*As a Dutchman myself I find it very amusing and exciting that you are here!* We've got a lot of car enthusiasts over here, especially classic cars are quite popular so I hope that you are enjoying yourself and don't be scared to start a conversation with someone. _We all speak the universal language of cars..._
It is nice to see you in the Netherlands, where I live, hope you will enjoy the days in our country, i have been to the U.K.before and loved it ( exploring it for a bit on a 3 week vacation) , hope you will have a safe trip to Croatia , and keep them videos coming !!
Ian, Mr Hub Nut, thank you so much for sharing your epic adventures with us. Brought back memories of the last time I ferried from Harwich with my late Father on his Ford Sierra GL. I am eagerly awaiting the next video already. You cheer up my evenings as I watch your antics. Safe trip! #2CVtoCroatia
Hypercars and lap times have never really done it for me. I've always believed that true car people care more about embracing flaws rather than brandishing perfection. If you can't smile at Elly, you're probably not a car person.
The look of relief in your face that this week's troubles are behind you is there for all to see.....the start to a great adventure, hope you enjoy every minute of it 👍
Dear Mr Hubnut, you are so right in many, if not all, ways! I have started to view this video on the suspission that I would fast forward the non interesting parts. But I have seen it and even rewinded a few segments. You really capture the moment! There are also good comments worth reading and that also mean that you inspire people. Thank you very much indeed, looking forward to know that everything is in good order, please be safe! Cheers
Another great video. What’s even more impressive is that it’s about a car I’ve never liked at all but I’ve really enjoyed watching it and learning about the mechanics of the 2cv.
I tend to think that the ferry is the only way to travel to the contient - there's something emotional about undocking and seeing the coast recede, and the same with arrival. A train in a drain doesn't have the same romance. As an aside, i find the internal floors on them VERY slippery - i'm always on a bike, but gloss painted steel affords not enough traction IMO - or maybe I'm just a worrier. Bon voyage!
Totally agree about ferries, a timeless way to travel. Unlike commercial aircraft, which are a variety of legalised abuse. Anyway, Harwich for the Continent! (Frinton for the incontinent).
Yep it's the only way. Stood on deck, what ever the weather, looking back over the ferry seeing the wash from the engines. Not forgetting the "Auf wiedersehn pet" photo hoping your car will start once you get to France
Great start to the adventure Ian. The footage of you embarking and disembarking the ferry had me feeling very nostalgic for the holidays we took many years ago to the continent. So looking forward to your forthcoming dispatches.
Loved the Dacia Bucharest series. Keep it up. Went to Slovenia (then Yugoslavia) in 1984, Postojna Caves was a good stop-off (and nice and cool as it was baking up above)
Good luck from a Mr Stuart Hall !!! ...fingers crossed trip more Wilmslow Alabama "it's a knockout" than Wilmslow Cheshire UK "throw away the key lockup"....
At long last I took a drive to mid-Wales on Sunday and I am glad I did. You must be the luckiest man alive living around there, I was loving it in my Yaris
Hi Ian saw you and Ellie last Thursday on the a14 going east I was travelling west from the m11 can’t miss a 2cv good luck after all the repairs enjoy and keep blogging 👍🙏👌
That looks like a pretty easy car to work on. It reminds me of back in the day when I took a Fiat 126 to the South of France and got back within 100 miles of home when the fan and casing broke up. I got towed home, which wasn't fun. Good luck with the trip!
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, Ian! Thanks for taking us along. Living in the USA, I’ll probably never take a Channel ferry, so that part was pretty exciting. Very best wishes to you and Elly for a safe journey!
Lots of tinkering lot of driving, but well worth it, I think. It seemed like a journey on its own, just getting on and off the ferry, and the streetlights as you came out on to the main road were really nice, some thought in there design. The show videos sound like their going to be good, can't wait. Well done on the busy busy busy first part of your adventure.
Just watched this again. Love how the first thing you put in the boot was a spare engine fan. (10.15) missed this first time. Classic car road trip knowledge Ian. 👍
About the pinking - did you try a _Colortune_ plug, Ian? Had mine 45 years. If anyone doesn't know, you swap one normal spark plug for a clear-glass-top plug, attach the periscope tube and HT cable then peer down into the cylinder, looking for blueish explosions on tickover. An orange flame can mean over-lean mixture or, on cracking open the throttle, a duff acceleration pump... etc., and you can tweak timing and carb variables as need be. _Fun times!_
Nice start to the voyage, pigeons in the way notwithstanding! Looked like lovely weather in Wales! The ferry trip made me (again) nostalgic for the one (major) part of Seattle/Pacific Northwest I miss: The ferries. Being able to walk aboard one on the Seattle waterfront on a Summer evening, cross the Sound, and return to see the city all lit up...I will watch your further episodes of this odyssey, and hope it is going well! Enjoyed the road test of the little Datsun as well!
ohh the excitment of a ferry ride leading to adventure! Makes me want to jump in my Motorhome and see where the open road leads! Safe travels, Elly is awesome! Reminds me of a roadtrip I took with my brother and x3 friends in my Citreon Saxo Open Scandal (Seb) and my brothers Fiat Seicento (Stephy) to Luxemburg, Davos, Austria and Germany in 2008!
I found your channel about Christmas time 2018 and Ive been playing catch up ever since,I just love your so laid back way of doing things ,and nothing seems to phase you to much,looking forward to the next installment and BTW the new haircut suits you so much better hope you and Elle have a great time and slow down and stay safe
I Still chuckle when you say Elly is driving herself. An podcast with you Ian would be astonishingly fun I wish I had an older car to have a hoon in and let it see some wonderful places. I’m jealous on Elly 🇳🇴😂😜
Well done so far, going to be a great holiday...it's the sort of holiday that anyone getting the chance would go on, so 👍 to you....have fun and get lots of filming done for us to see
Only on Hub-Nut would the first thing to pack in the back, an extra fan! The first thing, not a spare battery or oil or whatever a spare fan. Only on Hub-Nut, brilliant. Hope the trip is going well.
And so the great adventure begins, an adventure of truly 'Epic' proportions....comparable to Hillary and Tenzing conquering of Everest...to man's first steps on the moon...To the wright brothers first powered flight at kitty-hawk.... The one and only incomparable 'HubNut's attempt to traverse half way across Europe in a much loved and Meticulously maintained, (well Sort of), Citroen 2CV affectionately named 'Elly' ...What could possibly go wrong?
I was brought up and educated about the 'moon landing' but in the past 4/5 years I've seen a lot of information and evidence to say that man has never stepped foot on the moon so I now have an open opinion as to whether it was a hoax or not a bit like man made global warming.
I often have to go down to Harwich to drop an empty trailer on the dock, then await a loaded one full of flowers to come off that very boat, then bring it back to Spalding.
Good road mr hubnut sir. quite the adventure you have started. I was watching thinking I should get on the road and cross the channel to Europe but then I remembered I live there having escaped in a LT35 i purchased for 350 quid on ebay sight unseen ten years ago. still be nice to have a car again.
Wonderful relaxed vibe on this video. In stark contrast to the bits all over the garage floor stuff. Your enthusiasm is contagious Ian! Wait a minute, I’m getting a vision of you in a far off land meeting the new Mrs Hubnut!
Can't say the T-Roc surprises me all that much - the place where I learned to drive switched from Ford Focus to Alfa Spiders around 2008 and I'm fairly sure there's a place in Vienna that offers learning to drive in a Porsche. All my younger brothers learned to drive in those Alfas and passionately hated the clutch!
Safe journey! Brave to take this up in just the 2CV. The arrival makes me nostalgic for the 3-month backpacking trip I did last year (although without a car) - it brings back this odd mixed feeling of excitement, anticipation and slight worry of what-in-heaven's-name-am-I-*doing?!* Wish you all the fun and prepare to be amazed!
"There's something about driving a car where cars don't normally go." Absolutely true! A few years ago I had the opportunity to hoon my '97 Mustang GT convertible down an airport runway, hitting about 100 MPH and it was an absolute blast. I trust that's a proper use of the word hoon? :) Love the vids! Love Elly! Love George! Glad he's being well looked after in your absence. :)
Il be keeping that wheel alignment hack tucked away in the old head shed for future reference! Great idea for tight squeeze to get you in the ball park!
The most excellent adventure begins. Thanks for sharing. Incidentally, I was in Harwich docks just the day before you to inspect offshore wind farm components which was not as exciting as catching a ferry to abroad! Hey-Ho.
Have fun Ian. Driving on ferries, used to do that regularly taking recon engines to a motoring shop in Hull in the early 70s. Before the Humber Bridge of course. They were a bit smaller than your ship lol.
Thanks for the update Ian, look forward to seeing more videos of your trip to Croatia as and when you have the time and indeed the energy to upload.Hope you had a good rest after the hectic events of the past week or so.
The big adventure begins. You leave the UK by passing through my old stomping ground. I spent the last ten years of my life before leaving England in Cambridgeshire. Before that, I lived between Colchester and Harwich. In fact, as you drove along the A120 you would have passed my last Essex home by about a mile. I'm sure you will be amazed by those facts! Or not. Have a great time. Looking forward to seeing you future exploits. 😎👍☕
Good start to the trip, driven over to holiday in Holland several times and love the place. Eagerly awaiting the the next few weeks on this road trip! Bon Voyage!
Welcome to the Netherlands Ian and Elly, unfortunately I could not go to Gemert, but I can do the 14th in Eindhoven. Enjoy your vacation and discovering the Netherlands for the coming days.
I was wondering how you were getting on! Now I know! That was a fantastic (and slightly rocky) start to what must be a very exciting trip. I guess a few hiccups are inevitable after such invasive tinkering...... Anyhow, I’m pleased you made it safely to Holland and I impatiently await more videos of your adventures and progress! Stay safe and thanks for sharing!👍😃
Hi Ian, keep an eye out for shops called ‘Ipso wash’, they are coin launderettes! Usually situated on side roads out of town and city centres. If you need to find one, drop me a line and I’ll find you the nearest! Happy driving.
A Brand New Nut on the track rod! WOW! No expense spared, I am impressed. If it were a Skoda we could have said that old joke that the new nut had doubled the value of the car. But I have just been looking at the prices of 2CVs so I won't. Gulp.
This was a really enjoyable video it's nice to see you and elly enjoying your holiday, wishing you safe travels and hope elly keeps plodding along nicely.
Heroic start. It would be useful to those of us even less mechanically gifted to have a wish list of bits to take on a road trip. Including tools. Mine is a nuts and bolts rebuild with a mate who had never done it before and later confessed he didnt like Frog cars. He may have missed a lot of tricks and I am hoping to drive back to UK from SW Algarve.
2CV trip action. Looking at images from Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend I noticed a grey and black 2CV hooning up the hill obviously the driver had watched your 2CV hooning videos
Hi Ian , My family and i wish you and your fellow explorers all the very best on this exiting and challenging adventure . Please stay safe , enjoy yourselves and i look forward to seeing some epic footage and also minuscule hiccups if any .
When I was at the Conservatoire Citroën a few days ago they were busy preparing cars for the event at La Ferté-Vidame. Apparently they're shutting the Conservatoire for a few days as so many of its cars will be there! I might treat myself to the new breed of rose called 'Passion Citroën" in due course :)
This is an amazing adventure. I have never traveled to another country. Probably never will. I hope your trip goes fabulously, especially after the trials you went through to get this far.
I'm close to retiring now. We thought about traveling around the U.S. first. Never really done much of that either. Overseas travel seems a bit scary right now with all the unrest everywhere though perhaps Holland or Switzerland might be good places to go. Then there is the money part. That too is an issue.
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*As a Dutchman myself I find it very amusing and exciting that you are here!* We've got a lot of car enthusiasts over here, especially classic cars are quite popular so I hope that you are enjoying yourself and don't be scared to start a conversation with someone. _We all speak the universal language of cars..._
'Out of the way pigeon, I'm on holiday!' This made me laugh out loud, I love this channel. Good luck Ian and Ellie.
"Don't drive hard on roads you don't know" a mantra to live by and keep living 👍🏻
Thank you for this 40 minutes of absolute entertainment. Good luck driving in the continent!
Safe journey Ian and thanks for sharing your adventures 😉
Well folks, it's official - we now have a loose Hub Nut !
Oh, and I must also say, fantastic vlogging. It is genuinely very interesting to see what you get up to on these trips. Can't wait for the next one!
You're making me want a 2CV even more! Enjoyed this one a lot. Good luck with the rest of the trip. Hope Elly behaves herself. (I'm sure she will!)
It is nice to see you in the Netherlands, where I live, hope you will enjoy the days in our country, i have been to the U.K.before and loved it ( exploring it for a bit on a 3 week vacation) , hope you will have a safe trip to Croatia , and keep them videos coming !!
die komt, o.a. van een Talbot Solara.
Are you sure you are not Danish?
@@Runeakb why do you ask a random internet person if he has doubts about his country of origin, why would anyone not know his country of habitat...
@@ClaudeSac because his name Jan Hansen is as Danish as it gets, so I was trying to make a joke :-)
@@Runeakb ah, I see. The name is also quite Dutch, that's why I wondered.
Ian, Mr Hub Nut, thank you so much for sharing your epic adventures with us. Brought back memories of the last time I ferried from Harwich with my late Father on his Ford Sierra GL. I am eagerly awaiting the next video already. You cheer up my evenings as I watch your antics. Safe trip! #2CVtoCroatia
Hypercars and lap times have never really done it for me. I've always believed that true car people care more about embracing flaws rather than brandishing perfection. If you can't smile at Elly, you're probably not a car person.
In 1900 Elly was a hypercar, just saying 😜👍
'Things going horribly wrong' are simply events that keep many of us watching. Hope you have a great time!
I've wondering about all these repairs, would it be cheaper to lease a new Tesla?
The look of relief in your face that this week's troubles are behind you is there for all to see.....the start to a great adventure, hope you enjoy every minute of it 👍
Dear Mr Hubnut, you are so right in many, if not all, ways! I have started to view this video on the suspission that I would fast forward the non interesting parts. But I have seen it and even rewinded a few segments. You really capture the moment! There are also good comments worth reading and that also mean that you inspire people. Thank you very much indeed, looking forward to know that everything is in good order, please be safe! Cheers
Thoroughly enjoyed watching every minute of this film. Brilliant. 1st time in the Netherlands for me too. :-) Stay Safe!
Another great video. What’s even more impressive is that it’s about a car I’ve never liked at all but I’ve really enjoyed watching it and learning about the mechanics of the 2cv.
I tend to think that the ferry is the only way to travel to the contient - there's something emotional about undocking and seeing the coast recede, and the same with arrival. A train in a drain doesn't have the same romance.
As an aside, i find the internal floors on them VERY slippery - i'm always on a bike, but gloss painted steel affords not enough traction IMO - or maybe I'm just a worrier. Bon voyage!
Totally agree about ferries, a timeless way to travel. Unlike commercial aircraft, which are a variety of legalised abuse. Anyway, Harwich for the Continent! (Frinton for the incontinent).
Yep it's the only way. Stood on deck, what ever the weather, looking back over the ferry seeing the wash from the engines. Not forgetting the "Auf wiedersehn pet" photo hoping your car will start once you get to France
The train is good for a Brief Encounter
@@repairupdaterepeat5815 I didn't know that if you stood on the engines you could see the wash even if you didn't sail from King's Lynn.
The Choo Choo is a hell of a lot quicker and less hassle tho,just depends what you fancy.
Great start to the adventure Ian. The footage of you embarking and disembarking the ferry had me feeling very nostalgic for the holidays we took many years ago to the continent.
So looking forward to your forthcoming dispatches.
Loved the Dacia Bucharest series. Keep it up.
Went to Slovenia (then Yugoslavia) in 1984, Postojna Caves was a good stop-off (and nice and cool as it was baking up above)
+1 for postonja!
Very brave Mr Hubnut, it's like riding a washing machine to mars !
Good luck on your adventures both of you. 🙌
Good luck from a Mr Stuart Hall !!! ...fingers crossed trip more Wilmslow Alabama "it's a knockout" than Wilmslow Cheshire UK "throw away the key lockup"....
@@tonypate9174 well I don't get out much these days.
That'd be wonderful for a quick spin :)
For every time the ignition, Value timing is set on this adventure take a shot.
At long last I took a drive to mid-Wales on Sunday and I am glad I did. You must be the luckiest man alive living around there, I was loving it in my Yaris
Thank you for taking us with you Ian, thoroughly enjoyed it and looking forward to the next installment.
Hi Ian saw you and Ellie last Thursday on the a14 going east I was travelling west from the m11 can’t miss a 2cv good luck after all the repairs enjoy and keep blogging 👍🙏👌
Enjoy your trip. Loving this.
That looks like a pretty easy car to work on. It reminds me of back in the day when I took a Fiat 126 to the South of France and got back within 100 miles of home when the fan and casing broke up. I got towed home, which wasn't fun. Good luck with the trip!
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, Ian! Thanks for taking us along. Living in the USA, I’ll probably never take a Channel ferry, so that part was pretty exciting. Very best wishes to you and Elly for a safe journey!
Lots of tinkering lot of driving, but well worth it, I think. It seemed like a journey on its own, just getting on and off the ferry, and the streetlights as you came out on to the main road were really nice, some thought in there design. The show videos sound like their going to be good, can't wait. Well done on the busy busy busy first part of your adventure.
Always fun seeing a 2CV beating down the road with 4 Dutchman aboard and pulling a trailer full of camping gear.
Great video Ian looking forward to the next vlog,Elly sounds much better.enjoy your trip.
Been looking forward to this.
Excellent report Ian. Little Elly is sounding sweet once more. Loved the drive onto the ferry. All the best for the big adventure.
I love the way you take us along for the ride. Excellent video and so much more to come. I can hardly wait. Cheers.
Everyone smiles when they see a 2CV. Spread the love.
What an amazing turn around for Ellie. Sincerely wishing you well with your road trip Ian 👍🏻
Wonderful, your road trip expeditions are just great to watch. What a fantastic opportunity to be able to do it in a car as iconic as the 2CV.
Michelin X radials in heritage sizes! Yessss! I'm off to check out Vintage Tyres.
Just watched this again. Love how the first thing you put in the boot was a spare engine fan. (10.15) missed this first time. Classic car road trip knowledge Ian. 👍
About the pinking - did you try a _Colortune_ plug, Ian? Had mine 45 years. If anyone doesn't know, you swap one normal spark plug for a clear-glass-top plug, attach the periscope tube and HT cable then peer down into the cylinder, looking for blueish explosions on tickover. An orange flame can mean over-lean mixture or, on cracking open the throttle, a duff acceleration pump... etc., and you can tweak timing and carb variables as need be. _Fun times!_
"Out of the way pigeon, I'm on holiday!" Classic HubNut quote! Great video, Ian. Happy holidays
Nice start to the voyage, pigeons in the way notwithstanding! Looked like lovely weather in Wales! The ferry trip made me (again) nostalgic for the one (major) part of Seattle/Pacific Northwest I miss: The ferries. Being able to walk aboard one on the Seattle waterfront on a Summer evening, cross the Sound, and return to see the city all lit up...I will watch your further episodes of this odyssey, and hope it is going well! Enjoyed the road test of the little Datsun as well!
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Glad to see you both arrived safely in the Netherlands! Looking forward to seeing many more adventures.
ohh the excitment of a ferry ride leading to adventure! Makes me want to jump in my Motorhome and see where the open road leads! Safe travels, Elly is awesome!
Reminds me of a roadtrip I took with my brother and x3 friends in my Citreon Saxo Open Scandal (Seb) and my brothers Fiat Seicento (Stephy) to Luxemburg, Davos, Austria and Germany in 2008!
I found your channel about Christmas time 2018 and Ive been playing catch up ever since,I just love your so laid back way of doing things ,and nothing seems to phase you to much,looking forward to the next installment and BTW the new haircut suits you so much better hope you and Elle have a great time and slow down and stay safe
I Still chuckle when you say Elly is driving herself. An podcast with you Ian would be astonishingly fun
I wish I had an older car to have a hoon in and let it see some wonderful places. I’m jealous on Elly 🇳🇴😂😜
Well done so far, going to be a great holiday...it's the sort of holiday that anyone getting the chance would go on, so 👍 to you....have fun and get lots of filming done for us to see
Only on Hub-Nut would the first thing to pack in the back, an extra fan! The first thing, not a spare battery or oil or whatever a spare fan. Only on Hub-Nut, brilliant. Hope the trip is going well.
And so the great adventure begins, an adventure of truly 'Epic' proportions....comparable to Hillary and Tenzing conquering of Everest...to man's first steps on the moon...To the wright brothers first powered flight at kitty-hawk.... The one and only incomparable 'HubNut's attempt to traverse half way across Europe in a much loved and Meticulously maintained, (well Sort of), Citroen 2CV affectionately named 'Elly' ...What could possibly go wrong?
I was brought up and educated about the 'moon landing' but in the past 4/5 years I've seen a lot of information and evidence to say that man has never stepped foot on the moon so I now have an open opinion as to whether it was a hoax or not a bit like man made global warming.
I often have to go down to Harwich to drop an empty trailer on the dock, then await a loaded one full of flowers to come off that very boat, then bring it back to Spalding.
Good road mr hubnut sir. quite the adventure you have started. I was watching thinking I should get on the road and cross the channel to Europe but then I remembered I live there having escaped in a LT35 i purchased for 350 quid on ebay sight unseen ten years ago. still be nice to have a car again.
Fantastic adventure a real grand tour of Europe coming up. Its great to tag along in the videos
Great vid Ian..onwards!! You look a lot more comfy with no hair getting into the exaust!!😆😨👏👍
Wonderful relaxed vibe on this video. In stark contrast to the bits all over the garage floor stuff. Your enthusiasm is contagious Ian! Wait a minute, I’m getting a vision of you in a far off land meeting the new Mrs Hubnut!
Ian, I admire your “seat of the pants” attitude to everything. It is very much like my attitude to motoring adventures. Good luck! You will need it!
Can't say the T-Roc surprises me all that much - the place where I learned to drive switched from Ford Focus to Alfa Spiders around 2008 and I'm fairly sure there's a place in Vienna that offers learning to drive in a Porsche. All my younger brothers learned to drive in those Alfas and passionately hated the clutch!
Safe journey! Brave to take this up in just the 2CV.
The arrival makes me nostalgic for the 3-month backpacking trip I did last year (although without a car) - it brings back this odd mixed feeling of excitement, anticipation and slight worry of what-in-heaven's-name-am-I-*doing?!* Wish you all the fun and prepare to be amazed!
You're a brave man, I salute you! Looking forward to your videos. Bon voyage!
"There's something about driving a car where cars don't normally go." Absolutely true! A few years ago I had the opportunity to hoon my '97 Mustang GT convertible down an airport runway, hitting about 100 MPH and it was an absolute blast. I trust that's a proper use of the word hoon? :) Love the vids! Love Elly! Love George! Glad he's being well looked after in your absence. :)
Nice teamwork did on the 2cv. I wish you all the best on your epic journey Ian
Enjoyed this one very much, thanks Ian.
Well Done Ian, good start so far, fun packed days and plenty of sights to see.
Il be keeping that wheel alignment hack tucked away in the old head shed for future reference! Great idea for tight squeeze to get you in the ball park!
The most excellent adventure begins. Thanks for sharing. Incidentally, I was in Harwich docks just the day before you to inspect offshore wind farm components which was not as exciting as catching a ferry to abroad! Hey-Ho.
Vauxhall Nova behind a Bedford CF.... love it. Go Hubnut!
Good times. Thanks for taking us along
Have fun Ian. Driving on ferries, used to do that regularly taking recon engines to a motoring shop in Hull in the early 70s. Before the Humber Bridge of course. They were a bit smaller than your ship lol.
Fantastic adventure Ian looking forward to the next instalment. Stay safe and enjoy.
Thanks for the update Ian, look forward to seeing more videos of your trip to Croatia as and when you have the time and indeed the energy to upload.Hope you had a good rest after the hectic events of the past week or so.
The big adventure begins. You leave the UK by passing through my old stomping ground. I spent the last ten years of my life before leaving England in Cambridgeshire. Before that, I lived between Colchester and Harwich. In fact, as you drove along the A120 you would have passed my last Essex home by about a mile.
I'm sure you will be amazed by those facts! Or not. Have a great time. Looking forward to seeing you future exploits. 😎👍☕
Just loved that video.....brings back so many memories of the Ferry trip and landing the oither side.....keep the vids coming.....they're excellent.
Nice to see you've got Elly in fine fettle, certainly packing a lot in on your holiday. Enjoy.
Good start to the trip, driven over to holiday in Holland several times and love the place.
Eagerly awaiting the the next few weeks on this road trip!
Bon Voyage!
Welcome to the Netherlands Ian and Elly, unfortunately I could not go to Gemert, but I can do the 14th in Eindhoven. Enjoy your vacation and discovering the Netherlands for the coming days.
I was wondering how you were getting on! Now I know!
That was a fantastic (and slightly rocky) start to what must be a very exciting trip.
I guess a few hiccups are inevitable after such invasive tinkering......
Anyhow, I’m pleased you made it safely to Holland and I impatiently await more videos of your adventures and progress!
Stay safe and thanks for sharing!👍😃
Enjoyed very much good work Ellie and Hub Nut thank you and safe trails.
Darren.😎
Hi Ian, keep an eye out for shops called ‘Ipso wash’, they are coin launderettes! Usually situated on side roads out of town and city centres. If you need to find one, drop me a line and I’ll find you the nearest! Happy driving.
Really enjoyed this video Mr Hubnut, Elly seems to appreciate being driven more gently!
Well done, have fun.
I was happy to come & assist, we couldn't have had your trip being delayed, otherwise the viewing public would have been disappointed!
That little 2CV should make all the way good luck and thanks all these great videos
A Brand New Nut on the track rod! WOW! No expense spared, I am impressed. If it were a Skoda we could have said that old joke that the new nut had doubled the value of the car. But I have just been looking at the prices of 2CVs so I won't. Gulp.
I'm really looking forward to seeing more videos. Good luck Mr HubNut and happy traveling
This was a really enjoyable video it's nice to see you and elly enjoying your holiday, wishing you safe travels and hope elly keeps plodding along nicely.
Safe travels Mr HubNut. Good times!
Heroic start. It would be useful to those of us even less mechanically gifted to have a wish list of bits to take on a road trip. Including tools. Mine is a nuts and bolts rebuild with a mate who had never done it before and later confessed he didnt like Frog cars. He may have missed a lot of tricks and I am hoping to drive back to UK from SW Algarve.
Always tricky to know what to take to be honest!
Awesome, Looking forward to future adventure videos, Hubnut Crusader! Cheers
Will start to recheck you vlog from here! Have been in the South of France during July. Also saw you visited Belgium! Nice!
I love how you say 'going for a kip' as a closing line before going to bed. In dutch that means 'going for a chicken' - each to their own I guess ;)
That's funny. I always say I'm going for a chicken, as in chicken breast - rest.
@@williamstroker6805 if your partner is born in the year of the chicken (57/69/81/93) then maybe you get breast+rest :D
Nothing wrong with chicken before bed.
Lol
There's also a political party in the UK called U KIP,I guess we all have to sleep sometimes.😆
2CV trip action. Looking at images from Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend I noticed a grey and black 2CV hooning up the hill obviously the driver had watched your 2CV hooning videos
Louwman museum one of the best in the world.
Been there few years ago, biggest collecttion of Spykers I guess.
Have a nice trip.
Thnx for taking us along
I did what you're doing now back in March. It was pouring cats and dogs, fun nonetheless. Keep those videos coming.
In what? Interested 👍
@@jesuspobre88 2005 Audi A3
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Hi Ian , My family and i wish you and your fellow explorers all the very best on this exiting and challenging adventure . Please stay safe , enjoy yourselves and i look forward to seeing some epic footage and also minuscule hiccups if any .
When I was at the Conservatoire Citroën a few days ago they were busy preparing cars for the event at La Ferté-Vidame. Apparently they're shutting the Conservatoire for a few days as so many of its cars will be there! I might treat myself to the new breed of rose called 'Passion Citroën" in due course :)
This is an amazing adventure. I have never traveled to another country. Probably never will. I hope your trip goes fabulously, especially after the trials you went through to get this far.
macgvrs you need to travel
It’s the best thing ever.
I'm close to retiring now. We thought about traveling around the U.S. first. Never really done much of that either. Overseas travel seems a bit scary right now with all the unrest everywhere though perhaps Holland or Switzerland might be good places to go. Then there is the money part. That too is an issue.
Well done to you and Elly! Shame I didnt catch you both driving past Bury St Edmunds...you'd have got an excited wave 🤣
Two big travel adventures to follow now, you and Itchy Boots on her motorbike!
Have a great trip Ian and good luck
Nice looking Visa at Cambridge 2cv
Excellent vid, looking forward to the next one.
wonderful, hope you have a great time. engine sound a lot better than it ever did.