Having couple days off this week, so we left 500km up to eastern Finland to see relatives with our FL1 TD4. Had a chance to drive the 7km long ice road over the lake which is in use when the ice conditions allow. They claim it's the longest official ice waterway in Europe's inland waterways (...

The pump & filter assembly in FL1 is one of those things that you wouldn't want to do at the side of the road in rain.

Got my summer wheel setup ready. New tyres are 235/55/18 Falken Wildpeak A/T3WA on Sport rims, looks quite nice? We have still ~2 months until spring comes, so these will be waiting in the garage to be installed.

Whitetail deer hunting today with my german pointer. Really nice sunshine all day, -12 C.

Finally fixed my antenna. The base was broken when I bought it. Easy to access behind the cabin light. But hey, I got my FM radio now!

Engine oil and filter time today, after our Christmas tour. I've been changing oil+filter 3000 km intervals now.

Loosing any pixels of my wonderful "infotainment screen" would be catastrophic! Hope they make Android Automotive that runs on that clock screen. :D

We are used to this kind of driving conditions here, it's like this for 4-5 months a year. And you change gears too and turn heat on also with your right hand while driving and won't crash?

Finished our Christmas Tour, 1200 km trip to eastern Finland. Typical Finnish winter weather, got some freezing cold. snowing and slush. Today we drove back home 450 km and first 250 km it was snowing heavily but that changed to a pouring rain in southern Finland. We had our both dogs with us...

Little over 500 km today in snowy winter conditions (-7 C). Have to say this 18 years old car drives like a dream in icy and snowy roads. Average diesel consumption was 9l/100km and speeds 80-110 km/h.

Merry Christmas and happy Freelanding to all! Just packing Freelander to a 1200 km trip to see our families next week.

Dug it out the snow twice. Over 30 cm of snow in one day is a bit too much!

We got 10 cm of snow last night and 10 cm during the day more and it will snow until next morning. :oops: Wish I could upload some snowy pics now!

Oh that's why, I thought I was banned :)

For deep soft snow Hakkapeliitta 10 and of course because I'm Finnish, Nokian. You could also deflate tyres when going from tarmac to softer and snowy dirt roads.

If you can afford a true Nordic studded winter tyres like Continental IceContact 3 or Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10, I'd say you'll prepared for everything. In really deep snow grip will not help when you bottom out. Keep shovels, extra winter wear like down jackets, gloves and stuff in the car.

12V battery that came with my FL1 started to show age in cold starts, so got a new battery. Exide 95 Ah 760 CCA fit nicely there.

It's here to stay and there's more to come next week.

Yes, it's square, 3/8 ratchet works nicely.

How much do you need? I'll sell and send it to you. :p