SLS

Towed a heavy trailer with the disco yesterday. SLS works!

Off road, but not off pist

It feels nice to have a mobile café for your Sunday trip. Last Sunday Måns and I had our 'fika' on top of the local ski center after our skateboard practise.

I didn't get the HDC to work though, so I have to consult the manual next time. We descended the 'old school' way by locking firs gear and drive safely.

A few days ago my mother, the notorius Land Rover opponent, had to borrow our devilish piece of British machinery. My wife showed her how to drive an automatic and my mother set of without the 'if this happens do that' scheme, since a discovery in many ways is like a normal car.

Fifteen minutes later she called from a parking lot with the alarm screaming. She had turned the alarm on and then tried to enter by using the metal key. At home we laughed, convinced that she would hate the make even more after this. But, to our surprise she returned the car with a smile saying se'd want one for herself! ! Miacles can happen! From now on it's likely to hear good words about Land Rover even from her!

First Aid

Today I saw two men trying to pull a Ford Escort convertible up from a small slope where it stood with its front in a pudddle of mud. The owner had got a call from the police who had found his stolen car, and he was about to bring it home. The Volvo they brought to tow it home hadn't much to give in this situation, so I hooked their towing line to our car, locked up first gear low ratio and took my foot of the brake pedal. The V8 started to pull nicely on just ideling. Suddenly there was a bang and their towing line snapped and whipped our spare wheel cover. Fortunately the rope hit the cover, which is a soft one, so no harm done. Unfortunately for him, he has to do some body work on his boot... Since my strong off-road equipment was in a case at home, the Ford owner descided to call the breakdown unit instead. But I drove off, confident and proud of our new strong team member.