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    Holidays in Australia

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ID:	12832Some of us in Australia holiday a little different.
    Here is a photo of my drive today the lovely wife & kids fly up tomorrow.
    not my most Km in a day but at least peaceful
    still got 430Km to do tomorrow before picking them up


    Cheers
    Chris
    Last edited by gp4124; 30-03-2018 at 10:24.

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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    Impressive distance!
    Looks like a late finish. Enjoy your holiday.

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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    We holiday in Cornwall regularly - and 430Km is about the distance down there from where we live - so we do this mileage down and then same again back about 6 times a year (however it's still a helluva long way for just a weekend! ) So us Brits do a bit of mileage as well !

    Enjoy your holiday - we are looking forward to our summer after a long,damp and cold winter !

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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    Peter, I think he's referring to the 1223.2km he's just done, not the 430km still to do. Australia is a bit bigger than the UK for sure....
    "a theory should be as simple as possible, but not simpler"

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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    OK - I concede that 1600km is a lot of driving !!
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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    Yep it is s lot 1223km in 12hrs 40mins
    but need to drive up as we are going 4WDing on the worlds biggest sand island (Fraser Island)
    i ran out of light so I stopped as kangaroo are hard to see

    Regards
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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    Not in a Strato's?? Why the engine light on?? Did 100miles (1600km) in 2 days in a 1955 Lancia Aurelia B12 last October. Took 2 days as it kept over heating and the dynamo broke....

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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    The longest drive I've ever done in the Stratos in a day was after the Lancia Centenary. Andrea & I went up to Malcesine on Lake Garda for a few days. The journey home started at 10ish on the road and we headed South towards Milan, across towards Turin before heading for Aosta, Lausanne, Besancon, Dijon and stopped at Reims around 10pm. Stops for fuel along the way and the odd butty we did just over 1000km in the day. The following day was Reims to Calais, Dover and Liverpool adding another 800km for a total of 1800km odd in 36 hours.

    Longest drive in a day, sharing the driving in a Stratus was just under 800 miles from San Francisco to the Grand Canyon. I think that took us 14 hours with stops for fuel and food.

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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    My longest trip with a Stratos was done two time in 2015 and 2017 from John’s workshop in Cheshire to my home...almost 1500 km in 2 days with no issue the first time and one hose cooling collector issue second time at 40 km to home needing us to refill cooling system with water from a trough in a horse farm!!
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    Re: Holidays in Australia

    Quote Originally Posted by Lancialulu View Post
    Not in a Strato's?? Why the engine light on?? Did 100miles (1600km) in 2 days in a 1955 Lancia Aurelia B12 last October. Took 2 days as it kept over heating and the dynamo broke....
    I wish is a Stratos ( one day soon I hope)
    check engine light is on as the engine was off

    cheers
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