The best comments have been the most original, like, my XYZ car is far too fast for navigational rallies, that sort of thing.
AstraVanMan, fancy some alternative navigation rallying at some point? :-)
Alternative? What's that then - where we don't bring a map and just guess where we're going?
You'll be wanting a beard and cardigan with leatherette patches before you do that kind of thing.
What? Driving without fully knowing where I'm going?
LOL! We'll know where we going but it won't be timed, more like, measured...
Using the slide rule, the book says my diesel Saab can't go from Lands End to John O'Groats on a single tank of diesel, 68 litres...
That sounds like a really thrilling adventure...
Put like the above, I'd say it sounds pretty boring, actually.
On the other hand if Tim Kemp is going, baiting him so as to encourage him to accelerate briskly just so he'll run out of diesel three miles from John O'Groats, everybody taking part stopping off at the same place for a few beers and laughs in the evening, etc. etc. I can think or worse things to do. Like watching soccer I guess... :)
Throw in some raising money for charity and yeah it could be a laugh.
Beers with people on an economy rally, that's gonna be wild ;-) hehe.
Doesn't running out of Diesel make your engine break?
Meh. You could be going to an Alfa Romeo track day.
Possibly. Almost all diesels these days are described as "self bleed," but this should really be, "don't run out of fuel it's a pill to restart." That's also why most diesels with a trip / fuel computer have two low fuel warnings. The normal one and as an example, when the Saab gets down to three litres, it says, "Refuel now!" on the trip computer display.
Having run out of diesel before on a self-priming system it's a pain...
Oh and another point, it's less an economy drive than a personal challenge, if you see what I mean.
Oil all over the track takes the fun out it I'd imagine ;-)
On the contrary: marshals, the cleaning bunch and the other drivers love it.
Nothing quite as good to get the heartbeat up as engaging a corner on speed and seeing the tell-tale trail of a busted engine starting at the entrance (because that's where they blow on the downshift).
Tom De Moor
Has anyone ever mentioned, you're a bit mental :-) ?
Pah. You sounds a bit... safe... yourself. ;)
You only like it cos oil on the track means less resistence and better economy heh.
Damn. I'd do so well if only it weren't for those pesky kids! :)
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