Maff
MB Enthusiast
Sorry for the long post, but blimey, what a 48 hours! 
I had a reasonably important business trip in Milan on Thursday morning, so I got up, caught an early flight to Italy and had my meeting along with my business partner. Then someone said something about 'ash' no flights and at first I thought they must be mad. Then I checked the BBC news website!
So, I'm now stuck in Milan on Thursday with no clothes, no phone charger, nothing, just what I am wearing and my credit card.
My hosts and I tried to sort different flights with no luck, then train tickets, with no luck, then car hire for me to drive back to the UK and nothing. Not a sausage. Everything fully booked. Last resort was to ask for a quote for someone to take me to Calais where I could catch a ferry to the UK - cheapest quote was £2500!!! I then tried to buy a car to drive home, but due to Italian law this wasn't going to happen.
The reason for all this rush to get home was due to the fact I had a family holiday booked in Paris on the Saturday morning, which was my wife's Christmas present and our daughters first overseas holiday, so I HAD to be home for Saturday!!!!
On top of all this my neighbour called me to say she had just found our cat dead on the side of the road.
Thus, the only way I was going to get home was by car. So after dropping a few hints two of my maintenance guys from the office offered to come and collect me and my business partner. :bannana:
My business partner managed to find one hotel room in the middle of nowhere for the small sum of £420 for the night
It's not on my signature, but I currently have a new E350 CDI Sport, thus they jumped in at 8pm Thursday night, drove through the night and arrived in Milan 10am on Friday morning. :bannana: :bannana:
We shared the driving on the way back, and got back to our office in the UK at 11pm Friday night.
The E350 was superb and faultless, it never missed a beat after 24 hours of constant driving. It rides like a magic carpet and returns fantastic fuel consumption, just what you need on a long journey.
The results speak for themselves below, this must be one of the longest 'From Start' screen shots of the dash outside of Mercedes own testing!
And, to top it off, we loaded the car to the roof this morning, and its now taken us to Paris for a weeks holiday. Will need a service when I get home!
Matt.
I had a reasonably important business trip in Milan on Thursday morning, so I got up, caught an early flight to Italy and had my meeting along with my business partner. Then someone said something about 'ash' no flights and at first I thought they must be mad. Then I checked the BBC news website!
So, I'm now stuck in Milan on Thursday with no clothes, no phone charger, nothing, just what I am wearing and my credit card.
My hosts and I tried to sort different flights with no luck, then train tickets, with no luck, then car hire for me to drive back to the UK and nothing. Not a sausage. Everything fully booked. Last resort was to ask for a quote for someone to take me to Calais where I could catch a ferry to the UK - cheapest quote was £2500!!! I then tried to buy a car to drive home, but due to Italian law this wasn't going to happen.
The reason for all this rush to get home was due to the fact I had a family holiday booked in Paris on the Saturday morning, which was my wife's Christmas present and our daughters first overseas holiday, so I HAD to be home for Saturday!!!!
On top of all this my neighbour called me to say she had just found our cat dead on the side of the road.
Thus, the only way I was going to get home was by car. So after dropping a few hints two of my maintenance guys from the office offered to come and collect me and my business partner. :bannana:
My business partner managed to find one hotel room in the middle of nowhere for the small sum of £420 for the night
It's not on my signature, but I currently have a new E350 CDI Sport, thus they jumped in at 8pm Thursday night, drove through the night and arrived in Milan 10am on Friday morning. :bannana: :bannana:
We shared the driving on the way back, and got back to our office in the UK at 11pm Friday night.
The E350 was superb and faultless, it never missed a beat after 24 hours of constant driving. It rides like a magic carpet and returns fantastic fuel consumption, just what you need on a long journey.
The results speak for themselves below, this must be one of the longest 'From Start' screen shots of the dash outside of Mercedes own testing!
And, to top it off, we loaded the car to the roof this morning, and its now taken us to Paris for a weeks holiday. Will need a service when I get home!
Matt.
