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Title: Back From France.....At Last Post by Baz on Aug 29th, 2006, 11:43pm Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties I was unable to do my annual "Scorpio in France" diary this year, partly due to not having a Scorpio with me to write and photograph! Following damage to the auto transmission fluid cooler, (slight crack in the pipe causing fluid to seep out and onto hot exhausts!) and a bodged repair by a French bloke which caused more damage to the gearbox seals, I was forced to hire a nice new 2006 Merc S Class for a fortnight. These are some pics I took and also some of the inside for Sally! We did see a few "foreign" Scorpios but only 3; 1 dutch and 2 french. Someone noted recently that a lot of the European Scorpios seem to be mid or low spec models. Looking back at my older photos from last year and these here, I would concur with that assumption too. I did get a few odd looks when I slammed on the brakes in Paris and jumped out of the £60,000.00 Mercedes to take pictures of an old Scorpio Ghia!! Things started off so well, a nice leisurely trip to Dover and booked into the hotel where I took this picture of the Scorp with the sunset in the background! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF9467Small.jpg Unfortunately, the next photo was of the car on the side of the Autoroute looking all forlorn! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF9469Small.jpg Pics of the foreign cars I saw: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF9497Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0572Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0190Small.jpg An arty one with the Eiffel tower and the scorpio below! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0578Small.jpg Some shots of the poor old scorpio on a french recovery truck and the English one sent to take us home last night. Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of the story because at 4 o'clock this morning, the recovery truck got a blow-out and we sat on the hard shoulder for an hour and half while someone came out to fix it. Finally got home at 7 am this morning!! I am now seriously considering buying an S class (not a new one though!!) and either keeping the Scorp for weekends or selling the whole lot, FDS and all on Ebay!! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0739Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0742Small.jpg Finally for Sally, some other shots of the S Class.... what a car!! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0393Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0395Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0401Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0268Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0271Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0267Small.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF0403Small.jpg Oh and the weather in the South of France was crap at times too!! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF9815Small.jpg |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by Snoopy on Aug 30th, 2006, 6:32am So all in all Baz, NOT one of the best holidays youhave had. Except of course for the MERC. they are nice though! |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by bootiful-scorpios on Aug 30th, 2006, 2:21pm very nice pics thats one car ! ( oh i do mean the silver scorp ) if you buy a s class sell me ya scorp ;) |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by Spannerdemon on Aug 30th, 2006, 5:47pm Glad you're back safely Baz. Hope your damage isn't too costly. Spannerz |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by andyjones on Aug 30th, 2006, 6:01pm how did you find all those scorpio's in france :o my sister lives in france and every time i go over, sometimes twice a year i have never seen any ;D |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by Simmo on Aug 30th, 2006, 8:36pm Welcome home Baz. |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by Matt on Aug 30th, 2006, 8:41pm look at it this way baz, urs is the better looking of the scorps you saw, even with the roof box ;) ;D ;D but could you really part with your scorp? btw, ive never seen that shape s class before :-/, is it a mainland european one or something? |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by Danny_R on Sep 1st, 2006, 4:39pm haha some slight rain in that last picture Baz!!! I've been on camping trips where its done that for the whole 2 weeks. Danny_R |
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Title: Re: Back From France.....At Last Post by cossie_al on Sep 1st, 2006, 4:56pm I am suprised that merc didnt have a big heap of electrical gremlins. Its missing it battery cover ;D |
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