Day 1

It was SUCH a long day today! We all expected to come to Texas and enjoy the compition, no. When we arrived at the hotel, a beautiful one may i say, we met with Mr. Ouellette, then we checked in, and went to the team orientation. After the orientation, We found out that our car, just broke!!! and the first scruinteering was an hour away. The problem was that, since we had such a small trailor, We had to tilt the car to make it fit. So when we tilted the car, and on the way down to Texas, since our batteries were so heavy, they just slide to the front, and broke the auminum bar supporting it. The batteries were 75 pounds each! Then with the weight of the batteries, the shocks weren't able to support the weight, so have to take those off as well. Here's the list of things we had to do:

• Change the direction of the horns
• Lock tight al the bolts
• Take off the shocks & replace it with iron bars
• Fix crush zone.
• Fix battery box
• Fix wiring.

When we went for the first scruinteering, the judges told us we had to :

• Get a 5 point harness seat belt
• Grind down all the sharp edges
• Move the horns to the front
• Lock tight all the bolts again
• Label all the switches

It was a LONG day.

-Skiddles