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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo, #104
A wonderful man I had the privilege to meet many years ago told me a story. He was a pilot with the Royal Air Force 1939 - 45 in WW2. "You young people today - you talk of the stress you suffer. You stop your motor car and in the rear view mirror you see someone flashing their headlights at you. You get a stress attack and curse him. When I was a young man I suffered the same problem. The flashing lights I could see in my rear view mirror were the machine guns on the wings of a Messerschmitt...
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Re: 1933 Napier Railton aero-engined race car - 47 world speed records
The black and white photos are perfect for the vintage of the car!
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Re: Euro airlines: Delays continue in compensation for delays
I agree with DrF, the fines seem unnecessarily steep, especially when multiplied by a plane-load of passengers. Stuff happens, all we well-maintained car owners know. Not surprising the airlines are balking. The definitions could certainly be more clearly defined and the fine amounts reduced to an amount that deters but isn't quite as medieval in proportion to the crime.
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Re: Ferry Service to Cuba Approved by US
The Ferry from Liverpool. UK to Ireland takes 8 hours. That will cost $300. For a car and 2 passengers. Only $60 (£40) for a foot passenger. And that's return too. No baggage charges. The high speed catamaran often gets stuck in port when the weather turns stormy. The Catamaran may be stuck in Havana for a few days with 200 passengers on board. Expensive. SEACAT arriving in Liverpool.
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Re: Ferry Service to Cuba Approved by US
I see that there are actually some fares quite a bit cheaper on that ferry, but I'm surprised it should be so busy when it's clearly more than the cost of Ryanair+car rental for a few days...so who is the "audience" for that route? I actually wondered the same thing about Havana...are there enough people who want to go but don't want to fly?
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Re: Ferry Service to Cuba Approved by US
The Ferry travels mostly with Trucks and trailers from the UK and Europe. Fresh produce and manufactured goods. Then its folks on vacation with their car and the occasional caravan. From the UK and Europe. Many prefer their own car when touring Ireland for a few weeks. Full of kids survival kits. Wellington Boots and a beach bucket and spade ! Many travel with tents and trailer tents. And you can continue on from Ireland to Scotland. Travelling on the ferry can be a pleasant day. On board...
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Re: Visiting Cuba.
That's some very excellent and useful advise, Garry. Thanks for sharing this info at this timely moment in travel history. And the car photos are the best. I wonder how long they'll last there, as American car collectors having been wanting to get their hands on them for years!
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Re: Visiting Cuba.
It's similar rules for people like me coming from the Caribbean into Cuba. I flew via Panama and I was surprised how easy the process was entering Cuba given some horror stories I have heard. I planned my entire trip, thankfully with the help of locals. The only stress was getting an internal flight from Santiago back to Havana before we arrived (which I tried to do the minute we arrived). After a week of trying I finally scored the last two seats on the last flight out before our connecting...
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Re: Max Gate - home of British author Thomas Hardy
It was right at the end of about a week walking on that killer path, the Southwest Coast Path, and isn't SO far from Dorchester. But you don't need to be impressed, Mac, I ran out of gas just as I was leaving Hardy's Cottage to start back and instead of returning on foot, called the hotel and had them send a taxi to fetch us. But walking does put me in the mood to visit historic places. Arriving by car, which I've done with friends and in rental cars, just isn't the same. There's nothing...
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Re: Do Airlines offer the Best Loyalty Rewards Programs?
Agreed, especially if you are clever enough to find a great back door to use your points the way you like. I think the point of the video was that your hotel gives you a lot more for the money you spend there than airlines do. I use a generic rewards card in Canada that builds up a dollar amount of bonus. I buy the hotel, flight, car rental I want and the money is returned to me. That way it's simple and easy.
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#327)
A car crash. The mystery deepens – or does everything become clear?
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#325)
Today's clues: A homemade car next to a wheelbarrow and another wooden tool device. Seems wooden products dominate the clues this week.
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Re: Europe: No more pennies for your thoughts
The pennies that the headline refers to are similarly redundant. You end up with a pile of them - in a compartment of the car in my case - and parking meters etc. do not accept them, so the pile keeps on growing.
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Re: February 28, 2020: Henry J. at the Library
A most beautiful car. I'm not sure I've ever see a Henry J before. If I did it was a long long time ago. So far that reason, a special treat for me.
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Re: Bandits at 12 o’clock!
A most unusual car, Bob. My first impression in looking at your top photo is that it was modeled after one of the amphibians we just saw in Costa Rica, but it is a cool and unusual car that I've not seen before.
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Re: Franschhoek Motor Museum, South Africa
South Africa is a country that constantly challenges your expectations. There seems to be a lot of interest in classic cars, at least in the Western Cape. This is another car museum. I must admit that it did not look too promising when we arrived (see first photo), but there were quite a few gems if you cared to look for them (as illustrated below).
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Re: Franschhoek Motor Museum, South Africa
I can see a 60s Ford Capri on the right - Europe's answer to the Mustang !
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo? (#168)
I have no clue on where Gumbo is, but your clue helped me discover another car company I didn't know existed! To get the comments rolling, I'm guessing it is a mining museum in the Western US- maybe Nevada or Colorado.
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Re: Apr. 7, 2016: Budget Vacation in France
We enjoy camping here. And we have our own equipment. And we can put it up in 10 minutes too. But going to an area of Europe and getting budget accommodation that's central to exploring Paris - Berlin - Munich - Marseilles - St Tropez - Brussels - the Spanish Costa's etc and all at a budget price. With toilets - showers - hairdryers - on site stores for wine and food - then even the Ladies can't complain. And a car park so you can be off touring the caves and vineyards. Staying in a Budget...
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Re: Vintage & Classic Cars of Udaipur 2) 1946 - 1989
Beautiful examples of old cars DrF. I would certainly make it a full day exploring. Few more if you want a look ! http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/...tage-car-museum.html
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
Love it! Exactly the type of finding that makes a trip memorable. Something proponents of electric cars seem to forget or choose to ignore -- where does the electricity come from? Currently mostly from coal and oil fired plants, so the practical side of having them for most doesn't currently make that much sense (might as well burn the oil product in the car engine, right). But I am hopeful that was energy technology improves, as it surely will, we'll develop better ways of charging these...
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
The argument, and I'm not informed enough to judge it, is that the amount of fossil fuel needed to generate electricity for a plug-in is far less than that required to run a gasoline engine. The same sort of argument that points out that a gallon of fuel moves far more freight on a diesel train than a diesel truck. On the other hand, that's about plug-in cars. For hybrids, it's a different story because the batteries charge while the car is running on gas. So less gas is used than using gas...
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
As I understand it, with hybrids the batteries charge when the car brakes are applied (transferring the energy of moving to the battery), so they're especially well adapted to city driving in places with lots of stop signs and traffic lights. Less useful for driving on open road because you don't brake often. So living in Brooklyn, I think the hybrid would be a reasonable choice for you. I don't think battery technology is anywhere near "ripe" yet, but as with the Mercury and Gemini...
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Re: Kruger National Park - South Africa. Pt 2
I would not want to approach a bull elephant in my car, but having done several safaris, the animals all but ignore you in the Range Rover vehicles. Apparently they only see a box on wheels. They do not have the ability to discriminate what's inside the box. But if you step out of the vehicle onto the ground, they will become aware of you and you now are on today's menu. The best travel experiences of my life were the days I've been on safari. It's not cheap, but is most memorable. So...
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Re: How do you buy your travel?
I never trusted travel agents before the freedom of the internet gave us access to cost information, and I would need a great excuse to trust them now. Online travel purchasing gives us the freedom to have price information come directly to us, rather than to a middle man who may or may not have our best interests in mind. So flights I'll buy either through Expedia or from the airline directly (esp if they are having a "sale"). Rooms I almost get through booking.com, my favorite site because...
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Re: How do you buy your travel?
Hi HistoryDigger, Priceline has competitive car rental prices, so I'd definitely check them out. I also just discovered that the Costco travel page can have some great car rental prices. Last car I rented was with them and it beat the OTA prices considerably. So I'll check them in the future if you're a Costco member.
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Re: How do you buy your travel?
Few more thoughts, following HistoryDigger and DrFumblefinger... 1. Definitely check all your affiliations on car rental; after years of getting better price through AAA than any other way I knew, I recently found that going to the same vendors through USAA (my car insurance) gets me even better. 2. Not only does Priceline have good pricing on cars, I've often found I can get 30-40% lower through their blind-bidding (Name Your Own Price) service. 3. RailEurope is something of a red flag for...
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 13, 2015: South of Naples
Sounds like a wonderful way to end a jaunt around Italy. So how did you travel through Italy? By train or car?
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Re: Spotted on the Road, Apple Valley MN: 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air
A great story, a beautiful car, and great photos. Thanks for sharing, Ottoman!
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Re: Tilt! Retro railroad offers retro pinball car
Now that's definitely a train car I'd like to visit!
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #153?
The turntable in the first photo says San Francisco Cable Car. But the surrounding houses say no, Wells Fargo says its time to move on.
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Re: Images of Yorkshire
Hi Paul. Did you plan to catch those photos at the right time - or was it a spur of the moment "stop the car" ? Either way they are amazing pictures !
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Re: Iiyama: Hometown Japan
Great to hear! Iiyama is a fantastic place to visit. I'm sure you'll love it.
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Re: Those famous Cuban cars, behind the scenes...
Wonderful collection Paul. This collection is not to be confused with the Saturday Night Cruisers you see in Florida and other memorabilia shows. But a testament to the ingenuity of Cuban car collectors. The prices of these dinosaurs was in thousands of dollars each. And a will to keep them going forever.
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Re: Classic American Cars #1
Cubans are famous for "customizing" their cars and making little (sometimes major) changes to them, for reasons not obviously apparent to us but which would have made great sense to them when they did it. But I'm sure as a car guy you are very familiar with this. It's only easy if you know the answer, Dave B. Thanks for your help in figuring out what it is. And thanks for sharing thes beautiful car photos, GarryRF. I could look at these great machines all day long.
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Re: Classic American Cars #1
That Bel Air is nice but show me a car with Dagmars. You can't go wrong with Dagmars/
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Re: Classic American Cars #1
Garry I for one love seeing all the American Cars in Cuba and I know you have a lot that will really be hard to identify. Glad we have car expert members on here!
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Re: Classic American Cars #1
Haven't heard them called that in YEARS! Originally Posted by Waterloo: That Bel Air is nice but show me a car with Dagmars. You can't go wrong with Dagmars/
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Re: Classic American Cars #1
Originally Posted by GarryRF: OK - still confused - what is or are Dagmars ? It appears that Dagmars are the equivalent of car bumper nipples.