Bit of spare time at the mo... tried to have a look a the proposed route on googlemaps .com (avoiding Highways) Looks like we're going to find out first hand why the Scandinavian countries produce such good rally drivers!
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..and then we need to find a route back home!
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
The End of Saggy Rear End
The good 2nd hand rear springs I had sourced turned up today so no fear of that well known SAAB 900 rubbing and a saggy rear end when carrying 4 passengers and their hand luggage.
No idea when I'll actually fit them to the car as I'm in the middle of gutting and re doing our bathroom so I'm not allowed to play with cars until it's finished.
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Car Tribe joins us for Valhalla run
Big thanks to Car Tribe who have asked us to get involved with their website, and of course have agreed to give some much needed sponsorship in return.
The website is social site where members can swing by and torque cars (geddit) with the ability to upload videos, pictures and create blogs. They are already involved with some other banger rally nutters (Scirocco to Morocco and Mongol Rally) and it's hoped more will continue to join. In that vein we should all soon be meeting up for a rolling road session in April and there will no doubt be other 'team' events leading up to our departure.
Our introduction thread on Car Tribe can be read here http://tribes.cartribe.co.uk/kickapps/_Introducing-TeamPipe/blog/42783/7276.html
The home address is http://www.cartribe.co.uk/
The website is social site where members can swing by and torque cars (geddit) with the ability to upload videos, pictures and create blogs. They are already involved with some other banger rally nutters (Scirocco to Morocco and Mongol Rally) and it's hoped more will continue to join. In that vein we should all soon be meeting up for a rolling road session in April and there will no doubt be other 'team' events leading up to our departure.
Our introduction thread on Car Tribe can be read here http://tribes.cartribe.co.uk/kickapps/_Introducing-TeamPipe/blog/42783/7276.html
The home address is http://www.cartribe.co.uk/
Ready for Donations
We're open for donations to the Noah's Ark Appeal, either over on the right of this page using the JustGiving widget or at our fund raising page: http://www.justgiving.com/terampipe (and yeah I spelt the name wrong)
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Confirmed or Commited!
TEAM-PIPE are now officially registered and confirmed with a place on the 2008 rally!
http://www.valhallarun.com/rally.esp?PG=teams
Our nominated Charity will be announced soon, we just need to finalise the permission to raise funds for them.
http://www.valhallarun.com/rally.esp?PG=teams
Our nominated Charity will be announced soon, we just need to finalise the permission to raise funds for them.
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The Valhalla Run
In Norse mythology, those who fell gloriously in battle passed on to a magnificent place called Valhalla. In bangerese we call that a scrapyard. If Valhalla has a car park, we're sure to be adding to it before this route is run.
Valhalla Run is StreetSafari's 5th European Banger Rally.
We've gone in every other direction: East through Europe; South to Africa; West to America.
Nowhere to go now but North...
The event starts in Copenhagen on the 18th of August.
We cross into Sweden, and then on to Norway to do the impressive Trollstigen (Troll Ladder), before a night in Kristiansund.
For anyone dipping their toes in the various seas and oceans around the world, this is your chance to see the Arctic Ocean.
From Kristiansund we travel all the way to Umea on the Baltic Sea, cross by ferry to Korsholm and then head towards Helsinki for the final night, 22nd August.
The distance is around 1,700 miles, through terrain unlike most people have ever seen before.
This is more different than any other StreetSafari event to date. You can also bet it's more desolate than the other European countries we visit. Norway has less than 5m people in a country nearly 50% bigger than the UK!
Valhalla Run is StreetSafari's 5th European Banger Rally.
We've gone in every other direction: East through Europe; South to Africa; West to America.
Nowhere to go now but North...
The event starts in Copenhagen on the 18th of August.
We cross into Sweden, and then on to Norway to do the impressive Trollstigen (Troll Ladder), before a night in Kristiansund.
For anyone dipping their toes in the various seas and oceans around the world, this is your chance to see the Arctic Ocean.
From Kristiansund we travel all the way to Umea on the Baltic Sea, cross by ferry to Korsholm and then head towards Helsinki for the final night, 22nd August.
The distance is around 1,700 miles, through terrain unlike most people have ever seen before.
This is more different than any other StreetSafari event to date. You can also bet it's more desolate than the other European countries we visit. Norway has less than 5m people in a country nearly 50% bigger than the UK!
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