21/02/2026
All matters is solidarity between overlanders.
We had a bad surprised with our new vessel Hymer MLT 580 4x4 with exploding tire close to Leverkusen. Obviously best timing… Saturday night 22:30. Car remained stable somehow and we reach emergency lane without troubles.
Call insurance and wondering where to get spare BF Goodrich asap as important appointment on Tuesday morning in warsaw.
Send a SOS and to MLT 4x4 owners on Facebook and responsiveness was amazing. As summary: I got great support from Mercedes team in Leverkusen who manage to help me even on Sunday morning. And great thanks to Stefan who drove 50km assisting and lending us full wheel allowing us to continue our journey and arrive on time in Warsaw. Super support as well of ADAC team in Leverkusen who call their colleague of Mercedes in middle of the night to be sure that I will have support this morning. Honestly, I knew great team spirit with TLC overlanders, and am amazed by the spirit of Hymer MLT 4x4. You rock guys. And as for the tire, no fault of BF but nasty hole certainly done by sharp metal piece on the road.
And furthermore, great support from our best partner Wyprawa 4x4 in warsaw, who was helping us to build up our former TLC, who in 3 days handle to get spare tires and spare wheel in order to make our trip back to france and give back full wheel to Stefan. Thank you Kylon and your team.
Wyprawa 4x4
Krzysztof Franciszewski Kylon