Iceland

ScottishPinz · Post by **ScottishPinz** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:12 am

Well our trip to Iceland went really well, no mechanical problems. Here's a link to the blog http://www.bagstraining.co.uk/Webblog/Site/Welcome.html

KINSPINZ · Post by **KINSPINZ** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:29 pm

Great report!! I dream of doing a trip like that.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:04 pm

Scottish, As always great pic's. Do you know what engine was put into the Iceland pinz?

ScottishPinz · Post by **ScottishPinz** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:00 am

It is a 4 cyld diesel of a make I did not catch in Icelandic! Cooling is, well, interesting with radiator on the roof! The guy did not speak much english and my Icelandic is poor! OK non-existent!

andy · Post by **andy** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:18 am

Beautiful pictures. The blue TD looked nice. WOW, on the Icelandic Pinz he had a wire or two behind the driver's seat. Alot of work was done on that one.

springhill · Post by **springhill** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:29 am

Scottishpinz,
That looked like a great trip!! I had to look at all the pictures. Your blog is very well put together

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Thanks for sharing.

john

pinztx · Post by **pinztx** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:26 am

John you haven't left the country yet? Looks like you have had lots of rain in the last few days. Still plenty of antelope around?

Denis · Post by **Denis** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:24 am

ScottishPinz this was a great trip report and those pictures are very nice too. I had to go thru all of them.

How many kilometers did you do there???

What was the coldest temperature and the hottest you had while you where there???

And what were the dates you were there???

I’m too planning a trip to Iceland some day. It will be very expensive from here but I heard that a Quebec shipping company is going there with their boats.

Maybe someday I will too post pictures of an Icelandic tour.

Denis

ScottishPinz · Post by **ScottishPinz** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:04 am

Denis the total distance driven, including driving from Edinburgh to the north of Scotland to catch the ferry, was 2629 KM. We averaged 5.39 Km per litre which is 18.55 l per 100 km pretty much what we expected. Sleeping in the truck kept the cost down. The price of fuel is much the same as here in the UK so that wasn't too bad. Food and everything else in Iceland is VERY expensive.

Iceland is not too cold (even in winter) we were a bit cold as we drove up to the glacier, weather was poor with a strong wind driving the rain. The wind seems to find every gap to enter the cab! It was probably about 5C but felt colder because of the wind! We were in shorts some of the time with temps as high as 21C although it was mostly around 12C.

We had two whole weeks in Iceland (10th - 24th July) but the ferry takes a couple of days to get there and on the return we spent 3 days in the Faroe Islands.

I have heard that putting your vehicle in a container is the best way there if not by the Europe ferry.

Its a fantastic place for an on-road off road expedition. What I mean is that everything you drive is a road but what you would normally refer to as off-road!! THe Icelanders are great, they love their trucks and we saw some great 4x4s
Philip

ScottishPinz · Post by **ScottishPinz** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:05 am

Denis the total distance driven, including driving from Edinburgh to the north of Scotland to catch the ferry, was 2629 KM. We averaged 5.39 Km per litre which is 18.55 l per 100 km pretty much what we expected. Sleeping in the truck kept the cost down. The price of fuel is much the same as here in the UK so that wasn't too bad. Food and everything else in Iceland is VERY expensive.

Iceland is not too cold (even in winter) we were a bit cold as we drove up to the glacier, weather was poor with a strong wind driving the rain. The wind seems to find every gap to enter the cab! It was probably about 5C but felt colder because of the wind! We were in shorts some of the time with temps as high as 21C although it was mostly around 12C.

We had two whole weeks in Iceland (10th - 24th July) but the ferry takes a couple of days to get there and on the return we spent 3 days in the Faroe Islands.

I have heard that putting your vehicle in a container is the best way there if not by the Europe ferry.

Its a fantastic place for an on-road off road expedition. What I mean is that everything you drive is a road but what you would normally refer to as off-road!! THe Icelanders are great, they love their trucks and we saw some great 4x4s
Philip

ScottishPinz · Post by **ScottishPinz** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:05 am

Denis the total distance driven, including driving from Edinburgh to the north of Scotland to catch the ferry, was 2629 KM. We averaged 5.39 Km per litre which is 18.55 l per 100 km pretty much what we expected. Sleeping in the truck kept the cost down. The price of fuel is much the same as here in the UK so that wasn't too bad. Food and everything else in Iceland is VERY expensive.

Iceland is not too cold (even in winter) we were a bit cold as we drove up to the glacier, weather was poor with a strong wind driving the rain. The wind seems to find every gap to enter the cab! It was probably about 5C but felt colder because of the wind! We were in shorts some of the time with temps as high as 21C although it was mostly around 12C.

We had two whole weeks in Iceland (10th - 24th July) but the ferry takes a couple of days to get there and on the return we spent 3 days in the Faroe Islands.

I have heard that putting your vehicle in a container is the best way there if not by the Europe ferry.

Its a fantastic place for an on-road off road expedition. What I mean is that everything you drive is a road but what you would normally refer to as off-road!! THe Icelanders are great, they love their trucks and we saw some great 4x4s
Philip

Denis · Post by **Denis** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:37 pm

ScottishPinz

Thank you for the answers.

Denis

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:13 am

ScottishPinz,

That was an extraordinary presentation, terrific photos and it looks like it was truly an epic trip! Nice job.

psychoman · Post by **psychoman** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:39 pm

Guys

Also just returned from Iceland, we took two Challenge Spec LR90s. Echo the comments - fantastic place and stunning offroading.

We covered 2200 miles in a little over 10 days!

Already planning a return trip in the new Pinz 712, and maybe a run up through Norway and into the arctic circle.

SwissArmyToy · Post by **SwissArmyToy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:37 am

Awesome pictures!

I'd be interested in hearing comments regarding the suspension setup in the Red w/white stripe 712. It looks to have some spacers for lift and the wheels are just plain large!

http://www.bagstraining.co.uk/Webblog/S ... inz.html#1