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.