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| nugat Elite Veteran Date registered: Jan 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Vehicle(s): 280GE, 290GD, c303 Posts: 876  | Romania I just got back from 2 weeks offroading in Romanian Carpathian mountains. Thanks to all of you who contributed advice beforehand. 15 cars started and 7 finished. What hit us was extreme heat--up to 42 degrees celsius in shade (108 F). In the valleys gravel roads produced dust unseen in the desert (so said Sahara experienced ones). In the mountains water crossings and rocks. Main failures were: Our 280GE almost lost a wheel(loosened screws got cut off, 3 out of 5), then a puncture (repair kit), lost A/C day one (short curcuit), lost CB antenna, lost alternator the last day (returned on batteries recharged/bought at gas stations), and got fuel hose ruptured sprinkling gasoline everywhere--easy fix. We also had problems with AT steering (used manual option a lot) and low revs engine dying. I have a list of 26 things to check/repair now. Great test for the 20 years old G--we finished the trip while fairly new and heavily tuned wranglers did not. I heartily recommend Romania to all the fans of overland/offroad. It is a beautiful country with fantastic people and fairly accessible wilderness (permits for national parks not so difficult). In a few years when thousands of 4x4s will descend there all those possibilities will be closed.
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| nugat Elite Veteran Date registered: Jan 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Vehicle(s): 280GE, 290GD, c303 Posts: 876 | ||
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| DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | ||
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| nugat Elite Veteran Date registered: Jan 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Vehicle(s): 280GE, 290GD, c303 Posts: 876 | ||
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| petermerle Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Cape Town ( deep south ) Vehicle(s): W460 *1, W123 *2, W124 Posts: 1315  | ||
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| petermerle Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Cape Town ( deep south ) Vehicle(s): W460 *1, W123 *2, W124 Posts: 1315 | ||
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hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | RE: Romania Looks like a great trip! Take that sunset pic, crop it to a vertical aspect ratio just left of the peak and you've got a nice magazine cover......except for one thing....my pet peeve....The doors are open! I slap my head every time I get back some nice pix of a vehicle in the wild, only to discover a door open. Seems something a touch indecent about it somehow. There are a lot of canned up rules in photography books about "rules of thirds", trees growing out of people's heads, etc. Man, somebody oughta put "check the car doors" on those lists somewhere. Nothing personal, and thanks for sharing. I think I'm just glad somebody besides me out there is doing this. That pic really is a beautiful one. The feeling of solitude and connection to nature comes right through with a splash of the innocence of youth in the boy in the foreground. Really nice. Tell you what, bring me along next time and I'll make sure I close all the doors after people get out. :) -Dave G. Edited by hipine 7/30/2007 3:14 PM | |
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| nugat Elite Veteran Date registered: Jan 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Vehicle(s): 280GE, 290GD, c303 Posts: 876 | RE: Romania Here you go. I will work on the doors in photoshop. Indeed! Most of the pictures I took have doors open! Our friends' daughter, 4 year old Maya, and her 9 year old brother travelled bravely with us. Piotr Edited by nugat 7/30/2007 5:51 PM (Maja&G in sunset vert.--IMG_3924.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Maja&G in sunset vert.--IMG_3924.jpg (168KB - 1 downloads) | |
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| nugat Elite Veteran Date registered: Jan 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Vehicle(s): 280GE, 290GD, c303 Posts: 876 | ||
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| nugat Elite Veteran Date registered: Jan 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Vehicle(s): 280GE, 290GD, c303 Posts: 876 | ||
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| hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | ||
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