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Up round and down.
Well just arrived home safely after quite the trip up to Orkney and back again.
Ordinarily I would have headed straight up the A9 and came back the same route but this time I decided to take in some of the north west coast and also the famous Applecross pass. What a road that was, should be on everyones list of things to do. Just don't do it in a camper van like some tit did and made it rather a tight squeeze past each other. In total the journey was 1700+ miles, many refills of the 8 and myself were required but I really enjoyed it and the car performed flawlessly
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It's the car you need for that trip.
(someone here was trying to cop out and take a BMW 1-series! )
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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A very nice route, and on my list. I just need to decide which car to take for it. Decisions, decisions - I'm very lucky really, as both would be ideal for it ,but t'll probably not happen till next year now.
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Great journey to make and fantastic photos Del, must try it myself sometime
I'll need to save up the £500 fuel fund first though
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Audi D3 S8 - 2007 - V10. B&O, Phantom Black, black and silver interior, and still completely standard with everything working as it should Audi TT - 2015 - Ultra |
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Yeah you all should do the trip. Stunning views.
Might do it on a bike next time I have dash cam footage that I'll have a go at processing and may post it if it looks good enough.
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Done all of that over the past 30 is years on many motorbikes and an X 5
Need , no REALLY NEED TO DO IT IN AN 8 , next year Thinking about it I did it on the black watch ( a Fred Olsen tramp steamer ) as well Mike |
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