But Elías knew better. The PW stood for something else. Prueba de vuelo . Test flight. Prima wanted him to take this 35-year-old, 4,000-pound German tank past 120 miles per hour on the desert highway to “blow out the carbon.”
The order sheet was crumpled, stained with coffee, and taped to the hood of the 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL. Ss RG Prima Mercedes SEGUN LO SOLICITADO NO PW ...
“Elías won’t understand. But the car knows. When I press the gas, it says yes. Fix the sync. Forget the windows. I need to hear the wind. SEGUN LO SOLICITADO.” But Elías knew better
The last entry was from yesterday.
“Did you take it for the test flight?” Test flight
“No PW,” Elías said, wiping his hands. “The motors are dead. I’d have to pull the whole door card. Two weeks.”
“Yes,” he lied. “It floats.”