Cars & Snow

Some rather obnoxious Global Warming seems to have occluded my house just this past Tuesday. Almost two feet of Global Warming.

First, I had to dig my way out of the Global Warming. One of my shovels broke. If my brother wasn't with me to help, I might not have extracted ourselves for a meeting in the valley far below.

It's also very helpful if you have good tires with decent tread. My Yokohama Geolanders hadn't much tread left. I barely made it up this hill in 4WD. I leaped onto TireRack.com. I wanted a set of Yokohama Parada Spec-X's, but they could only find one tire in Nevada and another in Virginia. I didn't want to drive that far and I wanted two more tires. I "compromised" with the Michelin Latitude Tours.

Unfortunately, when I got back up to the house I discovered my pipes were frozen. In my rush to make my appointment, I forgot to leave the water running overnight. Highly inconvenient in terms of toilet duties.

My other brother is doing his best to assist with the economy. He just purchased a 2010 BMW 535i X-Drive wagon in AWD. Once he can figure out the knobs and buttons, he's going to take it to Dinan Engineering in Morgan Hill and have it tinked-with. He's thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of 360 hp. My, that will be some kind of Q-ship indeed.

Nice, very clear dash and gauges.

Ew. A version of I-Drive. Better him than me. That shift lever looks complicated.

Beautiful interior. I really like the wood. The two-tone black interior with the tan leather seats looks great.

Back seat, with appointments and individual climate controls for rear passengers.

I should be receiving my tires and getting them installed today.

BZ