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Post by sgtmajor on Nov 7, 2014 21:06:39 GMT -5
Sorry Guys..God love Ya all..but For a coast to coast trip?/Give me a Caddy,Lincoln,Big Mercedes//or a Bentley.LOADED!.A Couch On Wheels!! Vin.....coast to coast....I agree. (smile) In fact, for long hauls I prefer comfort to anything else. Here's a shot of my Fiat from another angle. Notice the 2012 Mercedes M350 with all the bells and whistles and yes....it will haul all my "stuff" if needed. I'm only saying that the small cars "CAN" make the trips if you need to. (smile) Cheers,
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Post by Tom Constantine on Nov 7, 2014 21:26:41 GMT -5
I'm glad I don't drive. Look at all the choices I don't have to make.
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Post by sgtmajor on Nov 7, 2014 22:04:59 GMT -5
I'm glad I don't drive. Look at all the choices I don't have to make. Good Point Tom!!!! Years ago, I had a young Corporal in my unit. He was born and raised in New York City.....couldn't understand the fascination with cars. To him they were the biggest waste of money he'd ever heard of. Many times....I think he was perhaps right. (smile) Cheers,
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Post by beana51 on Nov 7, 2014 22:48:14 GMT -5
Nice Red Tomato Steve..The Italian style..shows..Americas love affair with cars..Guys Like Henry Ford..You worked for him making cars?? you got paid enough to buy one....His "ASSEMBLY LINE" concept revolutionized world manufacture...the MODEL "T" and the Model "A"...every mans car..no longer a rich mans toy...Over nite America opened up..Carnegie making steel,Rockefeller Making Gas,JP Morgan ..These Guys Changed the world..Took it one track and lifted it into the express lane of a better life Many who were never 20 miles from home now went thousands.Street lights so Much in One Explosion of American Progress.For most Ones Life is Measured In The Cars One Owned.and the memories associated with them.....the Rest is History
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 16:49:53 GMT -5
I read ya Bruce. I can only conclude that you Aussies like being bounced around like a pea in a pod during your monster overland trips ha ha Roger PS I'm not long back from a trip from the Dordogne to the Charente and back with my trailer picking up a log saw that I acquired today. Only between 80-90 miles but just over 2 hours each way because of the roads travelled on - excellent surface but up and down and windy. Had one annoying (lady) driver in front who accelerated whenever the road became wide enough for me to pass, so I couldn't, and then braked when it became narrow again, although still with a 90 kmh speed limit, so I and several other drivers were left fuming behind her running along at just over 70 kmh. Grrrrr!!!! PPS and she was driving an Audi estate (wagon to Vin et al) www.micro-trike.co.uk/wordpress/?p=7280
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Post by bhk on Nov 9, 2014 3:30:01 GMT -5
I read ya Bruce. I can only conclude that you Aussies like being bounced around like a pea in a pod during your monster overland trips Well, the fact is, Roger Dodger, that most of our "overland trips" are on smooth dual-carriageway expressways. Even rural highways are, in the majority of cases, very well maintained - as per evidence provided by yours truly over the past 8 years with photos/videos/reports herein on my various trips. The days of Aussies bouncing around on rough highways have long gone. Now they bounce from pothole-to-pothole in the suburban streets of Sydney. But I must admit to a passion that if ever I had the financial ability again to own another of these, then I wouldn't hesitate. It was the most enjoyable long-distance touring machine that I've ever driven:- bkennewell.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/another-item-ticked-off-bucket-list.html
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 4:52:28 GMT -5
Funny you should mention that car Bruce because I remember well how you raved over it at the time and although I didn't look back to find any of your postings, I had it in mind when I did that rather tongue-in-cheek posting. In the end it's 'horses for courses' isn't it. I got rid of my old Vauxhall/Opel Astra Estate 6 or 7 months ago because it was going to cost too much to get it through its next CT (French 2 yearly test) and bought my 4x4 Sportage. The old Astra never let me down the whole of the time I had it except here in France the alternator drive belt snapped when I was away collecting some s/hand furniture that I'd bought. I'd carried tons of stuff (literally) on and in it, mixed cement up (in a bucket I might add) in the back of it and generally used it as a work-horse. Yet because it was the 1800cc top-of-range automatic, it was magnificent for long distances, fast and comfortable, and driving back to England was a piece of cake. I went for the 4x4 after getting stuck in the mud on the airfield last Winter and the Sportage is again the top-of-range with all the guizmos automatic 2.0l diesel. I like it very much but it's nowhere near as comfortable as the old Vauxhall was for long journeys and you know for sure when you're getting up into the higher speeds. But at least I know I won't get stuck in the mud again this year and if it snows hard, I'll be laughing Keep that motor running... Roger
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