Hi All,
as promised - here are the first pictures of my Plus 8 out in the Austrian wilds.
For saturday we went for a more relaxed drive to Melk along the river danube. ~ 250km in total (~3,75h) one stop at the Stift Melk for using the facilities and having a quick walkaround.
Today we started a bit earlier for one of the more popular bike trails through the Lower Austrian mountains to Kalte Kuchl and back via various fun roads. ~ 190km (3h) in total, one stop at Kalte Kuchl for ice coffee.
The weekend was gone far to soon and the car performed excellently.
Incidents so far:
- sunburn
- previous owner glued the British license plate to the car, thankfully Mr Koessler happened to be in the office and improvised something for me
- after the first 15km all instruments showed a reading of zero except for the revs. After parking at home shopping for some cold beverages and returning to the car everything went on to work again, though
- noticed a faster blinking frequency of the left indicator during the final ~50km of our tour. went around the car to check for a broken bulb, however all indicators worked as to be expected. will look into it next we.
Especially loved the flexibility of the V8 engine - you want to save petrol? Drive everything in 4th gear. You want more sound? Downshift to 2nd/3rd while driving through town.
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