Peter C Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43056769 Brave man. I wonder how many times Trevor FTP. spike60, D Spares & Tyres, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbag Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Apparently he only needed a clutch in Nicaragua . And why wasn't he stoned to death in Argentina ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Because he isn’t a complete and utter Bell end who deserved to be stoned? mercrocker, spike60, Lacquer Peel and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Always gets me where these people get the money from for stuff like this or what do they say to their boss?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bergerac Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 It's the antidote to all those banger rally-ists who take a 15 year old Mondeo to wherever. I wouldn't back a TVR to get to my local pub without a FTP. Lacquer Peel, dave21478, mercrocker and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Always gets me where these people get the money from for stuff like this or what do they say to their boss??Cheaper to fuel a car almost anywhere other than in the UK, cheaper garage rates almost anywhere other than the UK, possibly less chance of people just driving by while your head's under the bonnet? spike60 and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I venture to suggest that if anyone worked at two jobs for a year they could probably finance a 6/7 month jaunt in a dubious British sports car. Not suggesting that's what he did but it is a way. Fair play to that man, a refreshing change from all the "charidee" stuff - this bloke just seems to have done it for a crack. On his tod. Lacquer Peel, Uncle Jimmy, Asimo and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I venture to suggest that if anyone worked at two jobs for a year they could probably finance a 6/7 month jaunt in a dubious British sports car. Not suggesting that's what he did but it is a way. Fair play to that man, a refreshing change from all the "charidee" stuff - this bloke just seems to have done it for a crack. On his tod.This exactly, working bloody hard and not spending has worked for me in the past. I'm going to Australia/ New Zealand/ travelling for a year/ again/ a bit know anybody who will give me a job? was how I broke the news to my employers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Always gets me where these people get the money from for stuff like this or what do they say to their boss??Why, though? Yeah, he might be a rich boy - but it's just as likely he's an ordinary bloke who saved for years to finance it. Chimaeras aren't that expensive if you live on beans and put money away for a few years. Depends on your circumstances. I couldn't do it, for example. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Good on him. He did say that the final destination, the southern most pub on the globe turned out to be a "dive" and then went on to describe what was actually a right shit hole of a place. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Quite an adventure, a little in the spirit of some earlier ones, like Ben Carlin who circumnavigated the globe in WW2 amphibious Jeep including 11,000 miles across open ocean, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin. Absolutely stone mad. Also Gunther Wathorf, who drove through 177 countries covering 550,000 miles over 26 years in a Merc G Wagen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8703/index.html Lacquer Peel and Dirk Diggler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I like that he took a car the majority would assume entirely unsuitable and a breath of fresh air to read of the supposed madness of a bloke travelling off somewhere beyond organised, managed overland 'adventure'. Would RAC foreign cover work on trips like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Quite an adventure, a little in the spirit of some earlier ones, like Ben Carlin who circumnavigated the globe in WW2 amphibious Jeep including 11,000 miles across open ocean, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin. Absolutely stone mad. Also Gunther Wathorf, who drove through 177 countries covering 550,000 miles over 26 years in a Merc ML. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8703/index.html Quite interesting reading the Jeep story, it includes changing the head gasket at sea! Dirk Diggler, Lacquer Peel and spike60 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Quite interesting reading the Jeep story, it includes changing the head gasket at sea!Yes, I have an original 50's copy of Half-Safe he wrote in England while trying to raise the funds to continue around the world. I would like a copy of his second book but the Aussie school that has new copies weren't helpful about international payment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I've read the book of Ben's original drive, when he took a £1000, under-prepared 944 from London to Cape Town. He definitely isn't a rich kid. If anything he deserves to be on here. He's also driven a Fiat 127 to the North Pole and a (classic) Mini to Mongolia. All minimal budget stuff. Apparently he works flat out doing shifts in IT for 18 months, then jacks it in for his next adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Also Gunther Wathorf, who drove through 177 countries covering 550,000 miles over 26 years in a Merc ML. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8703/index.htmlEr, G-Wagen I think. He'd be even more of a hero if he'd coaxed an ML along for that sort of mileage! spike60, Lacquer Peel, Tayne and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Fearn Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43056769 Brave man. I wonder how many times Trevor FTP. The mans a legend. Roll on the next adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 You just have to want to do it enough.Our youngest saved hard for a year, then set off on pushbike for South Africa. Malaria stopped him 11,000 miles later, but 6 months on he has new job, flat, partner etc. And stories / memories to last a lifetime. Pillock, Dirk Diggler, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Er, G-Wagen I think. He'd be even more of a hero if he'd coaxed an ML along for that sort of mileage!Yea, my typo. I knew what I meant! timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 It wasn't until the second page the BBC article said what make of 'sports car' it actually was. Perhaps the BBC are too worried to report it was in fact a British car DodgeRover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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