A little trip around the ring in a M5 Ringtaxi and our 4000km roadtrip around Europe - Page 2 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Bondy · 4th June 2009, 22:16

Hi Andy and James,

I went to Tatton classic car show last Saturday and all I saw were loads of old rusty parts and ugly looking farmers.

Great to see the VW on the road but why not go in the M5 next time, if you cover 4000km then I would estimate a fuel bill of about £650-£700! (Cheaper to fly there and hire a chauffeur)

Nice photo of those DOTZ rims!

AndyHudds · 5th June 2009, 10:18

Hi Richard, hows it going, hope you are well are you going down to the Tatton BM meet later on this year, if yeas it would be great to meet up

Would you believe the fuel bill for the golf was around 700 quid, with that ruddy' supercharger it drinks as much as the M5 if not more, its terrible!!!!

, James worked out it was doing an average of 20 to the gallon.

Best regards

Andy

MarkQC · 5th June 2009, 11:31

looks like a great road trip - - and, we need more body paint girls

1day · 5th June 2009, 13:05

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Originally Posted by AndyHudds

Would you believe the fuel bill for the golf was around 700 quid, with that ruddy' supercharger it drinks as much as the M5 if not more, its terrible!!!!

, James worked out it was doing an average of 20 to the gallon.

Ouch!

My E34 M5 does 24mpg with mixed use!

dscam · 5th June 2009, 20:28

Great pics Andy and looked like a brilliant trip! I'd really like to see the new Porsche museum, as well as the BMW one of course

Was fortunate to do the 'Ring Taxi last year too and it was fantastic! Don't want to hijack your thread but here's a pic from my trip and also one of my Mk2 Golf 16V (I take it you like VW's too?) which shares garage space with the M5:

Cheers,
Duncan

Bondy · 5th June 2009, 21:48

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Originally Posted by AndyHudds

Would you believe the fuel bill for the golf was around 700 quid, with that ruddy' supercharger it drinks as much as the M5 if not more, its terrible!!!!

, James worked out it was doing an average of 20 to the gallon.Andy

Nothing to do with your right foot then?

If the BM meet goes ahead on the 6th of September then I will be there! BMW Car Club of Great Britain
Anyone else up for it?

There will be a sportscar show on towards the end of August but I am away on my travels again. Cheshire Auto Promotions :: Classic Car Shows

Bondy

vadas1 · 6th June 2009, 01:12

Great post Andy! Excellent pics. Sounds like you had a good time except for maybe Dachau. The Ring is awesome isn't it?

ralph (vadas1)

Simonal · 6th June 2009, 06:59

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Originally Posted by hertfordshire1

great pics.

boys (and you know who you are) we need to make more effort on our trips and take in some of these sights!!!!!

AndyHudds · 8th June 2009, 00:23

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Originally Posted by vadas1

Great post Andy! Excellent pics. Sounds like you had a good time except for maybe Dachau. The Ring is awesome isn't it?

ralph (vadas1)

Hi there all

ralph, the ring is a truly amazing place, we could have spent days there just watching the cars go past, next time we go and it will be soon im goin to walk the full distance around the track

Best regards

Andy