Expedition
Here’s a nice little video about some of the modifications made to a Land Cruiser to prep it for a solo trans-African expedition. Someday I hope to give that a try. Looks fun.
Biofueled Antartic expedition …. Very cool. Pardon the pun. Looks like the vehicle would be a hoot to drive, but it looks nothing at all like what I would have thought was the best design for a biofueled vehicle in extreme cold (and extremely low humidity). Go figure.
I spent all day (and I mean, all day) behind the wheel yesterday for the first time in a long time. It wasn’t so bad, I’m pleased to report. I’ll get back to the nuances, but first a little venting and a link. Blogger just sent me a note saying that they won’t be supporting [...]
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Ulysses and Penolope More like a land-train, really, than an off road vehicle. But it is an interesting concept, at least. I would rather travel in something a bit smaller, but I suppose that if you want to travel AND have your condo too, this is the way to go!
While Nicolas was here (see last week), one of the things that we did was to install an electric temperature gauge so that he could have some sense of the actual temp of his coolant vs. the stock gauge that basically says “ok” or “about to boil over” with not much info in between. There [...]
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