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Welcome to the bad colonies' website.This site is dedicated to the exploits of those individuals that find humor and adventure on the open road. You'll find detailed information on the 2006 Mongol Rally and extensive posts from our adventures. We are already planning the next catastrophe, which will be glorious. In the mean time we will continue to update this site with different gnarly tales of gnarly stuff.
What is the bad colonies motoring coooperative?
Way back in 2005, Dominic and I decided to participate in the 2006 Mongol Rally. We created the bad colonies motoring cooperative as catch all organization for like minded idiots that want to participate in a whole bunch of really stupid activities involving cars in the name of charity and free poorly written online literature (i.e. run on sentences). Keep your ears open cause the BCMC has just started to roll.
Life is like a Ford Fiesta on the Mongol Rally, once started it will stall if left to idle. - Seth
contributing writers
we would love to have more entries,if you would like to contribute, please contact me at nathaniel@badcolonies.org
The Official Minstrel of the BCMC - Sven Curth
Sven is good people and makes better than average music that does not suck. Want proof, the team consistently played his solo release "Me and Jim" while driving on the Mongol Rally. In fact, the convoy has since requested copies to play on the radio in London. The real question here is why haven't you bought your copy yet. Available here.
Stop by www.hot-fat.com, say hi and buy a cd or two.
seat seat seat
The car’s possessed I say. Lost the low speed wipers somewhere in London. Couldn’t turn the wipers off at all by Luxembourg. Right front headlight isn’t working. Rear turn signals stopped blinking in Germany. Just solid light. And a few hours out of Prague the Marbella picked up a new annoying trait.
After driving at highway speed for awhile, the car dies when decelerating for exit ramps. Seems to happen when both clutch and brake are depressed while still at speed. Hoping to find a Haynes manual from one of the other teams before everyone goes thier separate ways. See if we can’t scribble down a few wiring diagrams for troubleshooting.
But other than that she drives great. Seems there may be a reason I fried the car stereo a few days ago.
And for those interested, we may be the only American team that made it to Prague. Team Newyorkistan burned up their clutch before getting out of London. Haven’t seen either of the Seattle teams. And the guys from MIT went a different route.
Rumor that Team Aspiritus (Pix and Miles) had a crankshaft problem in London and are currently broken down again in Brussels. Also rumored that off 200 rally spots, about 150-170 turned up at Hyde Park for the launch and about 70 made it to Prague last night. Not sure how reliable that information is though.
We’re off to Krakow or beyond.
dominic
ps. It’s so hot, Absinthe was a bad choice.
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links
- the mongol rally
- engineers without borders
- we know snow - backcountry blog
- WMUD
- Sven Curth
- snowboard mag
- harbinger media
- casino life magazine - these guys are a large reason why we were taken care of in Bishkek
- send a cow charity
- mercy corps charity
- how cheap can you get?
- trip prep
- US dept of state country info
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July 24th, 2006 at 8:09 am
A car with a real personality…glad to hear it! I’m sure a couple engineers can figure it out, right? Don’t rob it of it’s uniqueness…but wiring diagrams may prove VERY useful.
July 24th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Electrical gremlins are often caused by a faulty ground connection between the engine block and chassis…..
good luck!
July 24th, 2006 at 10:50 am
The jetta used to die when i started decelerating. I changed the fuel filter and it was fine.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Ken is right. The problems you are having frequently have to do with faulty grounding. Very often occurs in older vehicles in rusted or corroded areas. If you can’t track the exact conection down, shunt with a fresh wire to a clean bare metal area on the frame. Good luck, R
July 25th, 2006 at 11:08 am
Ken and R. Craig are right. The hoopta and the boopta boo!! Wiffle ball is the universal language. Respect the game and no harm shall come to you. Safe Travels!