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Admittedly, I'm not hugely familiar with motor sports. But that's funny.

It was 400,000 total over 4 days. There were 140,000 on race day.

I don’t care what it is! If it’s got two or four wheels, loud pipes, and goes fast to its capabilities, on a closed circuit, I am all for it!

I am definitely a track junkie! Even the virtual ones!

Well, my GLW and I are just back home from a 2,000km summer road trip - basically a lap of New Zealand's South Island.

We started with a day trip across the very south of the island, East to West...

https://i.ibb.co/5knZmrs/20211228-205153.jpg

Then a day's driving up the West Coast, followed by another day back to the East and then into the Marlbough Sounds at the top of the island...

https://i.ibb.co/7zV69ZP/20211231-145038.jpg

The next couple of days were spent with good friends and family, boating, fishing, hiking and relaxing...

https://i.ibb.co/1Ljm6mN/20211231-071426.jpg

We had the BEST fresh Blue Cod Sashimi for lunch after that trip... :p:

Another two enjoyable days driving back down the East coast (with a lunch stop at Kaikoura) saw us home safe.

https://i.ibb.co/X4JjqFv/20220101-144853.jpg

The X5 never missed a beat (as long as you don't count blowing a front strut/shock at around the 1,400km mark!), returned around 34mpg (6.9L/100km) for the trip and was a great place to spend the best part of a week. :thumbup:

Now to replace those front struts... :rolleyes:

Great photos Wayne. Road trips are the true definition of car ownership! :thumbup:

Beautiful!

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