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Pre-LMC trip to the Swiss Alps

Hello PI Forum readers. Been a while since I've been here, still of the opinion that a few people ruin this forum with their aimless banter, but I still think I have great friends/contributors in here, so I'll post about my trip here as well

This is my diary of my Pre-LMC trip. Charlie’s LMC trip starts on Sunday, far away from Denmark, so a lot of driving to do. So, just like last time, I take the opportunity to drive a little earlier and have my wife fly down on Sunday, so I can go crazy driving, and she can avoid some of the many kms. And it improves my chance of winning the coveted Long distance award, the most important one IMHO

First I should explain, unlike most participants, I’m not driving a Pantera, I’m driving my Longchamp. Why? There will be a few instances where I’d prefer the Pantera and its 600HP, but the Longchamp with stroker and space and automatic, it’s just the better GT “built to cross the continent in style, speed and luxury”. Indeed.

Those that read the diary last year on PI Forum (Time Traveller) will know that I had planned on the way home from Italy to drive through 6 pass’es in the Alps. I only managed 2, then I had a whining noise from my power steering and the fluid was extremely hot. That, and the weather (snow) made me decide to give up after the two passes. Having a total failure on a mountain side 1300 km from home wasn’t too tempting. So result: Mikael 2 – Alps 4. I need a rematch, to quote your royalty: “I’ll be back”. Well, this winter I installed a power steering cooler. Quite impressive looking through the grille, the radiator, then the A/C condenser, then the autotrans cooler, and besides it the power steering cooler. It looks the business. You can spot most of it in this picture

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