another sunny day in Germany

comfortable -6°C (21 F), lovely grey fog and beautiful white snow as far as the eye can see

STAY WARM

Merry Christmas to y´all - belated

some wishes to all the readers of this blog and thx for your support during the past year.

its our tradition on christmas eve to eat trout for dinner. this year it was a lil diff to pick up the fish out of the farm bc the weather wasnt funny at all. the streets were kind of a schlitterbahn

but nowhere you get more freshly fish as here. out of the basin into your bag.

next step is cleaning the fishes with salt to remove the slime

towel it and hand it to next station

next stop: fill up with herb butter, salt, pepper and wrap it in foil

yes - its easy as pie

30 min in the oven  - thats it

I  advise good tunes during the preparation

STAY TUNED or enjoy the meal IMY

life can be so hard but never w/o hope

I want to hold the hand inside you

I want to take a breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth
You live your life
You go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go blind
Some kind of light into your darkness
Colors your eyes with what's not there.

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew

A stranger's light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart without a home
You put your hands into your head
And then smiles cover your heart

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
I think it's strange you never knew More...

STAY TUNED

winter(wonder)land

some pix of our winter(wonder). its early this year and intense. until now I had no chance to clean up the Fleetline after back from the motorshow bc the temps didnt go over 32 F.

STAY TUNED

IMY IMY IMY

back from Essen Motorshow - way more worse than last week :(

and then we were ready to rumble - show was over and we had to hit the road. this time with trailer. weather was so sick. lot of snow mixed with cold - no good :(

preparing the trailers; I checked the tension belts 10 times.

checked it again on almost ever rest place

and after a 7 hrs drive I was back in winter wonderland :(
clock showed 3.30 am

STAY TUNED

to the limits OR how to go to Essen Motorshow

Essen motorshow opens the doors and the Flying Piston Studios were able to get some space again for a very special exhibition. this year I would be there with Her. but to Essen it should be a long hard way.

best decision of the day was a visit by the local car glass dealer to seal the windshield with nanotech polish. you will see why ;)

meeting point with the rest of the crowd was rest stop "Börde" 10 am. excited like I was of course the first one there.
Christian and his Opel were the next; some minutes later Thom and Olli

pic to remember someday

it was cold but sunny - still ; )

and so we hit the german autobahn; trailers first

crossing the former innergerman borderline

weather was still nice...

...and then came the rain. aproxx 100 mls to go. but who cares and wipers are for pussies ;)

unfortunately we have winter right now and rain turns into snow (sometimes)

and this was GAME OVER for us on the german autobahn. the snow didnt move from the windshield

so we saw nothing, nada, niente :( we had to take the rescue line to remove the white crape from the glass. the trucks on the left lane with 80 mls/hr. it wasnt funny at all. no chance to drive longer as 20 sec and faster as 5 mph/hr. so we crept down the line to the next exit. it felt like kind of suicide commando.

safe for first under the autobahn thought ab the next step. not much choice :(

after 30 - 45 min mandatory break (I had XXXL icecubes at my feet) the snow became more and more less. and we had to take this chance to hit the bahn again. in hope for only rain :)

and we got it - hit the fairground 6.30 pm after a horrible trip - but we were happy and that counts !!!

I used the chance to sit down in one of the most beautiful HotRod in Germany. Gordons 28er Citroen

and of course I had to clean her up for the show; rain and snow did its best

b4:

and after:

and the big end of my day was driving home with a rental car. totally wiped out at home 4 am.

resume:

- use nanotech on windshields

- book a hotel

- JUST DO IT

STAY TUNED

moving for winter sleep

I know how it sux if you havent a garage for your sweetheart :) and what a crap if you have to dispense it short b4 winter and have to find sth new. thats the sit for my buddy Sascha and his International PU
accidentally I have one parking lot  free ;) and offer him that. and he got it. today we move his hillbilly PU to its new home during the wintertime and in company with a very very beautiful lady (oh, I have to close her doors ! :)

he should watch out the ramps not the chcks next block ;)

looks more less as it is

fits !!!

STAY TUNED