Tips for Mongol Rally

[puffnut]

Hey guys

Two friends and I are going to sign up for the Mongol Rally in October. Does anyone have any tips for getting sponsors? Any advice on preparing for the trip? We figured we would start preparing early!

Thanks
Alex

[GC8]

Use reinforced van tyres. Skid everything. Use sprung slip joints on the exhaust. Add a secret document box behind the dashboard. Add extra mountings to the radiator.

Better still, buy this book from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Build-Low-cost-Rally-C...

[swindler]

SUMP GUARD!
Bluff Russian cop bribary artists stare them in the eye
Don't listen to Argentinian expats in Almaty who tell you about secret mountain border crossings into Russia
Don't buy chewing tobacco in Kyrgistan, it's an opiate (or, in fact, do??)


On sponsorship go round local businesses and offer them space for their logo on your car: explain you'll be going on local radio/newspaper and will namecheck them

[GC8]

You have to be careful with sump guards. Poorly thought out guards are as likely to end your event as save your sump. A pebble caught between the two can be punched though.

[McFarnsworth]

- Buy decent maps of the countries you'll be going through.
- Learn some Russian
- Pack light. Overloading is what kills most cars on the rally.
- Don't overprepare

[Justayellowbadge]

PHer rach* did it a few years ago, she posted extensively.

[puffnut]

Thanks for all your replies everyone, I read it would be better to get a bolt on sump rather than weld so that i can take it off if i need to get to the bottom of the engine?

[Wigeon Incognito]

Buy a puncture repair kit such as this:

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/251584477803?limghlps...

And pack light! As above weight destroys more cars than anything else.

I did it in 2010 and it was great fun. Enjoy!

Matt.

[puffnut]

Thanks very much

Obviously it'll be a while until we get this stuff together. The main things we want to start sorting out early are sponsors, so if anyone has any experience of getting sponsors for this kind of thing and is willing to share how they did it that would be great. The ideal situation would be for sponsors to fund the whole trip, whilst raising as much as we can for charity at the same time.

[Strawman]

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

[Paradaxos]

Strawman said:

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

Very good advice

[GC8]

Surely that was Risk?

[Skylinecrazy]

Justayellowbadge said:

PHer rach* did it a few years ago, she posted extensively.

Haven't seen her post on here in years. Although there's many 'selfies' on fb..,