Flew out at 8am, here till late tomorrow night.
This is my first Mercedes anything, both trip and test car.
Hi hi from the Olympic Basin, where we tested the car’s 4MATIC All-wheel Drive system on the ice.
New 2015 CLA 250s.
My drive partner (who requested anonymity) was so kind, he’s done this 500 times so let me do all the driving, which I did with a huge grin permantley.
Favourite moment was when I made a rooster tail, coating the passenger side with snow, I look to my right and my partner is covered, his window had been down.
1 – all hard buttons and dials, no touch nonsense; Mercedes isn’t into it either
2 – sharp looking vertical quilting on the seats eh
3 – what we’re testing – 4MATIC and ESP
Filmed a quick bit for Motoring TV (I’m back there now, just haven’t told you about it yet.) You know these guys – that’s cameraman Paul Reid in the back, and Russ Bond in the front.
My ending line was my best line:
Motoring – what about winter tires, Keri?
Me – If you don’t know by now you need them, you are beyond my help.
When departing the basin, we drove through the finish line of Canada’s only F1 racetrack.
Above is me crossing the finish line.
Got asked so many times about my skirt & tights, “aren’t you cold?”
I’m always cold regardless, so there’s that. But tights are surprisingly warm, that’s why soldiers wear them beneath their fatigues in the field, and why any good Canadian girl owns at least 5 black pairs.
Now we’re in some mountains, which is where I’m typing this hi hi.
kk early start to tomorrow, night TTYT
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