John Whalley and Griff - I think I read somewhere else that they're headed to an event in Norway.
About 3:30pm, spotted by a fellow Lotus driver and posted on my build thread on one of the Lotus forums I frequent.
Anyone recognise the cars?
John Whalley and Griff - I think I read somewhere else that they're headed to an event in Norway.
Richard C
Immmmmminghamm!!
Impressive trailer. Is a Disco rated for towing that weight?
It would need a tachograph. Unless there was absolutely no commercial aspect to the journey. Or that was the case four years ago when I did my driver qualification card. But it's a nightmare to understand.
Disco can pull 3500kg so should be within it's limit comfortably, assuming under 1000kg per car plus approx 1000kg for the trailer.
As John says it should probably have a tachograph fitted as it is being used to transport somebody else's car which would make it look like commercial use.
I'm sure Griff will be able to clarify the legalities
Last edited by Strat Fan; 21-08-2018 at 19:20.
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel
Mr Whalleys 'new' social domestic & pleasure machine, no commercial connotation unless you include the cost of Mr Whalleys' sausage sarny. So no tacho requirement
Both cars comfortably under 1000kg, Disco rated for 3500kg, trailer is a bit trick, and it tows beautifully. It took a little while (trial and error) to get the balance correctly worked out.
Last edited by Griff; 21-08-2018 at 23:00. Reason: more detail
The Altmark Incident (Norwegian: Altmark-affæren; German: Altmark-Zwischenfall) was a naval incident of World War II between British destroyers and the German tanker Altmark, which happened on 16–17 February 1940. It took place in what were, at that time, neutral Norwegian waters. On board the Altmark there were some 300[3] allied prisoners (officially internees), whose ships were sunk by the pocket battleship Graf Spee in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. British naval forces cornered the tanker and later the destroyer Cossack attacked the German ship near the Jøssingfjord and freed all the prisoners, killing eight German seamen and wounding ten others in hand to hand combat, five of them seriously. This was the last recorded occasion in which the Royal Navy used cutlasses whilst boarding a ship, and the subsequent hand to hand combat. A British and a Norwegian sailor were also seriously wounded in the action. Germany claimed that the attack was a grave violation of international law and of Norwegian neutrality.
Last edited by Griff; 09-09-2018 at 17:51. Reason: historical detail
Spent the first night with Rene, getting the spares & tools split up ready for the off.
Does this count as the greatest mileage garage day?
I'd say so Griff.
To get one further away we would have to visit the Antipodean contingent. Or our friends in the States.
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