Doctor in the haus

IN MY LAST Carrera RS update (Octane 232), I voiced my distress at seeing most of the front end of the car in a rust-riddled and singed heap on the workshop floor.

The situation rapidly improved as new panels were welded into place and front wings and doors temporarily attached to ensure that everything was aligned properly. With the Porsche once again looking like a more-or-less intact car, I was lulled into imagining that the job was almost there. Hmm. How foolish of me.

My next sight of the RS was after it had been bolted into a rotisserie and rotated to get at the floor. Or, more accurately, to get rid of the floor. This wasn't entirely unexpected because I had already bought a complete floor panel before the exercise commenced, in anticipation of just this moment. Nevertheless, the gaping void across the centre of the car still came as a surprise.