Fall Colours

Not the brightest coloured leaves this Fall, but still made for a nice drive on this Thanksgiving weekend (Canada).

Night Driving

Not the best photo in the world (phone still did pretty well, I think), but just thought I'd post this pic from a recent night drive. I've read on forums how some people assume that the Land Rover may not illuminate the road sides adequately, I'm guessing perhaps due to the headlights being somewhat "enclosed" by the wings, and close together, but I have always found the lights (original type, but new- no halogen bulbs or anything), to do a very good job, almost as good as any modern car. I would drive anywhere at night with confidence.

In the photo, we're just approaching the top of a hill, but farther away objects are still being lit, and the roadsides are well illuminated. High beam or low beam, both do their job.

More Fresh Air

Tried driving with the catflap open again, this time with all vents and windows open, and I think someone was happy for that. :)

Summer Ride

Such a nice day, left the office at lunch for a drive and took the dog, who loved the view out the rear, with me. What could be better?

(A fume curtain of some sort would have been better, actually, as driving with the rear 'catflap' open sucked in quite a bit of the exhaust fumes - but next time I'll just remember to open the front vents as well as the windows, too....)

That's more like it.

Snow gone, +8°C, sunny: muuuch nicer. : )

Took the newly washed Land Rover for a celebratory drive at lunch, through the countryside and then down to the Cataraqui river. In 2WD instead of the 4WD that have had to be used since last November....

Even the horses were in a better mood.

Not spectacular, but certainly nicer without all that snow!

Looks Familiar....

So much for Spring. Another 25cm of snow today, with howling winds. And so, of course, it was Land Rover weather. :)

And, of course again, I just couldn't resist taking a couple of photos here and there. The wind is keeping most snow off of the open roads, but is one or two feet deep in the sheltered areas where it has drifted. Not the the Land Rover noticed.

And a Little More

I think I picked the right vehicle to restore. Over a foot of snow on the roads in some places makes having a Series 2 to take my daughter to school in a nice thing to have. The deep snow would have made it almost impossible to use my 'normal' car this morning, and nice to have a higher vantage point due to all the drifts and high snowbanks.

Deep Freeze

More arctic temperatures, I think we started today at -27°C. Decided to see how the Land Rover would handle that, and, aside from a slight grumble and slow turnover at startup, there wasn't a problem. There was a brief pause before setting off as the transfer box decided to slip from four wheel drive into neutral without telling me, but that was soon solved.

It took a while for the engine temperatures to come up to normal, even with the radiator grill cover, in fact I think they stayed just short of their normal 82°F throughout the drive.

Just posting this photo, as it shows both the road ahead and the road behind, while light snow squalls put some moisture on the windshield.

In the Cold

A crazy winter of ice storms, arctic temperatures and surprise thaws finally gave way to a beautiful winter's day today, and so who could resist going out for a drive at lunch? Also the first drive of 2014!

-16°C today, and with 50 kmh winds, but the Land Rover was a composed as could be, except for doing a curious crab-like course on the pure polished ice sections of road as the wind tried to push us aside. The Kodiak 2 heater did its job, the cabin remained perfectly comfortable. The windows kept their good reputation, too, and did not fog up, which was a pleasant surprise, as the windows did on my regular car this morning.....

And of course, couldn't resist a few photographs.