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Replying to: bsk (Jul 21, 2004 7:30 pm) It was a pleasure to get aquanted with you and your lovely wife. My family send our greeting to you too. We came back to US this Sunday, after 2620 miles, 7 countries and 21 days of driving. We have dropped our XC90 in Paris, it was mud-splattered most of the time too, but a huge rain on a way from Rome to Florence, a week before the end of the trip, made it a bit more presentable. I am going be short, as I am not ready for the long descriptive posting, partially still been overwhelmed by the trip, partially been tired writing, going through close to 200 e-mails at the office and at home. But, The Prague is awesome. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip (The second one was the "hiking haven" of Interlaken area in Switzerland). The car was great, the only comment would be the gas mileage. Just as I told in one of my posting in the past, you need to take it easy on the gas pedal, to get a decent gas mileage. I was tracking the daily average. At first it was about 16.5 MPG (with 75-80 MPH cruising speed). In a few days it has gotten better (up to 19.7). But on our last run to Paris, where we were in a hurry, and my wife and my older daughter cruising at or above 100 MPH, the mileage dropped to 14.5 MPG. I expect, that in Los Angeles, under the normal driving conditions I would have over 20 right from the start. Rather than that - the car was a pure joy. I have a couple of pictures for you. I will make it available shortly, as soon as I will sort them out. (We took over 1200 pictures between my daughters and me). P.S. I remember reading about a web site, where you can check whether your car is on a ship or not, but can not find that posting any more. Can somebody help me with that.
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Replying to: lev_berkovich (Jul 22, 2004 1:39 pm) I haven't posted details either, and we haven't developed our film yet. We got back on the 9th, and I'm still trying to catch up. We averaged 20.5 mpg for the trip, which was a mix of highway, city, and a bit of mild "off road". The link for tracking your vehicle is: http://www.2wglobal.com/www/WEP/index.jsp# Click on "Cargo Tracking", then "Auto", then enter your VIN. The site has had some problems lately, but when it is up and running you can check on the progress.
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Replying to: bsk (Jul 22, 2004 5:16 pm) My car at the port terminal, but will be loaded on a boat just on 7/25 with the estimated arrival to the West Coast on 8/26. So I am anticipating to pick it up from the dealer around Labor Day. This is a price you pay for living in So Cal. - Boats go here just once a month and it takes twice as longer for them to get here.
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Replying to: lev_berkovich (Jul 23, 2004 10:38 am) I had heard the Danes were laid back, but......
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Replying to: adp3 (Jul 26, 2004 10:37 am) |
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Lev: but not Volvo's fault - if the West Coast boat leaves at the end of the month, and I dropped it at the beginning....... frankly, this would be no big deal if my other car hadn't died
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Replying to: adp3 (Jul 26, 2004 5:15 pm) I hope it will be loaded to the same boat as mine. Does the link, provided by Brian (bsk) show your car been at the port terminal? |
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no, the link does not show any info re my car. I just talked with Volvo and they say the car will be ready for pickup at my local dealer by September 7 - which means it will be at Hueneme by September 2, which means it must be getting on the next boat. am not sure why my VIN does not work on that web site |
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Replying to: adp3 (Jul 27, 2004 11:39 am) |
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the west coast boat is every other week, so my car MUST be on the same boat as yours. of course, they could just be lying to me and Adners is driving my XC90 all over Europe until I scream louder  I am hoping 9/7 includes two weeks cushion time and that I see it earlier |
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