Some people have a vision that road rallies are high brow events for pretty cars on pretty roads. And most important, this is a jacket that I don’t feel bad about bumping the dirty fender or mind laying on the ground in to inspect or fix the car.
I began chasing down a longstanding annoyance on the BMW Sunday, and the trail went down Alice’s rabbit hole. Haven’t driven it yet, but I expect the slightly vague on-center feel to be gone as well.
Today was the driver meeting and tech inspection. In some ways the non-local entrants have an easier time this evening than us because all their packing and preparation needed to be complete before arriving in Kirkland.
We’ve passed the 24 hour mark and are into the serious countdown for the start. We’ll be meeting for team pictures just before that.
The joy, my new winter tires arrived yesterday. This is the second set sourced from Meadow Creek and they know their Nokian tires. Ordering was easy and delivery very quick. Even with expense of shipping they came in right at $90 per tire. But really, they’re a required piece of equipment and valuable at any price.
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