Heaven on Wheels tuning day

ok a little copy paste from Modified Elite




Ok this is the european opener as such, as you can see its before ISTS.

now basically a lot of the shows in Europe are one day events, they arent really shows, more club days, but the big difference is you will get 1000 modiifed cars turn up. Now those who have been to europe will know you get a lot of what our country see's as shit with quite a few diamonds in there.

Out there they dont seem to criticise peoples choice in modifications cos you see some of the gashest bodykits ever but they have been expertly fitted etc.

I did this show this year and i was really impressed with it, it is held in basically an underground sainsburys car park, and the proceeds go to charity. from memory it was something like 10 euros to get in, a lot of the belgians release there new cars for this and there was a top 20 (which i won )

Normally for these sort of trips i do them on a budget to try to encourage the youngsters to come along, so that everyone can experience what i love to do. again from memory this show is only 250 miles from my house which to me is nothing, cos when i say to someone lets go to a show in belgium, they say its too far, it'll cost too much! bollocks!!

fuel 50-60 quid depending on car
ferry 40 quid
show entry 20 quid

so for 2 people thats £120. for an amazing weekend.

what i normally do is, i get a 4am sunday morning ferry (i like to get out chill about, smoke some fags have a fry up) so you land at 6, you will then be at the show for about 8, show starts at 9 leave at 4-5 get ferry at 9 be home for 11.

I understand for you northeners its not quite so easy as i live about 2 hours from dover.

so anyway heres the flyer, heres some basic info, post up any questions you have and ill see if i can answer them. ill be going and im sure some of my club will come, 8 cars from cruise-herts went this year. so who's feeling it??

if my cars working you can deffenitly count me in on this one!

I'll be having a look at how close my car is to finish before this, hopefully she'll be done I'll speak to Jamie and let him know for you though.

Wow does look impressive tbh, think be a case of see how close my car is too being done and then will see from there

not a bad sounding trip . . . as you say mate £120 for a day totally away from everything you see over here is well worth it any problems with speedbump or ferry rampage?



as this seems to cause a problem for me . . . no airride!

Should be in for this

Yer +1 mines down on the floor 2.

Hope theres no rampys

wow! good interest here! and even a welshman! tidy

ok well this 106 made it on the ferry



and so did this corsa



but i leave the choice to you

ok then Ferries, i rang ferrycheap.com today to get some info, basically im not sure whats going on but the ferries seem a bit scarse!! anyway...

basically seafrance has one at midnight then one at 8 in the morning, so there no damn good.

so on to P&O they have a 04:25 on the 28th which wouldnt land us till 7 am french time so is cutting it a bit fine, the one before that was 02:20 which will land us at 5 am, one hour earlier than i would have hoped for but fuck it! gives us time to clean the cars when we get to the show

for a random ferry home i picked the 22:20 to try to keep the price down i always do this and just turn up early or whenever i get there and they 99% of the time just let you on the next ferry

this ferry came to £64, a bit more than i was expecting and even the girl on the phone was a bit shocked, she said its normally between 30-40, she reckons its because of easter, now the price wont go up, but could come down as easter deals are released etc, but its your choice if you want to hold out and chance it (end of the day 2 in a car, £32 each)

so P&O depart 02:20 Dover on the 28th March 2010
P&O return 22:20 (or whatever time you fancy) Calais 28th March 2010

i rang 01304 501100 which is a company called ferrycheap


Right those who wish to train it, as we leave calais we pull straight (pretty much) onto the A16 E40 motorway, this will takes us straight into belgium (use google maps route planner, calais to anderlecht) basically i will locate a services for us all to meet in and we will say we will leave the services 6am wih hopefully everybody there.

lowlife wrote:

not a bad sounding trip . . . as you say mate £120 for a day totally away from everything you see over here is well worth it any problems with speedbump or ferry rampage?

Paul, i quite fancy coming, if you want/i can come, can split the moneys ect?

dont forget them figures are based on me coming from luton, work out your costs based on the mileage, how far from dover are you?? + 240 miles international driving + your drive home from dover + ferry + plus 20 euros to get into the show. food drink, or do as i do and take a packed lunch

I'm somewhat tempted

Me/Paul aren't that far from dover, probably same distance as you just coming from the side rather than the top

Well think me and the misses deffo up for it, just gonna sort the funds and will book it all up

Gah, why did i carry on reading, started and decided sounded a bit pap, carried on and im uber tempted (although petrol costs higher for me in the RX)

Edit: Although tempted to just throw the cash towards the ring trip i want to do mind

just so you know its not all uk Euro

some cool cars here man, not so much the style but as you say i can appreciate the work and quality that goes into them . . . style is always gunna be an opinion thing as everyone has dfferent tastes.

well up for it and the price isn't bad for a phat day out its just getting it in time . . . im gunna speak to the accountant tonight. also have to check the insurance. will let you know if im definately in by the weekend.

no worries geezer, yes over there you will see some weird and wonderful cars!!

you will be able to book your ferry right up until the ferry get s fully booked or march 27th, whichever comes first! so no rush

Thats awesome

agreed . . . cool whip

GhostWKD wrote:

Thats awesome

Coming then?

Im tempted it'd cost a bomb in the RX but im so so tempted

money is made to be spent my son

Lol and im going to the ring in may/june to spend it

spend some more and come to HOW then

Will. wrote:

spend some more and come to HOW then

i like this idea