Thanks for the encouragement guys and to those who dropped by our site and showed an interest in the old girl. There were days in the run up that I though she just about wasn't going to make it.
On a strictly Commer theme, here are a few statistics for you to digest:
Average speed on run from LM to Ouistreham was 29mph including traffic jams, refuels, piss stops etc.
Average fuel consumption for whole trip was 15.42mpg
Milage travelled door to door and back again was 401 miles. Speedo turned to 53,666 just as we went past the turning to a village called Commeau! I absolutely kid you all not and I have witnesses to this! Now just how spooky was that??
Top speed reached was 72.5 mph on the Commer speedo but Porsche 996 behind say it was only 66mph on his clock. Judge for yourselves which is more accurate!
Interior accomm pretty good, it's nice to have a proper cooker, sink, shower and a foam bed.
Reliability: Rather poor.
Radio and interior light packed up on way home.
Failed to start for return journey due to flat battery and had to be jump started. (Could be because radio and interior light had been on virtually for four days continuously.
Failure to make it up the ramp to get on the ferry without much stalling and clutch slipping (Could be cos she's only 40bhp and was freighted up to the bollocks with the whole camsite gear of nine people and carrying four fat people, sixteen crates of wine, five crates of cidre and twenty crates of beer).
Rear wheel nearly fell off just outside Fontwell racecourse on way home. (Could be due to some twat not tightening the nuts up properly when the tyres were being switched just before the off.
No water or oil consumed but this hardly makes up for the above catalogue of abject unreliablilty and failure.
In summary, what a heap of sh it!
But she's a beauty, she's mine and I wouldn't have it any other way.
