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Barry you can't beat Rahimdad as he is a scouting expert here in UAE. Yesterday he showed me 5 Mustang in one line and all of different color - like a showroom display but old cars.

It is an import and comes by the name of Toyota Solara and not Camry, it has also got a convertable version which I have seen a few in Sharjah area .

@manums Share your location and I will check if anyone coming from close to your place so that they can pick you up.

In aim to continue improve the Pajero slight rough idle and fuel smell yesterday I went for the dose of terraclean for the cost of 695 dhs in their DIP warehouse. Boys were very knowledgeable and educated to make me understand the process and how it works. Took about an hour and we got the ugly emission readings at first which were very high in idle (HC: 1600) and drop to half (800) at idle with A/C on and drop to 400 at 2000 rpm. While doing the test car released some unbearable fumes from exhaust - could be carbon or terraclean fluid. Once process finished, we can still hear that mild doof doof as usual and still feel that mild rough idling. I was hoping that this terraclean process must have fixed the emission at least, so went for a quick spin to do new emission test. To everyone surprise, emission were also disappointing and still remain same as before. Hence it is proven that there is something other than carbon deposit is surely wrong inside the engine. The money spent was worth clearing the doubt though.

Finally I got my Pajero repaint done with refernce of Rahimdad from Sharjah. It's a small shop but they did an excellent finish. Me and Rahim has scouted couple of paint specialist in Dubai but both of them failed to show what exactly paint quality and work sample of their work. Technical Garage quoted 5500 dhs and will required 30 working days. Bespoke guys quoted 7000 and will need 15 days for full paint job. Both claimed to use Standox paint (German / EU quality). Went to Sharjah reference and guy seem to be very confident and showed me one ongoing Altima repainting process, which really impressed me and one of my more experienced friend. We knocked the deal for 2200 dhs for Standox and Octoral and car will be done 7-8 days. I will post the final car pictures soon, as again dropped today for minor correction issue on the window trim.