BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH
Given that I rushed the car away from Robert and Mark last year I decided to drive the car back to McGregor Motorsport in Christchurch for several reasons. Firstly after driving over 4,000km’s I had learnt a great deal about the car and it always planned to make a few upgrades. The muffler was a must change, I always favored the entire black look and a slimmer design. It was also a chance for me to share the MACH SR7 with potential 7 builders; this is good for all involved. McGregor’s already had some new design components they wanted to test on my car which is again valuable R&D that we will all benefit from. I am a valued customer of Wild Bean for several reasons which I have mentioned before; high octane gas, variety of food/coffee and a place to sit where you can keep an eye on your car.

Driving on Highway 1 takes me right past Bulls where Aaron “nz_climber” from the Lotus Forum and building a McGregor lives. We arranged to meet so Aaron could drive my MACH SR7 with a very happy passenger.

This time I decided to make the drive without a night in Wellington. The plan was to arrive at the Interisland Terminal around 10:00pm and grab a few hours sleep before the 2:25am crossing. Like all plans there are assumptions that prove to be entirely wrong. I assumed there would be a place to sleep while your car was in line! Wrong, in fact the passenger terminal was not close and I was in a line of cars with not even a port-a-loo available! Plan B was now in action so I put the roof on and snuggled up for three hours sleep inside the MACH SR7. The ferry was not that much better, cheap early morning tickets and not like the lovely afternoon crossing I had last September.