The last leg of the journey to Imola from Switzerland saw us travel 351 miles - total at the start of Friday was 1,112.
Sure enough, the car has started complaining and for the benefit of those in the Travelers office sweepstake on when the car would need attention, the winner is the person with Friday evening.
Following the return to the hotel in Imola, the mechanics had a look and discovered serious problems with the wheel bearings and associated areas, and they have spent more than two hours working on the car while we all had dinner.
The car has been fixed and remains roadworthy, so we are still in the race, but we are now in the running for the "Golden Dipstick" award for the Most Improved Car. The mechanics did say that they had no idea how the car had made it across Europe in the condition that it was in. Someone is smiling on us.
Saturday sees the first full day of rallying and includes a visit to Ducati, the motorbike specialists. We'll post some more tomorrow.
3 comments:
sorry to see the car needing treatment but at least now that you're in the rally hopefully the experts can see you home now. the race track looks like fun, not many people get to do that. drive safely.
Oh no! And it was all going so well ... good job the mechanics are around. I've been updating everyone at work, and the marker is moving across the map!
You'll be pleased to hear that Mr Cole lost badly on the sweepstake. He reckoned you'd only get to St Albans before the first problem. Thats right, he said St Albans! Wish I had followed your inside tip Steve and put some money on you getting there with no problems!
PS Be nice to that Aston as you drive across Europe, more photos would be appreciated by this Aston fan!
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