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Team Ironsides: An Official Participant in the 2007 Mongol Rally

Submitted by tommyp on Fri, 2007-03-09 19:59.

Team Ironsides officially announces its participation in the 2007 Mongol Rally. This will mark the second involvement of a Bad Colonies team, and hopefully the start of something beautiful. After Wednesday's fiasco, we decided to attack the registration a little more systematically; with two supercomputers from either side of the GMT. (or a laptop and a dial-up connection from Columbo). After three minutes, JOya was able to get in, no problem. Pretty uneventful really, but exciting none the less, I have started breathing again, and my blood pressure has declined to a normal rate. Look for serious updates to follow, we will be setting up a team page on the Official Mongol Rally site so be sure to check it out. It feels good to be done and on our way. Forward Ironsides!

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CONGRATS
Submitted by Nathaniel on Sat, 2007-03-10 18:58.

Well played Ironsides. It sounds like there were quite a few teams that were not so lucky.

Team Shoebox Express is pulling out and has a Nissan Micra for sale. That is a killer vehicle for the rally. Seemed to be consistently the vehicle with the least mechanical issues, aside from a few blown springs.

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The Nissan...
Submitted by Joya on Mon, 2007-03-12 15:53.

Thanks Seth - it was stressful but obviously totally worth it! I cant believe I am the one who made it in, even all the way from South Asia!
So, this Nissan Micra you mention, how much would that puppy cost us roughly? I literally spent most of my day contacting different people/organizations about sponsorship and am feeling optimistic but also realistic about the financial commitment this is going to be. Anyway, a vehicle with the least mechanical issues would be key for me and Tommy considering our limitted mechanical knowledge...

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