Mike Dragon

I need to work on a overdue commission (and I shall) but since I just woke up and am not "in gear" yet, I might do a delivery or two from somewhere to somewhere in France.

I'd rather play ATS, though, as I haven't played that in quite a while but the servers are so empty.

Some "hard" parking over here. =P

Well, I will go to bed. Got a busy morning ahead of me. Good night to all who are staying around for a little while more!

Basically me, right now.

How am I supposed to have my milk, now? D:

Guest starring: Ants and The Dirty Dishes.

Kudos to the engineer/architect who had the brilliant idea to install light posts in there. Genius.

A friend just gifted me Vive le France! and Mighty Griffin DLCs!  Now I too can explore the beautiful land of Renault and baguettes and without seeing obnoxious Scanias with boring orange paintjobs and missing parts everywhere! Now they'll just be obnoxious.

I haven't driven mine for about two years, now, on the very least but I took the chance to give it some of the new accessories. But as usual, keeping it as clean and elegant as possible. My Scania has got to be the least obnoxious-looking one in existence! lol

So does that mean that after two years I am finally taking it out for a spin? Of course not! It's December. It's this little fella's time to grace the asphalt with its stock tires and low-powered engine!

And in January (or when the Winter Mod is disabled), it will be time for this brand new, 0KM driven Iveco to show me what it can do.

You can stay put, Scania. I like you, but we've got far too many Scanias on the road as it is. *gently pets shiny red Scania*

I can't afford it. ;-;

Guys.

Oh, neat! Support for ETS2 1.26 is here. I'm just disappointed that winter hasn't come to MP yet.

Uber has been operating in my city since September. And it's great! Though I just read the news that the soon-to-be-former-mayor of my city wants to do two things:

1- Raise the bus fare (AGAIN)
2- Get Uber out of the city for good under the allegation that it is a "irregular service that has no safety at all" (as he put it himself).

In the meantime, the taxi service charges a fortune, the drivers are often rude and choose longer routes just so they can charge more, the buses are quite old and lacking maintenance (just a few weeks ago one of them lost its rear axle while driving. A bunch of passengers got hurt in the accident. It simply came off!) and all the streets in the city are choke full of huge potholes that are causing the people to spend small fortunes every month to pay for tires and suspension repairs, among other things that often break down in their cars because of those damned potholes.

Mayor Wants Uber Out of Campo Grande
http://www.midiamax.com.br/cotidiano/bernal-quer-uber-fora-campo-grande-fiscalizacao-sera-intensa-324167

Bus Fare Raises to R$ 3.53 on Monday
http://www.midiamax.com.br/economia/tarifa-onibus-capital-sobe-r-353-partir-segunda-feira-324143

One Decade Old Bus Loses Rear Axle
http://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/capital/onibus-de-uma-decada-quebra-fere-cinco-e-expoe-frota-precaria

Crashes Compilation 27 is out! 

Thanks to @Smalley, @DavidOC93 | Killua, @HerrSwizz and @TruckBro for submitting/allowing some of their clips to be this episode.  

Crashes Compilation 27 is finished! I'll now set it to render and do the dishes in the meantime. If all goes well, I'll leave it uploading overnight and it should be available by the morning.

Hi David! Could you confirm to me what truck you were driving in the video you sent me, please? It was a Renault Premium, is that correct?

Today's a pretty hot day. 29ºC but the sun is burning like crazy so it feels a lot hotter than it actually is! On my way back from downtown after picking up a computer from a client for maintenance, my car lit up the temperature warning on the dashboard. D: I pulled up immediately to let it cool down and then I noticed the radiator fan wasn't working. I waited a little bit then drove it to the nearest automotive electrician and left it there for repairs. Thankfully it is near my house so I can just walk there to pick it up later. I just hope it won't get expensive. I'm quite short in cash.

Submissions for Crashes Compilation are still open!

I just finished downloading some videos I've been sent a few weeks ago and now I will head to bed. In the next couple days I will be editing together episode 27 so if you want your clip in this episode there still might be some time to send it. And if not, you can still get it featured in a future episode. Just bear in mind the following:

- The video must not have been previously edited and it must be a single clip (no compiled videos, please);
- Preferably without copyrighted music, otherwise I will either have to mute it not use the video at all;
- The video must be in 720p or 1080p. 480p might be accepted but only if it is not too blurry;
- The video must NOT contain any watermarks. I do have my own on this series and you will already be getting your credits on the screen;
- Please do inform what name you want to be called in the video so I can give you credit for the video clip you send, otherwise I will use your forum or in-game name (if it is visible in the clip you send);
- Send the link to the video directly. If you just send a link to a YouTube playlist, your channel or otherwise just tell me to choose whatever I like from your channel, I will ignore it. It's not that I am being rude or snob, though. It's just that I want to save time in the sorting process;
- Only YouTube uploads will be accepted for now;
- I don't reply to submission PMs, so please don't feel ignored if I don't respond.
 
To send me your "dashcam" footage all you gotta do is send me a PM (Private Message) over at the TruckersMP forums. That's the only way I will be accepting submissions until further notice. (Notice that I will not reply to the PM.)

Alright, I have made up my mind. I'm gonna keep my "tradition" and drive this little thing around the snowy roads of ETS2MP during this month of December.  Just made a couple modifications to "modernize" it slightly but nothing too noticeable. And other than changing the transmission, all of its mechanical specs remain the same as they were when I bought it two years ago.

Iveco Stralis Active Space

6x2 Taglift chassis

Left-hand steering

420HP engine

Allison 4500 R 6-speed transmission

400 liters fuel tank

Why a truck like this? Well, it's simple! Because I want.

My copy of Pokémon Sun has FINALLY arrived in the mail, this afternoon!

Oh my God, I'm so happy right now!!! This has never happened before!

And this is the one: https://www.worldoftrucks.com/en/image_detail.php?id=00000000002171E5&back=online_profile.php%3Fid%3D123786

For the past two years I have been driving the exact same Iveco during the month of December with a Christmas paintjob. I suppose I can say it has become a tradition of mine. I haven't driven this little truck since early January of this year.

Though now I am kind of in doubt if I should keep this "tradition" with this truck or if I should try out this new Hi-Way I bought a few months ago and never drove, instead.

I'm loving that new 6-speed Allison transmission for the Euro trucks.