MartinRS2K
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A few of you knew via my FB posts that I was going to collect my new car this week, some even knew what it was and a few others guessed (some incorrectly) [
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So at 6.00am on Thursday morning myself and Willy left Scotland in his Mercedes ML pulling a trailer for the 400 mile journey down to Folkstone to get the 1.20pm Eurotunnel across to France.
Once in France we then headed through Belgium and some of the busiest traffic I have been in for a long time where we met up with the cars previous owner to collect a few bits that he still had in his attic and for a chat about the car (Thanks Hans [] )
Then onwards to Germany with our destination hotel still along way away, and a final arrival time due to traffic and stops of 1.30am on Friday morning. Total miles on day one were just under 890 miles!!
Up nice and early on the Friday morning to head to the garage to sort the paperwork out and load up the car for the journey back to Rotterdam and the overnight ferry back to Hull. The garage was unbelievable and some of the cars for sale I have never seen in the metal before. The stock value must have been over £25M at least [:-]
Once we had done all the necessary paperwork and had a good look around we headed to Rotterdam and arrived in plenty of time after another 320 miles of driving, this time with a bit of extra weight on board. We got loaded on board safely and headed to the bar to relax and watch the England game before getting a good nights sleep.
Saturday morning and the final leg of the journey back home from Hull taking us through some pitiful weather and the final 180 miles back home.
Total mileage was 1390 miles and due to cheap fuel in Belgium (€1.15 = 85p per litre) and in Holland (€1.35 = £1.00 per litre) it cost about £250.00 for fuel for the full journey using 2 1/2 tanks of diesel.
Here are a few pictures taken en route and I will put more up of the car once I have got it cleaned up properly []
The lovely A66 on Thursday morning
Met this at a Service Station on the way down []
The Garage Showroom with just some of the cars for sale []
The New Car []
And final pictures at home in the garage (excuse the mess I just wanted to get it away and back to bed)!!!!
A spare genuine 944 Cup Recaro race seat and a set of 4 Magnesium Wheels with track tyres
] So at 6.00am on Thursday morning myself and Willy left Scotland in his Mercedes ML pulling a trailer for the 400 mile journey down to Folkstone to get the 1.20pm Eurotunnel across to France.
Once in France we then headed through Belgium and some of the busiest traffic I have been in for a long time where we met up with the cars previous owner to collect a few bits that he still had in his attic and for a chat about the car (Thanks Hans [
] )Then onwards to Germany with our destination hotel still along way away, and a final arrival time due to traffic and stops of 1.30am on Friday morning. Total miles on day one were just under 890 miles!!
Up nice and early on the Friday morning to head to the garage to sort the paperwork out and load up the car for the journey back to Rotterdam and the overnight ferry back to Hull. The garage was unbelievable and some of the cars for sale I have never seen in the metal before. The stock value must have been over £25M at least [:-]
Once we had done all the necessary paperwork and had a good look around we headed to Rotterdam and arrived in plenty of time after another 320 miles of driving, this time with a bit of extra weight on board. We got loaded on board safely and headed to the bar to relax and watch the England game before getting a good nights sleep.
Saturday morning and the final leg of the journey back home from Hull taking us through some pitiful weather and the final 180 miles back home.
Total mileage was 1390 miles and due to cheap fuel in Belgium (€1.15 = 85p per litre) and in Holland (€1.35 = £1.00 per litre) it cost about £250.00 for fuel for the full journey using 2 1/2 tanks of diesel.
Here are a few pictures taken en route and I will put more up of the car once I have got it cleaned up properly [
]The lovely A66 on Thursday morning
Met this at a Service Station on the way down [
]
The Garage Showroom with just some of the cars for sale [
]
The New Car [
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And final pictures at home in the garage (excuse the mess I just wanted to get it away and back to bed)!!!!
A spare genuine 944 Cup Recaro race seat and a set of 4 Magnesium Wheels with track tyres
