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Come on Steve. No need to worry . We went down through France to Italy, other side of Naples in my bubble 1997 25 220 diesel model. Covered 3700 miles and never missed a beat. During my ownership of the 75, I would think I have done around 1,000/2000 miles a year on the continent, and touch wood, although I carry a few things with me ‘in case’, everything has been ok. Mind you, I look after it with regular oil, filter changes. They will all be done again before I go, including gear box oil change, it’s due. If your car is looked after I am sure there is nothing to worry about. Looking forward to this jaunt.
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Update on the hotel that I have selected for the Netherlands trip.
Here is a link.. https://www.ruwenberg.nl/en/ I have today reserved 20 rooms and the cost is as listed in the email below. I've converted Euro price to the nearest £ shown in brackets. Cheers Ian Hi Ian, Thanks for your reply. I have made an optional reservation for you for September 20 till September 23. It is fine to confirm the exact numbers in the 2nd week of February. The price which I can offer is € 85 (£76) per room per night excluding breakfast. Breakfast is € 16.00 (£14) per person per night. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Kind regards, De Ruwenberg Hotel | Meetings | Events Simone van den Nieuwenhof Senior Account Manager De Ruwenberg offers 132 Comfort Rooms of 25m², located in a wooded, relaxing and inspiring environment. With a nice view of the nature of Sint Michielsgestel. You can choose between a large (double) bed or 2 single (twin) beds. All rooms are equipped with: Flatscreen TV Airconditioning Bathroom with shower Free Wifi Free parking Free use of our wellness: swimming pool and saunas Free use of our sports facilities: tennis courts, fitness and squash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIOPhwK-ZqE Last edited by Ian G; 14th January 2019 at 14:23.. |
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NL meeting Trikey and Ian go Dutch
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As a Dutch member I am planning to pay you all a visit when you are here in the Netherlands. I hope some other Dutch members will join me. Curious about all your cars and looking forward to show mine too. and to the meeting. Regards Emiel Last edited by Azur; 12th January 2019 at 10:31.. |
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Just a thought, would it be worth adding a section to the original post listing any key things we need to know about driving in Europe in the countries we'll be in? I've never driven outside of the UK so not familiar with any requirements we may need to meet to be able to drive over there legally.
Of course we'll need to check that our insurance and breakdown covers us for this, but are there other requirements such as GB badges, things we need to have in the car if we're stopped by police etc? |
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Here's a couple to start with mate. There may of course be some changes after March https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/travel/driving-abroad/ https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/travel/d...oad/checklist/ I have one of these.. https://www.screwfix.com/p/ring-euro...245250&ds_rl=1 and one of these https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro...82mm/6495r#_=p My tip would be to be very careful if you drink alcohol, many countries have much lower drink drive limits than here in the UK, and I seem to remember that in the Netherlands you can be fined if you knowingly fail to report a drink driver.. This may or may not still be valid. OH and be careful of coffee and CAKE....lol Cheers Ian Last edited by Ian G; 11th January 2019 at 20:57.. |
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Hi Ian. When do you want us to let you know we will be using the hotel .You can put me down for this as I have explored the hotels website,and it gets good reviews.
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