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Post by Salomon on Dec 20, 2018 13:35:56 GMT
In the middle of a fecking cold field in deepest darkest Czechia... A swift
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Post by Barry B'stard on Dec 20, 2018 13:50:52 GMT
Did you knock on the door to see if they were still alive?
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Post by nicholsong on Dec 20, 2018 14:25:58 GMT
Those conditions should stiffen up the soggy floor.
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Dec 20, 2018 14:38:35 GMT
And the ice should block the draughts...
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Post by Barry B'stard on Dec 20, 2018 16:52:08 GMT
Yeah go on! Have a go at lowly poor old Swift. You can stick yer poncy Hymers, and other German shite. Do you know that after Brexit a door handle for a Hymer will cost £3000 (Each) whereas a Swift door lock can be opened with the narrow end of a table spoon. Not so clever now huh! How many of your polished "continental" lardy vans have been over all the Alps or set on fire coming down highest pass in Europe where your screaming in abject horror. Oh how we laughed about it later (about three years later). Thats a proper adventure that is. Bet your vans havent survived being eaten by Donkeys, towed through a bog, endured hurricanes, earthquakes and even a Tornado (well a lickle one). Kontiki! There is no substitute!
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Post by Salomon on Dec 20, 2018 18:10:55 GMT
Yeah go on! Have a go at lowly poor old Leaky Pile of British Shite. You can stick yer poncy German Poncemobiles, and other German shite. Do you know that after Brexit a door handle for a German Poncemobile will cost £3000 (Each) whereas a Leaky Pile of British Shite door lock can be opened with the narrow end of a table spoon. Not so clever now huh! How many of your polished "continental" lardy vans have been over all the Alps or set on fire coming down highest pass in Europe where your screaming in abject horror. Oh how we laughed about it later (about three years later). Thats a proper adventure that is. Bet your vans havent survived being eaten by Donkeys, towed through a bog, endured hurricanes, earthquakes and even a Tornado (well a lickle one). Kontiki! There is no substitute! Ours has done all of the above but in winter ! But it’s French built on a German Bus . Ha .
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Dec 20, 2018 19:08:46 GMT
Yeah go on! Have a go at lowly poor old Leaky Pile of British Shite. You can stick yer poncy German Poncemobiles, and other German shite. Do you know that after Brexit a door handle for a German Poncemobile will cost £3000 (Each) whereas a Leaky Pile of British Shite door lock can be opened with the narrow end of a table spoon. Not so clever now huh! How many of your polished "continental" lardy vans have been over all the Alps or set on fire coming down highest pass in Europe where your screaming in abject horror. Oh how we laughed about it later (about three years later). Thats a proper adventure that is. Bet your vans havent survived being eaten by Donkeys, towed through a bog, endured hurricanes, earthquakes and even a Tornado (well a lickle one). Kontiki! There is no substitute! Ah yes... The infamous "Leaky 'Tiki"!!
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Post by GB584 on Dec 20, 2018 19:17:57 GMT
Yeah go on! Have a go at lowly poor old Leaky Pile of British Shite. You can stick yer poncy German Poncemobiles, and other German shite. Do you know that after Brexit a door handle for a German Poncemobile will cost £3000 (Each) whereas a Leaky Pile of British Shite door lock can be opened with the narrow end of a table spoon. Not so clever now huh! How many of your polished "continental" lardy vans have been over all the Alps or set on fire coming down highest pass in Europe where your screaming in abject horror. Oh how we laughed about it later (about three years later). Thats a proper adventure that is. Bet your vans havent survived being eaten by Donkeys, towed through a bog, endured hurricanes, earthquakes and even a Tornado (well a lickle one). Kontiki! There is no substitute! Ours is Italian and could do all of that and look good doing...unfortunately it being Italian it surrendered when the wind changed.
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Post by Barry B'stard on Dec 20, 2018 22:04:40 GMT
Alright then! Who has had there van over ten years, done over 60000 miles in the bastud and 35000 miles on the scooter on the back eh? Get out of that one without moving!
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Post by Salomon on Dec 21, 2018 9:29:58 GMT
Alright then! Who has had there van over ten years, done over 60000 miles in the bastud and 35000 miles on the scooter on the back eh? Get out of that one without moving! Only 7 years for us. Almost 70000 km. the monkey bike has done less than 200km....but he does get papped all over Spain. And it really isnt a winter mode of transport...I aint driving that thing on these icy roads ! Am sure you havnt raquettes permanently stored in yer garage...theyve done a fair few kms.. And I betcha havnt frozen as many bogs as we have. Ha !
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Dec 21, 2018 9:39:53 GMT
Alright then! Who has had there van over ten years, done over 60000 miles in the bastud and 35000 miles on the scooter on the back eh? Get out of that one without moving! Coming up to seven years, 60,000 Kms, with a ferkin' great big 1,000cc BMW on the back, not a namby-pamby, mincing little baby scooterette... Stuck in a ditch in Wales once, an injector misfire (that I repaired) and a split Turbo hose (that I also repaired). Winter and summer, 90% wild camping, but no frozen bog (it IS a Hy-mer, after all *sniff*!!).
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Post by Barry B'stard on Dec 21, 2018 11:36:18 GMT
Putting the figures in kilometres doesnt make it more! Actually since we got that new Honda that your taking the piss out of Boggers the van does less miles and on the last four month trip to Europe we did more miles on the bike than in the van. The old Pug used to give me a bad back after twenty miles or so. Well that and the fact that I was never that confident in going too far on the fecker in case it broke down but in the time we had it we did 20000 miles on it and until last year where we didnt really go anywhere were averaging nearly 5000 miles a year on the Honda.
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Post by GB584 on Dec 21, 2018 17:22:27 GMT
Yeah go on! Have a go at lowly poor old Leaky Pile of British Shite. You can stick yer poncy German Poncemobiles, and other German shite. Do you know that after Brexit a door handle for a German Poncemobile will cost £3000 (Each) whereas a Leaky Pile of British Shite door lock can be opened with the narrow end of a table spoon. Not so clever now huh! How many of your polished "continental" lardy vans have been over all the Alps or set on fire coming down highest pass in Europe where your screaming in abject horror. Oh how we laughed about it later (about three years later). Thats a proper adventure that is. Bet your vans havent survived being eaten by Donkeys, towed through a bog, endured hurricanes, earthquakes and even a Tornado (well a lickle one). Kontiki! There is no substitute! To be fair Hank is very much like Triggers broom. We do loads of miles on the scooter in Goa (well they seem like loads) and have done a few on Hardly this year (well he is only 50cc so can't get very far). We are on our third van and generally drive about 8,000 miles a year. That will all change next year with the EU blockade so we will either have to go to Hemsby or Wells-by-the-Sea. Well that is unless global warming brings them to us...
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Post by Barry B'stard on Dec 21, 2018 17:43:45 GMT
I may as well have had that caravan this year. Flamborough Thats it, twice.
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Post by GB584 on Dec 21, 2018 17:58:20 GMT
I may as well have had that caravan this year. Flamborough Thats it, twice. We are now using ours as an overflow fridge and storeroom. Got all the Christmas food in today as the family are all here for Sunday and then some of them again on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Two bloody big trolley loads of food and booze, hopefully won't have to go out anymore as it was bloody manic.
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