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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: cruisetopoland on 22 December 2009, 10:16:31
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Well we are now in Lodz, Poland and the Omega has been faultless across 980 miles in heavy snow, black ice and -17 degrees.
Only problem was Morrisons screenwash freezing solid even though rated -30 and used neat.
Spent 87EUR in German service station on fuel, screenwash and coffees then they refused us hot water and charged my wife 1EUR for a cup of hot water-same as coffee. I went in and explained in German and they refused again, so I just fetched the watering car and used a cup to fill it with hot water in the toilets. I then had a full on fight with the attendant who tried to take the can off me-NO chance of that. My 58" chest and 24 stone soon flattened the tw#t. Needless to say, I got my hot water and sorted the screenwash.
All is well. I had typed a longer story but Polish pc crashed-will update soon.
Keep safe!
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well done that man, all your preperation paid off for you. have a good time & keep safe :y
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Well done sir, all that time you spent fixing and servicing things has been worth it. Th attitude of the service station seems a bit grabbing, makes UK stations look quite good.
Ken
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Well done mate. Wish we were in Lodz too, sister in law is over there visiting the family.
Have a great time and Merry Christmas
:)
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Well done mate. Wish we were in Lodz too, sister in law is over there visiting the family.
Have a great time and Merry Christmas
:)
Cheers Martyn
A pleasant day here, with snow in Rajdowa. Just been to Carrefour to finally see the live carp in the paddling pool with the huge queue to buy them ready to put in the bath for a few days ready to eat at Christmas.
When my wife first told me about this I thought she was joking..
I was impressed by the Omega starting in Berlin in -13 with a 4" covering of snow-we had a day off there and it was left in an exposed spot for 36 hours and no problems :y
Have a great time-at least you have turkey ;D
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Well done sir, all that time you spent fixing and servicing things has been worth it. Th attitude of the service station seems a bit grabbing, makes UK stations look quite good.
Ken
At first I was surprised, then angry at the 1EUR for a cup of water after spending 87EUR, then raging at their attitude so the guy got his comeuppance when he tried to grab the can off me and got flattened. Still, got it fixed.
Danke fur nicht, du scheisse!
Unbelievable-would not happen in UK :o
If anyones was interested it was the last Shell station before the Polish border on the Berlin-Poznan road.
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Glad the trip went well
Report the idiot when you get home, write to Shell Germany head office
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Glad the trip went well
Report the thingy when you get home, write to Shell Germany head office
Yeah, will do-we had an 18mth old child in the car and the conditions were atrocious, so not giving us a little hot water to enable us to see was unforgivable-especially as we had spent 87EUR, explained the situation and bought their 18EUR best screenwash too.
Ridiculous and dangerous-we will send a starchy letter to Shell Germany on our return. Unforgivable :(
In the meantime, we will boycott Shell.
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Glad everything going well.
Sounds like you've been through worse weather than we seem able to cope with here.
Merry Christmas ;)
Mick
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Glad everything going well.
Sounds like you've been through worse weather than we seem able to cope with here.
Merry Christmas ;)
Mick
Mmmmmm. Opposite ends of the scale-England often goes into a spin at the first snowfall, Germans still do 140mph on the 'bahns in -17. Not sure which is better....
Saying that though, we had a clear run through the snow to Harwich last Friday with a truly massive number of people clearing and policing the roads-hugely impressive.
Well done Highways Agency and Police :y
Happy Christmas ;)
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Not impressed with the german hospitality...or lack of it. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
It's BP here that I won't use after being informed by one that it's against company policy to provide toilet facilities for customers.
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Glad the trip went well
Report the thingy when you get home, write to Shell Germany head office
Yeah, will do-we had an 18mth old child in the car and the conditions were atrocious, so not giving us a little hot water to enable us to see was unforgivable-especially as we had spent 87EUR, explained the situation and bought their 18EUR best screenwash too.
Ridiculous and dangerous-we will send a starchy letter to Shell Germany on our return. Unforgivable :(
In the meantime, we will boycott Shell.
Das ist sehr teuer, schlecht und traurig. >:(
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Glad the trip went well
Report the thingy when you get home, write to Shell Germany head office
Yeah, will do-we had an 18mth old child in the car and the conditions were atrocious, so not giving us a little hot water to enable us to see was unforgivable-especially as we had spent 87EUR, explained the situation and bought their 18EUR best screenwash too.
Ridiculous and dangerous-we will send a starchy letter to Shell Germany on our return. Unforgivable :(
In the meantime, we will boycott Shell.
Das ist sehr teuer, schlecht und traurig. >:(
Richtig. Schrecklich :o
In English;
That is very expensive, awful and sad.
Correct. Shocking :o
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Afraid my German is very very rusty. Basically I've never really used it since 1992. Did you learn your German in the UK or Poland?
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well done :y marry christmas :)( Wesloych Swiat) ;D
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Afraid my German is very very rusty. Basically I've never really used it since 1992. Did you learn your German in the UK or Poland?
Our school taught it instead of French-so I did a year of it before changing to another school where they only did French. I find German logical to understand and often quite similar to English, but do not know much-only tiny bits-the rest comes from translator pages I'm afraid.
I have been trying to learn Polish for ages, which is very hard compared to German.
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well done :y marry christmas :)( Wesloych Swiat) ;D
Dziekuje, Serek- a ty tez :y
Happy Christmas from Poland :)
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You should try to learn Croatian ;D
People living here for 10 years still cant get it right ::)
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Well done on completing your journey mate, wouldn't like to do that with my family in the car in such atrocious conditions! Merry Christmas - I hope the journey back is tosser-free ;D
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Glad you made it, and idiot aside, had a decent trip :y
Here was me thinking it was only the British service industries would be so petty!
All that time on the car has paid off :y
Happy Christmas! ::)
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Well we are now in Lodz, Poland and the Omega has been faultless across 980 miles in heavy snow, black ice and -17 degrees.
Only problem was Morrisons screenwash freezing solid even though rated -30 and used neat.
Spent 87EUR in German service station on fuel, screenwash and coffees then they refused us hot water and charged my wife 1EUR for a cup of hot water-same as coffee. I went in and explained in German and they refused again, so I just fetched the watering car and used a cup to fill it with hot water in the toilets. I then had a full on fight with the attendant who tried to take the can off me-NO chance of that. My 58" chest and 24 stone soon flattened the tw#t. Needless to say, I got my hot water and sorted the screenwash.
All is well. I had typed a longer story but Polish pc crashed-will update soon.
Keep safe!
they still cant get over the war can they
Fett mürrisch Bastarde ;D
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Cheers for all the comments folks.
It was a very challenging trip due to the atrocious -17 blizzard conditions, but unbelievably, there is snow at home now and it is a very mild 11 degrees here in Poland!!
Very pleased with the way the Omega handled it all effortlessly-it makes sense on this kind of run :y
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Glad it all went well G :y I look forward to seeing you, the family and Trigger's broom back in blighty :y ;D
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Glad it all went well G :y I look forward to seeing you, the family and Trigger's broom back in blighty :y ;D
Cheers, Lee ;D