ALNSM_Overland, New Member from France !

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ALNSM_Overland

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Meulan, FRANCE
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Hi guys !

My name is Jordan, I'm 23 and I'm from France ! I live in the countryside, one hour from Paris. I currently serve in the French Marine Corps (Infantry Regiment).
Sorry if my english is not very good, I don't use a translator and I'm not used to write or speak fluent english.

Just to be brief, I'm an Outdoor enthusiat, a Nature lover. I'm also a mountainbike rider and a petrolhead so, traveling the world on my car with my bike on it was something natural for me.
I wanted to do that with my trusty TDI VW Golf Variant but it wasn't built for gravel road and offroad trails so I bought something a little bit more offroad-ready : a Subaru Forester.
It's an 1997 125cv AWD SF5 Forester with 240,000km (149,129miles) I bought for 900€ (1 015US$). It just needed a clutch replacment what I already did during my Christmas hollidays. Now, I just need to prepare it for the tough conditions that a long travel require and it's in progress !

The Overland Bound membership was actually a birthday gift, I got the number #5693.
We are not that much here in Europe, but if nobody makes the first step, the community will never grow
. So here I am !

I'm obviously gonna share my rig build with you and my trip which is gonna start (I hope) early 2018.

If you are a little bit curious you can check my photography work on my Flickr : ALNSM_VISUAL and my adventures on Instagram : @sxs_alnsm
 
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Steve

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Welcome Jordan, and your English is excellent! My French is only the very few words I pick up watching Tour de France each year. I did change a couple of your words to clarify the intent. (here vs. where)

There are quite a few Subaru owners here, so I'm sure you will have plenty of folks helping you spend your money. Take a look at @FozRoamer 's Forester for how far the vehicle can be modified.

I'm glad you've found us, and I look forward to seeing your travels.
Steve
 

Joey83

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Welcome Jordan! :D

I might be passing through France next summer on my way to the UK.

Enjoy the stay :)
 

Joey83

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It was me on IG [emoji6]

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Tim

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Hi Jordan, another welcome from the UK. Good to see more members joining over this side of the world. Looking forward to seeing where your adventures take you.


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