Today was the day we were due to collect the 525. It would be fair to say excitement and nervousness were building with equal measure throughout the week. But in a very un-Swiss like manner - things changed - last minute!!

The car was to receive a fresh MFK - the Swiss equivilent of the MOT - just stricter. When it last failed, in Zurich, it failed on a the engine being a bit oily, some rust, and a few other bits and pieces. This time in Chur - they added tyres which were too old - front lower arms and tie rods! All these delayed the work in the garage.

The mechnics did all they could including putting on a set of winter tyres. But with 8500km the drone one winter tyres wasn't so appealing - so a quick search online and 4 Vredestein Sportrac 3s were ordered. Alas with an arrival date of 2nd March.

In the end Saturday was anti-climatic. We handed over the rest of the money - inflated by an extra 100CHF to cover the substantial amount of extra work that Mario (Pennella) had had to do. And we picked up the MFK pass and ownership documents - so I could go up to the registration office to get everything stamped and approved.

I couldn't resist the chance to snap a few pictures of the car as she sat elevated in the garage.