V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

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mortinson
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Yesterday we attended this weekend-long event that took place in Hiendelaencina, Guadalajara, Spain. The weather was dreadful: autumm-cold and wet and miserable, but the company was great and there were Gs galore.

We did some trail in the late afternoon and we encountered the customary troubles... but all of it was good fun and there were no damages to either persons or machinery.

All the pictures are here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mortinson3/Hiendelaencina

A couple of videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mortinsonoffice?feature=mhsn

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Re: V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

 Great pictures, looked like fun! Just out of interest what version G is the one on picture 54 and 65? Looks very purposeful.

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Re: V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

 

always good to watch your posts Jesus ...

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Re: V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

Hello Jesus,

As always, some great photos you supply, each time.

I like very much the scenary, you guys are at, but saden to see the that there seems to be a shortage of trees, the area you in could do with more vegetation, in terms of trees, there is quite an amount of soil, exposed, whichcould be washed off in heavy rain fall.

On the videos, you posted, I hear that radio phones are used, do all member attending have on or is just acouple of you?

Keep well and cheers,

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Re: V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

If you click on the link you will find some other pics of that G (click next to see the others):

https://picasaweb.google.com/mortinson3/TomasMoreno#5536527917423147074

It is a very special G500. Only the double-shock Ohlins suspension costs more than 8,000 Euros!

Some videos of that G:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRK8A0cK-zU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgbyzUkeBG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hk9SXjxRM

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Re: V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

It is a bit misleading, because the site where the meeting took place is where the scrap material was deposited after they extracted the metal from the old silver mine close by. Hence the absence of trees. Funnily, the companies that initially explited the silver mines (now exhausted) at Hiendelaencina were British. 

The last pictures were taken that afternoon in the trail we drove through a very dense forest.

In fact the province of Guadalajara, where the meeting took placed is one of the least inhabited and more forested in the EU, full of natural parks and quite unspoilt. It is amazing: most days, we drive for 10-12 hours and we do not encounter a single human being! and that at about 60 miles from a big city like Madrid. A real privilege!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Guadalajara

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Re: V Meeting of the Club Mercedes G España

 Thank you, thanks you , thank you. :)

Amazing. ONly two things to dsay about that...

1. I want one
2. And a range rover is ment to be better? pah!

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