Michal and myself went to the garage today, actually we wanted to test drive the car for the first time, but due to new problems (bolts fastening the exhaust pipe to the manifold broke) the engine was out again in the morning. After tapping the threads we mounted the engine again and spent the time helping (less) and watching (more).

How much is a brand new Thuraya satellite phone? In Austria more than EUR 700, on ebay I just got one for EUR 380! Well, I paid EUR 380 to someone in Bulgaria with a feedback score of only 1 and now hope to get a phone in exchange. No risk, no fun.

I paid an unannounced visit to the garage today and found the engine of the beast still jacked up beside the car. Grrrr!!!! At least it was completely mounted except for the cylinder head and I could turn it by hand…

And I learned why I couldn’t reach my mechanic for one week: he left his mobile on the dashboard of a truck he fixed, so it went to Spain for a few nice days in the sun and only came back yesterday 😉

You can see the intercooler in its future position on the following photo. It is huge and will give us some extra power – once it is mounted… I don’t even want to tell you the next deadline we agreed on, I don’t believe it myself.