'ola folks.....

tis been a while since i swung by.

Mah wee beastie is still awesome even after clipping 2 vermin deer in seperate incidents this perversely allows me to testify that the SM crashes really well!

Once again some tip-top service from the folks at Victoria Garage, Maud for fixing it up a good 'un.

After some extreme winter driving (Vredestein Wintrac really are awesome) mah wee beastie has really earned it's spurs this last year or so, taking me across europe, up and doon scotland more times than I can remember.....several spots of iffy off roading just to prove it can...then finally hauling my backside through the muck and road sludge of the post mini ice-age we had in Aberdoomshire, the wee beastie hasn't missed a beat.

Interesting to see the Yeti-mania spreading the analogue and digital worlds post Clarkson commentary.......

Seeing how long it takes to lay yer hands on a new een I'm just glad I was in well ahead of the pack in getting mine.

Hang loose folks!

Long time no see indeed! So where are the pictures of your Beastie doing all these things!!!?

Long time no see indeed! So where are the pictures of your Beastie doing all these things!!!?

fortunately I'm usually too busy doing rather than doing and "capturing the moment"....

fortunately I'm usually too busy doing rather than doing and "capturing the moment"....

Good to hear your enjoying it over the recent cold snap. Are you in Maud or in that area ?

I'm in Aberdeen and have just ordered a similar spec (170 Elegance, Heated screen, TPM, but no RRP/Towbar) in Candy White (SWMBO's choice....), so just got to put up with the wait.

I was also keen to get Wintracs at the original size (we have them on our Passat at the moment - think they are brilliant) - did you get them in Maud ? I couldn't get Vredesteins this year for my other car. Were the extra set of Spitzbergs expensive ?

Only seen one other n Aberdeen so far (Steel Grey Elegance ). Can imagine the cappuccino can be difficult to keep clean

Edited 25 January, 201115 yr by Silly Old Hector

nah ah'm awah over at Tarland way... Victoria Garage Maud get mah shillings 'cos Specialist in tha toon is universally pants!!

Vreds were bough in Tawse Tyres Inverurie and the spare set of Spitzbergs were bought over the internet (new). Ok so the whole lot came to an eyewatering 1100 notes but it's justifyable when taking into account the winter/wet/cold/ice tyre performance against lost time/insurance excess and all the palaver around not being able to get in to my work because o bad weather/winter slides.

All I got to do now is learn to avoid deer!

To the contrary Cappucino is the easiest wagon colour I've ever had to keep clean....mine was covered in crud from end of Nov to 2 wks ago and it didn't look minging even though it was.

To the contrary Cappucino is the easiest wagon colour I've ever had to keep clean....mine was covered in crud from end of Nov to 2 wks ago and it didn't look minging even though it was.

I had a champagne coloured Astra many moons ago and that was also by far the easiest colour ever to keep clean. It just hides the dirt so well.

'ola folks.....

tis been a while since i swung by.

Mah wee beastie is still awesome even after clipping 2 vermin deer in seperate incidents this perversely allows me to testify that the SM crashes really well!

Once again some tip-top service from the folks at Victoria Garage, Maud for fixing it up a good 'un.

After some extreme winter driving (Vredestein Wintrac really are awesome) mah wee beastie has really earned it's spurs this last year or so, taking me across europe, up and doon scotland more times than I can remember.....several spots of iffy off roading just to prove it can...then finally hauling my backside through the muck and road sludge of the post mini ice-age we had in Aberdoomshire, the wee beastie hasn't missed a beat.

Interesting to see the Yeti-mania spreading the analogue and digital worlds post Clarkson commentary.......

Seeing how long it takes to lay yer hands on a new een I'm just glad I was in well ahead of the pack in getting mine.

Hang loose folks!

Scunjee

By any chance was that you on the Ellon/Aberdeen road last Sunday afternoon??? I was passed by a Yeti with a Victoria Garage sticker on the back window.

Del

Scunjee

By any chance was that you on the Ellon/Aberdeen road last Sunday afternoon??? I was passed by a Yeti with a Victoria Garage sticker on the back window.

Del

I'm in Tarland on Mon/Tue next week - will be loking out for you.

Del - I may have see you last week - I was in my Abarth 500 staring at a steel grey Yeti on West Tullos dual carriageway - if it was you, I wasn't stalking....

Scunjee

By any chance was that you on the Ellon/Aberdeen road last Sunday afternoon??? I was passed by a Yeti with a Victoria Garage sticker on the back window.

Del

Not guilty..... there are at least 10 or so SM's in and around the area by my reckoning

I'm in Tarland on Mon/Tue next week - will be loking out for you.

Del - I may have see you last week - I was in my Abarth 500 staring at a steel grey Yeti on West Tullos dual carriageway - if it was you, I wasn't stalking....

I was there last Saturday lunchtime so it could have been me - but as The Scunjmeister points out they're as common as muck nowadays