Granadaland Greenhouse Gassers Great Getaway

[Skizzer]

One of the nicest things about native German speakers is their generosity in not sniggering at funny surnames.  Case in point:  A Stange is an engorged male member, amongst other things*:  A large building with the phallic Volvo logo and "Auto Centre Stiffy" in ten foot letters would cause untold jollity over here.

 

 

*Except in Switzerland, where it's a large beer.  You can picture the scene when, not knowing the German German version, I went from Zurich to Munich and innocently told the busty Bierkeller waitress I'd like an erection please.

[Skizzer]

Tell me you went back for the trailer and are bringing that Renault 15 home.

[Junkman]

One of the nicest things about native German speakers is their generosity in not sniggering at funny surnames.  Case in point:  A Stange is an engorged male member, amongst other things*:  A large building with the phallic Volvo logo and "Auto Centre Stiffy" in ten foot letters would cause untold jollity over here.

 

We Germanophones prefer to snigger at the uptight British prudery, which is in fact quite funny.

 

 

Tell me you went back for the trailer and are bringing that Renault 15 home.

 

No R15 home haulage ensued. French chod did not comply with our mission parameters.

 

Anyway, the lunch break still lasts three hours in Italy, so it was spent in the lovely town of Codroipo.

 

 

 

 

We even visited the train station:

 

 

[Junkman]

Then we went to our next destination.

In the showroom of this very friendly classic chod dealer was this:

 

 

 

And this was not the only two-wheeled device of much desire he had to offer.

 

 

Sadly the above were counterweighted by this Hardly Dangerous mobile toilet:

 

 

He also had this:

 

 

This:

 

 

And then he led us to his open air enclosure, where there was this:

 

 

And finally, the reason why we went to Italy in the first place:

 

 

Sadly, this example was, apart from the Big Bad Belching Benz, the most miserable shitpile we had seen on our trip hitherto and hence is only suitable as a parts car.

However, it has a very well preserved 2000 interior, so I bookmarked it.

[Junkman]

We left the lovely province of Udine towards Ravenna.

En route, this was papped:

 

 

It's a strange feeling to see something that is utterly familiar after a break that must have lasted a good decade or two.

 

Also en route, we passed a tyre dealership. This was inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Our next contact was this:

 

 

 

Sadly nobody was there and calling the contact number provided might have led to a severe Austro-Italian misunderstanding, a previous of which cost us Südtirol.

So I rather opted for continuing our mission and papped this:

 

[Junkman]

We stayed that night at a rather strange hotel:

 

 

Which had free range bunnies in its garden:

 

 

 

They ran away from the Big Bad Belching Benz:

 

 

I should have done the same.

[Junkman]

We continued along the border of San Marino towards Perugia.

 

 

Lunch was had in good* company:

 

 

 

In Spello, we visited another purveyor of fine shite.

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Then we did something rather untypical for the Granadaland Greenhouse Gassers.

We took the motorway northbound, all the way to Mantua, which was the last station on our odyssey.

There we found the second example of what this mission was all about:

 

 

 

 

 

This one is actually a lot better than the pictures might suggest, but it was stood up for over ten years and nobody had yet tried to get it going.

It is fairly solid though and the paint just needs a thorough cleanage and bufferage. The interior is slightly tatty, but I know where there is a good one, remember?

However, all things considered, I found the asking price way too stiff for my rather parsimonious disposition.

 

Hence at this point, our mission was declared unsuccessful and we drove home virtually non stop.

 

All the dealers we spoke to told us, that these are now extremely hard to come by even in Italy.

However, they promised to keep an eye out and contact me if they find anything suitable, so maybe the boat has not been completely missed after all.

 

And with this, fellow shiters, I conclude my travelogue and hand this thread back to you for further discussions.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

It is fairly solid though

I'd love to see your definition of 'very solid'

 

 

[Junkman]

I'd love to see your definition of 'very solid'

 

No 5 Pence sized rot bubble in the offside rear door.

[andrew e]

Nice travelogue gents, but go on - how much was the Alfa?

[Junkman]

€7,500

[andrew e]

Ouch.

[Junkman]

Yep. Still hurts.

[Skizzer]

Golly. That's quite a trip.

[Junkman]

Yeah, and its result is that the nothingness is pregnant. So after all, it was some form of shite.

[scruff]

Bumping this up as I missed it. Superb (apart from the Merc). Please take a P6 if you go again.

[Junkman]

This is being considered.

I'm tempted to drive my P6 to the Auto e Moto D'Epoca in Padova this October.

[chaseracer]

I'm tempted to drive my P6 to the Auto e Moto D'Epoca in Padova this October.

 

I call shotgun!