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Glad the 3 of you made it back safely
Write Up Frankie's & Miller's American ///M Adventure
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Well it was touch and go for a while, but you guys got the job done. You've probably driven it so much now, you'll stick it on your driveway and won't use it for a while.... Who am I kidding!
I'm very proud of you both gentlemen!! That was quite the journey and I'm sure it's cemented your friendship for life. Congratulations!! JIM
Well, after Hugh is also back home and both of you get some rest, some more pics from the journey will be welcome!
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I've really enjoyed your exploits guys. Well done and may Frankie have many more years of pleasure from his new M!
Safe trip home Hugh.
Safe trip home Hugh.
Not hiding, just been really busy. Holidays and stuff.
I still check in and keep an eye on you though!
I still check in and keep an eye on you though!
Hi Nick nice to hear from you.
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Tony
Brilliant. Consider yourself an honorary Scotsmen for the night.
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Why thank you sir
I was going to PM you when I got back to see where you've been. My wife and I are taking Hugh to dinner and then to the airport to Philly. Its at an end now mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm It won't be easy to say goodbye. FrankieI've really enjoyed your exploits guys. Well done and may Frankie have many more years of pleasure from his new M!
Safe trip home Hugh.
I'm sure it won't. The road trip you've been on is epic.
I always promised myself I'll buy a car in California and drive back across the States with it and load it on a boat in NY before I'm done.
Seems you beat me to it, but I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't very jealous of your trip. It was just a lovely thing to do.
Good luck to you Frankie. I hope you use the car in the style that Hugh showed you! If you do you'll get tickets a plenty!
So far this year I've been to Tenerife, La Plange and Thailand. It's been a bit of a holiday fest, but unexpected as we had Tenerife planned. then our daughter did a Ski season so we put a meet in the diary, and then were invited to Thailand and could not refuse. So of the two months this year we've been out of the country for over half of it. That means I'm playing catch up with jobs and work. No regrets though! Lifes a moment not a rehearsal.
I always promised myself I'll buy a car in California and drive back across the States with it and load it on a boat in NY before I'm done.
Seems you beat me to it, but I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't very jealous of your trip. It was just a lovely thing to do.
Good luck to you Frankie. I hope you use the car in the style that Hugh showed you! If you do you'll get tickets a plenty!
So far this year I've been to Tenerife, La Plange and Thailand. It's been a bit of a holiday fest, but unexpected as we had Tenerife planned. then our daughter did a Ski season so we put a meet in the diary, and then were invited to Thailand and could not refuse. So of the two months this year we've been out of the country for over half of it. That means I'm playing catch up with jobs and work. No regrets though! Lifes a moment not a rehearsal.
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! How could I not have brought along the TEE SHIRT???????????????????????? Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!Hey good to see that face again @FRANKIE hope you both have a fantastic week and get that tee shirt on. !
We flew from Philadelphia to San Deigo but there was a stop in Houston. We went on to San Diego, then started driving back to Egg Harbor Township, NJ. Our first stop was Las Vegas. Frankie
In retrospect, the clutch seems to work just fine now. I think our foot was hitting the left foot rest and not allowing the petal to go to the floor so there was another half inch to go. Once we realized this, we placed our foot a little further to the right on the petal to avoid the foot rest and the clutch petal went down the extra distance and everything seemed fine. It also might be possible that the car sat for a few months and the dmc was a little stiff. Seems to work fine now. No problem now. Frankie
And surprise, surprise, the guy was from Jersey City, New Jersey,(in north Jersey across the Hudson River from New York)I love these two pics, the sales guy must have thought, what a pair of loons
It will be good to bleed the clutch slave cylinder and to check if the fluid is clear or black; it will show if the seals are in good shape...
Hugh really surprised me with the ease he showed driving over here. He said that he had a lot of experience on the continent and it certainly showed. AS for the weather, I still can't believe it. We ran into some very light showers about 60 miles from the Grand Canyon, not enough to stop and put the top up. Its a funny thing though. We couldn't get over the nice hot weather but it was so nice and hot, we started to get burned and Hugh, with his white phosphorescent Welch skin, started to look like a cooked lobster. We were forced to put the top up for safety sake even though we hated to do so. The weather continued to remain incredibly beautiful throughout the rest of the trip and stayed that way even to the trip to take Hugh to the airport. He's on the jet now as I am typing this. God bless him, What a Great Guy!!!!!!!!!!!