The new alternator is slightly bigger than the old one, which means another change to the serpentine belt length - we're now up to 2050mm. And investigation of the steering wobble leads to the discovery that the 'new' wheels I fitted for Hail are not, in fact, circular. So another trip to the wilds of BMW Road in Sharjah yields a secondhand set of original Nissan rims which are 100% straight, and a couple of decent Yokohamas as well. So I now have 6 (straight) rims on/in the car, and 4 spares on the truck. Result. Now if only I had the trailer tyres, life would be perfect.
Sadly, life isn't. TNT let us down, the tyres arrived on Wednesday and got snagged by customs on Thursday - and they don't re-open till Sunday. Bugger! So, sod it, I'll drive the race car to scrutineering and if we have a problem in the rally, I'll hire a recovery truck.
However, when one of Abu Dhabi's finest saw me heading down to Yas, he decided that a rally car shouldn't be on the road and pulled me up. He was all set to give me a ticket, but couldn't find exactly which traffic regulation I had infringed - so he let me off with a slap on the wrist. Another result!
We made a our midday scrutineering appointment, and spent the rest of the afternoon queueing and being scutineered. But mainly queueing - behind Novitsky (X3), Peterhansel (Mini) and Zapletal (L200) - which allowed ample time to renew old acquaintances. The two Powertec buggies were no-shows, sadly they couldn't be finished in time, although they had been registered - as motorbikes! Anyway, we're through scrutineering with minimal fuss. Third result!
Meanwhile, back at NewTrix HQ, Fred was getting stuck into loading the pickup with all kinds of everything, including a bunch of spares from the Nissan dealer, Al Rostamani, on sale-or-return. What nice people! Anyway, Fred was basically finished by the time we got back, which saved us a load of time, bless him. So he not only knows what's on the truck, but where it is - which is a change from previous years.
Tomorrow is drivers' briefing at Yas at 1100hrs, then start and prologue at 1500hrs at Marina Mall. After that, Rick heads off to the bivvy to set up camp, the rest of the team are overnight at the Rotana on Yas, and then it's 'game on'.
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