So, about an hour ago I returned home from the Erzgebirge / Ore Mountains in Saxony. Last night we stayed in Oberwiesenthal, about 900m above sealevel. The weather was yesterday rainy and windy - over night this was a real storm and gusts in 1200m on 120km/h in the town still above 80km/h. - and then snow showers..
Ole was the night out.. wipers were initially frozen.. but the heating system was so fast.. No issues to get the snow off.
Snowploughs were in action but the road itself was above 700m snow on rough ice, No salt used or salt ineffective.
I locked the center differential and Ole the Grenadier went on like on rails. No odd or slippery behavior.
Yesterday evening on central parking area in Oberwiesental (picture taken by spouse - the lad in red its me.
Up there is the aerial cable way to Fichtelberg.. suspended today because of gusts.
There is a steam powered narrow gauge railway next but it stayed in operation.
This morning a bit different
snow dispersal on its way - picture from hotel room. The Fichtelberg mountain and upper houses invisible and covered in snow clouds.
Heading off - back home..
This was like so - until below 600m altitude. Snow on rough ice. my knit cap located front of central display.
Gusts and dispersal of snow building up. Water freezing on wipers building up.
Conditions got better after some time .. disengaged the center lock but then I had to follow a lorry until motorway access. There was a queue building up following a snow plough.
Pictures were taken by spouse.
Once we were heading south direction Plauen - all of a suddden snow was gone all green but gusts remaining and hefty rain. - Still ongoing.
as you notice - in this picture average consumption 10.9 l / 100km quite loaded. But the overall consumption from last Friday to today - including Autobahn (up to 140 km/h) downtown / stop n go / grades, and this weather was 12.1 l/100km.
No issues at all. No warning lights or whatever.
Fact is maneuvering in old towns is a challenge - but I got used to it.
Reverse driving with rear wiper on, rear wiper is quite noisy.
The cooling fan is quite hefty when shutting down for a break, sounds like a turbine.. but shuts down quickly.
The wind noise is quite noticeable.
Gust effects / side wind have less impact than expected - perhaps due to the weight of the vehicle. So no corrections on wind. - Again, worn out roads with grooves need a lot of corrections. More than expected - but - is it steering, is it the BFG or just the width of the tyre.. what has the most impact?
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