Stutopia

Mid road trip in Norway but had to post this pic. Next time the UK grinds to a halt after 3 inches of snow I'll be thinking of this place! I'll do a proper write up with decent pics when I get back but I've been blown away by their ability to keep mountain roads open, despite 2 metres of snow and also that the whole place has 3G! We're in the back of beyond and my download speed is 15 meg! My mate who lives in the Lake District gets 0.5 over his landline Loving the trip so far, despite being shopped to the local Fedz today by a truck driver for overtaking. To be fair they were very decent and sent us on our way. Most of the country is 50mph and you can do time for being as little as 15 KMH (not mph) over the limit. So we're being very careful. Great country so far, Sweden tomorrow. The x-drive BMW X3 3L oil burner has been superb so far! PS - also made it to the Arctic Circle.

You alright mate, do you have a oil catch can fitted? Thanks That's what she 'Zed' :-/ No OCC, just the coolant overflow tank.

Got a weapon-r It's a bit bigger, we just filled it up a good way, bled it and then checked it. Seems to large enough that I have no cooling issues, touch wood. Chris @ Tarmac might be able to sort you out if you drop him a PM

Nice write up mate

Quad exhausts FTW. Better still, one for each cylinder

In the back of beyond Norway now. Having seen 40% EVs in Oslo, the Leaves have dried up, as have the Yorkshire Edition VW E-Ups. Teslas are still rocking it out here, parked behind the P85D on the fjord ferry.

I'd think brake dust fits (especially as the ferrodos are known dusters) as it would hit the barrel in a very clear line/circle (as per the pics) as the disc spins and centrifugal force throws it off outward?

Are those spots not a bit of rusty water off the disk, after the car's sat for a while, then been out for a spin, then sat again?

Do you mean for you? Or as a viable product for the marketplace?

Good luck with raising some funds mate

Wasting your wife is bad

It was more about 30 of them in a row

WARNING SCANDO EV PARKING PORN

I'm in Norway on a Scando road trip (suprisingly rather enjoying an X3 X-Drive 3.0 oil burner, but that's another post) and you cannot move for Teslas here! So far I've had nights in Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo in the 3 days and not seen a single Zed but seen about 15 Tesla S and more Leafs than I can shake a stick at, there's one of each downstairs in the car park and it's only got 20 spaces! Saw two Teslas parked next to each other in Oslo today (never seen one on it's own in the flesh before this trip) and the rest just dotted about. I can only assume they are heavily supported by Sweden/Norway (there's loads of EV charging points on the streets). In other news, went to the Volvo Museum today, much better than you might think Back on topic, not saying they're good or bad, just plentiful here and given this is Gen1 tech, I can only assume they'll get better as the tech matures. It'll be interesting to see how subsidies progress/regress in the next few years, if popularity increases. I really do like the look of the Teslas, but rinsed a leaf in the oil buner today at the traffic light GP, no chance on wet roads with X-Drive and sport mode

I hope you gave it a good going over.

Jesus they'll be lucky if there's any car left underneath Coincedentally I'm away for the next two weeks, just washed her and tucked her up out the way and pointed the CCTV at her. My nightmare is coming back to that sight and having no lacquer left :scare:

Jesus, what a horrible thing to happen, you have my sympathy. Lost my Grandad to Alzheimer's and it was incredibly sad to see someone go that way.

Welcome back, god luck in the hunt, really like the look of the R32

Depends what you want done. I charge £20 for a mini valet 'proper wash' which includes interior, £45 for a full valet and £100 for a full detail You certainly wouldn't want a full detail every 2 weeks! You'd have no paint left on a 350 in a month! It also depends on how you view the job. If it's not a chore, but actually something you enjoy, then it would be mad to pay someone else As for the 99%, you'd soon get bored doing it for everyone else to admire, rather than if you do it primarily for the looking after it. Once you're the chap with the clean car, randoms don't pay any attention. If you did it solely for pic whoring, you'd give up after a month. I'm not going to see The Shark for the next two weeks. Last thing I'll do before I go? Wash her

Why the obsession with the Bridgestones, the mix of 40s and 50s on mine when I got it sucked the big one compared to Michelins (even the Alpins)

VXR? Or is it that too much?

Dodge Challenger http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201401221219647?atmobcid=soc4

Looks easy but takes ages & is not easy getting the larger areas level Nothing about any of this looks easy!!!! You've clearly got the magic touch

I was having a quiet G&T in the sunshine the other day and an XKR purrrrrrrred past me. V8, tick. It made my tip drip. It might be next on the list, that or Skoda Fabia VRS...

I would say this too It's a good theory and ordinarily I'd have gone with it, but... (1) they were all filthy, so you'd expect at least one to be clean (2) my mate lives round the corner and says they're always there