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Anyone here watching the Dakar?

I noticed the Mini with mechanical problems on the first day of competition. This reminds me of when I had my Beetle rally car. The first competitive stage always had one or two dead Minis on the side of the road.

Phill
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For anyone not familiar with the DAKAR , get on to SBS at 5:30pm each night and prepare to be awed.  This is driving and riding at the extreme end of the difficulty scale.  These people are the worlds best – and there are women drivers and riders amongst them, by the way.   It was run through Africa for decades but religious fanatics put paid to that a few years ago and it is now run in Argentina and Chile , which includes crossing the Andes . 

For me, absolutely un-missable and it ranks with the Isle of Man.

Phill, I think this is the first post from you that was not in Courier New.  Is the Phill 2011?

Les

From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of hdvwoc
Sent: 05 January 2011 14:56
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Dakar

 

 

Anyone here watching the Dakar ?

I noticed the Mini with mechanical problems on the first day of competition. This reminds me of when I had my Beetle rally car. The first competitive stage always had one or two dead Minis on the side of the road.

Phill

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This fellow has been there. Now he's just hiding in a shipping container behind a Syncro.
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Of course in the early days they had syncros as service vehicles.

(I normally use Optus webmail, hence the luddite font)


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Les Harris" <leslieharris@...> wrote:
>
> For anyone not familiar with the DAKAR, get on to SBS at 5:30pm each night
> and prepare to be awed. This is driving and riding at the extreme end of
> the difficulty scale. These people are the worlds best - and there are
> women drivers and riders amongst them, by the way. It was run through
> Africa for decades but religious fanatics put paid to that a few years ago
> and it is now run in Argentina and Chile, which includes crossing the Andes.
>
>
> For me, absolutely un-missable and it ranks with the Isle of Man.
>
> Phill, I think this is the first post from you that was not in Courier New.
> Is the Phill 2011?
>
> Les
>
> _____
>
> From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hdvwoc
> Sent: 05 January 2011 14:56
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Dakar
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyone here watching the Dakar?
>
> I noticed the Mini with mechanical problems on the first day of competition.
> This reminds me of when I had my Beetle rally car. The first competitive
> stage always had one or two dead Minis on the side of the road.
>
> Phill
>
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There was a plan to run my Bowler Tomcat to Baja with Syncro Doublecabs as support vehicles. Then the dreams were shot down when it was discovered the the sanctioning body S.C.O.R.E. required chromemoly cages. The Bowler cage is mild steel which was standard for it's vintage.

Now I'm thinking there must be a way to a T3 body to this thing. It is, afterall, a fiberglass body over a space frame. Solid axles though.


BenT


On Jan 4, 2011, at 8:18 PM, "hdvwoc" <plander@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

Of course in the early days they had syncros as service vehicles.

(I normally use Optus webmail, hence the luddite font)


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Les Harris" <leslieharris@...> wrote:
>
> For anyone not familiar with the DAKAR, get on to SBS at 5:30pm each night
> and prepare to be awed. This is driving and riding at the extreme end of
> the difficulty scale. These people are the worlds best - and there are
> women drivers and riders amongst them, by the way. It was run through
> Africa for decades but religious fanatics put paid to that a few years ago
> and it is now run in Argentina and Chile, which includes crossing the Andes.
>
>
> For me, absolutely un-missable and it ranks with the Isle of Man.
>
> Phill, I think this is the first post from you that was not in Courier New.
> Is the Phill 2011?
>
> Les
>
> _____
>
> From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hdvwoc
> Sent: 05 January 2011 14:56
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Dakar
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyone here watching the Dakar?
>
> I noticed the Mini with mechanical problems on the first day of competition.
> This reminds me of when I had my Beetle rally car. The first competitive
> stage always had one or two dead Minis on the side of the road.
>
> Phill
>
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The bloke that towed me home mentioned this (it was a long drive home) and during our DAKAR discussion he mentioned that his brother is in the DAKAR with 2 ISUZU utes.
 
His budget for the 2 utes is only $2million. Seems like a lot but apparently the VW toureg budget last year was $350million.
 
This bloke would be running one of the very few Oz teams.
 
In some areas he mentioned his brother spent all day digging out the ute moving the vehicle about 10m then digging it out again - very long and tiring days - still would be fun though.
 
As long as no body shoots at like they did when the rally ran through Africa.
 
I will be watching again tonight @ 5:30pm.
 
Cheers,
 
Skot
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Les Harris
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Dakar

 

For anyone not familiar with the DAKAR , get on to SBS at 5:30pm each night and prepare to be awed.  This is driving and riding at the extreme end of the difficulty scale.  These people are the worlds best – and there are women drivers and riders amongst them, by the way.   It was run through Africa for decades but religious fanatics put paid to that a few years ago and it is now run in Argentina and Chile , which includes crossing the Andes . 

For me, absolutely un-missable and it ranks with the Isle of Man.

Phill, I think this is the first post from you that was not in Courier New.  Is the Phill 2011?

Les

From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of hdvwoc
Sent: 05 January 2011 14:56
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Dakar

 

Anyone here watching the Dakar ?

I noticed the Mini with mechanical problems on the first day of competition. This reminds me of when I had my Beetle rally car. The first competitive stage always had one or two dead Minis on the side of the road.

Phill

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Phill 
       Isn't It really a BMW X3 in disguise?

Un-missable for me too Les - except today when I had a bloke here moving dirt around and he didn't leave till after 6 and I have no recording facilities at the moment. Off to the web sights to find as much as I can.

Bruce


On 05/01/2011, at 1:55 PM, hdvwoc wrote:

 

Anyone here watching the Dakar?

I noticed the Mini with mechanical problems on the first day of competition. This reminds me of when I had my Beetle rally car. The first competitive stage always had one or two dead Minis on the side of the road.

Phill


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If it's a Mini, my guess would an X1 in disguise rather than X3.

Here's a little trivia question. Name the favorite vehicle of the fellow who designed the twin turbo 6-cyl in current crop of BMW's.

I'll give you a big hint. He is repowering it right now. It won't be powered by a BMW motor nor will it be a hybrid which is his new line of work for his employer.


BenT


On Jan 5, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Alison & Bruce Black <royalb@aapt.net.au> wrote:

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> Phill
> Isn't It really a BMW X3 in disguise?
>
> Un-missable for me too Les - except today when I had a bloke here moving dirt around and he didn't leave till after 6 and I have no recording facilities at the moment. Off to the web sights to find as much as I can.
>
> Bruce
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>
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> Phill
> Isn't It really a BMW X3 in disguise?
>

Yes, with the reliability of a Mini!
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300 km of testing beforehand doesn't give you much of a chance to sort out ALL the bugs.

Bruce

On 06/01/2011, at 5:52 AM, plander@optusnet.com.au wrote:

 



> Phill
> Isn't It really a BMW X3 in disguise?
>

Yes, with the reliability of a Mini!


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Isn't that what BMC/Leyland used to do?
Let the customer sort out the bugs.



> Alison & Bruce Black <royalb@aapt.net.au> wrote:
>
> 300 km of testing beforehand doesn't give you much of a chance to
> sort out ALL the bugs.
>
> Bruce
>
> On 06/01/2011, at 5:52 AM, plander@optusnet.com.au wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > Phill
> > > Isn't It really a BMW X3 in disguise?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, with the reliability of a Mini!
> >
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Les,
Can't see images attached to messages.
Am I missing something?

Bruce.
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Bruce,

On Yahoo groups, attachments are not displayed when reading messages from the Syncro_T3_Australia webpage.  To get all attachments, you have to set your membership preferences to “Individual Emails”.  The messages then come straight to your Inbox with the images attached or inserted into the body of the email, depending on how they were sent by the originator.

Les

From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of bruce.morphett
Sent: 14 January 2013 22:51
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Attachments

 

Les,

Can't see images attached to messages.

Am I missing something?

 

Bruce.

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Thanks Les, all done.

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Les Harris" wrote:
>
> Bruce,
>
> On Yahoo groups, attachments are not displayed when reading messages from
> the Syncro_T3_Australia webpage. To get all attachments, you have to set
> your membership preferences to "Individual Emails". The messages then come
> straight to your Inbox with the images attached or inserted into the body of
> the email, depending on how they were sent by the originator.
>
> Les
>
> _____
>
> From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of bruce.morphett
> Sent: 14 January 2013 22:51
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Attachments
>
>
>
> Les,
>
> Can't see images attached to messages.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
>
>
> Bruce.
>