Someone on here lives on the I o W I'm sure? what happened to the roads over there? shocking pot holes and poor surfacing we went from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and then visited Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin not far I know but then ran out of time and squeezed on the mahoosive Whitelink ferry back with the car on Deck 3. Made me laugh that all the cars with alarms going off on Deck were VW's
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
I went there twice in a couple of weeks about 5 or 6 yrs ago. I drove from East Cowes ferry area to Ventnor and back. The only thing I noticed was that going over the top on the return journey late at night, I couldn't see the road half the time because of the mist/cloud. Agree about the state of them though especially in East Cowes area. Probably the lorries coming off the ferries on those tightish turns.
They've been getting much worse over the last few years. I go to a bike rally in Brighstone every May and we get the ferry into Fishbourne, it's dodge the pothole all the way especially when you get past Yarmouth!
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
teamster1975 wrote:They've been getting much worse over the last few years. I go to a bike rally in Brighstone
Over the edge?
2000 W 2.0hdi 110 7 seat estate Blue.
And this glue is for my submarine not for putting up you're f*c*ing noses, and dont think i dont notice cos i do... Buy your own f*c*ing glue!!! Fatty Lewis Twin town 1997.
I was over there the other week, the car alarms going off on the ferry was quite amusing indeed.
Although as for the condition of the roads i didnt really notice any problem with them, there are a few too many speed cameras for my liking (we have very few speed cameras here in NI) but the roads felt quite smooth although the ride quality of the 305 might explain that
They are comically narrow them roads, you find yourself pulling over to let cars past quite a bit.
My sussy is ROCK HARD so probably made it feel worse. And yes it was funny seeing all those 14 Plate cars with the alarms going mad, to be honest it was a smooth crossing too hardly a ripple in the sea my alarm probably couldn't be bothered......
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
I delivered stationery on the Island for about 7 years in a previous job, the roads weren't that bad - it was the Islanders driving that was terrifying...
2003 2.2hdi estate - mine 1998 Volvo 940 auto estate - also mine 2019 Citroen C3 something - the wife's PP2000 user, can help with faults / diagnostics in the Bournemouth area.
teamster1975 wrote:They've been getting much worse over the last few years. I go to a bike rally in Brighstone
Over the edge?
Yep, the Over The Edge, cracking rally! Stan the guy that runs it has taken on the tank museum in Northwood, he took us all for a free tour!
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
Two friends of mine are members of a valleys mc they try to go every year they love it.
2000 W 2.0hdi 110 7 seat estate Blue.
And this glue is for my submarine not for putting up you're f*c*ing noses, and dont think i dont notice cos i do... Buy your own f*c*ing glue!!! Fatty Lewis Twin town 1997.
we went from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and then visited Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin not far I know but then ran out of time and squeezed on the mahoosive Whitelink ferry back with the car on Deck 3. Made me laugh that all the cars with alarms going off on Deck were VW's 
my alarm probably couldn't be bothered......
