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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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11/07/2015 16:59
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A spirited run on the unlimited autobahn has resulted in a missfire under load or on boost... whoops. Got a mate to order a set of plugs and coil pack and will visit him on Monday. I do hope that's all it is.
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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12/07/2015 20:31
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Fairly boring run up to Aalborg, during which an astonishingly large number of caravans were passed. Something of a mooch around Aalborg, including the excellent Lyndholm Hoje, a Viking 'boat' burial site and associated museum: (more pictures at http://s156.photobucket.com/user/nailed_...rt=2&page=1 )
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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12/07/2015 23:44
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Few checks today. Coolant system and oil system showing no signs of any head gasket or piston issues. Car runs fine off boost and off load so should make it the 100 miles to the service stop.
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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13/07/2015 00:00
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Good luck Bob & Trish. Fingers crossed the service stop will bring relief. Wishing you a fantastic time up north. ![bye bye](/forum/images/graemlins/default/byebye.gif)
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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13/07/2015 21:39
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OK, we made it to our service stop with a car that runs fine off boost but misfires like mad on boost or under load! We quickly discovered a cracked spark plug so replaced all 5. The test drive seemed to have cleared everything up. My friend then offered to skim my discs with his fancy machine after I said I was also suffering some heavy vibration braking from "Silly" speeds! Trish and left him to it and went for a walk. We returned to take another test drive to check the brakes. They are now a bit noisy but brake much better, the only downside was that the misfire returned! Clearly a coil pack is also breaking down, suspect is number 1, so we tried to track one down. After ages on the phone we managed to get a Fiat Dealer to order two, hopefully they'll be there tomorrow before we board the ferry! Strangely after messing about with coil pack 1 (Twisting and pulling it) I re-fitted it and have just driven some 40+ miles with no problem whatsoever ![rolleyes rolleyes](/forum/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif)
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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13/07/2015 23:17
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Tonight, we're in Oslo.
An hour from Aalborg to Hirtshalls, an hour waiting to get on the ferry, three hours crossing at a fair old lick but with a lamentable lack of dolphins, whales, mermaids, or kraken - I shall be speaking to the tourist board about this - and another hour to get off the boat and through customs.
On first impressions, Norway is a country of extreme beauty punctuated by punctures through which the road bypasses the steep bits of mountains. On the other hand, it is not a country in which one might go somewhere quickly by road: in three hundred kilometers, which took over four hours, we encountered the following speed limits: 20kph, 30kph, 40kph, 50kph, 60kph, 70kph, 80kph, 90kph, 100kph, and 110kph... it's worse than an A-road through Oxfordshire.
St Olav's church was very impressive, but the weather made it not worth stopping for a picture.
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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14/07/2015 22:57
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I have a contact at Teslas if you want to buy one or a test drive Neil!
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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15/07/2015 07:00
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I have a contact at Teslas if you want to buy one or a test drive Neil!
Sadly, not unless you also have a contact at Barclays who can move a decimal point a couple of places to the right...
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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15/07/2015 17:44
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Neil, I hope you have brought good clothes and shoes for hiking in the Mountains. There's still snow in certain parts around our place, like in this article in the local newspaper. Granted, this is a couple of hours inland, and also not in the most hiking-friendly area, but it gives a picture of how bad our summer has been so far ![smile smile](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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18/07/2015 08:22
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Thank you for sharing those pictures Neil ![thumb thumb](/forum/images/graemlins/default/icon_thumbs.gif) . It's good to catch a glimpse of a mighty scotts green coop with yellow calipers in one of your pictures. Enjoy the Ålesund event and your stay in Norway. ![wave wave](/forum/images/graemlins/default/wave2.gif)
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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18/07/2015 17:30
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http://s156.photobucket.com/user/nailed_...rt=2&page=1 for today's efforts. Went to see the tall ships race leave Aalesund, only to discover they'd already left. And it was raining... perked up a bit later, so wandered around the town a bit. And photographed some more of the NFR cars.
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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Norway, what is not to like? A hotel car park full of Fiats. Weather that changes as often as it does in Yorkshire and views that take your breath away. When you do get blue sky and sunshine it is accompanied with cool air (For the engine). There are also lots and lots of tunnels ![evil evil](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smirk.gif) Atlantic road was a fantastic day out ![cool cool](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cool.gif)
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Re: Norway Fiat Meet 2015
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19/07/2015 17:49
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Today's pictures start at the bottom of this page: not so many (the battery died on the camera!) http://s156.photobucket.com/user/nailed_...rt=2&page=3Most of the people have gone home today; one or two remain with us until tomorrow when we will all have started back except Umberto who is fishing. A bit of a grim day today, raining all day, so we visited a couple of islands via some amazing tunnels (ferries are so last year, dahling) and a couple of light-houses, and then a visit to an amazing aquarium covering local and Atlantic species. Next tonight is Umberto's Pizza Challenge: if I can eat it all he pays for it. He doesn't know me... ![lick lick](/forum/images/graemlins/default/lick.gif)
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