The new project...

The new project car... I mean the new project... is a house, not a car. We bought this 100-year old country house and it needs a lot of work, but it was inexpensive and we love both the house and its location. I hope it can be cleaned up and ready to use in the next few weeks. The house came fully furnished and I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the house's nooks and crannies to find (not very valuable) little antique items.

Our new project house

My co-driver Josée and I participated in another TSD rally up north near Tremblant last weekend. The rally was long (over 300 km) but I was more prepared to deal with that than I had been last year. The roads were challenging and Josée and I were too busy with our respective roles to chat much, unlike the event we did a few weeks ago. The car performed extremely well on the challenging roads. We rubbed one snowbank (it was a soft fluffy one) on one occasion, but there were no incidents. Some of the roads chosen by the organizer, performance rally driver Jean-Sébastien Besner, were the same roads used during performance rally stages. Driving on these narrow, twisty, snow-covered roads is actually quite invigorating, and so refreshingly different from driving on our terrible roads in the city. I somehow lost the driver side rocker panel cover, and I assumed until today that that happened during the rally, but I now see from the photo below that the side skirt was still there at the end of the event... it's a mystery.

The Saabaru after it's 4th TSD rally

Josée and I were tired, but in a great mood after the event.

Our performance, as far as results go, was disappointing. We took 9.7 minutes of penalties, but 5 of those came at the midway point when we miscaculated our arrival time and took a massive early arrival penalty. This placed us mid-pack over all. However, even without that penalty, a score of 4.7 would not have put us in the top five.

Other than that, here are a few photos of some cool cars you can still see on the road, even though we're in the middle of winter.

Oscar loves the shopping carts at Home Depot

Respect to whoever is driving this rear-wheel-drive Maserati in winter

I can't believe there are still any of these "beware or Renault 5's" signs out there

First time I have seen a Lamborghini Urus in the wild in Canada

I approve of this winter car choice!

This one too!

One of the two other Saab 9-2X's in the neighbourhood