La Guerriere Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Many moons ago we did the "buy a cheap Transit" tactic. We loaded up in Reading, down to Dover, on to Boulogne where we had a small collection of bits and pieces to load up. Then onwards to the residence secondaire in Manche. The van blew up on the Caen peripherique ... had to hire another van on the spot, transfer all the stuff and carry on. We ended up having to scrap the Transit ... local garage wanted well over a grand for a new head gasket ... hey, c'est la vie, but I was not amused at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 [quote user="La Guerriere"]Many moons ago we did the "buy a cheap Transit" tactic. We loaded up in Reading, down to Dover, on to Boulogne where we had a small collection of bits and pieces to load up. Then onwards to the residence secondaire in Manche. The van blew up on the Caen peripherique ... had to hire another van on the spot, transfer all the stuff and carry on. We ended up having to scrap the Transit ... local garage wanted well over a grand for a new head gasket ... hey, c'est la vie, but I was not amused at the time.[/quote]If you are not Tony Hawks then he describes a similar thing in his book Piano in the Pyrenees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I hope the vans for hire from Los Angeles are seaworthy and have a good fuel capacity, it's a long way across the ocean to France. Does the van hire company insist on a Master Mariner's certificate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Guerriere Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 No Im not Tony Hawks but he has my sympathy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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