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Today was a banner day, the culmination of ten years of parts sourcing, dismantling, painting, wrenching (or spannering if you will), a fair bit of stupidity and a smattering of luck led to the big reveal. I was nervous in … Continue reading →

Planes, Trains and Swedish automobiles, part 1. I love Saabs. I have loved Saabs ever since I was picked up at Gothenburg airport by a member of the Saab IT team in a brand new Saab 9000 CDE 2.3 Turbo. … Continue reading →

Someone on an internet group I spend a fair amount of time on asked how Netflix is allowed to get away with penis so I wrote this: 1. Broadcast TV: The sort of thing you can pick up with your … Continue reading →

I’m a terrible blogger, I just noticed that I had this post languishing in my drafts until now. I think in the fog of Coconut Berry Red Bull and Chocolate Pretzels I failed to publish it, but better late than … Continue reading →

The AMG longroof has proven itself to be a phenomenal mile muncher but after rain stopped play for us at the start of the trip, I was still itching to take some twistier turns to get home. I was determined … Continue reading →

One of the best ways to experience long haul car travel is to find one or more like-minded individuals and create a convoy where you are sharing the risk and increasing the awareness. Sometimes these convoys are pre-planned, like the … Continue reading →

In over 3000 miles one’s vehicle is going to accumulate a fair amount of dirt and when you combine that with a visit to your friends who are all aged between 9 and 13 (mentally of course, otherwise that would … Continue reading →

I may like to travel in style but I’m still a cheapskate at heart. Without wishing to give too much away I employ a variety of strategies to extract the maximum value of my dollar or points when traveling. Imagine … Continue reading →

Driving some 1000 miles in a day has the ability to scramble one’s brain sufficiently where they start to merge into one and given that I only have the scantest of time to blog things have definitely got out of … Continue reading →

1085 miles in one day is a new personal record. I also broke another record but that’s not suitable for discussion on the Internet. It lasted 26 years too. Good night. Tomorrow Phoenix.