Borealis
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- Sweden, county of Skåne
Today I finally got to mount the brand new studded Hakkapellitta tires on my 110 HCPU. I used to have terrain tires, several years old. And since a blizzard hit us with a foot of snow and hard winds with the usual warning from the national weather forecast agency I drove to work veeery cautiously this morning.
But on the way home from work I passed the tire workshop where the new tires waited for me. And the difference is tremendous! The constant rumble from the roch hard rubber disappeared. And I could really step on the brakes without skidding! With the old tires I have developped a technique where I never used the brakes but a lower gear to decellerate.
The last mile home is a small countryside road where the snow from the fields has gathered. In a regular car the heaps of snow is better overcomed by the use of full throttle and a war cry " towanda!". This time I went through the piles of snow with great dignity. I just love the Defender! In moments like these I can easily forget and forgive the fact that a Defender is a noisy, slow, smelly, uncomfortable old bucket with very little heating. I cant wait until tomorrow when I will have to climb the heaps of drifting snow, not necessarily where the road runs.
Greetings from a very snowy Sweden.
But on the way home from work I passed the tire workshop where the new tires waited for me. And the difference is tremendous! The constant rumble from the roch hard rubber disappeared. And I could really step on the brakes without skidding! With the old tires I have developped a technique where I never used the brakes but a lower gear to decellerate.
The last mile home is a small countryside road where the snow from the fields has gathered. In a regular car the heaps of snow is better overcomed by the use of full throttle and a war cry " towanda!". This time I went through the piles of snow with great dignity. I just love the Defender! In moments like these I can easily forget and forgive the fact that a Defender is a noisy, slow, smelly, uncomfortable old bucket with very little heating. I cant wait until tomorrow when I will have to climb the heaps of drifting snow, not necessarily where the road runs.
Greetings from a very snowy Sweden.