the interior fan / defroster?

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Original geschrieben von caine.esco
well the front Foglights can be removed! You only need the rear Foglights in Germany!

Ok, do you know how old a car must be, in order not to have to have rear foglights?

Hello

Is there somewhere i can get a list of fetures that TÜV requieres a car to have, in order to pass the test?
I know that here in Denmark, i can goto the local testing-center and get a copy of the requirements, and it looks something like so:

1991 > Must have Airbag.
1990 > Must have Kat.
1985 > Must have seatbelts for rear passengers.
1982 > Must have safety windshield.
etc..

Is there something like this in Germany?

What i would like to know right now, is if TÜV will approve my car with no heating for the interior?
I have been told that there must be a fan for the windshield, so that it can be defrosted, but will there also have to be heating? or is the fan enough?

Also, what about the fog-lights? can they be removed, and still pass TÜV?

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Raymond said:
...near Luzern I got flashed with approx. 20km/h over the limit (big (d)(st)eal).

I think i also got flashed inside a tunnel, but it could have been just a warning light, not sure. (certainly do not expect to recive a fine :))

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The service of Hotel Kronen really isgood, but I don't expect anything else for that money.

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I dont even know what the rooms cost?
I do know that they asked me for some ~260,- eur before leaving.

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Kons said:
...This is even more impressive! Driving more than 3000kms with a car that is shaking like hell

Well.. at the autobahn there is not really any problems, as the shaking goes away above 100-110kph, but when stuck behind trucks, i had to use some alternative driving style to try and avoid the shaking.

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(I think that was the shaking that can be seen at the end of your video, wasn't it?)

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Exactly.

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..I don't think so, Tim Remember, my car weighs
1875kg with almost empty tank and without passengers, so with me, 80l of fuel, and 50kgs of luggage and spare parts it was certainly over 2 tons for my car...

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From now on your name shall be "Flanel Boy"
(As in Tims assistant Al "Flanel Boy" Borland).
Jokes aside, i thought the Touring was aprox 100kg heavier than the Limousine, so also assumed Raymonds car would weigh somewhere around the same as yours, with both him and his father in it. My mistake.

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I envy you for that, as I had so much fun driving the Stelvio twice last year - although my tires lost at least 2mms;-))

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Yea, Stelvio is definately great, if one wants to do some spirited driving. Still, i would rather have joined the rest of you, but too late to change that now.

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Wouldn't it be a great idea to do this before the Nordschleife-meeting?? Not that you have to bleed them on Brünnchen again

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I had to bleed them at Brünnchen, because i had had the calibers off at home, and did'nt bleed it properly then.
I will change the fluid next week, as i told you in Switzerland i have bought 3 liters of fluid allready last year, just have to motivate myself to actually change it

Btw, i have allmost definately decided that the "old" car will be the trackcar, as we briefly discussed.
Have allready sold the seats and other interior parts from the "new" car.

Just realized i will be the only guy at this meet that does not speak German, i'll just have to guesstimate what is beeing discussed

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btw. Did you find the cause of the vibrations yet?

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Not really, i tried changing over the complete struts from the other car, with shocks, brakediscs and everything, but that made no difference.
Then i changed over the wheels, and that made a big difference.
Now there is still vibrations, but only like normal "wheels out of balance" vibrations.
I know the wheels are not out of balance, since there is no vibrations at all, when using them on the other car.
Also, i had the wheels on the "old" car checked twice, and both times i was told there is nothing wrong with them.
So basically i have not found the cause, but i have reduced the sympthoms from very violent shaking, to allmost acceptable vibrations.

Hi Raymond, great documentary job you have done here

I just have some comments:

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Raymond wrote:
...but during dinner, Hermann received a phone call Finn in which he told that his car suffered from severe vibrations in the rear suspension and that he had spend the day trying to solve them...

It was the front end that had vibrations.

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...He couldn't take part without solving but he managed to do so in time and left Denmark Friday evening at the same time we where enjoying dinner (Applause to you Finn).

Thanks... actually we did not manage to solve the problem, but decided to go anyway.

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...Konstantin reduced the gap that was created during overtaking in only a few seconds. This is very impressive because his MY95 E34 ///M5 touring weighs more then 100kg heavier then my E34 ///M5 3.6 sedan...

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With a passenger, and luggage for one extra person in the trunk,
i think your car would actually be as heavy as Konstantins, during the driving?

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...Hermann received a phone call from Dominik that he and Finn missed the intersection to Livigno and had driven all the way up to the Passo dello Stelvio (2758mtr). This (small) error dropped them back with at least one and a halve hour compared to the rest of the group, so they decided to use the Umbrailpass (2503mtr) for approaching the to Albulapass (2312mtr) and wait there for the rest of us coming from Pontresina.

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So we got to drive the great Stelvio again this year, after all
Dominik and i where quite fast here, lots of fun.
When we stopped for 5mins to get some sandwiches, my brakefluid boiled, resulting in almost no brakepower, but after driving just one kilometer slowly, it had allready cooled enough to be ok again.
I really have to change that fluid sometime soon.

I think it was when passing the Umbrailpass, my cars vibrations got even worse, so i called Dominik to let him know we had decided to drive directly to the hotel, at slower speed.
(later discovered that the right side front shockabsorber was about to come off).

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... Apart from Finn and Brian, the others showed up not much later.

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We stayed at the bar across the street, untill nearly 5am i think.. not the smartest idea
I had set the alarmclock for 8am, but i woke up at 11:20, and looked out at the parking lot, i could see only my car still there, and i think it was Kevin leaving just then.
Frank was still parked on the other side off the street, so went over to say goodbye to them, before leaving.
This was offcourse too late for breakfast in the Hotel, so we left right away, and i managed to forget my mobile-phone in the room

Once we got home, i called the Hotel, and they was nice enough to send the phone to Denmark free of charge.

Allready looking forward to next years event.

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Original geschrieben von Kons
...Finn Donati (11.-12.10. ?? Personen, Hotel gebucht)

Es ist nur ich dieses mal, mein bruder muß dieses wochenende arbeiten.
Kommt Hermann nicht dieses wochenende?

PS. Wie ich dieses schreibe: "ß", wenn meine tastatur nicht deutsches layout ist?

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Kons gesagt:
...Welches Hotel wir nehmen steht noch nicht fest: das Dorint scheint mir erstens zu teuer und ist zwitens wohl schon ausgebucht, Bine und Andrew würden gerne wieder in das Hotel in Mayen gehen, wo wir letztes mal waren - ist allerdings ca 25km von der Nordschleife entfernt.

Konstantin

Der "Hotel An Der Nordschleife" haben freie Zimmer, und der Preis ist nur eur. 31, - /einzelzimmer.
Das Hotel ist nahe bei der strecke, am Breidscheid Eingang recht.
http://www.hotel-an-der-nordschleife.de/
Ich habe Reservierung für mich dort gebildet

Gruß auf Dänemark

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Original geschrieben von Kons
...keine Ahnung was das ist... ich tippe mal Raymond wird das wissen, oder...

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