The Judist Hold your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark.
It's often been said that this country grinds to a halt when there's a bit of snow. And it's true. However, this time I actually think it was more snow than usual this time. Still, no excuse for councils and the HA being so unprepared. This wouldn't happen in Canada would it?!On the evening of the first major snowfall, I happened to be on the road to endure the traffic chaos it caused. Luckily I wasn't in my car, I wasn't even driving, I was being ferried in a big fat Audi with a quattro® drivetrain. And thank goodness for that. Plenty of cars by the wayside, or being pushed, and we sailed on by. Lots of BMW 3-series drivers in trouble. The one achilles of rear wheel drive cars like those, and my Omega, is in the slipperiest of conditions. My car doesn't even have traction control either. I might have been in a bit of trouble if I was out in my car at that time, although it normally has tons of grip and I usually have to work hard to make it slide around. Those of you who might know about the recent handling issues I had post-new tyre fitting might like to hear that those were sorted to the best of my knowledge. A combination of getting that new tyre scrubbed in with some miles on it and new front wishbone bushes sorted that problem out. I do have the feeling that it was mainly due to the new Nanhang tyre. So I think my next car will have four-wheel drive. Just to be safer. A bit more ground clearance might be nice too for those ridiculous floods we get because we've tarmacked over everything and ruined natural drainage mechanisms. An Audi A6 Allroad perhaps?
No, not Che Dave or Colonel Dave for once, but I mean the freeview TV channel that was named after them, Dave. On the week starting Monday 9th February, at 9am and 2pm, they are reshowing Extreme Dreams - the episodes that feature my mate xJenx, pictured above. It's presented and stars Ben Fogle and in this set of episodes is the challenge of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Jen does great. I guess the timing of the showings may mean some of you may not be able to catch them again, however, as we all know, only fools and horses work. Na na na na. Similar to me, the term xJenx tops Google searches. And the Image search too.Happy New Year of the Ox to you all. It should see an upturn in fortunes from what I read. Shouldn't be too hard...
Click to see more.I read about this scoop in the press - the next Mercedes-Benz SLK will have gullwing doors! This is big news for this website because I can see how people stumble onto here, and a lot of the time it is Google (I'm not sure if there in my bad books still) searches for "scissor doors", haha. Which reminds me, I can also see who looks at my YouTube videos and quite frankly, I'm disappointed in some people who did not watch the Billy Bragg video in my previous post. Recent events mean I'm gonna end up drinking gin from a bottle in a brown paper bag and sleeping on a park bench in the not too distant future, and there are you, with your nice cushy jobs and money and you can't even be bothered to watch a great piece of artistry for my benefit! There's going to be a new Mercedes supercar, possibly called the SLC, and that will have gullwing doors, in homage to the 300SL "Gullwing". So the new SLK will be a bit like a miniature take on that, in the same way the current SLK resembles the SLR a bit.Anyway, I bet BMW now wishes their Z4 was more like a Z1, below, which was produced in the early 90s.It had doors that slid vertically downwards into the body. They are rare and cost a lot if you can even find one.Having said that, I'm still not keen on front-engined 2-seater cars. If you're only gonna have 2 seats, just put the engine in the optimum place - behind the passengers! That's why the Porsche Boxster still lauds it over the TT/SLK/Z4 pack. Although the TT coupe has 4 seats, so is not so pointless. Somewhere in the past on here I said I was 'trying not to get fired'. Following that logic, I'm currently trying my hardest not to be a millionaire. Because if I was, I'd buy a Boxster each for my most loyal followers...I look at Autoblog a lot, everyday it has new car and car industry news.
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