Another opportunity to put miles on the Clio, it's been 3 years since my last visit to the Netherlands to see good friend Arthur of Dekker Tuning. If anyone remembers the last time I went it was under more unfortunate circumstances, a fire breaking out in the next unit also took his unit out with extensive water damage from the units putting the blaze out.
A lot has happened in that time so a perfect time to pay him and his wife a visit for a decent catch-up with a few beers thrown in. But before that the Clio needed a new front wheel bearing replaced, I noticed a slight grumbly noise, had it checked by good ol' Ed of ELF Automotive to confirm then booked it in the week before the drive to the Netherlands.
OE wheel bearing
All aboard!
Friday evening beach bar beers!
Arthur was working Saturday so we went in his M3, Jeeeeez! It's quick, I think he said it's around 500hp. He had a chap turning up in a Meg 280 booked in for a sports exhaust and a map so I spent the day chatting to him while Arthur was working on the car.
Saturday night we went out for a meal then I headed home on the Sunday. Clio again was spot on, Dutch fuel was expensive! So I stopped off in Belgium there and back to top up where it's 1.70 euros a litre for V Power. The Netherlands was like 2.30-40 euros a litre!
So a decent weekend away
700 miles
40 MPG
