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nodi

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Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« on: July 22, 2018, 12:27:06 PM »

Yesterday I was on a road trip towards Duisburg in Germany to collect some wheels for my fathers car.  Had some fun on the Autobahn, which resulted in having to stop earlier at a petrol station  :P on my way back home.

You may call it coincidence or not, but due to some road works I wasn't able to take the same route towards home.  My GPS first send me in the wrong direction as I had it still set on the same route  :(.  So after 10 min of getting frustrated, I ended up changing my route to get round the road works.  Didn't think about driving by the birthplace at Born in the Netherlands (VDL NedCar). But by luck I had chosen a petrol station whilst driving that directed me to the exit towards the NedCar facility  :).

So here are some pictures I took with my phone whilst stopping by at the parking lot.
In case  you are wondering this is my Brabus caught on picture at last  ;D.







« Last Edit: July 22, 2018, 12:42:02 PM by nodi »
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Re: Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2018, 09:47:33 PM »

G'day nodi, nice pictures and not to far from where i grew up.
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Re: Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2018, 07:17:28 AM »

Excellent :)

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Re: Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2018, 10:12:33 AM »

Indeed...nice pictures.

Ha ha ha...interesting to see how the Mini on the display stands
is no longer a 'Mini' but more a fat Maxi sized hippopotamus !
Just look at the size of it next to the BMW X1/X3 alongside it.
And it still only just about has the same room inside as our 454.
It's f#kin humungus
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Re: Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2018, 07:02:14 PM »

I was in Warnemunde and Rostock in Germany a few days ago and did not see one W 454.Have they all disappeared into scrap yards there?
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Re: Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2018, 09:53:38 PM »

I just wanted to post my own photos of the place. Did you notice the spa next to the gas station? We went there for a weekend and I took a shot of the 44 on the parking place overlooking the factory. I also live not far from there (Krefeld).

And 454s are plenty to see in my neck of the woods die to the fact factory is here.
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Re: Driving by the birthplace of the Forfour 454
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2019, 03:40:59 PM »

We just came to the nearby spa hotel until tomorrow. Nedcar is seen from the parking place. Oh and in hotel I can log into nedcar wlan too









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