She made it (part 2)

The Ovlov is BACK. Back in the Midlands after an arduous 700 mile round trip.

The Devon leg of the trip was seriously arduous for a 13 year old car: lots of very steep lanes with lots of mud.

This involved lots of use of '3' and 'L' gears (downhill) for engine braking - it would be nice if there was one in between 3 and L but it's fine and performed fautlessly.

Next job is to wash it - sounds like a job for New Year's Day if it's fine. It's covered in mud, as all cars are in the South West.

All this uphill struggling and slow hill work has taken its toll on the fuel consumption - last fill up dropped the average down to just 21mpg!