Saturday, October 27, 2007

1st Week Done Feels Good - But what's this?

Have finally got a number plate on. Took a week to get the beast registered. Now the car feels complete. Just done an hours driving over bad roads and inclines of upto 25 degrees on ghat sections. And as if on cue I am now sitting in an aviary. Don't get it? Well let me explain. I am now hearing chirps, squeaks, clicks and taps all over the place. The front shocks seem to be squeaking, the little back seat at the rear right is clicking away in its closed/folded position and few other minor sounds have developed but can't figure out where.

To be fair I only took this road today to get all these "sounds" out before the first service. The truck seemed too quite for it's own good and reputation.:-) I have clocked about 500kms already and in about a weeks time the beast should get its first service/sorting out. The handling on steep inclines coupled with bad roads was flawless. It feels very planted and the new tubeless rubber (Stock Bridgestones) do their job well.

Also some plastic bits from the doors have started to come off. These are little round things that go over screws in the doors. Some of them seem to fit very loosely and hence drop off when you go off-roading.

All else is ok. Nothing major to report yet.

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