32 degrees Celsius (90 F) on New Year's day !

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Thanks to Barry & Coral Stalker who sent their best New Year's wishes from steaming hot Queensland, Australia. Unfortunately the photo of their fine Diatto melted on the way to our offices. No sweat, lots of other cool pictures came in. Reverend Ian Murray from Scotland has to scrape snow and ice form his car like everybody else. However in his case the windshield is rather modest as you check at his Bugatti Brescia. For a drive out in the winter Highlands a friends Hotchkiss seems to offer slightly better comfort. Mike West from the US is most enthusiast about the winter performance of his Hupmobile sedan. But their is no doubt who had most fun within 15 feet: Tobias Kasimirowicz! .
Somewhat more mileage was added by Malcolm Jeal with his 1912 FN '1600 Model' "....on New Year's Day 2009. It is stopped on a Roman Road that runs across the top of the Downs on the Wiltshire-Hampshire border in southern England. There was no snow, but the freezing fog had left the fields, hedges and trees encrusted with ice. Despite the zero temperature the car ran to perfection throughout the 50-mile round-trip that we did to have lunch with other old-car enthusiasts in a charming country inn. They came in newer cars: Vintage Lagondas, Austin Sevens, a bigger six-cylinder Austin, and a 1930 Morris Minor; but one person had brought his little 1901 Georges Richard to the gathering on a trailer and gave anyone who wanted to a ride on it around the village green. We may be a bit mad, but it was fun, and a good prelude to early car motoring during 2009!"

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