Hi from Athens!

babis_xo · **December 17, 2009, 09:58:14**

Hi from Athens,
since August '09 I am an owner of a 1.4 Classic with ~4.000 km on really bad road conditions here in Greece. Mixed impressions so far (due to the above mentioned), more to come...
Happy to be with you!

sweetbix · **Reply #1: December 17, 2009, 10:02:25**

Welcome Babis!

IMCRZY · **Reply #2: December 17, 2009, 10:10:54**

Welcome....

Enjoy the site

Myowni30 · **Reply #3: December 17, 2009, 10:15:16**

Welcome to the i30 forum

2i30s · **Reply #4: December 17, 2009, 10:18:08**

welcome from Australia

Shambles · **Reply #5: December 17, 2009, 10:23:06**

Hi babis_xo, welcome to the club.

I noticed you'd also joined the H-F guys, but they're nowhere near as friendly

bumpkin · **Reply #6: December 17, 2009, 11:25:22**

Welcome from Scotland, where we have had our first flurry of snow

eye30 · **Reply #7: December 17, 2009, 11:46:34**

Welcome babis_xo

Dazzler · **Reply #8: December 17, 2009, 11:50:03**

Welcome babis_xo,

I have mixed impressions of my 1.6 Turbo Diesel also ....

Sometimes Great, sometimes... Fabulous

Hemmi · **Reply #9: December 17, 2009, 11:55:59**

Hi babis and welcome

IMCRZY · **Reply #10: December 17, 2009, 12:23:30**

Quote from: Dazz on December 17, 2009, 11:50:03

Welcome babis_xo,

I have mixed impressions of my 1.6 Turbo Diesel also ....

Sometimes Great, sometimes... Fabulous

**Reply #11: December 17, 2009, 12:36:43**

Καλώς ορίσατε Babis

**Reply #12: December 17, 2009, 21:22:23**

Yasu

hipposniper · **Reply #13: December 17, 2009, 21:37:02**

welcome and sit back and enjoy

Shambles · **Reply #14: December 17, 2009, 21:41:15**

Quote from: angoraki on December 17, 2009, 12:36:43

Καλώς ορίσατε

Over here in Manchester, we have that with curry

**Reply #15: December 17, 2009, 22:43:41**

Γεια σου – Babis - οδηγείτε στην Θεσσαλονίκη για να δρόμο Καβάλας - είναι πολύ καλό

(in reply to Babis' comment about the roads in Greece. The Thessaloniki to Kavala motorway is great)

sweetbix · **Reply #16: December 18, 2009, 03:48:30**

Quote from: Shambles on December 17, 2009, 21:41:15

Quote from: angoraki on December 17, 2009, 12:36:43
Καλώς ορίσατε

Over here in Manchester, we have that with curry

Not in souvlaki?

**Reply #17: December 18, 2009, 13:17:27**

My thoughts exactly Sweetbix............. but I think they are a bit odd in that part of the country

babis_xo · **Reply #18: December 18, 2009, 13:41:10**

Thank you all,
glad to be with you! (translation: καλώς σας βρήκα! kalos sas vrika!)

"Shambles": I discovered this club from a post of yours at H-F guys. Thanks!

"bumbkin": lucky you, here we've had our first flurry of... rocks and we don't even have winter (see pics below)

"Dazz": unfortunately, mine is sometimes... screak and sometimes crack due to the many road bumps and holes (not worse than a Golf or Auris however....) That's why Hyundai offered only 3 yrs of guarantee for Greece till recently (August 2009)!

"sweetbix": souvlaki with curry? hmmm...

"angoraki": Hey, that's all Greek to me

By the way, the Egnatia road from Thessaloniki to Kavala officially released on Sept. 2009, yet it's still incomplete... Below you can see the major National Highway(!!!) of Greece (road from Athens to Thessaloniki, near Tembi):

Happened just yesterday... Now i should drive to Thessaloniki on a i30 WRC. Do you think i have a chance?

**Reply #19: December 18, 2009, 13:54:58**

From those pics Babi - I wouldn't

No problem on the Thessaloniki to Kavala, the Egnatia road is fine. We were on it in June and again in October. It takes about 2 hours 40 minutes to Keramoti ferry with a stop at a kantina for a metrio Elleniko!

babis_xo · **Reply #20: December 18, 2009, 14:08:27**

Quote from: angoraki on December 18, 2009, 13:54:58

...It takes about 2 hours 40 minutes to Keramoti ferry with a stop at a kantina for a metrio Elleniko!

...and a souvlaki with curry perhaps. That is... let's see... plus 1 hour 20 minutes in a public WC

sweetbix · **Reply #21: December 19, 2009, 00:26:57**

I think I better stop complaining about the roads in Sydney..

That's just terrible.

Quote from: babis_xo on December 18, 2009, 13:41:10

"sweetbix": souvlaki with curry? hmmm...

No no... I was referring to Shambles confusing Greek with Indian...

Quote from: babis_xo on December 18, 2009, 14:08:27

...and a souvlaki with curry perhaps. That is... let's see... plus 1 hour 20 minutes in a public WC

SRT Metro · **Reply #22: December 19, 2009, 16:00:28**

Hi babis_xo and welcome to the club!

babis_xo · **Reply #23: December 21, 2009, 20:06:30**

Thanks for the welcome m8s!

babis_xo · **Reply #24: January 11, 2010, 22:50:48**

I'm back! Happy new year 2010 to all!!!
2010... it sounds like a sci-fi movie title, doesn't it?

Shambles · **Reply #25: January 11, 2010, 22:53:57**

Quote from: babis_xo on January 11, 2010, 22:50:48

2010... it sounds like a sci-fi movie title, doesn't it?

No mate, you're thinking of 2012

babis_xo · **Reply #26: January 12, 2010, 00:28:53**

Quote from: Shambles on January 11, 2010, 22:53:57

Quote from: babis_xo on January 11, 2010, 22:50:48
2010... it sounds like a sci-fi movie title, doesn't it?

No mate, you're thinking of 2012

No, i wasn't really thinking of anything. My thoughts are messed-up since i made that contact...

(but no one knows that... they just believe that i was on a long-time vacation)