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RatRod 2011

Banger rally Rover 216GTIs and I have history. Alexander Boucke, Declan Berridge and I competed in  Staples2Naples 2004 in one (and came second!) and enjoyed every minute of it. I then sold the car for charity to another S2N’er Les Hedaux, before getting it back a couple of years ago. Then I sold it again… and got it back again… then sold it. I think H23 GDF may well have finally gone to that great scrapyard in the sky. But you never know.

Anyway, bear with me on this. Regular readers might know that Team AROnline was supposed to take part in  RatRod 2011, a banger rally to Brasov in Romania – but due to work deadlines, and my own shocking lack of organisation, it never happened. My team mate, Andrew Elphick hitched a lift with Alex Sebbinger and Rhydian Edwards in their Montego 1.6L. And from my ‘phone call last night, it seems the chaps have made it to Romania, and are on the home run to Brasov right now. My involvement with the rally has therefore been, er, minimal… and I’m feeling a great sense of loss.

But Elphick came up with a plan that involved me. And I’m not complaining. So, on Saturday morning, I’m flying out to Bucharest (about 100 miles from the rally’s destination in Brasov), where I’ll be meeting Elphick, and driving home one of the rally’s cars. Before you get excited, I’m not bringing back the Montego , but I seem to have teamed up with Andrew to drive back a Rover 216GTI (nicknamed – for some daft reason – SLEGTi) that has been driven out by Steven Ward and his happy team. You can see a picture of that car above – which like all 216GTIs around AROnline seems to have lived a yo-yo life between friends during the past decade.

Updates  

Banger rallies

Blog : Now We’re Montegoing to Romania…

25 September 2011 Keith Adams 3

Alex Sebbinger It was about two years ago that my good friend Rhydian Edwards and I decided to partake in a Banger Rally. Having read about the adventures of Keith […]

AROnline

Blog : Broken bones, roads and Rover…

21 September 2011 Keith Adams 11

Adventures from a Banger Rally in which our Editor falls down a hole Keith Adams As you know, we’ve been quite deeply involved in the RatRod 2011 here at AROnline. […]

Banger rallies

Blog : A long way to go and a short time to get there

21 September 2011 Keith Adams 7

Steven Ward I’d promised myself for many years that a Banger Rally would be an event I must do at some point. This year happened to be the year – […]

Banger rallies

Blog : Operation drive back, day three

15 September 2011 Matthew Hayward 17

Andrew Elphick So while the erstwhile man in charge of AROnline typed away, his partner in crime got busy negotiating. Badly. My grasp of Hungarian is… Well… Er… You get […]

Banger rallies

Blog : Operation drive back, day two

13 September 2011 Keith Adams 17

Keith Adams   Well, to say that day two was eventful is something of an understatement. After leaving the hotel in the morning, I decided it would be good to […]

Banger rallies

Blog : Operation drive back, day one

12 September 2011 Keith Adams 8

Keith Adams We all know what happens to the best laid plans of mice and men. Yep, they go to hell in an AdamsCart. The plan to drive our Rover […]

Banger rallies

Blog : Bringing it back from Romania

9 September 2011 Keith Adams 17

Keith Adams Banger rally Rover 216GTIs and I have history. Alexander Boucke, Declan Berridge and I competed in Staples2Naples 2004 in one (and came second!) and enjoyed every minute of […]

Banger rallies

Blog : Rat Rod 2011, AROnline’s dropping out

30 August 2011 Keith Adams 4

Keith Adams You mention the term RatRod to most people and they’ll probably picture something like the car above. A gorgeous Hot Rod that’s been wonderfully patinated, turning rust into […]

Events

RatRod 2011 : The search is on…

28 December 2010 Keith Adams 22

Keith Adams It’s been three years since I’ve been on a Banger Rally and, as the months have worn on, I’ve found that the withdrawal symptoms have become increasingly painful. […]

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