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Have you been away del ...where was the invite ?
8th Jul 2018 11:19 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72768
In the post, honest.
Back home, knackered. M20 roadworks & closure not what I needed, plus house is like a sauna. It’s going to be a sweaty night, and well past my bed time.
@MrH & GLYNNE.
9th Jul 2018 12:27 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23322
Glad you and the D4 are back safe & sound. I've enjoyed following your trip. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
9th Jul 2018 12:30 am
dantheman
Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Essex
Posts: 1722
Great looking trip, great write up as usual and not a broken crank in sight!! Happy Days Today is the oldest you've been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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9th Jul 2018 7:36 am
IndusD4
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 308
Thanks Del, I enjoyed following the trip. Good to see you got home safely.
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9th Jul 2018 9:03 am
ianm27
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Glad to hear you home safe and sound and am sure Mrs Del welcomed you with open arms (well, maybe not as you scoffed most of the treats )
Great reading your travelogue and seeing your pics, David Bailey eat your heart out! Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
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9th Jul 2018 10:39 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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All treats are still intact, well apart from 2 x Dime bars but 8 is a weird number.
Just been unpacking, boy is it hot here. And dark at night, it's amazing how used to sleeping I got in full daylight. That first night in the car at Batterie Dietl I had sunlight steaming in at 11:30, takes a bit of getting used to.
Dish washer is on, cup holders are in there and car is mostly unpacked. Now got to sort out laundry (safe to say all of it) and the VC in the car. I've pressed the "save" buttons on the NextBase so will see what's on there, hopefully that second moose I spotted on the E4.
Car did brilliantly, not a hiccup or grumble or fault or hissy fit, apart from an annoying intermittent rattle from the sunroof but that was cured by opening it a little. 5,964 miles in 17 days, average mpg of 30.48. I think she's dropped a couple of mpg with the ATRs on the long hauls but seems better on "normal" roads and back roads. I was certainly glad I had them on the back roads of Finland.
9th Jul 2018 10:55 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Car is now a lot lighter!! VC haul is pretty good, should last a week or two.
9th Jul 2018 11:50 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6562
Looks very respectable even by Finnish importing standards (from Estonia)...
9th Jul 2018 12:00 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Posts: 72768
I’ve seen those cars queuing to get onto the ferry in Tallinn, that lot would be what’s on the front passenger seat!!! S’pose day trips to Estonia would be well worth it for stocking up for anyone in the south of Finland.
9th Jul 2018 12:03 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6562
They do it even from up north... some take a whole van and fill it up. There was recently a difference in opinion between some private buyer and customs. The officials claimed that contents of a van cannot be for one person’s private consumption anymore, it is trafficking, etc ..... the buyer said that he needs to buy half a year’s supply each time
9th Jul 2018 12:44 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Location: Off again! :-)
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And it was probably a very big van!! Not surprising seeing the difference in the price of booze, the long cold winter nights combined with the low price a couple of hours away by ferry and the cheapness of that crossing. Plus stock up on slightly cheaper fuel, well it was last year.
9th Jul 2018 1:02 pm
Oswiperus D3 Decade
Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Posts: 1590
Thoroughly enjoyed following your trip Del, glad to see you arrived home safe and sound. Stu
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2022 Defender D300 SE Gone
D4 2014 XS Commercial - Gone
D4 2016 hse lux montalcino red - Gone
D3 2005 se java black - current
D3 2005 base manual - gone
D2 1999 TD5 E white - current
9th Jul 2018 9:54 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72768
It’s good to be home and sleeping in my somewhat sweaty bed.
Was officially a very good trip, and as a bonus I finished it in the same car I started in!!
No unexpected faults (ie not from my mods), hurdiegurdie lights are off and digital speedo back to mph, all in the flash of my superhero powers/diagnosis widget. Gotta love the mighty IID.
10th Jul 2018 7:21 am
Beretta
Member Since: 11 Oct 2012
Location: Rochdale
Posts: 1180
Welcome back - Thanks for posting, its been a good way to pass the time, but looks like I am going to have to do some work now as I cant spend all day stalking the blue dot awaiting updates.2010 Disco 4 HSE
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