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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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very nice! but lose the hood ornament if you can...
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Welcome !

Based on travels there a WHILE back and what we've seen on "house hunters international"...

Your new X may have more square footage than some houses in Europe
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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Nice Ex and welcome! I'm sure you will have lots of fun in the snow with it.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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Nice Ex !

Downtime at work... checking out your record snowfall led to this

Sex Spider killed in Dutch supermarket
A toxic spider crawled out of a bunch of bananas at the jumbo hypermarket in the Netherlands. This species of banana spider has poison that causes infernal pains and paralysis phenomena. Men bitten by the Phoneutria nigriventer experienced long and painful erections which can lead to impotence.

The spider was captured by a hypermarket employee and has nobody was bitten, according to Johan Dijkstra manager of the vegetable department.

The very toxic Brazilian wandering spider (phoneutria nigriventer) travelled together with a bunch of bananas from Costa Rica to the Netherlands.

An employee of the vegetable department put the spider on display in a glass jar.

The store handed the spider over to a vet who killed the spider by drowning. “we must think of our own health, according to the vet”.

The Brazilian wandering spiders appear in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous animal.

Brazilian and US scientists are looking into using spider venom as a possible natural Viagra.
If you're out playing in the snow, don't run into a hypermarket for a quick cup.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Wow. I remember driving in the Netherlands. The roads ARE narrow. Your Excursion must turn a lot of heads there. Now that is one unusual vehicle in Europe!
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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So, do you have any big plans for it? Or, will you leave it stock? I have seen video of some really extreme Excursions in Greenland as well as in your country. We do not have the need, here, as you might in your country.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 12:10 PM
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Good thing you do not have tow mirrors...
 
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 02:42 AM
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Nice ride! Here's my EX imported from USA to Finland. On this time of year it's snow fun with the EX:



It's been nearly -30C in here, but with Optima batteries and Hydronic heater - no problems with the EX.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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Suomi,

Nice ride.

Intesting headlights. Different from what we normally see here.

If I had those here I could install motorcycle headlights.

Diesel? Gas?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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Those appear to be XL headlights/bezels that have been painted body color. The turn signal is odd, huh?

That flat black Excursion is just plain nasty! (Nasty is good in this sense) man, get some flat black wheels, Harley lights, chrome delete.... Murderer!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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The headlights and turn signals are from Hella, all the lights have to be modified to meet european light regulations. There has to be a specific E-code on every light, DOT is not accepted. That means you have to change all the lights when you import the truck to Finland.

So the turn signals for example are DOT turn signals painted white and installed Hella E-code turn signal light to it...

And the truck is a diesel
 
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Suomi Powerstroke
The headlights and turn signals are from Hella, all the lights have to be modified to meet european light regulations. There has to be a specific E-code on every light, DOT is not accepted. That means you have to change all the lights when you import the truck to Finland.

So the turn signals for example are DOT turn signals painted white and installed Hella E-code turn signal light to it...

And the truck is a diesel
Very nice

Ii love that look !
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Nice one lane roads you have there.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by rfdb
We need the light in the Netherlands for direction light. and it is gas (not to much kilometers a year)
Where in the Netherlands are you located?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 06:08 AM
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Italy checking in. Although my Excursion is not over here with me.
 
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