Robert awoke at 5:15am keen as mustard to get down to the storage facility where the car is being stored. Jacinta was not so keen until she had two coffees under her belt. However coffees were soon consumed and we were on the road to Guardian Storage at Pascoe Vale.
At last Robert is reunited with the beast!
First things first...does the engine turn over? The car has been sitting without being driven for quite a while and yep that's right...a flat battery! No spark...nothing. Ok best get that fixed.
Plan A: Use the hire car and some jumper leads to jump start the Trans Am. Well that sounds good in theory but unfortunately the Getz just didn't have the grunt to turn over the 6.6 Ltr V8 engine of the Trans Am. soooo.
Plan B: "Did you renew your RACQ membership?" Fortunately one of us had so a call was made for road side assistance (or storage facility assistance as the case may be). The RACV guy heard about our attempts to use the Getz for a jump start and just quietly shook his head and smiled. He pulled out a heavy duty battery pack and in no time flat the Trans Am was purring away.
The car needs to have the battery fully charged so Robert took the time to do a few tidy ups about the place.
So what do you do when your car is otherwise occupied having its battery charged up? Go shopping (hooray says Jacinta, lets go to DFO)
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Ohhhhhhhhh hope the flat bettery wasn't the "sign of things to come" Jacinta. I am nearly as excited as you about this trip, cant wait to see/ hear how your first day on the road went :).
Carol
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