Luxury Car Crime Ring Busted!

It’s not precisely ‘Life successful The Fast Lane’ worldly but I was truthful delighted to perceive past week that Police yet caught a 24-strong pack that has been stealing luxury cars specified arsenic Range Rovers and Lexus successful nan Costa del Sol area.  They recovered a very large retention area successful Marbella filled pinch specified cars waiting to find their measurement to Morocco aliases Romania wherever they often break nan cars into spares.  At least, 1 has nan chance to bargain one’s ain bits backmost done specified things arsenic E.Bay!

Having suffered doubly astatine nan hands of this vile mob this twelvemonth unsocial pinch Range Rovers, I americium very willing to perceive what happens next.  Chances of getting my cars backmost are distant but astatine slightest it whitethorn not hap to others rather truthful overmuch now.  Well done nan Spanish Police!

Life successful The accelerated Lane: To Rally aliases Not to Rally ?

My motoring life though continues astatine a gait pinch plentifulness of things going connected and truthful excessively astatine nan Classic & Sportscar Club.

Rally Sierra Nevada Classic

A mates of weeks agone a Belgian group of rally enthusiasts organised a Rally called nan ‘Sierra Nevada Classic’ which I was instrumental successful getting disconnected nan ground.  The rally started from nan Kempinski Hotel adjacent Estepona and a ace meal was enjoyed by each nan world competitors from astir Europe and nan UK nan nighttime earlier nan first cars group disconnected for a loop astir nan mountains. A agelong first time took successful a fabulous climb up and retired of Estepona towards Guenalgaucil and done nan celebrated 17 kms cork wood shape supra Gaucin towards Ubrique .  A speedy luncheon extremity astatine nan superb Restaurante El Paisaje astatine Atajate was overmuch enjoyed and overmuch needed by crews coping pinch nan precocious heat.  Most cars made it done unscathed though a fewer suffered precocious motor power aft nan agelong climbs.

Day 1 vanished backmost astatine nan Kempinski Hotel pinch different fantabulous meal and immoderate awesome stories to enjoy!

The adjacent 2 nights focused connected nan fabulous metropolis of Granada wherever my adjacent event, The ‘Tour Sierras Altas’ would beryllium based nan pursuing week.

The rally had an fantabulous introduction database pinch a assortment of classical (Pre 1983) cars specified arsenic Jayne Wignall driving 1 of 2 V8 Sunbeam Tigers from 1966.  MGBs, Austin Healey, Porsches, Alfas, Jaguars, Mercedes and different beautiful cars filled up nan remaining places.

After Granada it was connected to nan racetrack astatine Guadix, complete nan mountains until nan rally vanished adjacent Almeria aft 6 days of competition. The outright winners were Stephan Vanhoecke and Kurt Verellen  in their Austin Healey 3000 pinch Hanns Proenen and his woman Resi runners up successful their Mercedes 280E.  In nan hotly contested regularity  conception of 35 tests, 2 UK crews took nan apical spots pinch James and Fiona Willis successful their MGC winning followed by apical lady, Jayne Wignall co-driven by Kevin Savage 2nd successful their glorious Sunbeam Tiger.  Next arena for these guys is connected nan land of Sardinia adjacent year.

Tour Sierras Altas

I mentioned earlier that our ain Tour, nan ‘Tour Sierras Altas’ took spot nan pursuing week starting from Malaga pinch a first nighttime extremity and a Gala invited meal successful Jaen.  Our 2nd time took successful nan mountains of nan Sierra Maginas and vanished that nighttime successful Ubeda pinch a ‘free’ nighttime to research nan multitude of Tapas bars successful this beautiful town.  Something each crews did pinch relish!

Day 3 saw nan way caput crossed nan mountains to decorativeness successful Granada wherever different ‘free’ nighttime allowed everyone to acquisition immoderate of nan Tapas and delights of this awesome city.

Day 4 was a ‘sort of’ remainder time pinch a very short 75 Km loop that greeting to return successful nan mountainous aged roadworthy up to nan Ski edifice of Sierra Nevada astatine 2500 metres.  Stunning views and awesome driving roads was nan overmuch appreciated reward for this and past a terrific statement & meal was enjoyed astatine a first-class edifice successful Granada followed by a alternatively precocious barroom successful nan Hotel to finish!

The Tour departed Granada connected time 5 and vanished nan arena astatine Restaurante La Bohemia successful Coin wherever a ace luncheon was enjoyed earlier crews said their ‘Goodbyes’ and started to deliberation astir nan adjacent CSCC agelong Tour which will beryllium nan ‘Tour La Luz’ astatine nan extremity of January.

When is simply a Rally NOT a rally ?

A constituent I would for illustration to make present that galore neglect to understand is that these events are NOT ‘Rallies’.. Many different Clubs successful our area (and others) telephone their events ‘rallies’.  They are not.  A rally is simply a timed event, timed to nan 2nd aliases less, and involves cars pinch information equipment, navigation instrumentality and usually request support and / aliases a licence to run.  Our events, and those of galore others are simply ‘Tours’ aliases excursions and, though uniquely successful nan lawsuit of nan CSCC, usage very master rally-style navigation, location is nary timing involved.  We do not wish group to deliberation that we are organising rallies connected nan nationalist roads!  We want group to bask their driving but bask stunning scenery, awesome roads, and astir important erstwhile nan day’s driving is done, to bask awesome company, nutrient and wines and each astatine very reasonable cost.  For example, nan Entry interest connected our past 5-day Tour that I person mentioned included 4-Star Hotels, Bed & meal each day, parking, astatine slightest 2 party-dinners pinch each wines etc, master rally-style Roadbooks and Rally-style recognition plates, arena organisation pinch professional, knowledgeable organisers who enactment pinch nan arena astatine each times, and overmuch more.  The costs ?  This 1 was €695 per person.  What outstanding worth for money!  And, these events are unfastened to non-members of nan CSCC!

So, if you perceive group calling these events ‘Rallies’ you tin show them from maine that they are not……Shame connected those organisers of events successful this area that do.   Rant over!

CSCC Forthcoming Events

In October nan CSCC ( The Classic & Sportscar Club) organised a monthly luncheon astatine La Sierra restaurante successful Cerros del Aguia and a very successful Run ( Not a rally!) that started successful Mijas Costa, took successful parts of nan Montes de Malaga, pinch its stunning roads and views, earlier heading astir nan lakes of Almogia to decorativeness astatine nan fabulous Restaurante Jinete successful La Cala Hills wherever a superb luncheon was enjoyed by each 70 participants.

The nine organises a one-day Tour each month, without fail, and nan costs of these is only €20 per car positive immoderate nan luncheon value is connected that time successful whichever Restaurante nan arena finishes.  However, to subordinate these one-day events 1 has to beryllium a personnel of nan CSCC.  It’s awesome fun, no-one takes thing excessively earnestly but to bask it each successful bully company.  And it’s awesome measurement to workout your classical aliases sportscar and spot much of this fabulous state that we unrecorded in….

Next events for nan Club will beryllium a luncheon astatine La Sierra connected Tuesday, November 04th and a car tally pinch nan decorativeness astatine nan superb Restaurante Nuevo Reino connected nan formation successful San Pedro connected Saturday, November 08th.

By nan clip you publication this we will person had a Track Day astatine Guadix racetrack, a Jaguar ceremony arena and will already beryllium readying Christmas events which will see a car tally and an overnight enactment pinch a party-dinner astatine nan first-class Hotel Reina Victoria Catalonia successful Ronda connected Saturday, December 13th.  More accusation tin beryllium recovered connected nan Club’s website www.csccspain.com aliases email csccspain@gmail.com

I’ll bring you much news and early events connected these pages adjacent month.