DITTRICH
MB Enthusiast
I am currently holed up in Kaunas Lithuania "resting". Best Western Santakos hotel - use it if you are ever in Kaunas. Very good value and good food.
I caught Eurotunnel at 0600 (very good prices at night GBP50 one way) must be the poor BrITs holidaying at home. 2nd in the Q and stright out at the other end.
The Antwerp ring was surprisingly free of traffic at 1000 and I drove on to Rhynern South Autohof. Then on to Poland where A2 is still being built for Euro 2012 in Warsaw. Tolls currently on all completed sections PLN13 x 3 and 1x PLN19.81 iirc. First 3 are cash based (cc possible) but second part is based on tickets and you pay at the exits. Polish roads much improved and even in the dead of night not a problem apart from going over a double railway line crossing with badly fitted concrete apron (at 40mph) How did I miss that. Woke me up anyway and car still in one piece.
I am going to buy a "soviet" antique in Vilnius this evening.
Tomorrow the joys of the A5 (one vast construction project last year) to the Russian border and formalities.
Having great fun on single carriageway roads with Kickdown.
Fuel economy has been nothing short of excellent so far:-
London - Germany 36mpg
Germany - Poland 39mpg
Speeds 100 - 140kmph 5 peed auto
mainly motorway and country "A" roads.
The secret is to turn off the heater / blower / air conditioner.
My experiment this year and it has added 1mpg - 3mpg to the figures.
Noiw my 4 speed auto s124 estate 3 litre diesel manages at best 45mpg at a steady 90kmph so there is really no a lot in it.
And thanks for the Russian Joke thread - one or two I didn't know!
I caught Eurotunnel at 0600 (very good prices at night GBP50 one way) must be the poor BrITs holidaying at home. 2nd in the Q and stright out at the other end.
The Antwerp ring was surprisingly free of traffic at 1000 and I drove on to Rhynern South Autohof. Then on to Poland where A2 is still being built for Euro 2012 in Warsaw. Tolls currently on all completed sections PLN13 x 3 and 1x PLN19.81 iirc. First 3 are cash based (cc possible) but second part is based on tickets and you pay at the exits. Polish roads much improved and even in the dead of night not a problem apart from going over a double railway line crossing with badly fitted concrete apron (at 40mph) How did I miss that. Woke me up anyway and car still in one piece.
I am going to buy a "soviet" antique in Vilnius this evening.
Tomorrow the joys of the A5 (one vast construction project last year) to the Russian border and formalities.
Having great fun on single carriageway roads with Kickdown.
Fuel economy has been nothing short of excellent so far:-
London - Germany 36mpg
Germany - Poland 39mpg
Speeds 100 - 140kmph 5 peed auto
mainly motorway and country "A" roads.
The secret is to turn off the heater / blower / air conditioner.
My experiment this year and it has added 1mpg - 3mpg to the figures.
Noiw my 4 speed auto s124 estate 3 litre diesel manages at best 45mpg at a steady 90kmph so there is really no a lot in it.
And thanks for the Russian Joke thread - one or two I didn't know!