RE: Corvette C4: PH Carpool

[TobyLaRohne]

LuS1fer said:

Carnnoisseur said:

On a side note, 50p a litre for fuel in Kazakhstan? Makes your blood boil when currently filling up at £1.34 on home shores...

If the choice is paying UK prices or living in Kazakhstan, I'll keep paying. It's the price of civilisation apparently.

Err slight flaw in your plan I pay 17p/litre and live a much higher quality of life than I did in the UK.

(brushes fact that its almost as hot as the sun outside right now).

..OP maximum respect to you, I am very jealous!

[fivetenben]

Watchman said:

Next road trip suggestion - Caterham to Antarctica..!!

Funny you should say that; there is actually a seasonal ice road from Mucmurdo Sound to the South Pole, so hypothetically a Caterham to the pole is possible, if incredibly difficult to get permission for and organise. Predictably, this possibility has also been subject to a pub conversation, and we came to the conclusion that the only vehicle which would do the trip justice would be a '59 Cadillac convertible. In pink. fitted with Mattracks (www.mattracks.com).

The next 'real' big trip is somewhat more mundane - I'm very much drawn to South America. And as for the trip car? well, I'm keeping shush at this stage... http://80breakdowns.com/2013/07/01/the-perfect-tri...

Charge99 said:

Awesome. Instead of selling the car, why not sell the return journey?!!

...well if anyone wants to drive a 'Vette back from SE Asia - and keep a thread updated with their progress - I'm all ears!


By the way, thanks for all the positive comments folks - they're really appreciated. As the road trip is still underway, I'll be keeping the V8Nam thread updated for a while yet (until I sell/crash/ship home the car) so feel free to follow the rest of the trip there...

[Watchman]

fivetenben said:

Watchman said:

Next road trip suggestion - Caterham to Antarctica..!!

Funny you should say that; there is actually a seasonal ice road from Mucmurdo Sound to the South Pole, so hypothetically a Caterham to the pole is possible, if incredibly difficult to get permission for and organise. Predictably, this possibility has also been subject to a pub conversation, and we came to the conclusion that the only vehicle which would do the trip justice would be a '59 Cadillac convertible. In pink. fitted with Mattracks (www.mattracks.com).

I'm intrigued by this.

First... permission. I don't really understand or appreciate the "ownership" of Antarctica. Is it required in order that you can apply for back-up in the event of any issues? Who is it you have to apply to?


Secondly... Mattracks. Just yes.

[PascalBuyens]

fivetenben said:

...well if anyone wants to drive a 'Vette back from SE Asia - and keep a thread updated with their progress - I'm all ears!

Tempting :-)

[Wolvesboy]

Amazing road trip, I didn't realise that you completed it alongside the Rolls also!
Just out of interest as I live not too far away - how much do you want for the C4?

[fivetenben]

Watchman said:

I'm intrigued by this.

First... permission. I don't really understand or appreciate the "ownership" of Antarctica. Is it required in order that you can apply for back-up in the event of any issues? Who is it you have to apply to?


Secondly... Mattracks. Just yes.

I think the issue is more that pretty much all ships to and from the Antarctic are either owned - or chartered - by the various governments with Antarctic territories, so you're going to have to go through a government somewhere, and as the aforementioned ice road is re-made by the US each year, I guess you'll need them onside to use it. And as you say, that's before anything goes wrong...

Wolvesboy said:

Amazing road trip, I didn't realise that you completed it alongside the Rolls also!
Just out of interest as I live not too far away - how much do you want for the C4?

Hi Wolvesboy, hopefully this doesn't violate posting guidelines: the C4 is currently milling around SE Asia with a price-tag in the region of its market value in the UK on it...