Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...

[rob hod]

    Yeah I think this is all fantastic stuff. There must be a quite a few
listers who love keeping the 'ole type 44 going and give it a pat on the
dash and say 'well done old horse' when it gets you home after another long
trip in comfort (Or is it really just me). And some would say we must have
the adventurer spirit well alive to set off in the first place. With
constant repairs and/or long walks home keeping old cars going is not a
lifestyle for the couch potato, either way you look at it.

    Maybe we need a registry enhancement to hold listers
scariest/longest/funniest Audi trip.

    Cheers

rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Livolsi, Stephane <Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com>
To: rob hod <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: Audi Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 3:56 PM
Subject: RE: Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...


> My rescue ride seemed to take it all well (it was a 12 hour round trip
drive
> for him) and he is doing it again tomorrow (Saturday) to take me back
there
> and fix the car.  (I'll let him post his own opinions) Personally, and I
> have been told this by others, I am an "adventurer" and stuff like this
only
> serves to enrich my life through experience.  As much as I appreciate a
> trouble free long distance trip, I can feel the adrenaline start to flow
> when something goes wrong.  Cheaper than drugs!
>
> In one sense though, I was very lucky.  I don't want to give the
impression
> that we are all back country folks here, but the geography of the Bella
> Coola area is quite unique.  Bella Coola itself is on the west coast of BC
> and typically rainy.  Winter temps hover around freezing for the most
part.
> This is where I broke down.  If I had made it another 30 kms or so, I
would
> have climbed the 18% grade mountain out of the valley and been in about
3-4
> feet of snow and -10 C temps.  The cost for the tow ride probably would
have
> tripled as well.
>
> Take care
>
> Stephane
>
> > ----------
> > From: rob hod[SMTP:rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk]
> > Sent: February 14, 2002 2:51 PM
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...
> >
> >     Hey Stephane,
> >
> >     Maybe It's cause I read 'Call of the Wild' recently, but a rescue
> > mission to the frozen north sounds almost glamorous to me. If a little
> > cold.
> > Be sure to treat the huskies right. Good Luck. Have fun.
> >
> >
> > rob
> >
>