UK dealer hits hard times....

[toolfest.co.uk]

Good Afternoon

So with it harder to make a living from selling Festool, the VW Transporter is staying at home and this is my current New Old transport. Still easily carries a Protool Systainer workbox though!

Just for fun

Warren

 

[Sean7a]

Yeah Warren!  That's travelling right there.  Have more photos of it?

 

[sancho57]

Hey warren, did that Harley  come with a systainer

 

[toolfest.co.uk]

Hey warren, did that Harley  come with a systainer

Harley I ask you! Who wants to ride a Harley when you can travel at 50mph on a 50 year old Italian ladies shopping moped. 

I should say I need the Systainer because the glovebox is full of tools for roadside repairs though.  [embarassed]

 

[toolfest.co.uk]

Yeah Warren!  That's travelling right there.  Have more photos of it?

Hey Sean, more pics for you:

Taken outside work while computers do back-up...

Somewhere in Switzerland last summer...

Camping in Davos, not quite the luxury our world leaders have been experiencing this last week...

Although it wasn't campsites all the way....

Check out the weird bikes overtaking me in one of the countless Swiss tunnels....

Bikes from Mars?

Best regards

Warren

 

[Sean7a]

Ah, so cool.  Thanks for taking the time to share.  You seem like a man who knows how to live!  I love it.  So is this the sole form of transportation?  Use it here n now for fun trips?

I've spent a lot of time in Lugano.  Those photos are miraculous and really bring me back.  That landscape was something else.

 

[toolfest.co.uk]

Thanks Sean. I have a couple of scooters but this is my fave ride at the moment. I generally commute on it but have a fairly new 180bhp VW Transporter for bad weather days.

I only started doing trips last year, Davos being the furthest. I now have the bug for them and am planning to go to Austria this summer. Gives me a fresh perspective you might say?!

W

 

[Bigchasbroon]

Some nice runs down your way too Warren. I spent a month fitting out an Edinburgh Woolen mill in Cheddar some years ago. I always had bikes when I was younger but 5 kids and a nasty festool habit stopped that but maybe one day...

 

[Stone Message]

Well Warren - you are a dark horse - excellent.

My only scooter experience was in Belgium. I bought a brand new Piaggio which said, on the speedo, that it would do 140 kmh. When I found that it struggled above 35 I told the dealer that either he sorted it out or I wanted my money back. He said come back in 3 days. When I got it back I could do over 120 kmh on the flat. When I took it back for its first (free) service I discovered that the shop owner had been a mechanic on the Piaggio race team !

Please drive carefully.

Peter

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[Phil Beckley]

Hey Warren
And the Transporter......... [cool]

 

[toolfest.co.uk]

Some nice runs down your way too Warren. I spent a month fitting out an Edinburgh Woolen mill in Cheddar some years ago. I always had bikes when I was younger but 5 kids and a nasty festool habit stopped that but maybe one day...

Yes, some nice roads and only an hour from the coast. I was bitten by the bug at 16 when I got my first scooter and although had a lengthy gap am very happy to be back on two wheels.

Well Warren - you are a dark horse - excellent.

My only scooter experience was in Belgium. I bought a brand new Piaggio which said, on the speedo, that it would do 140 kmh. When I found that it struggled above 35 I told the dealer that either he sorted it out or I wanted my money back. He said come back in 3 days. When I got it back I could do over 120 kmh on the flat. When I took it back for its first (free) service I discovered that the shop owner had been a mechanic on the Piaggio race team !

Please drive carefully.

Peter

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Peter, there are some amazing things you can do with a scooter now, anything up to 50bhp if you are brave enough!

What I wouldn't give to do something like that.

Cochese, do it, or something like it. Travelling hundreds of miles by road mostly on my own has been scary, but very exciting too. You meet the friendliest of people. Even riding down from Davos, the highest town in Europe, in pouring rain fully loaded and soaked through, I could find positives, an experience never to forget.

Hey Warren
And the Transporter......... [cool]

Got to have a Transporter Phil, my first four wheeled vehicle was a 1974 Kombi van that had no reverse gear and endless rust but it sowed the seed that I'd always want another one day.

 

[EV]

Hey warren, did that Harley  come with a systainer

Harley I ask you! Who wants to ride a Harley when you can travel at 50mph on a 50 year old Italian ladies shopping moped. 

I should say I need the Systainer because the glovebox is full of tools for roadside repairs though.  [embarassed]

Well one needs them if one owns a Lambretta  [big grin] [tongue] No offence please. Apologies if I have offended you warren.

I own Vespa GTS myself. It is lovely to ride when weather warms up.

 

[EV]

I have a couple of scooters but this is my fave ride at the moment. I generally commute on it but have a fairly new 180bhp VW Transporter for bad weather days.

I envy you. I'd love to have a T5 Transporter. It's a VW thing for a VW guy.

Regards

EV

 

[EV]

Hey Warren
And the Transporter......... [cool]

Great minds think alike. I love transporters. Just so blinking expensive even a 8 year old..... [sad]

Regards

EV

 

[EV]

Yeah Warren!  That's travelling right there.  Have more photos of it?

Hey Sean, more pics for you:

Taken outside work while computers do back-up...

Somewhere in Switzerland last summer...

Camping in Davos, not quite the luxury our world leaders have been experiencing this last week...

Although it wasn't campsites all the way....

Check out the weird bikes overtaking me in one of the countless Swiss tunnels....

Bikes from Mars?

Best regards

Warren

I drove my 1997 Modified VW Polo to Italy last year. It was good 2600 mile round trip full of fun. Route took myself and finance  via France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany (right past Wendligen), Austria (loved it), Italy, Switzerland (Best roads in the world), France and back to England.

Crossing lake Garda on the ferry

 

[EV]

Good Afternoon

So with it harder to make a living from selling Festool, the VW Transporter is staying at home and this is my current New Old transport. Still easily carries a Protool Systainer workbox though!

Just for fun

Warren

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[Phil Beckley]

Hi
If anyone is near Stuttgart and has an intrest in classic vehicles visit this place.
http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/en/a-meilenwerk
You can take a look around at your leisure and includes Motorbikes, Classic vans, German, British and of course Italian classics!!
rg
Phil

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[EV]

Hi
If anyone is near Stuttgart and has an intrest in classic vehicles visit this place.
http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/en/a-meilenwerk
You can take a look around at your leisure and includes Motorbikes, Classic vans, German, British and of course Italian classics!!
rg
Phil

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Like it Phil.

Thank you

Regards

EV

 

[VW mick]

Nice early bay window

If you guys like vw.s and scooters you got to like this

 

[Davej]

Nice early bay window

If you guys like vw.s and scooters you got to like this

Raleigh chopper . halcyon days  [smile]