He knows he has an open invite and lots of cars to drive. We made him an honorary Texan with all but boots and hat.
We have internet service at my FIL's now so I can reduce some pics and post a few. We're in a very small and ancient village called Viens. The lavender fields do not bloom until August but there are huge fields of yellow rapeseed crop blooming now. It's been dreary, gray, rainy weather since we arrived Saturday, in the 40's-50's. We may take a tour with Kristy's father to visit all the ancestors, tend the plots and leave flowers. A May ritual. At 2000km on top of an already 8000km trip. OMG. Will post some later. Bruce
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Later - posted some pics.
She runs well at all conditions with the 2L. On the Autoroutes, she cruises at 130kph actual/140 indicated (80mph) at 4000 rpm or 120kph actual (75mph) at about 3700 rpm. I'd guess some expert out here could confirm it's a Euro 4.30 rear-end or not. It's supposed to be. She pulls up hills from 2000 rpm. The speedo is off by 10 kph because of 60 profile 15" tires which are also a bit harsh on bumpy roads as they are also an energy saving Michelin Energy design (hard rubber). At mostly highway speed she gets 27 mpg loaded with 150# luggage + us. But they grip well. There is a moderate vibration at 4000 rpm that feels like drive-line bearing, u-joint, nose bearing, or drive-line balance. There's a new donut. Where's Bob when you need him? We'll need to watch that. Roland did lots of other prep work. What a keen guy. He replaced the rear springs to level it out but with all the luggage, provisions and lard, we probably should have left the higher ones on as she sits pretty low under load now. All four headlamps are nice old Carello.
We'll take some scenery pics around the beautiful environs tomorrow. All for now! Bruce