Thursday, September 4, 2014

Day One

The morning run of the rally went well - Brannon loved the twisty roads. So much so, I got a little car sick. We stopped at a winery and had lunch with the group at a little German restaurant. 

After lunch, the mechanics were checking the oil level in the cars and discovered we were running a little low. Further investigation revealed moisture on the rear diffuser - it appeared we were leaking something. They were pretty sure it wasn't oil, but they put the car on the trailer and hauled it back to the hotel just in case. Brannon caught a ride in a Noble (very fast, very rare car) and I rode back with the mechanics in the truck (not fast, but well air conditioned). 

After a quick run to O'Reily's Auto Parts and a few minutes of work on the engine, we were good to go. No oil leak - apparently when we had the car serviced they over filled the transmission fluid and as our car got hot, it bubbled out. We replaced a few nuts we discovered were missing and headed out to dinner. 

Dinner started with a planned police escort into town - with 45 cars in the group, we make quite an impression driving around. The biker bar we went to was reserved just for us and served some great BBQ. 

We turned in early since we have an early start in the morning. 












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