Car service

Since I don’t have anything else to blog about, I’ll post about my car service. Every 10,000 kilometers or so I service the car. Air filter, oil filter, sparks are all getting changed. There is also a routine check up of the engine and other internals on the computer. Sometimes they would take it for a test drive to see if everything sounds nice. Not so often they would change brakes (every 20,000 kilometers or so I guess), timing belt (every 100,000 kilometers) and other parts.

The E.F.I. Technics garage that I am using is not one of the cheapes places on the planet, but they really know their stuff. Or at least they seem to know, as far as I can judge. I paid 125 CYP for today’s service. The biggest numbers on the list were for computer test of the engine – 30 CYP and sparks (12 CYP a piece times 4 equals 48 CYP). Every time they change the sparks, they remind me that sparks for this car are way too expensive. Heh, I tend to agree.

Anyway, the car is shining clean and feels brand new now. It behaves nicely, drives smoothly and gives me confidence.

On tuning

Today while walking with Maxim, I passed by a municipal parking. There was nice looking car. I came closer to have a good look at it. It was Honda Accord with all the sport-looking things you can imagine – rims, tires, spoilers, stickers, etc. It looked like a really fast car. Very aggresive too. I walked around it and looked inside. And guess what I saw inside? You’ll never guess – an automatic gearbox! Suddenly I lost all my interest in the car…

Cyprus Rally 2005: Finish ceremony

Cyprus Rally 2005 Champions

Olga, Maxim and I went to see Cyprus Rally 2005 Finish ceremony today. We came a bit earlier in hope that I could find a better place for shooting pictures, but the area was pretty crowded already. Also, the cars were delayed for about half an hour, and that allowed for yet more people to come.

Anyway, thanks to my 75-300mm lens with Image Stabilizer I managed to get a few clear shots.

Album location: /photos/2005/2005-05_Cyprus_Rally/2005-05-15_Finish_ceremony