RE: 10,000 miles in a Panda
Discussion
MadDog1962 said:
That's amazing considering the state of the roads, and border issues. Approximately 1000 miles per day is a lot, especially in a Fiat Panda. For most of us 600 miles in a day is sensible limit, even on good roads.
It's scary, frankly. 
We did the 250km Marsabit road in northern Kenya in 5 hours and I thought we were flying. That said the vast majority is on Tarmac. FWDRacer said:
Where are the 4WD justification 'tards when you need them. 2WD Panda. Say it out loud. Superb. 
Bill said:
MadDog1962 said:
That's amazing considering the state of the roads, and border issues. Approximately 1000 miles per day is a lot, especially in a Fiat Panda. For most of us 600 miles in a day is sensible limit, even on good roads.
It's scary, frankly. We did the 250km Marsabit road in northern Kenya in 5 hours and I thought we were flying. That said the vast majority is on Tarmac. When you think the 40-odd mph average doesn't include fuel stops let alone potentially drawn out border crossings they must have been making pretty decent progress when conditions allowed.
The bloke who did it in a L322 Range Rover was me! See link to website below.
10 days is incredibly impressive and must have taken enourmous organisation - it's the borders where you waste much of the time. It is correct that the roads are surfaced most of the way but serious potholes, pedestrians and animals are serious hazards to driving quickly. And using a boat to cross the Med is cheating a bit ;-)
http://www.lilongwedown.com/LilongweDown/Home.html
10 days is incredibly impressive and must have taken enourmous organisation - it's the borders where you waste much of the time. It is correct that the roads are surfaced most of the way but serious potholes, pedestrians and animals are serious hazards to driving quickly. And using a boat to cross the Med is cheating a bit ;-)
http://www.lilongwedown.com/LilongweDown/Home.html
Bloody good work, doing that many miles over only 10 and a bit days is some going.
2 of my good friends have taken part in the plymouth dakar and plymouth timbuktu rallies and from their experience I appreciate how hard,time consuming/expensive it can be to get through border controls in Africa.
please keep us posted if you plan any further trips.
2 of my good friends have taken part in the plymouth dakar and plymouth timbuktu rallies and from their experience I appreciate how hard,time consuming/expensive it can be to get through border controls in Africa.
please keep us posted if you plan any further trips.
RRG said:
The bloke who did it in a L322 Range Rover was me! See link to website below.
10 days is incredibly impressive and must have taken enourmous organisation - it's the borders where you waste much of the time. It is correct that the roads are surfaced most of the way but serious potholes, pedestrians and animals are serious hazards to driving quickly. And using a boat to cross the Med is cheating a bit ;-)
http://www.lilongwedown.com/LilongweDown/Home.html
10 days is incredibly impressive and must have taken enourmous organisation - it's the borders where you waste much of the time. It is correct that the roads are surfaced most of the way but serious potholes, pedestrians and animals are serious hazards to driving quickly. And using a boat to cross the Med is cheating a bit ;-)
http://www.lilongwedown.com/LilongweDown/Home.html
Fair play! My lunchtime will be spent reading your site...threespires said:
A terrific effort, I followed them all the way with their on board tracker giving updates every 15 mins it was quite exciting.
These are a couple of competitors from Philip Young's Peking Paris Rally 2007.
Bentley's Peking Paris Rally 2007
My parents did the 2007 Peking Paris in their 1927 rolls....such a trip!These are a couple of competitors from Philip Young's Peking Paris Rally 2007.
Bentley's Peking Paris Rally 2007
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