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I lost a treadblock somewhere in Colorado but I'm carrying a heavy load and I was on some pretty rough trails. Other than that, they've been great over the last 5,000 miles on rainy pavement, highway speeds, dirt roads and rocky trails.

Any updates?

I brought back a couple of sleeves of the small, plastic demitasse cups. I'd rather drink a coffee from a small diameter cup than a large cup where the flavor, heat and intensity of the small amount of coffee sorta get lost amidst all that air of a large cup. After using them up, I switched to...

Short answer is, yes, it does produce a better shot. However, America, IMO, has a twisted understanding of Italian coffee. The picture you posted is called "la caffettierra" in Italian homes and that's what Italians use to make "a coffee" drunk from a small cup (demitasse) and also to make...

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Yeah, their website is a pretty comprehensive resource to understand the issues and the range of options to address them. Despite my exhaustive, laborious tome, I forgot to add that I also replaced my fuel injection control module (FICM). So, the fully bulletproof package for my truck was...

I tried olive oil but it didn't really provide any cohesion. Regular water seems to be working now.

Just a field update for the potential purchasers out there... We purchased a mypressi in May '13 and it's proven to be a dependable daily-use machine in our camper over the past 60 days. My opinion started out pretty dim in Colorado with the main o-ring falling out constantly (I think from the...

So, survival techniques for the heat of the Gritsylvannia region and subtropical Florida. DAY: Awning out as soon as the sun comes up and leave the top door open. Insulated privacy panels up on the "tent" windows during the day and close the Heki and the Heki's sunshade. They all work to...

Great thread! That Swartz guy doesn't sound like he has to bargain shop when it comes to fixing his car. You guys should be able to find an excellent German-focused repair shop there in the Springs who will fix Leona without breaking the bank.

Oh, I understand that aplenty. I just got lucky in life for a brief moment. We're settling back into the regular grind of life so don't be fooled by the photos. If you're ready, you might want to talk to Marc. He's pretty flexible and talked about widening the V2 mold to create campers for...

Sucking down some southern heat in Kentucky at Land Between the Lakes. As a lifelong bicycle nerd, I have to use this moment in time that my umpteenth drive through LBL once again showed me that if I ever take the uber-tour on a touring bike, LBL is my first choice for a shakedown trip of the...

Headed east through Kansas to see more family. My wife fell in love with Hutchinson and we dreamed out loud all the way to KC about settling down there. More family visiting in Webster Groves, MO to see the newest generation and more dreaming out loud for a couple hundred miles about buying a...

Headed to Crested Butte for some more househunting and stayed north of town up the Slate River side of the loop. Here I relaxed with my electronic copy of Foreign Affairs as I contemplated the ramifications of arms distribution in Syria and the potential responses of each of the Iranian...

Here's a look at the front (radiator) skid plate Marc's team made for me. In the second photo you can see the front side of the rear skid plate which extends back to the transfer case. And some more of that awesome departure clearance.

More walking. And driving again. Mom's view out the passenger side. Ford's low gear while in 2H or 4H is awesome. With the transfer case in 4L, one's capable of pulling a Kansas-quality storm cellar out of the ground. The stretch of road leading up to the top of Cinnamon Pass...

On the way up to Cinnamon Pass. Found a nice camping spot just south of Animas Forks (we camped where it was legal). My admiration of the Ford F350 and XP's dimensions :D were only offset by my synthetic line wrapped around my aux lights :( . I was looking forward to getting into the...

Another test. This is the top of Molas Pass between Durango and Silverton. I hammered this pass (very few switchbacks and no traffic) to see where my temps would go given the preventive and enhanced cooling system work I had done at Bulletproof Diesel in Mesa, Az. My engine coolant hovered...

Decided to head north on 550 to Silverton and go over Cinnamon Pass. Found a nice detour (Lime Creek Road) on the way. The camper fits nicely in side-of-the-road camping spots. This spot is a lot smaller than it looks. The takeaway is I was really enjoying the XP V1's dimensions which I...

The Toyos, IVD coils and shocks and Deaver springs are great together. I can't imagine a package that does everything better. I am going to add some air bags to level the camper a bit given the four house batteries and 39 gallons of fuel (both on the left side of the vehicle) cause me a slight...