Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: JamesL on July 05, 2011, 10:41:12
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Next month, we are off on holiday down to a resort in Provence (near Nice, France)
We have been invited to celebrate a friends birthday and some other events down in Amelia the weekend our holiday ends, and that is an hour or so north of... Rome
Rather than fly or take the Eurobox, Wife is insisting we take the Pagoda - 1800km one way..... and I think I'd better take the car through the Verdun Gorges on the way - and wonder if I could swing past the Millau viaduct too (adds 200km)
Guess I had best get the car serviced
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Hi, James,
August in France can be very busy when they ALL go on vacances too.
Millau definately wort the detour. Done it twice.
Naj
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I left monaco Gran Prix, then on to millau, in my california, camper, The roads leading up to millau are great driving roads, we dropped down in to millau to camp over night, looking up at the bridge, gives you an idea of the size, fantastic, 2006 that was. my camper was brand new, one of the best trips of my life, ;D
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Already pondering saving the schlep down the A1/A26.... ferry to Santander and pop over the Pyrenees in an easterly direction and can meander a bit slower.
Which pass home? Done Stelvio....Brenner is a bit dull
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wow you must trust your pagoda!
with my recent issues I dont think id trust mine to get me to the south coast of the UK nevermind france!
I would love to do a similar trip in my 500SL..
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Hi, Jay,
Hijack!!!
Can you make it to Berkeley Castle August 13/14 for the SL day?
Anybody else going?
Naj
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Hi Naj,
Norma and I will be there, still waiting for the tickets to arrive tho'
Larry
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I've signed up - just for Sunday so may be able to get across for that. Car may as well be in London then as it's a bit nearer Portsmouth....
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Where's Berkeley Castle ???, I bet its mile's down south as usual, I dont mind a 200 mile round trip, thats not too bad in 1 day, ::)
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http://www.berkeley-castle.com/visit.php
190mi one way?
Naj
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Thanks Naj, Too far for me, :(
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Hi, Jay,
Hijack!!!
Can you make it to Berkeley Castle August 13/14 for the SL day?
Anybody else going?
Naj
Hi Naj
I will be thre but with 107sl.
Regards
Sully
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My parents usually load their car on a train when going to Nice, they drive onboard in Hamburg in the evening, sleep the whole night onboard the train and then wake up fresh south of the Alps ready to drive - I'm sure you have a similar service out of the UK, just a thought...
Ulf
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Hi, Jay,
Hijack!!!
Can you make it to Berkeley Castle August 13/14 for the SL day?
Anybody else going?
Naj
Ok must make it to this one, where do i sign up? I must read the gazette properly!
If im still not trusting the pagoda then ill come in the R107.
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You need to talk to Catherine Barlow the club administrator
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Thanks, email sent, out of office received... ill give the office a call on Monday.
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My parents usually load their car on a train when going to Nice, they drive onboard in Hamburg in the evening, sleep the whole night onboard the train and then wake up fresh south of the Alps ready to drive - I'm sure you have a similar service out of the UK, just a thought...
Ulf
Thanks Ulf. It can be picked up on the Dutch/German border now SNCF have stopped doing the Motorail. I'll do it soon enough but it got left too late for this summer :-\
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OK
Long road trip ahead. Apart from a list of all the MB dealers around and about... and some basic tools... should there be any obvious sapre parts in the trunk of the car (Crane electronic ignition is fitted...)? I know we cannot predict what will fail (hopefully nothing) but best be at least a little prepared....
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A tin of easy start, a tin of wd40 and a tin of tyre weld!
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The number one tool for any old car - mobile phone!
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.............and a credit card! ;D
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There is no problem too big that cannot be solved with sufficient funds
But other than that...
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Cable tie's - Best invention ever, :)
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Okay, you guys over in Europe (and in L.A., if 07:00 isn't too early on Sunday) can't have all the fun!
Be sure to post plenty of pictures for the rest of us. I want to see a Pagoda parade over the Millau bridge. That would be awesome.
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Millau may be dropped from the agenda.... Debating taking the car up one of the Cols in the Pyrenees - the Tourmalet is not too far from Tarbes.
So far it's
Santander - Tarbes
Tarbes - Arles (through the Haut Languedoc)
Arles - Grasse (via Verdun gorges, skirting Ventoux)
week sitting with books....
Grasse - Amelia (not that Amelia, which is near Orvieto)
Amelia - Obernai (yes, THAT hotel!!!)
Obernai - home
And I have already decided to do a write-up for PW ;D
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OK
Long road trip ahead. Apart from a list of all the MB dealers around and about... and some basic tools... should there be any obvious sapre parts in the trunk of the car (Crane electronic ignition is fitted...)? I know we cannot predict what will fail (hopefully nothing) but best be at least a little prepared....
A couple of bushes for the speed change rod (auto trans) if yours have not been changed recently.
Besides the incident on our Euro Tour last year, there was another failure on the 'Mercedes Benz and Friends' event the following weekend!
Naj
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Thanks naj
I'll organise some spares - mine were done 8 years or so back: the old ones cooked sitting on the North Circular!
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Hello James,
Which day will you be in Arles. My house is 25 kms north and maybe we could have something done together if possible...
Pascal and Frédérique
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Pascal
Night Friday 19th - or is that 20th. Either way, Saturday we head to Grasse via Verdon
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I just totted things up across my 7 days of driving...
1 - London - Portsmouth
2 - (ferry to) Santander - Tarbes
3 - Tarbes - Arles
4 - Arles - Grasse
5 - Grasse - near Orvieto
6 - near Orvieto - Obernai
7 - Obernai - (via tunnel) London
2,238 miles/3,557 km
average of 19.5mpg :o or 6.87 litres per 100km
Which when you consider the car was rust holes (added lightness!) is not great ;)
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Yes, but don't forget the tank was leaking!