before leaving for the http://www.trajectoire.be/ingAB/FR/accueil.php rally, i had quite a few headaches and worries about my car. i replaced about anything that was possible to get rid of a problem that only accurs when driving at “not full speed” … without any luck.

anyway, on arrival we received some nice presents and goodies from the organisation, along with a nice pair of warm polo vests (will not discuss about the color however), and socialising began … untill deep in the night.

the cars were standing outside of our lovely sas radisson hotel in spa, and were waiting patiently for dawn to rev the sh”#”t out of their engines. a fiat V8 (pronounce “ottovu”) driven by mr D’ieteren had a real soft spot in my heart, i told him i drove a 15OOS and was quite interested, because his first car was one, and gave me all the descriptions about the options, colors and interiors. he knew what he was talking !

first day ended quite well, and we stood at 21st place (8th in class) after the two saturday heats.

sunday was expected to be calm, however, we should have known … our daytrip speedo wasn’t up to the 50metres changes in directions, and we lost quite some points on CHs and RTs on sunday, but hey, that’s sports … we finalised a 12th place in class and 27th overall. not too bad tough, for a small car 😉

mr D’ieteren admiring the fastfred rally grilles