Two punctures, one set of brake pads and an 'air suspension failure' warning. And this was before we even reached the start line...
When the first range rover heard we were taking it on the Gumball it shat itself...(Overfinch oil pic) so Gumball organisers kindly donated their own Vogue for the purpose of camera/tracking car. Although with the front pads totally shot grinding metal on metal we decided some new pads were in order, along with replacing the spare, which was flat with a screw poking out... Just the thing for doing 3000 hard miles in 6 days I'm sure you'll agree. We finally made it to the start line only an hour late, and saw the crowds laughingly wave us off as the last car...not great for getting shots of the numerous 458s and Veyrons on the rally. We made up lots of time (with one ticket in Belgium)and made it to Amsterdam to the most amazing welcome, I've not slept since Sat night so can't quite articulate it but it was phenomenal. This is the first time I've had a chance to write anything as we're now all sat in a disused airbase somewhere in Denmark waiting for the cars to arrive on transporters. Why? Because the German gov decided to ban all GB cars at the last minute so all the drivers went on coaches...they were not impressed. We decided to risk it and removed some of our decals (namely Gumball ones!) And just made it through safely ourselves and were the first car into the checkpoint! A first in a RR when up against this calibre of vehicles. not so lucky was the gold gallardo we saw getting a police escort back to the border... I just heard he's banned from entering Deutschland for another 24 hours, end of the rally for him.
So we're setting off now for the next 350km to Copenhagen and will hopefully have time to do another update from a proper computer as my thumbs are worn away doing this on a blackberry. Tomorrow Stockholm. Watch this space...
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