The Brexit Grand Tour in an Ariel Nomad
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The Moose said:
Awesome!
You shouldn't give up on the drive to mongolia in the Nomad. I did it a little while back (not in a Nomad I might add!) and the insurance outside of the UK wasn't totally impossible.
Enjoy your trip and I look forward to seeing the updates!
Thank you! Oh, I know I can get insurance to legally drive it there. It's more about the value of the car and the fact that they will all be third party only. Just in case it vanishes somewhere in one of the Stans You shouldn't give up on the drive to mongolia in the Nomad. I did it a little while back (not in a Nomad I might add!) and the insurance outside of the UK wasn't totally impossible.
Enjoy your trip and I look forward to seeing the updates!
We were planning to drive my Skoda Yeti, but who knows - if we love the experience so much this time and I somehow manage to insure it fully comp for driving all the way and back...
rottie102 said:
The Moose said:
Awesome!
You shouldn't give up on the drive to mongolia in the Nomad. I did it a little while back (not in a Nomad I might add!) and the insurance outside of the UK wasn't totally impossible.
Enjoy your trip and I look forward to seeing the updates!
Thank you! Oh, I know I can get insurance to legally drive it there. It's more about the value of the car and the fact that they will all be third party only. Just in case it vanishes somewhere in one of the Stans You shouldn't give up on the drive to mongolia in the Nomad. I did it a little while back (not in a Nomad I might add!) and the insurance outside of the UK wasn't totally impossible.
Enjoy your trip and I look forward to seeing the updates!
We were planning to drive my Skoda Yeti, but who knows - if we love the experience so much this time and I somehow manage to insure it fully comp for driving all the way and back...
Looks like an awesome trip! Hope you're having fun.
Goedemorgen everyone!
We made it to Holland last night. Morning in the Luxembourg welcomed us with even more rain... We're still trying to figure out what is the best solution for waterproofing our...bums So far all waterproof trousers eventually gave in after sitting in a puddle in the seat for some time. Sitting on an inflatable cushion is okish, just not that comfortable for driving. At least the heat from the radiator made it slightly more pleasant.
We hit some detours through German and Belgian countryside - just like in the UK people love to pile up behind a lorry or a caravan and do 20mph in 60 for miles. Good I have a passenger that can assist with overtaking, Nomad's acceleration also helps.
We drove through Belgium and saw signs for Spa Francorchamps, we had to go and visit. I have to admit I've never been there before. Watched the F1 race many times on TV but just never had a chance. We were hoping that the track will be open to pop in and have a photo at but the main gate was as far as we got, despite it being in use. There was quite a lot of noise coming from it but we didn't get to see what was causing it. Oh well, I'm definitely coming back for the F1 next year!
That's one of the amazing things about my girlfriend - she couldn't care less about all the car geeky stuff that I'm interested in, yet she appreciates that it's important for me and likes to learn about it to understand me more. I've spent many driving hours explaining what piston rings are, who is Bernie Ecclestone and why exhaust on a new Ferrari California looks much better than the old one, all requested by her.
We just woke up in Zeeland, I've been to Holland many times before but not to this part. God it's flat! And windy! I don't know why but over many years of knowing first about the windmills then the windfarms, it never occurred to me that Holland might be a windy country. Doh. It's definitely going to stay in my head after driving a Nomad at 80mph with no doors. Especially after my mad evening dash to nearest MediaMarkt 15 miles away to buy a Macbook charger which we forgot in the last hotel.
We're meeting a friend today who will help us with some drone driving footage. Ruta is great at filming and editing (the youtube video is all her) but we still need to work on her flying so I can drive in it.
Have a great day everyone! Thank you for kind words and subscriptions so far, speak soon!
We made it to Holland last night. Morning in the Luxembourg welcomed us with even more rain... We're still trying to figure out what is the best solution for waterproofing our...bums
So far all waterproof trousers eventually gave in after sitting in a puddle in the seat for some time. Sitting on an inflatable cushion is okish, just not that comfortable for driving. At least the heat from the radiator made it slightly more pleasant. We hit some detours through German and Belgian countryside - just like in the UK people love to pile up behind a lorry or a caravan and do 20mph in 60 for miles. Good I have a passenger that can assist with overtaking, Nomad's acceleration also helps.
We drove through Belgium and saw signs for Spa Francorchamps, we had to go and visit. I have to admit I've never been there before. Watched the F1 race many times on TV but just never had a chance. We were hoping that the track will be open to pop in and have a photo at but the main gate was as far as we got, despite it being in use. There was quite a lot of noise coming from it but we didn't get to see what was causing it. Oh well, I'm definitely coming back for the F1 next year!
That's one of the amazing things about my girlfriend - she couldn't care less about all the car geeky stuff that I'm interested in, yet she appreciates that it's important for me and likes to learn about it to understand me more. I've spent many driving hours explaining what piston rings are, who is Bernie Ecclestone and why exhaust on a new Ferrari California looks much better than the old one
, all requested by her. We just woke up in Zeeland, I've been to Holland many times before but not to this part. God it's flat! And windy! I don't know why but over many years of knowing first about the windmills then the windfarms, it never occurred to me that Holland might be a windy country. Doh. It's definitely going to stay in my head after driving a Nomad at 80mph with no doors. Especially after my mad evening dash to nearest MediaMarkt 15 miles away to buy a Macbook charger which we forgot in the last hotel.
We're meeting a friend today who will help us with some drone driving footage. Ruta is great at filming and editing (the youtube video is all her) but we still need to work on her flying so I can drive in it.
Have a great day everyone! Thank you for kind words and subscriptions so far, speak soon!
Great thread, as an owner of a Nomad and a Mavic drone I feel a real cameraderie
Couple of things, Amy chance you could share more details of the storage box mount, I could use one of those
Don't give up on the mongolia idea, I've been there a couple of times (without Nomad) but it is a country where the machine would be perfect !
Couple of things, Amy chance you could share more details of the storage box mount, I could use one of those
Don't give up on the mongolia idea, I've been there a couple of times (without Nomad) but it is a country where the machine would be perfect !
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