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Originally Posted by IceBlue8
Take the '8 and see if we can organise a Scottish mini meet on the way up or back.
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The decision is made. 8 wins! 
We have SERIOUS "crumblie" issues that may or may not be manageable, but the outline plan is:
Sat 16th June - stay either in Peterborough (ref: crumblies) or York (my sister).
Sunday - heavy driving day, aim to get well past Glasgow/Edinburgh on A9 (>Perth?) towards Inverness. Overnight location undecided as yet.
Monday 18th - hopefully no more than 200 maybe 250 miles, arrive Achiltibuie early afternoon at worst.
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enjoyment 
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Sunday 24th - sadly leave Achiltibuie - only 630 miles to cover in 2 days.
Sunday night - No idea yet. Scottish Borders if we get that far?
Monday 25th - arrive back home in Buckshire! Work on Tuesday. 
Any thoughts, suggestions, meet opportunities?
Won't be going near Loch Lomond though this time. Did a year or so back though. Managed to leave home soon after 5am and walk into the original Loch Fyne Oyster Bar at Clachan bang on midday! S8 rules! 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
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". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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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