Talk:The 500/@comment-26094000-20150404185225

I discovered that in 9.3 the Auto Engineer maintains the car's condition even if you fail to attain the speed goal. It was worth it to me to hire the Engineer a couple of times so I could retry the event without hastening the need to service the car. (After failing to get even close to the qualifying speed with L1 upgrades I paid the 45GC [30GC net] to skip 9.3. I look at that expenditure as the entry fee for Stage 10.)

Question: in 10.2 does the Engineer maintain the car's condition if you fail to attain required speed? It sounds like 225 km/h at the finish line is achievable with an L1 car, but it may take several tries to do it.