When things fall into place.

[bigdog]

Call it fate or destiny, I was registering my seven at the Air Force installation here in Germany. The German tech that was testing my car is a big seven fan, he noticed that it was not running like it should and asked about it. I told him that I have owned cars with weber's before but these just don't want to tune properly. The car is 30 years old and the carbs probably have some grit in them. I don't have an air compressor to assist with cleaning and the German's are very restrictive on the cleaning chemicals for such work. (We have to go to France to get round-up for the garden as the German's won't allow it)

Much to my surprise the German tech said there is a guy in Kaiserslautern (15 minutes from my house) that races sevens, Mini's, And sidecar bikes.

So off I go to here:http://mini-clubsport.com/ Super nice guy, He stopped what he was doing to try and adjust the carbs for me. He said that yes they will not tune and are probably full of old petrol deposits and grit. Without even making an appointment he says to just leave it with him and he will rebuild the weber's and tune it. Sure is nice to accidentally find that there is a specialist seven guy right in my back yard and speaks perfect English as well. :hurray:

[Mondo]

I was stationed in Ramstein Air Base back in the late 70s... enjoyed it. Have fun, hope the heater works;)

[bigdog]

I was stationed in Ramstein Air Base back in the late 70s... enjoyed it. Have fun, hope the heater works;)

 

The shop I linked to is just about 1/4 mile from Rhine ordinance barracks near the intersection of B270 and the A6 autobahn. The wife and I really enjoy living in Germany. Especially as we are civilians, I'm retired AF and the wife is a GS contracting officer. No war games, alerts, or telephone standby for us.

 

Actually, The heater works quite well. The cold in Germany isn't to bad, It's the freezing rain that sucks the worst. I spent most of my 20 yr. career at Ellsworth in South Dakota working on Minuteman II ICBM electronics. Now that's cold.

[slomove]

I miss the weather. After 20 years the (almost) permanent sun starts to suck.

[bigdog]

I miss the weather. After 20 years the (almost) permanent sun starts to suck.

 

Some would call you crazy. But I feel that way as well, I like a change of season but Germany tends to be a little too sunless (think Seattle) during the winter. We can literally go for a month or more without seeing the sun. In addition I live in a small village in the hills where three valleys meet, couple this with a latitude that is north of Vancouver BC (yet we are in southern Germany close to France). Which means that if the sky is clear we still won't see the sun come over the hills till 10:30AM then sinks behind the opposite hill at 4:00PM. We eat vitamin D tablets like candy.

[lancylad]

Move to Alberta, Canada....you want weather,, we got lots of that..

[sevenup]

My son's job took him from Ohio to Calgary three months ago....he likes it there..but he was surprised when his jeep did not start (first time ever) at the airport after returning from a three day trip to Victoria..