Tips for a banger rally

Although budgets are tight on a banger rally, there is still a vast selection of cars available to choose from. the right car can be the difference between a good road trip and an amazing one!

Remember that you are going to be spending a massive amount of time in the car so first of all you want it to be comfortable. As much as you want to enjoy the twisty bits, sadly they will account for a mere fraction of the journey, and so you don't want to have a shattered spine and bleeding eardrums by the time you get there!

You also want to make it to the finish line relatively unscathed. So don't pick up a bag of bolts just because its super cheap, otherwise you will spend most of your trip at the side of the road and the other part in the garage while the rest of the teams blast through the mountains!

Manual or automatic, the choice is entirely your own. Although manual is more fun in the twisties, the foreign towns can be massively confusing and the last thing you want to do is worry about gears when your trying to decipher street names and negotiate 4 turn-off's at the same time! I struck lucky and managed to get a semi-automatic, which was a dream!

Learn basic maintenance, you don't want to be the guys who are stuck at the side of the road with no idea how to change a tyre. also learning where all the various fluids go as you will start to go through them a lot faster than normal with the extra mileage that you will be doing. On that note also make sure you are familiar with all the cars controls. the last thing you want to be doing is trying to find the fuel filler cap in a random petrol station!

Its wouldn't hurt to get the car checked over by a mechanic before you leave too. At least you will have peace of mind that you shouldn't expect anything major to go wrong.

Make sure you have all the extra spares that each country requires. most police forces will be extra stringent if they see a rally going through, so there is no point in trying to go without. Ebay will get you everything you need for b=very little cost, Even if you never need it.

HAVE FUN! It's a once in a lifetime experience! Respect the laws of the country and you shouldn't have any problems.

Belated return!

So, just reconnected on this blog after stumbling into it while starting another project. I feel it is only right to continue and let you guys know what exactly to expect on a banger rally. so over the next couple of weeks I will be delving back into my box of memoirs and walking you through what we did on that once in a lifetime trip! Stay tuned!