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4th May 2012, 09:37 PM
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OK, so what would you do? Dilemma.
I have a midsummer dilemma.................
For my wife's "significant" birthday (not saying which) on midsummers day we're booked in for a week of Michelin-star evening/overnight luxury and daytime torture (walking across peat bogs and climbing mountains - Stac Pollaidh, Suilven, Canisp and the like) in Achiltibuie. (The lads from Saltire-land can explain to the rest) The options are, coming from over 600 miles away.... 1. Taxi to Luton, SqueezyJet to Inverness, Avis (I get cheap rates) Focus for a week - only just over an hours drive from airport to hotel, but..... 2. Take a few extra days, go in the S8 (M40/M42, M6 toll/std, A/M74, A/M80, A9, A835 etc.) with 1 or 2 overnight stopovers en route (where?) And yes I HAVE driven the S8 there and back before, not to mention along the "wee mad road" to Lochinver! http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/310472 Opinions and suggestions welcome. 
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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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