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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
of two locals



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Angry Help in Tukey!!!!!!!!

Ok quick heads up, if you see the post below i am the misfortuante older brother of farmerdom!!! Well dom made it to turkey with no v5 as i kindly e mailed it to him, but now has an even bigger problem, stranded in istanbul, with broken clutch he thinks, i know this is predominantly for motorcycles and he is in a vitara, but hey suzuki make bikes too lol, any ideas!!!!! HELP
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Right bit of an update, he has got it to limp down the road and is going to slum it in a hotel tonight, and does anyone know of a good garage that won't rip him off to do a clutch on it?!?!?
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Try this http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/country/turkey/ (half way down the page - contacts in Istanbul)
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Thanks for your help, i have told him to log on and have a look himself. thanks again
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Have faith

We broke down in a car once in Turkey[2001], and had to be towed off the motorway. When the tow truck took us to the main Ford dealer we were very worried about how much it was going to cost us. After numerous cups of free coffee and five mechanics working on our car for three hours we were presented with the bill that included the towing charges, the total converted to pounds was a mere 12.50p.

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You may want to contact the Turkish Community-
Look for the link on the left hand side of the page- brown header-
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hey where is he at the moment? i know some mechanics here which may help him to recover his suzuki vitara..
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Thanks for your help guys. Fortunatly it was only the clutch cable that went to I was still able to drive it.
Lessons learnt : Don't follow taxi drivers to hotels!
Do your own bartering.
The hotel manager was really aggressive and ripped us off a bit however we did meet another couple who were doing the exact opposite trip, India - UK at the hotel (Andrew and Amelia in a HJ60 landcruiser) who's advice has been invaluable.
We are now in Marmaris for a week off with my brother before collecting our Iran visas and heading east.
Happy days!!!!
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