Well, alot of
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(mostly negative) things happened the last few months.
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The 16th of September I left for another 3 days of Nordschleife-fun.
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Saturday morning, after doing only 1 lap, my battery light went on
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Seemed that my alternator went bad.
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Since I was 250 miles from home I wouldn't be able to make it, so I had to go to a toyota garage and see if they could repair.
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Many hours/days
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(and
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$$$) later my 2 was finally ready to go home
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(we were then monday afternoon the 19th) So when I was finally going home, I decided to put the hammer down on the autobahn
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(= no speed limit) After almost 3 years of ownership I felt the time was right to see how much the old lady was still capable of
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146mph.
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And then
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it went all wrong again.
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I heared a strange noise comming from the back of the car.
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At first I thought/hoped it was a bottomplate who had come lose, so I decided to take the first exit and have a look.
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While taking the exit the car started acting weird and all of sudden all the lights on the dash went on
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Lifting up the engine bonnet showed no good, the clunking noise was comming from underneath the valve cover.
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So there I was, still 200 miles from home, with, wath sounded like a broken engine.
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The only thing I could do at that point, was calling my dad and hope that he was willing to come and pick us up with a trailer.
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So there I was again, in the middle of nowhere, waiting for my dad to come and pick us up.
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Approximately 8 hours later he arrived and of we went for what was going to be a 5 hour drive.
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Later, back home again, we took the engine apart and as we suspected the engine was damaged.
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I'm going to end this very sad story with a possitive outcome: the engine is overhauled and its back in the MR2.
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2 Days ago
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(8th december) the car was finally ready and now its running again
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Oh,while it was out, I also decided to overhaul the gearbox.
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The only lap I did that weekend:
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![Image](http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab178/Manuelos85/MR2/sept.jpg)
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3 Days later, my dad comes to pick me up:
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![Image](http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab178/Manuelos85/MR2/IMAG0153.jpg)
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The not so healthy engine:
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![Image](http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab178/Manuelos85/MR2/IMAG0167.jpg)
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Overhauled engine:
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![Image](http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab178/Manuelos85/MR2/IMAG0271.jpg)
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![Image](http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab178/Manuelos85/MR2/IMAG0280.jpg)
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