Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: reggie on November 24, 2010, 22:27:08
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Today i had to go to blackpool on business, Checked the weather forecast, And hey ho all good, unrapped the merc and had a great drive - ;D Probably the last this year - :( - Ran like a dream. 8)
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We are already knee deep in snow on this side of the North Sea, so no more Pagoda for me until April :-(
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Reggie,
I Spoke too soon. We have had 1 1/2 inches of rain mid week and another 2" today. Car going nowhere this weekend. :'(
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Do us a favour and send that rain up to Brisbane would you?
Thanks awfully ;D
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Pushing my luck and Michigan weather to the very brink--last Sunday was the end. Drove the car 155 miles in questionable weather, heat on, but pavement dry, top up, and no precipitation forecast. Away she sleeps in a garage up north until Easter, or the first good rainfall after the last snow to clean the roads of salt (which has not yet been used 'round these parts).
Ran quite well, but the other drivers were maniacs. I tried to keep it to 70-75 MPH (just over 4,000 RPM) most of the way, and I was apparently the slowpoke clogging traffic; this day everyone was choosing to do 85-90, a [disturbing] notch up from normal. I had the occasional burst of speed to go around a truck, and no sooner did I do that than somebody was right on my bumper pushing me to move over (or go faster). Nice to have the speed but I think extended drives at 4000 rpm are a comfortable end limit for me. Let 'em pass me.
You'd have though I was on the autobahn in a 1-liter a-class car.
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Just returned from my three-week African trip... and quite a shock to the system too, from +35 degrees centigrade to -2. However, next week I have the last rally of the year in my Pagoda, in the Ardennes in Belgium... whatever the weather. Hardtop mounted, winter tires mounted, snow chains in the back just in case...
Hey, believe me... it's quite exciting driving your Pagoda whatever the weather!
Peter
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This is the classic I drive, now that the Pagoda is garaged for the winter :-)
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Had to take the Pagoda today as my wife's car was having a service. Started snowing. This is what it looks like right now...
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Aren't you worried about the salt - or is Holland one of those car-friendly countries where it is not used on the roads like up here? I doubt that a Pagoda could even move here as we're up to our knees in snow at the moment :-(
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Sure I am worried about the salt... I was caught out. I'll need to use the Pagoda this week until my wife's car returns. Then I'll pressure wash it properly before putting the in garage... but the weekend of the 12th of Dec I have my final rally of the year and it needs to come out whatever the weather!
Peter