The 2012 Mongol Rally

[shockerg1]

seems that I don't have access to that site from office. will check it out from home. Thanks for the link though.

Your welcome! I actually learnt to drive on this particular car, and it's actually ok to drive long distances in, but i wouldnt put a family of four in there!

[Bruno]

get a swift 1.2 vvt

[Nabil]

lets join!!!

how much would running such a rally cost?

[S.BAKI]

This is hilarious, Goodluck!!!

[nima330ci]

haha what is thiss?? at first sight i thought you're taking your shelby :P sounds like you're gonna go through a hell of an adventure there..
ohh, and heres my suggestion :D http://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=mkmoppcwvxgw
good luckk

[jeanloup]

lets join!!!

how much would running such a rally cost?

Well that is the hard point, calculate that trip. I budgeted 50,000 AED for the whole thing. I m pretty sure it will be less, but better to be safe than sorry.

Inscription is 780 GBP and you need to raise a minimum of 1000 GBP for their charities, after that you are on your own.

[SewerSideUp]

JL, KIA PICANTO!

1.1l 12V 4 cylinder, in the 70hp range if I'm not mistaken. Really strong suspension components, beefy pressed and welded steel control arms, McPherson set up up front, horizontal bar out back. Syncro 5-speed with cable clutch, weighs 970kgs.

I built one for my cousin last year, coilover conversion with sport gas shocks. CAI, sport muffler, ground cable upgrade, spark plug cable upgrade as well. That little thing really goes for a 1.1L, and it's a 12V. Most engines that size are SOHC 8V. Stripped with coilovers and some geometry tweaking it cut corners as good as a GTi!!!

get anything but Fiat Palio 1.2

good luck

[jeanloup]

JL, KIA PICANTO!

1.1l 12V 4 cylinder, in the 70hp range if I'm not mistaken. Really strong suspension components, beefy pressed and welded steel control arms, McPherson set up up front, horizontal bar out back. Syncro 5-speed with cable clutch, weighs 970kgs.

I built one for my cousin last year, coilover conversion with sport gas shocks. CAI, sport muffler, ground cable upgrade, spark plug cable upgrade as well. That little thing really goes for a 1.1L, and it's a 12V. Most engines that size are SOHC 8V. Stripped with coilovers and some geometry tweaking it cut corners as good as a GTi!!!

Thanks for the lead, will have a look at that one and see if I can find one like this in Belgium. Will get back to you.

friend of mine just bought Audi A3 1.2 TFSI bla bla in Turkey

i drove the car, super comfortable and economic

would be a nice car for your purpose...

[jeanloup]

friend of mine just bought Audi A3 1.2 TFSI bla bla in Turkey

i drove the car, super comfortable and economic

would be a nice car for your purpose...

Indeed could be nice, but don't forget that I will donate the car in Mongolia, so I m not looking at something nice, but more like cheap ;-)

ohh ok. forget it then :)

dont forget to eat Mongolian duck there ;)

[jeanloup]

I m not sure what I m going to eat to be honest. Long road and lot of place where we will be in middle of nowhere.

[jeanloup]

Dear Friends,

Most of you knows that I will be participating to the Mongol Rally this summer 2012. (http://www.theadventurists.com/the-a...s/mongol-rally)

But I NEED YOUR HELP.

We are team 'The Inglorious Drivers' - one of nearly 200 teams taking on the challenge and consist of Olivier and Jean-Loup.

The idea would be to leave Belgium in our old 1.2 litre car all the way to Mongolia (around 16,000kms) and cross many countries without any proper road network.

Why are we doing all this? Well to raise money for the Lotus Children Organization à http://www.lotuschild.org/

The Lotus Children’s Centre is a Mongolian non-profit, non-government organisation working with vulnerable children and families to provide the basic human rights of shelter, food and education. We care for up to 150 abused, orphaned and abandoned children at any one time. Initially set up to provide basic needs for survival for just a handful of children in one apartment, Lotus has developed a kindergarten and a primary school to provide educational foundation, and is developing vocational pathways for employment opportunities.

How can you help? We have created two team T-shirts that is on sale online and can be shipped anywhere in the world. All profits will help us raise the necessary money to donate at the Lotus Children Foundation. Only men size are available right now in small, Medium and Large, other sizes will come later, but as of now, buy one T-shirt will help one kid. So buy it for you, your brother, sister, friend it does not matter as long as you help us raise that Money for the kids.

You can find the T-shirts:

http://www.baremelon.com/tee.php?t=843

or

http://www.baremelon.com/tee.php?t=520

Looking forward to your support.

[jeanloup]

Yallah guys, help us raise that Money...