VANLIFE in the Extreme COLD 

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Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed my style of content. I’m just about to leave for my third winter season!

One of the reasons I love the Arctic!

Light pillar are beautiful! I love seeming them.

They were beautiful.

😊 indeed, I’m already starting to feel the temptation of year three up here

@@MispronouncedAdventures Yes please.

That sounds like it was a chilly drive for everyone!

Yeah, light pillar are a pretty cool atmospheric trick . They’re really cool when you get them over cities or towns because then you have hundreds of pillars

Thank you very much for watching!

Thank you

Yeah it’s an adventure for sure! Lots admin and van prep and kit need to be comfortable up here

I’ve keep it’s on for the last few weeks now. The reason I say -20 or -25 in the video is I have a digital temperature gauge on my dashboard, which gives me the live number read out and I noticed getting towards -20 is when I see abnormality over normal engine temp. But you are correct. Nothing wrong putting on at -10. The engine isnt going to overheat

@@MispronouncedAdventures I like this device pretty much smart thing. Like in the last Video real coolant temp. Just building a 5t 4x4 Sprinter emergency ambulance🚑. Bad thing no info about the engine ect at all, first you get information if it is to late in my eyes. PS. Don't give your spare heater away, can be life saving. Save travels

@@MispronouncedAdventures Engine is built to run when temp is spot on (gauge middle position). Thermostat in engine is suppose to keep engine in optimal temp. During winter a piece of carbon can block air (some or all) before coolant. Just keep temp gauge in normal position.

@@p20071 yes that is true and I know, but engine thermostats can’t always keep engines are optimal running temperature when driving below -20c ( in Mk8 transit at least ) which is why I use a grill cover. As too many other vehicles up here.

Nie lepiej mieszkać gdzieś na równiku? Lub chociaż miedzy zwrotnikiem raka i koziorożca?

Thank you very much I hope the temperature keeps dropping as well!

Thank you very much I’m glad you are enjoying the journey

Glad you like the video thank you for watching! Should be plenty more hours of this adventure yet to come

I’m sure something can be arranged I’m not a particularly good cook so it might be cheese Toasties in the snow!

@@MispronouncedAdventures yes on the ridge monkey no doubt , would love to do that proper like you but yes gotta be advanced I'm a novice going Wales in January!!

I just remembered a joke about that: A guy from southern Finland called to his friend living in Lapland. - "I heard from the news that it's very cold now north there" - "No, it's only -10°C" - "But I heard it's -40°C?!" - "Oh, that's outdoors!"

It is indeed, I did it last winter

It is indeed, obviously here I have a lot of technical things. My other work leading expeditions all over the globe a lot less.

Thank you I love the bed design in the van means I have a massive bed but also easily pack it away and not take up too much!

Yeah no performance issues with the vehicle in the cold. I’ve had to cover on for a while now

A place I would love to visit

Thank you very much I do my best to try and improve

Thank you, plenty more of season 2 which was the 2023 winter season. About to leave for winter 3

Glad you have enjoyed it more to come!

Sounds like a life well lived sir. I’d love to return to Canada at some point. Maybe ship my van over. It’s hard to find that sort of cold in the Nordics.

@@MispronouncedAdventures well you're a brave man, yeah for the deep freeze weather, the NWT , Yukon , Alaska, or Siberian, those are the options, that Nordic region looked crispy too. Good luck , thanks for the message 👍

Thank you very much greats! We are getting there on the temperature goal! But it’s not being easy!

Thank you for watching

Yeah, the back-and-forth wasn’t ideal, but just the nature of dates and timings

The frozen beard is more impressive than some later videos!

Thank you

Yeah, the reindeer certainly usually don’t move until you get by the close and they do blend in pretty well with snow-covered roads even with lights

Another time, with a Ford Capri, a winter time between Christmas and New Year, at night. Coming over a crest at 100 mph. The road is five meters wide in summer. Now in winter it is narrower. There are three reindeer facing me. I consider, I can drive out. Know that it is actually very nice to drive out on the right. On the left side there is an upward slope. At the very last minute, one of the reindeer moves a few decimetres, and I choose to drive between them, while giving even more speed to over 100 mph. I don't think they realized what disappeared between them, but I'm sure there was reindeer hair attached to the car on both sides. I have calculated that at the speed I was driving at the time I would be able to drive the Nürburgring in less than ten minutes, and this journey was 80 miles.

@@MispronouncedAdventures A cousin of mine, he was also young and stupid. Driving as he had the devil after him, going over crests at stupid speed. There were at least 14 reindeer standing, at least dead after he hit them. He said he had to turn on the windshield wiper because of the blood. Did you know, there wasn't any speed limits in Finland 50 years ago.

@@MispronouncedAdventures A friend of mine was caught at high speed, but they were unable to measure. He was asked if he had a license to fly and if he did, then if he could fly a little higher, if not, then he had to reduce the speed.

I do

Fish and chips is a British stereotype? I am in northern Sweden?

I bet. I saw one other Brit and a few Germans. This winter there were at least 7 Brits and I saw a lot more Germans and other European countries

I do enjoy them. nice quick snacks too

Thank you for watching!

-33 on stool still must of been hard work! Doesn’t matter how good the kit is. The cold will creep in when still!

Generally no issues in the extreme conditions. Attenborough is known for his stories and the love of a good sesh down the pub 😂

Thank you.

Thank you

I love to visits the North American Arctic in winter

It works for me

Pretty impressive where just RWD can get you. The two Brit van up I know with winch this winter have rescued more locals from ditches then use them on themselves

Thanks

Gravel is unlikely to get in the exhaust pipe due to the steep angle of it, any snow, which does happen seems to melt immediately, when it turns on

@@MispronouncedAdventures Both have happened to me. Although, it was mud not gravel. Had a different car back then and now I have a Sprinter 316 and the heater works perfectly

@TuomoUusitupa I can imagine mud is a real problem, at you would bake it dry with heat!

Hopefully I will find -40c another year. It’s been very mild overall

Thank you very much

100% want a winch, probably changes itself to need if I find myself in a ditch 😂 Yeah, thermal is a lot of fun to see things under. I’d imagine much of the outer parts of the animals fur is gonna be very similar to surrounding temperatures Yeah when it’s snowing you see the snow build up on the animals

@@MispronouncedAdventures not as cool but a portable winch might be of more use, never used one myself but i assume it would be more useful if you go in the ditch head first! not that you're gonna do that of course! happy adventures!!

Yeah, I agree with a winch for just the ease of problem, solving my own issues

Maybe a portable one?

That’s also another option as well

Sounds good to me

The food is a sort of potato meat, onion, diced, are you finding most of shops in the freezer section I really like it and it’s easy to cook. Who knows maybe the next van will be a AWD transit

@@MispronouncedAdventures sounds like the potato zeppelins I was eating in Lithuania. The national dish. Thanks mate 👍

No problem:)

Signal in the remote areas is better than the general signal I get in the Uk. Yes I do have a toilet in the van.

Didnt think potentially surprising a mama Moose with baby Moose would in the dark would of been the safest idea

You are correct, I had a brain fart at the time of speaking 😂

I’ve heard about this. Meant to be best on Feb 4th I think I heard

Yesterday and today are the closest.

It’s a pretty interesting atmospheric phenomena

That’s just standard driving out here with the lorries. I did actually plan on bringing two entire spare heaters with me as I have them, but decided it was a bit unnecessary 😂

@Grant Jones that’s for sure, many of the trucks have huge bars and grills over the fronts them for that eventuality or more likely, hitting reindeer

@Grant Jones that’s for sure I imagine they’re more interested in protecting the front of the lorry from damage & repairs than the results of the animal

Thank you. Plastic roof insulation in all the cavities and then 25mm PIR insulation board panels over the top

Hello! Thank you for your comment. If there wasn’t the current difficulties and difficulty of visas, I would’ve quite enjoyed to visit northern Russia. Engine oil in my diesel van being a euro6 engine is is quite thin so it is 5w30 which is good down to about -35c. The tyre are all-terrain opposed to off-road mud tyres. That we consider those different types of tyres. mine are BFG KO2 in size 225/75R16 but I use this tyre all year around and with my last winter experience has great cold weather performance from them. I also carry snow chains just in case

No aliens yet

don’t really need one. Solar is pretty much non-existent up here but My engine charges the batteries at 700-800w when running. Power is one of the least of my issues up here. By the time I finished for the day, I’m always at 100% and usually the next morning up at around 75%. Also have two portable power bank eco-flow unit with me as a back up. If I can’t get my engine to start, I’ve got bigger issues, but plenty of power options to keep the heater going.

🍺 I may have brought that one with me from the UK

@@MispronouncedAdventures what’s the beers like over there?

Quite different alcohol laws, actually normally only low, percentage ( 3.5% ) beers and alcohol of any kind can be sold in supermarkets. Anything stronger is normally sold in a government run alcohol shop which are normally associated or part of the supermarkets. A lot of lagers when I prefer ales myself, but I wouldn’t say there’s a shortage of variety

@@MispronouncedAdventures ah that’s interesting. I’m an ale drinker, though I am partial to a pilsner every now and then

The principal is certainly there. The power of the bobil van is heat exchanger only 2.1kw whist might engine pre heater is 5kw. But it would certainly heat it up, just take longer. I think more of the issue would be flow and the restrictions as the bobil uses of far smaller diameter piping in. I think I would prefer to do it the other way around and use the engine and the engine preheater as a primary source and some like a SureCal Calorifier. In this environment, I prefer having a redundant system as a backup.

@@MispronouncedAdventures right, that makes sense. Also, the drawback is that for heating a cold car - e.g. if you're not living in it, it's overkill to use the airheater to heat the engine. On the other side, I've got the bobilvans hybrid, and by integrating the engine coolant, through an additional heat exchanger on the engine side. It would be a very flexible setup. You could even use the hot water in your boiler to heat the engine. The power source could then be either electricity (Bobilvans Hybrid) or the Diesel Air heater.

Unfortunately, solar doesn’t really work out here. As for heated floors I don’t have any, but there are two options available, a glycol liquid underfloor heating or an electrical one. It is a tempting prospect. If I was building a second van, I may consider ways of implementing it. Not sure which direction I would go yet.

@@MispronouncedAdventures I'll go for electric heating carpets... they are more versatile, you can use them for spot heating almost everywhere and if it's a mat you can just remove it in the warmer months. Also thinking about a heated under blanket.

I’ve got no need to use gas and I don’t want it. Just another fuel source to try and find. It’s the future electric cooking, gas/LPG getting way harder to get hold off in the UK. With large lithium batteries just makes sense to use induction cooking & air fryers. becoming increasingly more popular in the UK self builds. Plus I think it’s performance gas wise, gets pretty problematic in the extreme cold

It’s a Webasto Thermo Top Evo from a scrapped Land Rover Discovery 3, there are a few videos on my channel about how to retrofit them into vans. It’s run on diesel as the fuel source and 12v DC, pretty much the same as your normal diesel air heater only heats liquid instead

I made it myself. I used it on the first winter arctic trip for a few days. The second arctic trips I used it for 2 months. Generally -20c or below I see engine temperatures dropping off

in Russia, there is the region of Tatarstan, and the city of Kazan. So here, ambulances and post offices саr cover their radiator grilles with the arrival of winter. and so they drive until spring. up to positive temperatures. Our region is not the coldest. It's still minus 20. And by the way, these car are Fords or Gazelle

You can also make double glazing in the living compartment. with double glazed windows the windows will not freeze and you can admire the scenery

Aye, I do like having more options for self rescue if need be

In the Nordic’s it’s a common option for the van, as mine is a British van. I got a Webasto Thermo top Evo engine preheater from a scrapped Land Rover discovery and retrofitted it myself. There are a few videos on the channel showing how to get those heaters working and putting them in any van

@MispronouncedAdventures ok, thanks for the reply. I will have a look through your channel for the video. Thanks again

Thank you for joining! The back doors is a insulated material cover I made. The material is normally used for windscreens. I’m sort of using it as a giant blanket to cover all the back doors and the door seems. there’s a video on the build series about it on the channel.

Having a bit of fun

The prices of non-processed are mad, but that being said I don’t enjoy cooking, nor am I good at it. I do what I’m comfortable with cooking

Coldest on that drive was -31c but day to day early on the trip was -10c to -20c. Colder overnight

Personally have no interest in log burners in vans. Not something I would want, nor does the insurance company I’m with many of the UK insurance companies won’t insure vans with them. Incinerator toilet on the other hand definitely a more interesting prospect. I think there’s a few companies which do LPG or electric ones

EBay, it’s an aftermarket part. If you check back on my channel you can find a video about it

@@MispronouncedAdventures Thanks! Alredy found the video how you installed that. Very helpful. Might upgrade mine too. Cheers!

I guess it’s all relative, although when you get UK temperatures around zero and a few degrees below it’s really damp cold which feels worse. as soon as you get below -10 and below it’s a really dry cold which doesn’t feel as bad

Congratulations on buying that unit. Hopefully the install goes well! I don’t worry about the diesel freezing ( gelling ) in the lines as the diesel in the Nordics is pretreated & winter grade at the pump. So no worries about adding Additives. As for LPG, I’m not entirely sure as I don’t use it, and I would have to have a look on what the effects are in the extreme cold and LPG tanks

@@MispronouncedAdventures the relay came today that turns the cab fans on automatically once the coolant is up to temperature so going to install this weekend 👍🏼. Oh ok, I’ve been worrying about the diesel freezing so that’s a relief, thanks mate. I’m going to get a little induction hob incase the LPG turns into an issue. Loving the videos! Stay safe 👍🏼.

I’m not familiar with that Relay could you send me a link on Instagram DM about it, I’d like to know more

Even super remoteI have backup options. Most things I could take apart, fix or bodge. If it was something truly catastrophic, phone signal is great, and I also have satellite communication options with me as well

@@MispronouncedAdventures if the wheels fell off completely (hopefully not literally) what survival gear have you for such severe temperatures?

I got my full winter gear with me. I’ve got my five season high altitude sleeping bag, roll mat and tent. I could happy pitch up outside. Even got a E bike with me could ride to safety 😂

@@MispronouncedAdventures sounds like you will be fine as long as there’s no more inquisitive moose 🤣

That’s not the temperature I want to experience

99% of the footage is from the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Northern Lights time-lapse footage is my Nikon D850. Drone is a DJI Mavic Air 2S

@@MispronouncedAdventures what lenses do you use normally, looks ace

@@jack-fp7ml on the Nikon? A Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 VRII which is my normal work horse for photography my expedition work. Just the normal for the iPhone

Nordic drinking limits like most of Europe is in effect zero, unlike England and Wales ( Scotland being lower than England and wales ). I’ve never been personally fussed with drinking in the van after I finish driving and the whole in “charge of a vehicle” I think you’d be hard pressed to have issues in a campervan format where you’re in the back of the vehicle in the habitation area and clearly stopped. Mind you. I still don’t sit in the driver seat and have a beer with the keys in ignition.

Best part of 10 years, I led Expeditions and an Expedition leader all over the globe for clients or reconnaissance work. More recently I still lead Expeditions, only four in 2023 but I also have a remote job working for a UK lithium Battery company called Roamer and doing many of their electrical design consultations for campervan remotely and now RU-vid has also become a major part of my yearly income.

​@@MispronouncedAdventures You are literally living my dream life. Hope to reach your spot soon and to experience this lifestyle.

@wmccinema I wish you all the best and I hope you do!

@@MispronouncedAdventures thanks and be safe always!

What are you talking about?

Why would you think there is no heating? Gets at cold as -38c on these trips. Of course there is heating in the habitation area and engine pre heating for the engine

@@MispronouncedAdventures do you not have your heating on all night very low so you don't have all ice in side the van making it all wet it don't matter how cold it is in my van in cold winter in the snow I leave my heating on all night it comes on for 15 minutes then turns off for 10 minutes all night or my van would get all damp inside 💠

@@grahamwhittle1971 heater stays on all night on a thermostat keeping the van inside around 21°c. You don’t get any condensation inside the van because there’s no humidity below -15. It’s absolutely bone dry air . I also usually keep the max fan on 10% which extracts any moisture from the air caused by cooking and breathing.

@@grahamwhittle1971 sounds like your experience might be from mild winter conditions and temperatures ( like central Europe or the UK ). When it’s only minus one or two and still snowing, the humidity is actually really high so lots of moisture froms inside.

Here in the South East of the U.K. -3 is extreme cold lol !

-50c though is extremely rare in all of those countries. most haven’t seen -50c in decades ( on official records ) . 2021 for Sweden was 35 year record low at -43.8c. Finland official coldest for 2023 winter was only -37.5c. 2023 was a pretty mild winter. A few of my friends who live out there only saw around the mid -30s “extremely” is used as a “stance adverb” in the sentence and is relative to the speaker/users own experiences, since I’m from the UK, -31c is mighty chilly

Hmm you got something uncorrect or missed something lol. This is the internet and since we dont KNOW that you are from UK your 'stance' adverb doesent work but extreme does so when using extreme it better be extreme or people willl react to it:)@@MispronouncedAdventures

oh yes i have no problem with that sir but i DO have a problem with -31 beeing extreme in sweden, Finland and Norway since it's below that every single winter in several different places in thouse countries.@@AJ-qn6gd

-30 is extreme to more people than it’s not extreme to, the coldest I have experienced is -21 in the south east of the U.K. I can’t remember which year but it was late eighties this is extremely rare in the U.K.

Can’t be doing interesting stuff all the time. But I do enjoy driving in the winter

Well you’re wrong if you trying to say the tyre are not legal in winter. The tyres are perfectly legal in the Nordics winter ( + North American and central European ) . As they 3PMSF rated which meets Nordics countries winter requirements for tyres. And whilst I do see most of the foreign vehicles up here using the same model of tyres this year i did see quite a few of the local, particularly in Norway vehicles use them as well. Other Nordic friends of my have no issues with A/T or A/S tyres in heavy vans and use them. “All terrain tyres” is just word used by companies to describe loosely a tyres properties. I use a BFgoodrich KO2 Oh course there was no scientific basis or relevants for all brake test. We just wanted to have some fun on a empty bit of road, get up to a set speed and slam the anchors on to see how well heavy vans ( 3.5t vans ) stopped in those conditions. Rather well I too would be pissed at irresponsible foreigners they definitely some unprepared ones. I’m sure your a far more experienced Nordic driver and live up there. I only have 2 nordic winters and around 8000-9000 miles worth of driving experience on those middle of winter roads, but in that experience, daily to daily drivability, traction, cornering, and breaking has never been a problem. However I choose to leave the Nordics when it starts to warm up and temperatures return to near zero as I would prefer studs then.

​@@MispronouncedAdventures Sorry champ.... I am very sure that I am right. But I am not sure if I shall laugh or cry of your statements .....the latter seems most likely. My nearly 70 years of experience from living up here in the Arctic can hardly match your handful of days as tourist in Scandinavia....??? Well....well... well..... I have only criss-crossed Scandinavia (in all seasons) so many times that I have no idea of how many that would be..... You see .....your statements only show that you are rather clueless and can only convince another clueless. It is not only the manufacturers that use the term "all terrain tyres" .... you said it yourself..... That is also what I reacted on. I had no information which classification your tyres were under (which in this case is irrelevant). Nordic winter tyres has totally different properties than summer tyres. Those properties are not possible to combine in one and the same tyre. Personally I never compromise with tyres. They are the only thing that gives me the needed control and contact with the road. I always drive with top of the line studded tyres. That has multiple times saved me from situations that otherwise would ended rather bad. I am not playing with my own or others lives on the road. Your "all terrain tyres" are certainly not anything close to a Nordic winter tyre. Show me any Scandinavian test that has your type of tyres figuring in their tests of winter tyres ....and even more unlikely performs good.....!!! Maybe there is a reason that your type of tyres are not even anything to consider as a test object in the category of Nordic winter tyres......??? The 3PMSF standard is just a joke. Your claim that "....3PMSF meets the requirements of Nordic winter tyres..." is laughable and only show that you are completely lost. In reality you actually turns things upside down. Here is why: The 3PMSF standard is something EU in their eager to standardise the world have made up just like their standardisation of how straight a cucumber must be......but about a billion times more serious dangerous and stupid. Specially since EU has made up that standard together with USA .... which certainly destine it to be as cheap and crappy as possible. 3PMSF is a MINIMUM-standard that requires a tyre to perform (on semi compact snow) a little bit better than a reference tyre ....which of all is a summer tyre.....!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hence it is a "winter" tyre standard for Brussels and Washington DC ....and places like that .....where there are no winter. A summer tyre has more or less +zero grip on snow and ice. Hence to make a "standard" for a tire that is a tiny little bit better than zero is hopeless. 25 % better than zero isn't much.... Hence EU has created a meaningless black hole of a standard where about anything north of a summer tyre can be labelled as 3PMSF. For Nordic winter tyres which performs sky high better than the 3PMSF requirements ....well.....of course....they qualify to be labelled with 3PMSF. Hence the total opposite of your "understanding" of what qualify for what.... That you see many "...specially in Norway...." with 3PMSF tyres is simply because they drive on Nordic winter tyres ....not because the 3PMSF label (requriements) in any shape or form proofs or qualify to be suitable for Nordic winter conditions. The 3PMSF standard is something that EU has obliged Norway, Sweden and Finland to follow. Many in Norway is less than happy about the introduction of that "standard". The Norwegian labour union TLF (Trafikk- og Logistikkforbundet) that organise professional drivers for whatever of trucks / semi-trucks / vans / bus..... certainly has spoken out against that kind of crappy standards as 3PMSF. In an article from TLF they say that "....it is frightening to see this kind of standard for tyres introduced on Norwegian roads.... ....and it certainly does not make the safety on roads better ....." They say that the 3PMSF label spans whatever tyres from very good tyres (the Nordic ones) to a lot of poor tyres Hence to be understood as crap ...which makes the standard meaningless They say that M+S tyres (that is nowhere near a winter tyre for the Nordics) has better sideways support (for sideways forces) hence gives better control than many of these 3PMSF tyres. They also say that manufacturers of these 3PMFS tyres do admit that such a label DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE SUITABLE FOR NORDIC WINTER CONDITIONS. Well known brands as Nokian and Bridgestone sell tyres with the label 3PMSF .....but they also give a warning ....that they are NOT suitable for Nordic winter conditions. I would say that you obvious has a mission to go and tell Nokian (for example) that they haven't understood anything .....since you have stated that 3PMSF tyres "....meet the requirements for Nordic winter tyres...." .....good luck on that one. I also challenge you on your statement that 3PMSF tyres are "perfect legal". I would say that the only you show is perfect ignorance. That 3PMSF tyres are "legal" does not mean that they are good ....and can be used under any road/weather conditions. There are additional requirements in the law that states that one must drive according to conditions (like not to drive at all ) and also use equipment which is suitable for the actual conditions. All terrain tyres / all season tyres are good for naked asphalt ....not for Nordic snow and ice conditions. If you were stopped in a control on a road with icy condition you would be fined and grounded until you had got proper winter tyres on. To quote one of those who do the controls (from Statens Vegvesen - the Norwegian road authority): "People who drive with all season / all terrain tyres (no matter 3PMSF label) should not drive on icy roads ...simply don't use the car.... If they caused an accident by driving under such condition ....they would be in big trouble...". Your argument that you will "....leave the Nordics when it starts to warm up...." again shows that you are totally lost in understanding of reality concerning the weather and road conditions here north. The reality is very different from what you imagine. The reality is that it can be -30 C one nice winter day .....with plenty of grip on the road surface.... and a few hours later it can be plus degrees, rain pouring down and the road as icy as a skating ring. That can nowadays (with the climate change) happen any day of the winter. Sorry ....you can not plan just to leave before it "starts to warm up". How you with your van shall leave the Arctic and Nordic within a few hours is beyond me. Specially Norway with a very changeable weather and temperatures you risk all sorts of road conditions ....any day.... and you must be equipped for that. When adding that has an extreme topography with a lot of places where the road has to pass over mountains ....hence elevation changes which will result in variation of road conditions of all sorts. On one side of the mountain the road can have naked asphalt ....then up on the mountain plenty of snow (often to much) ....and then down on the other side at low elevation you can experience ice and more ice. You simply can not just avoid these things ....you must face it. It does not help you at all to dream about using studded tyres "when it warms up" and it does not help you to carry with you snow chains in your luggage if you don't use them. So these foreign camper vans are really very dangerous Bambi on ice machines. It does not help much ....on top of that their substandard tyres ....that they are inexperienced drivers for the conditions....and that their camper is heavy ....often around 3,5 tons. For us who live here is there are not much comfort in knowing that there are even worse vehicles on the roads. Again ...and again ....on daily basis....comes foreign semi trucks across the border into Norway with all sorts of serious deficiencies to their equipment. Like driving on worn down summer tyres, no brakes, fake driver licenses ....and so on. We call them death machines ....and yes deadly accidents happens. So thank you EU for your "standards". I will come with a big shout out to salute the road authority that constantly are out on the roads for doing controls of vehicles and remove from the road those who are not fit to be there. The problem is that they can not be everywhere at any time....they don't have resources for that. Concerning another type of equipment. I want to add that you seem to drive with some weird amber colour lights right under the windscreen. They are illegal in Norway in the colour/combination/light setup you drive with. Obs...obs.... now I see that you has posted a video about your driving adventures .....and capabilities for your equipment ....for example on a parking lot in Alta. There you really prove that you are driving a helpless Bambi on ice. But that does not deterre you and your friends to drive out on the main road, E6, as if it was top driving conditions. You obvious did not learn much. I don't want to see you or anyone on the road to be hurt so be careful. Ohhhh.....and didn't you say that you should leave the Nordics before it became warm / icy.....????

@@MispronouncedAdventures My comment may not suit your ego. You show a total disrespect for road safety. What you post in not correct and I am reacting to that. Spreading irresponsible behaviour as you do by breaking the law concerning your van is not acceptable. We don't want that kind of behaviour on our roads ....and I am making both you and others aware of that. Explain why you hide my comment for showing up in the public comment section.

Thank you taking your time on commenting again. I am however I still unaware of where a “disrespect of road safety”, any “irresponsible behaviour” is or where any law breaking maybe. A said before both vans are using tyres legal for Nordic winter which meet all legal requirements. Which is popular model with foreigners and also used a some locals as well. As said before for the “ break test “ which was playing around was done off a road down a deadend and for a bit of fun. I have not hidden your comments to pubic. You don’t hide comment like that anyway, that isn’t how it works. You can delete them or Ban the user, if I ban a user you can still post but I or public will never seen it. A bit like you shouting into a empty void. Since I replied I’m yet to do that.

Right Dan . Oh Dan Dan Dan think you need to have a little word with your self mate cos your sounding like one of them people that really should never have been born . Your attitude is by far from acceptable and Alex is more that capable and educated enough to inform people I mean he’s actually doing some thing with his life . SADDLY we can’t say the same for you my friend . I mean if being piss to people in there video comment section was a job you sir nailed it there poppet . There is no need for it and if you do know it all which you don’t . Then make a video and stop being a karen mate . Oh feel free to reply but I won’t and I’m not going to even look for your reply but I’m glad you have seen this ❤❤ have the day you deserve

Can you be more specific? your comment makes it difficult to tell if you’re just trying to be insulting or give technical feedback, since different shots, use different mics

It’s a vlog! What did you expect?

You can vehicles to definitely to start in the cold weather even as cold as -27c, but one of my friends had a same transit of mine and their pre-heater pump failed on one of the -28 mornings. Mine preheated worked and it started like a summers day whilst his took four minutes to try and get Started and then even then it couldn’t hold idle without stalling. You may be able to get it to start, but cold starting mechanically, wear wise is a lot higher than a warm start.

I do love seeing the wildlife along the drive, and unfortunately you do see some of them killed in road traffic accidents that does sound like quite a grim experience putting down the reindeer. It might be a difficult action to perform, but probably better for the relieve the animal suffering if necessary.

Turns out you’re wrong

Not really sure which part you’re referring. If it’s the bit where I’m putting on the grille cover those are the DRL which are on, not the headlights. Although they do look far brighter in the video than they’re doing reality.

Not often done in vans that could be done with electric or hydronic. But not hugely necessary or worth the effort to retrofit.

Definitely lots of preparation required for these trips just to be able to be safe and comfortable up here in a van

Haha true, last winter when I got hit by the storm which threw the van across the car park, and I was escaping for my life I still manage to indicate 😂

Thank you very much I am definitely enjoying the new drone on this trip. Foggy shots are particularly difficult as it causes the blades to ice over pretty quick.

Or calves

Engine pre heaters are great! I’m not surprised on heavy equipment to might just keep them running all the time!

Not sure what a Fahrenheit is. Anyway, variety of different washer fluid is rated different levels. This was earlier the trip so probably some of my UK mix are still in the system or or snow, and ice builds up on top of the nozzles which blocks it