Raid Australia 2008

@Harley wrote:

Hey, i will pass on your regards.

Unfortunately the Raid has not even started and I/we are already in trouble!!!
I am now on the west coast in Perth waiting for my buddy and car to arrive from Canberra. 6hrs out of Canberra the gearbox started to fail (loud noise coming from diff) home he returned and swapped over the gearbox. the next day he set off again and took a shortcut to Broken Hill, got caught in a storm on dirt roads, then an Emu jumped out and cleaned up the front end!He said it was like hitting a feather quilt at speed 😯

Then the other gearbox gave up!!! he is now crawling across the Nullabor nursing the car into Kalgoorlie where i have another Gearbox to fit on the side of the road. If all goes well we will only be 2 days behind the other 60 cars 😀
Just to put this into perspective, Canberra to Broken Hill 925 km – about 12 hours 31 mins. Broken Hill to Kalgoorlie in a lame 2cv 2,267 km – about 2 days
The Raid starts in Kalgoorlie and finishes in Kununarra – This is pretty much the the route we will take. The raid is approximately 4,500km in length consisting of 3,500km of varying surfaces from tracks to bush highways and about 1,000km of blacktop (Sealed Road).
I can’t wait to get going! Nothing is going to stop us 😈 😀 😯 8) 😆

Harley

Tällaasta oli tuolla eräällä palstalla. Jotain pientä ongelmaa heti ekana päivänä, Emuja ja vaihteistoja jne…

Aluksi yöt pirun kylmiä, mutta nyt lämpenemään päin. Päivisin menee 100 fahrenheittia rikki. Suomalaisten leiristä pyyhkäisi trombi, ei henkilövahinkoja 😀