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First time on the continent
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:08 pm
by sendgineer
Few pics from my first proper road trip; touring Europe for a week and a half.
Van was absolutely flawless, covered around 2500 miles without missing a beat.
I would highly, highly recommend anyone thinking about doing something similar to go for it.
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:35 am
by John M
Enjoy pal, im off on the 4th of sept for roughly 6 weeks biffin' around.
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:47 am
by sendgineer
Nice, enjoy it.
I was expecting to end up sick towards the end of sleeping in the back every night, especially since most nights were wild camping, but it was absolutely great, I'll definitely be doing it again.
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:30 am
by Lister79
Very nice. I am a bit jealous, looks like you’ve had a great trip.
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Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:58 am
by ktmpedro220
Nice.
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Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 7:56 pm
by LouisAMS
What alloys are those?
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:16 pm
by VAN M1TCH
Used to go for three weeks every June in my Cali transporter but never in the Caddy so well done, great pics.
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:37 pm
by Handyandy
Hope you really enjoyed it photos look nice
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:59 pm
by the swan fiend
Awesome photos mate
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Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:19 am
by sendgineer
Cheers, we passed some amazing places.
Think it's going to become a tradition now, it was one hell of a trip for how much it cost, even with the current fuel prices
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:58 am
by John M
Well if you have any cheats/tips/etc hit me up im off to Netherlands sunday on the boat and heading south...
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:20 am
by sendgineer
Hi mate, sorry for the delayed response.
Probably the biggest tip I can give is for France if you're heading south - If you see a sign for a speed camera (looks like a radar symbol) you're pretty much guaranteed to have an upcoming speed camera.
They don't appear to have the same rules as us on visibility of them though, so they can be quite hard to spot.
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:55 pm
by makzimum
Looks amazing, what countries did you go to?
We just got back from 3 weeks and 2200 miles down through France and Spain. Same story as you, van was flawless, although I lost an indicator bulb the day before coming home!
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:03 pm
by sendgineer
Got the ferry to Dunkirk, then up through Belgium, bit of Holland, south through Germany, few days in Switzerland then back through France to get the ferry home.
It was a great route to say we packed it all into a little over a week. Only long stretch was a part of Germany which was done entirely on the autobahn so obviously didn't take as long as it could have elsewhere.
I actually had a reconditioned injector ready in the van with my laptop & VCDS anticipating one going - the van's currently on 91k on all 4 original injectors so I was fully expecting to have to deal with one at some point.
Re: First time on the continent
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:09 pm
by TorqMace
Great shots!
Are those from your cell phone? They look amazing!