Automotive

As some of you might know I have spent some years further East on an expat assignment prior to 2022. This also included things to do with cars. The post is about cars, driving and Santa only, not about politics. Those members from the Northern climes or t...  

My fave driving is in the wet / snow. Enjoy the Car Control Clinic my friend, and catch some delicious fish too!

Once upon a time - feels like a lifetime ago 😊🤷🏻‍♂️ Might be a bit harder to find frozen lakes if the required size nowadays but I have admittedly also not looked that hard recently (kids and family keeping me sufficiently occupied). Fishing on ice is als...  

But it musst be fun driving on Snow and Ice I assume… 👍🏻 Thanks for the interesting post and pics! 👏🏻

Snow is the easier if the two, ice is a tad more visceral in my experience 😊❄️

I want grip - not the opposite! 😅

But it is an interesting complementary experience 😁🥶

I would have to drive it around 5.000 km to the then home and then another 2.000 plus to the current one and it’s many things but not fast 😂 Yes, it was a parachute albeit unnecessary for this application as it never reached the speeds you would need to d... 

Let’s hope the situation normalizes again at some point 🤞🏻

Given the limited ambit of my own driving (and beard-growing) skills, I imagine I shan't be similarly drilling or accelerating over cracked ice sheets any time soon : ) So thank you for the enjoyable vicarious experience !

But glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻🙏🏻

The sleights had heated toilets inside 😂

I am not teasing. The glass is like that. ...  

Thanks for adding this - wasn’t aware of it 😊

The Hunza Valley would not be my first automotive adventure 😉 The big ice machines were certainly quite exciting 👌🏻🦾

they had something there called Superjeeps and Supertrucks Source: activityiceland ...  

Need to look for the pictures. But when I was there we actually drove onto a glacier in a big standard Toyota Yaris - and there weee five of us inside (don’t be gentle, it’s a rental) 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

I didn't realise that driving on ice could be a delightful hobby!

For many years ice racing was a very popular sport in France - called the Andros Trophy ❄️ Not sure if it is still as popular but it seems to still be going on. Picture from: Bruno Bade ...  

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Also love the video to the event you posted the other time. These things make for wonderful memories 😊👍🏻

Should have been nice to have all these adventures.

Glad that you enjoyed the post 🙏🏻