Many Thanks

[heraldmanblue]

I had 3 major problems, the 1st was a blown side light bulb which I had a spare, the 2nd a wiper blade broke off and I was lucky enough to ponce 1 off another herald, nice man ( I THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN ) the 3rd is I now have £120+ of spares to find a home in the garage   ;D

I had a really good time doing the RBRR, it should be on the NHS as a cure for depression and stuff, recommend it to every one.

[Alex]

One thing I learnt was put more kit in the car than you'd ever take plus some big friends so you can see what your suspension can take.
Mine was practically on the floor or at least the exhaust and subframe mount bolts were(are everyones bolts really long? :-/)
It wasnt that there's anything wrong with my suspension just it was to low when fully laden.

[GT6DavidMK1]

We carried a fair alot of spare's and tools and yes the PI did sit alot lower than normal, but with the weight in the back seem to handle alot better ;D. As a first timer's doing the RBRR, think I was more concern in not finishning so could say we packed every thing we could think of ;D but not the kitchen sink ;) one spare we did not take was any spare wheel bearings though I had checked the wheels bearing a week before.

David.

[Roger Keys]

Big thanks to the usual suspects for organising the whole thing, i had a top weekend. Daves spitfire performed without a hitch and i didn't get too wet either.

Commiserations to Dave and Jason for not finishing. It certainly wasn't for lack of trying.

Failure rate was certainly a bit high this time though.

[Raider]

It's a good thing this wasn't the 2006 event or I would have ahd to report the following failures

Radiator
Alternator
Fan belt
Oil sender unit (allowing oil to pulse out by it!)
Radiator bottom hose.

Apart from that it was fine ;D

[JohnD]

We followed (briefly!) a number of Spitfires with a truly alarming amount of negative camber.
I cannot imagine that they are set up that way, so they must have been carrying a large amount of gear.
As no one needs more than four pairs of panties and T-shirts for the RBRR, and tooth brushes (if you took one) don't weigh that much, it had to be spares.
That much negative must have affected road holding and caused assymetric tyre wear.
There is a lot to be said for shared spares loads - you take a wheel bearing and spanners, I'll take the jack - and other cooperation, for which the RBRR is noted anyway.
So a breakdown of the breakdowns, please Jason, when you have time.
John
(PS Not that this matters to an Acclaim!)

[AlanChatterton]

Goody wrote:

By the way Bill, why think small?  Anyone got a Stag for sale?
Me thinks Karen want's one!

Mine is still for sale.................. PM me for details if you're interested!

[ferny]

He'll only want it if it's red. ;D

[Richard B]

JohnD wrote:

We followed (briefly!) a number of Spitfires with a truly alarming amount of negative camber. I cannot imagine that they are set up that way, so they must have been carrying a large amount of gear.......

I'll take the jack...

I always thought the Spitfire owners carried a trolley jack in the boot to improve the handling  ;D

[shedmonkey]

we carried the least we ever had this year - two tool rolls and a holdal bag full of bits and bobs- including a XJ6 alternator I found n the shed -just in case!