Trip to France 18/03/15

[captainhaddock]

Not reassuring Ciaran. I've done too many crossings, hey next week another one Maybe I'll keep get accidently lost and end up in Le Plessiers Rozainvilliers

[Dieselman]

The cars don't get strapped down anymore, but did used to. Presumably the ferries have better stabilizing now, and the sea was calm. I made sure the parking brake was well on and the car left in 1st gear, needless to say, it hadn't rolled off the end of the ship when I returned to it.

It's possible that the ferries from N. Ireland still do have cars strapped down as the Irish sea is often rough.

[Dean]

Nice day trip out there Will, amazing the amount of multimedia models there, what did you think of them? In the photo'sthey always look a bit diy inside, is it the case?

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[Dieselman]

Nice day trip out there Will, amazing the amount of multimedia models there, what did you think of them? In the photo'sthey always look a bit diy inside, is it the case?

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They were nice cars, but other than the rear picnic tables, no better than a standard Exclusive. The computer fitments definitely appear as aftermarket in look and location.

Other than the rarity value and the colour, I wouldn't bother.

[White Exec]

Was that red body colour the same as that offered on Xantia - "Wicked Red" ?

[Dieselman]

No. Multimedia have a special paint colour, more orange than Wicked red.

[Vince]

Sounds like you had fun Will

Id love to drive into france in a classic citroen Do you still see many xm's over there now? That guy i think is looking into the future with open eyes....I can see the xm rising in value as the nostagia bug kicks in in a few years. They will always be more valued i think in france than any other country..being homegrown. If they do go up in value and he's still got them, he'd be sitting on a nice nest egg there

I wish i lived suitably close enough to make jolly jaunts across the channel...being up here its a mission in itself just to get to the ferry point

[Dieselman]

There are about 37,000 XM left in France, so I don't see it making it to classic territory just yet, though the Multimedia are very limited.

Nothing is Mission Impossible, recently I traveled to a remote village in Uganda at short notice.

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[Dieselman]

Yesterday I received a package which was a memento of my trip...

My free GB sticker from Aferry. I expected to be given one at the terminal...

[Dean]

Better late than never as they say.
Looked like a good trip to Uganda there and all for a worthy cause I see, slightly dissapointed you didn't drive though

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