昨日、新しくくんだエンジン／ミッションで初めてドライブに行って、ランチタイムで一時間走った。すごく良い気持ちでした。ピカピカのスバルで、赤坂、虎ノ門近辺で昼の一時間走った事。今日は車検をとるつもりで品川に向かった時、エンジンからガラガラ音が出始めた。。。何だろう？？？そのまま走って、一分ぐらい音が消えた。けど。。。後３００メートルでドンと来た、エンジン音は本当にひどくなった。まさか抱きつけ？
車を止めて、JAFを読んで家までスバルを運んでもらった。JAFを待ってる間、知り合いのラワンクルさんが通り掛かった、私の黄色いスバルを見たら止まって、どうした？と聞いて、まさか壊れた？を聞かれた。そして、こちらの写真を取ってくれた。
旧車を乗って、一つの楽しみは：行き先まで辿り着くかどうかのドキドキですね。
私はこの事が起きてすごく良い事と思っています。夏の旅までいろんな故障して、それぞれの原因、解決を学んでシベリアのドロ道でも、一人でも、車を直せるようになりたいからです。帰りましたらエンジンをばらして、また組み直します。
三枚目写真をラングキドバイさんが取った去年、Fiat500で世界一周したとき。
It was a beautiful day yesterday and I used my lunch brake to take out my car at the first time to the Tokyo traffic with the rebuild engine and transmission. Driving trough Akasaka, Toranomon area with my shiny car was really GREAT.
Today I had a day off from work and decided to take the car for inspection (shaken).
It is necessary to pass the inspection every other year in order to be able to drive in Japan.
With confidence, I was about half way driving my little Subaru to the inspection, when I hear a "garagara" noise from the engine... What could it be??? by the time I would be able to stop at the side the noise has gone.
BUT, after another 300m, a big shock did shake the car and the the noise was back.
Not just back but it become lauder. I did not liked it at all, I have decided to call the road service to carry home the car.
While waiting for the tow-truck, a friend drove by and stop to ask of what happened. He took the pictures (and more here )
I think of this as a great opportunity to learn more about my car. I hope that it will break down again, and I will learn more and more about why these things happen and how to fix them. Better now, when I have my friends around and parts are much easier to get, then somewhere at the Siberian highway...
(The last picture was taken last year by Lang Kidby who drove his Fiat 500 around the world)
It is one of the many great feeling about old cars...
The adrenalin rise every time, as one can never be sure that he/she will arrive to the destination or will break down somewhere on the way...
2 comments:
Hi, sorry to hear it. Although yes, it is much better, when you broke down on a test drive, than on a road like on that picture. But hey, are you seriously want to drive this beautiful little car a thousand mile on this road?
Hello ApaE.
Thanks for your comment.
I think of this as a great opportunity to learn. During the 7 years I drive Subaru 360, I have never experienced engine failure. I learned about it now, how it starts and next time if(!) it happen, I will know of what to expect and perhaps be able to stop before to late.
50 years ago, when the subaru360 was designed most of the roads in Japan were like this...
I believe in the car and am sure that with careful driving we'll make it. It is a great challenge. There are only a few places when you can drive on highway like this. In a few years this will disappear as well, the Russians are building the road 24/7.
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