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It all started when Miles decided we were going to do the Italian Job this year. What he didn't realise was that my mini just wasn't up to it. This resulted in a search for our ideal mini: Something as new as possible without being a BMW Mini, something that would last the trip in comfort (?) and style, not to mention something that would be great fun to throw around the twisty roads that wind through the Alps.

Why?

Why not it looks like fun……and c’mon its for charity so dig deep in your pockets and help us burst our target of raising £3000 for the UK’s leading children’s charity NCH (www.nch.org.uk).


Gav

Gav 33, lives in Stockbridge, Edinburgh and works as a business development manager (trying to sell people stuff). Gav likes sailing, is a serial wedding goer, and takes the occasional photo. Gav doesn’t like small spaces.

Miles

Miles, also 33, lives near Truro, Cornwall, and works for himself as a naval architect (colouring in boat pictures). Miles likes surfing, growing vegetables, and riding his bike. Miles doesn’t like long car journeys.


Wednesday, 24 October 2007

exhaust heaven

It didn't take long for us to remember how rediculously alike Miles and I are: stubborn, impatient, childish and always right to name but a few!

Sharing such a long journey in such a small car its no great surprise that we started to get on each others nerves a bit!

Then the exhaust fell apart - its just what we needed to put our heads together and give us something to focus on. Miles did an excellent job of securing what was left of the centre pipe with a few intertwined clove hitches as I found space in the car for the back box.

We drove the rest of the way to Budapest in the loudest go kart in Europe. We arrived in Budapest around midnight to find that the next day was a national holiday and NOTHING would be open. They were right! The Hungarian equivalent of the AA turned up to help that night to inform us that our exhaust was broken - thanks for your insightfull help guys!

We got up early on Wednesday after a bit of a bender to find the garage that the AA had recommended. We spent about 2 hours searching for the invisible garage to find out there are 2 vaci streets, well one road and one street. We then arrived at the garage to find it was a BMW garage - aaarrgh - what an insult! They did point us in the direction of a motor factors. Heaven! A new exhaust clamp, some paste and a lot of rolling around on the floor of a multistory car park and we were back in business.


A bit more touring around Budapest, the best pizza in Hungary (finally some tasty sausage - thought that was Germanys job?) and we are now back on the road heading for Zagreb.

Happy days.
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