bret

Hello, We are on the ice in less than six weeks, so here's some updates for you, especially since I spoke with Aki yesterday. Information 1. Those who have paid - thanks. If you haven't, please leave it now and we will sort everything out at the hotel itself. At least food and accommmodation are paid directly to the hotel at the hotel. You will receive more information after next weekend, because... 2. I will go up next weekend to talk with Trackmeister. That will clear up what we have, where and when and I will add the information into the roadbook. 3. If you have a roommate preference, please tell me. Much of it is clear, not all is. 4. We are around 21 cars and 36 people. I currently have one car with unclear status. 5. There will be an awful lot of filming done. More on that below. 6. Because we're a larger group, we will need to stagger food times in the shelter, but I'll add that in to the roadbook. We'll sort this out with help from the marshals. 7. ITX official Threema Group has now been created. If you are not in it and think you should be, please get back to me. If you're on FB and not invited to the event, please get back to me. I now have five different comms channels - Whatsapp, Threema, FB, Forum and email, never mind phone and SMS... Sunday night was -20C up there and lots of snow is due Wednesday, then it should drop back to -17 or so. Actions for you 1. Allergies for food to me, please; I know we have one milk issue, but any other requests (vegan, lactose intolerance etc.) beforehand please 2. If you are *not* taking the food package, tell me before 1st Feb. 3. Please confirm your roommates, I'll create a google doc with Aki and share it for this purpose. About filming This event relies on tracks that are subject to local regulation. Some councils are more sympathetic than others and especially when local businesses are involved; those businesses need to be successful with track for it to make financial sense for them to jump through bureaucratic hoops. To help this success along, we need a good marketing video - the cost point for a track on the lake when you're not doing it for the hell of it is significant. What this means for this event: there will be lots of videoing going on. Aki may well be providing a drone operator, and both myself and at least one photographer / video dude will be working to get lots of action and atmosphere. I'm trying to get plate covers sorted for you to cover the registration / license plates on your car. If I get them sorted, please use them, you can keep them. You will need to take them off again on the public road. If you have no problem with your registration plate being visible, that's also OK to a point, but please don't be surprised if one of the film people asks you to put a cover back on for a specific shot. The video of ITX doesn't need to be quite so uniform, but a marketing one should be. We will avoid faces unless we've specifically, personally, spoken about it, and I will ask you to sign a model release form if you will be visible / recognisable; this is standard practice. I will preview the final cut for you guys before it goes anywhere. If you want to contribute footage, tell me. I will have several TB of disk space with and won't be leaving until early Monday, and I'd prefer to copy it while there if possible. This filming is very important for the long-term viability of track. I intend to have the roadbook ready to publish next weekend, after I've been up north; that will contain all the final information. If you have any questions, it's bret dot pulkka stone klammeraffe gmail dot com. - Bret

nee, das ist "artistic licence" Ich bin gespannt was Trackmeister für Track 2 vorschlägt.... - Bret

War heute um -23 bei Kuopio. Ich bin aber zuhause und habe etwas mit Premiere und After effects gespeilt.. das hier ist rausgekommen: Enjoy! - Bret

Hier isses weiss mit leichter Schneefall bei um -10. Geht noch.... - Bret

oookay, sorry, habe die Meldung verpasst. @Frickler. Erst: eine Email bitte an lohimaa - myynti ät lohimaa.fi mit namen, gewünschte Zimmertyp - und ein- und Abreise Datum. Mehr ist im Moment nicht zu tun, ich gehe warscheinlich in zwei Wochen hoch um die restlichen Sachen zu klären. Mehr wurde hier geklärt: https://a2-freun.de/forum/forums/topic/41848-itx-icetrack2019/?do=findComment&comment=807333I Schön dass ihr dabei seid! - Bret

sorry, I wasn't reading the entire forum yesterday, but the answers above should help. - Bret

ach, ich bin ein echter Freund der Bowmore Darkest geworden... - Bret

Lol! Da müsste ich herzlich lachen, danke. Du hast ein PN - Bret

like this? http://www.lar.fi/18565-15_wj_7mm oder so? http://www.lar.fi/16570-14_85txl__hankook_w419 - Bret

found this: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Nokian-Lappi-Spikes-Winterreifen-245-40-R18-97T-XL-DOT-2014/352523209847?hash=item5214054c77:g:J~sAAOSwfcNb9r6~:rk:127:pf:0 @HerrMausd - Bret

Jo, seit Tagen ist es unter 0. Hier ist der Höchsttemp für den nächsten 10 Tagen 0; bis -6 oder so Abends keine Seltenheit. Schneit auch gerade. Heute morgen war es glatt wie sau auf die Strassen. Wir brauchen noch 1-2 Wochen so - Bret

so, die Spikereifen... Mikael hat mich heute nochmals darauf angesprochen. Hat noch jemand interesse? Pekka hat ja seine - Bret

ja, Rechnungen gingen heute raus. - Bret

abgeklemmte batterien und kein Komfortfunktion mehr. Also; im Auto, Zündung an. Auf Beiden Seiten, drücke mal den Knopf für Fenster nach unten, gedrückt halten für2-3s, dann nach oben. Weiter am knopf für 2-3 Sek. Da sind dann die Endpositionen wieder angelernt und es müsste wieder funktionieren. Wenn der One-shot - also kurz drücken - funktionert, dann müsste Komfortschliessung funktionieren, genau wie umgekehrt. - Bret

Er ist z Zt in Urlaub... ruft mich zurück nächste Woche. - Bret

I will call Aki either today or tomorrow and ask what's going on. - Bret

freut mich. Ich brauche nur einen - Bret

LOL. ESP funktioniert korrekt, genau wie ABS. Die sind mein Winterreifen... ich habe kein Tachoabweichung vornehmen müssen. Ich müsste schauen ob ich noch Video vom Track habe mit mein Auto dabei... da ist es drauf und man sieht wohl noch die ESP-Eingriffe. Grössenunterscheid zu 175/60R15 ist ja minimal. Und ja, ich hatte 205/40R17 ab Werk. Ich habe kein Eintragung, sowas brauche ich hier nicht. - Bret

Fahre die seit Jahren als Winterreifen... - Bret

so. no connection to transmission conyrol module. both earth points inside are good. battery is ok but particularly good. brakes show dtc error... but that seems to be part of the same problem. ideas?

yep, is here and software updated. will give you a call in the morning. - Bret

cable should be in my hands tomorrow, I will look into bringing the other laptop with me on Tuesday. - Bret

so I went over to Lauttasaari yesterday. The car starts and idles without problems. It also moved under its own power backwards and forwards without major issue; I will get my full VCDS cable Monday now and will try a full GGE just as soon as I can. The two things that made me really wonder were the bar which seemed twisted and the one cable which seems to move. Moving the shift lever moved the one cable around, but there's one grommet which doesn't seem to be in the right place; it's pulled forward from the place that seems to be its home. Aside from that, an overview yesterday basically gave no real new information - the Bluetooth dongle I had with refused to connect. The garage said they tried to read errors and found none; they were reasonably sure the accumulator has a problem of some variety. As said, I'll try and make time Tuesday to go over and run a full GGE and see how far we get. - Bret

Ok, so there is a thick rod underneath the abs block. It appears to be twisted. Thoughts? It moves slightly when gears are selected but not much.... and this rubber bung is not in the right place. Thoughts?

oh my... - Bret