What Car? - Mongol Rally

[Chongwong]

Question: How do you plan on insuring all of you for the duration of the trip without braking the bank? I'm struggling to get all of us on any car for under £1200 PA. We would plan on cashing in 11 months of it on return though

[GC8]

Answer: use a charity rally insurance specialist.

[Chongwong]

Cheers, i shall cease the hijack then

[bencollins]

an allegro (1300cc sorry) has pretty comfy suspension on rough roads, likewise an air cooled citreon GS with suspension that can accept massive hits (good on petrol too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6l0BQwPS54
or if none for a grand try a Visa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Visa

[SammyW]

GC8 said:

Answer: use a charity rally insurance specialist.

This is the plan. Apparently you only need to get insurance in advance for the Euro leg of the trip, then take out insurance at the border of each country after that.

[SammyW]

Ok, so I'm now considering the line in the 'rules' which basically says that you can use a car with an engine larger than 1000cc as long as it is interesting/wierd/comic/stupid/inappropriate enough, mainly on the basis that a big car would be better!

My thoughts so far: black cab, minibus, big volvo estate, Renault espace.

All of these would obviously be in a rather ropey condition! So, are these in the spirit of the event, or can anyone think of anything else that we might get away with?

[SammyW]

And just to add, anything considered a real 'classic' is almost guaranteed to be accepted...

[DonkeyApple]

Anything BL then.

[Chongwong]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/fiat...
2 of my Co-Drivers are rather portly, so i can't chance this. But you might like it, assuming it's still for sale

[SammyW]

Chongwong said:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/fiat...
2 of my Co-Drivers are rather portly, so i can't chance this. But you might like it, assuming it's still for sale

That looks great! Could be a little cramped for 4 though. I'm tempted to just buy it for myself!

[TurboBlue]

There you go:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C406510
Citroen Visa 652cc for about the same number of pounds GBP
PS It's LHD too.

[The Moose]

An old ambulance off eBay?

[loafer123]

SammyW said:

And just to add, anything considered a real 'classic' is almost guaranteed to be accepted...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290959170178?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

You know it makes sense...

[DonkeyApple]

The Moose said:

An old ambulance off eBay?

[GC8]

8mpg will get very old long before sight of the last Carrefour has faded from the rear view mirror.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

DonkeyApple said:

The Moose said:

An old ambulance off eBay?

[kwak]

What about some old soviet 2-stroke stbox like a wartburg?

[Andurron]

Seicentos are a hoot to drive but I wouldn't trust them to keep you all the way to Mongolia.

Perfect for the rally then.

[GC8]

kwak said:

What about some old soviet 2-stroke stbox like a wartburg?

Mongolia wont let crap like that in! ISYN!

[Chongwong]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/niss...

To far away for me.