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There has been a lot of time between the last post and this, which isn't to say that there weren't adventures, more that taking the time to update them here hasn't been a priority. But, here I am locked down due to COVID-19 and on vacation, so there's a little more time in the schedule. I'm going to start with the most recent adventure because it's the most dramatic... On March 10th, before Continue Reading
Ready to Road Trip Service
For the first time since I bought Lucie, I booked a holiday WITH her, road tripping across on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry, and 2 weeks visiting friends and driving about on Australia's island state. I have become increasingly confident of the car's capabilities and reliability, but before I booked it in I knew she was due for a service, so took her along to the mechanic's to get her insides Continue Reading
Wintering
It's been winter down here in the Southern Hemisphere so there haven't been any shows or outings. Lucie and I have been out and about a bit just to stay running, and of course there have been days when she didn't run and so she ended up back in the garage getting her innards looked at. So she's had a few little jobs done in the winter season, and every little job is one more way I'm hopeful she Continue Reading
Getting On the Road
So, you can probably imagine, just getting her here was the first step, the desired result is actually being able to drive her on the road wasn't quite so easy to come by... if you're doing a similar thing, here's some of the added items you'll need to take into account before you can drive your new precious on local roads. Obviously, these are relative to roadworthy and registration for Continue Reading