I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

[moltuae]

But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more

Ok, so it was 400 miles exactly (200 each way) not 500.

And I didn't walk, I drove.

BUT, I did drive 400 miles (to drop the car off) and I did drive 400 more (to collect it).

And since the song is by a Scottish Band I figured it was an appropriate title










So I picked the car back up yesterday. I think it took a dozen hours or so to get there in the Vauxhall Astra courtesy car and about 10 mins to get back in my S8 ... or at least that's how it seemed.

I have a stack of photos to post (kindly provided by Alan at Mackie's) of the re-manufacture process, which I'll post soon, when I have more time.

More info soon but for now just wanted to say what an excellent job Mackie did. The transmission behaved flawlessly on the 200 mile drive back home last night. In fact, in the 6 years I've owned the car and the 15+ years I've owned A/S8s, never have I known the transmission to work so well. Gear changes are smooth as silk now and much quicker too; the shift-down to overtake is almost instant now, making the car feel much more responsive and even more pleasurable to drive.