TeamD Adventures

To prepare for the trip north, we got some seat-time in a skid-car. Prodrive held a class last Friday at PIR for local AlCan participants, 11 in all. It involved about 15 minutes of classroom instruction followed by a couple-three of hours instruction over 2 courses in the skid-car plus a little competition between 2 teams. Added bonus: it was a gray rainy day in Portland. The course was wet. Team Subie/D had only 1 spinner. Who was that (Hint: initials are PE)? All in all, the training was invaluable and fun.

Busy weekend at the TeamD garage. We still have a bit of work to get the Saab on the road. Center console and related accessory wiring, connect the shifter to the transmission, install that not-broken shock, and then it’s time to get the car smogged and registered.

We tried to get of photo or video of the GPS showing our location on the Arctic ocean but had no luck. who brought the big Chevy pickup.

Such a big word, ‘counterintuitive’. I know this theoretically, I have much empirical evidence, and I’ve had training in the practice. But when the moment arrives, when the car’s loose and the navigator notices it, when the space between us and a snowbank is shrinking, all from too much speed…

Still putting video together. A lot of this is bumpy jumpy but so was the road.