Snow is highly over-rated. Live with it for 4-5 months a year and the novelty soon wears off- and I get season passes to the local ski resort. I can certainly ski faster than I can drive on snow! Uphill, I think the dogs are faster than the car as well! I'll have a look at sound and thermal...

Hello All, I'm James, and I live in the Ubaye valley, in the French Alps. I've just bought a 1986 90 TD station wagon, and am going to be doing a minor restoration to make it more practical as a working vehicle, and for moving dogs and skis. I'm a mile up, and we have proper snow already, and...