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uk_vette · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 13:12 Post subject: Bought me some 'Play" tyres

Hello,

I bought me 4 of these huge muds.
265 x 70 x R17 Mastercraft Courser, made by Cooper Tyres

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I think they are th best part of 32 inch overall diameter,
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I just need to get a spare set of 17 inch rims.

'vette

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Grimbo · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 13:29 Post subject:

vette , if thats you and they come up to your waist then they must be taller than 32" Laughing

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DaveN · ******* Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Sweden

Where did you get them from, and how much were they?

uk_vette · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 18:48 Post subject:

Hi Dave

http://www.silverlinewheels-tyres.com/4x4/wheelsandtyres.htm

91.00 UKP each

DaveN · ******* Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Sweden

Thanks mate. How do you get them to Norway? I've been trying to find a cheap tyre place up in our neck of the woods.

uk_vette · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 20:11 Post subject:

DaveN · ******* Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Sweden

Ah, I see now. I had a problem getting rims for my 80 here. In the end I just went to the local dealer and got a set of genuine steels. I think they were £80 each - but they're the right size/offset/centre hole size/use same wheel nuts etc, and didn't turn to rust at the first sight of salt. It might be your easiest and best option.

Which way do you drive to england? I usually drive across the oresund, ferry to puttgarden, straight down to the channel tunnel, and back to lovely england. But I do take the dogs, so that rules out most of the ferries, and I lived in the south of england. From my house here it's exactly 1000 miles, and takes 22 hours door to door, including dog poo breaks.

uk_vette · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 20:33 Post subject:

Hi Dave,

Drive Oslo to Larvik
Ferry to Hirtshals
Drive to Hirtshals to Esbjerg
Ferry to Harwich
Drive Harwich to Manchester

'vette

grenade · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:27 Post subject:

Have any of you heard if the Stavanger route will reopen? Is there any ferry alternative to the Harwich - Denmark - Norway route for getting to Norway's west coast?
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uk_vette · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 17:02 Post subject:

uk_vette · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 17:03 Post subject:

uk_vette · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 17:04 Post subject:

I see the 'double post' gremlins are back !!!

grenade · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 19:50 Post subject:

Cheers Vette,

We're heading for Stoord, near Stavanger in the summer. I'm looking forward to the driving in Skandinavia but there's nothing in between I want to see...

/rob
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4runner · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 21:06 Post subject:

real pain that ferry route being axed, we used DFDS to get from Newcastle to Bergen,
then drove upto Trondheim, then spent 10 days driving around the fjords and back down to Geilo, some good mtb biking there
did some fishing for Oret? trout, but had no luck

there was talk of opening a Rosyth > Kristiansund route, but mainly for freight intially
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