All the best for the holidays and new year.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

We had snow on Christmas Even and in to Christmas Day. So took BEAST for a Christmas Drive.


BEAST Christmas Day 2017.jpg

https://youtu.be/wyvqCHS0o2k


Now as to the New Years Drive Challenge yes lets see who's first but also what the weather is like in your part of the woods.

Robert yes my plans are not to repeat last year.


Cheers Phil

PS Still having trouble embedding you tube videos.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

We had snow on Christmas Even and in to Christmas Day. So took BEAST for a Christmas Drive.

That's great, I see you actually need to have an army truck to get out of, or to of your place in weather like that!

PS Still having trouble embedding you tube videos.

In the current version of the Forum software one cannot embed video's, just post the link like you did to share a video.

Ho Ho Ho Hanno

[hrpearce]

A very different Christmas for us this year. Instead of all the cooking, cleaning and making beds for visitors we drove to Canberra and had a catered lunch at the Ainslie football club. Nice and relaxing and no kitchen work.
All the best for the new year.

[Robert Bergeron]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year . Went to the hangar today to clear the snow. Will go for a ride in the Carrier tomorrow . Lost my beloved mother in law yesterday . I wanted but could not ride the Carrier today. My wife could of tought i was celebrating ! Tomorrow will do just fine in the circumstances . Cheers and all the best !

[Jordan Baker]

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Like Phil I took my running vehicle out for a spin. Maybe XMas 2018 I'll have the CMP out.

[rob love]

Merry Christmas to all.

It's way to cold to be even leaving the house today, and tomorrow will just be worse. And this is supposed to continue into the following week. Forget about driving any CMPs around for the next while...it would be life threatening.

I will abandon ship come the New Year and head for Mexico.

https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/mb-52_metric_e.html

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by rob love

Merry Christmas to all.

It's way to cold to be even leaving the house today, and tomorrow will just be worse. And this is supposed to continue into the following week. Forget about driving any CMPs around for the next while...it would be life threatening.

I will abandon ship come the New Year and head for Mexico.

https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/mb-52_metric_e.html

Hi Rob

Thanks for the link to Canadian Weather link, fun to see what the weather is in different parts of Canada. Here is the US version NOAA site http://f1.weather.gov/MapClick.php?l...8#.WkJDiJgo7ML

Right now it is a balmy -9 C here in Temple, NH this morning. You can change the location of the forecast location top left corner.

Cheers Phil

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Like Phil I took my running vehicle out for a spin. Maybe XMas 2018 I'll have the CMP out.

Hi Jordan

Great photos, your photo answers a question I've had about the litter Jeep version for years. Are the litters carried on the windshield and from your photos can clearly see that they are not. Have you ever had anybody ride on the rack, wonder what the ride is like? Does it seem to sway side to side?

Cheers Phil

Hi Robert
Hows the Carrier do in snow does it want to slide side ways? With all the air blocked off the engine could come up to temperature, how about the driver or was it just layers on layers. Couple days before this latest snow we had an ice storm on top of couple of inches of snow. The freezing rain really laid down a layer of ice under this latest puffy powder, easy to break traction.

Glad other people enjoy getting out in the cold with their MVs.

Cheers Phil

[Robert Bergeron]

Hi Phil , driving the Carrier in the snow feels like being a deer trying to walk on a frozen lake . Over steering will send you off the road . Braking is worse . Nice traction when in a straight line , no slippage but turning and braking demand planning and caution. There were snow and ice tracks available called snow grousers . Now i know why. As for the cold , not any worse than snowmobiling , you just have to put on layers as you said , a lot of layers ...All the best .