plasticbadger Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I hear that team 31 have a new secret weapon - an ultra-lightweight driver Seriously though, plenty left to do, I'll be up with Marek as much as possible, plus now we've got the tow truck to repair too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I hear that team 31 have a new secret weapon - an ultra-lightweight driver Seriously though, plenty left to do, I'll be up with Marek as much as possible, plus now we've got the tow truck to repair too!!! It's only a rear oil seal......... had a chat with Mark last night, there are other option's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasket Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hey Rich, u want to lend me that nice shiney TD5 to tow my truck to transilvania? i am i need of a tow vehicle!!! I promise i wont steal the turbo and intercooler off it for the comp. although after last weekend, i might need the whole engine. ha ha evil laugh!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 well a week today and we are off. hope the other UK team are a bit more prepared than us.. still waiting on tyers and lids to turn up and still got lots to do to the car. good luck to every body and hopefully see you there if we make across Europe in one piece the weather forecast in Transylvania at the moment is T-storms and heat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 You previously asked about the route. Once across the channel, the route is one and only and it's what viamichelin.co.uk, map24.co.uk or any other websites, gps sat navs etc recommend. For those that didn't ventured beyond Germany before, mind that starting with Austria you will need to buy a vignette when you cross the border (from a boot after you cross the border or the nearest/next petrol station). Vignette prices and other info so you can choose for how many days to buy: - Austria: http://www.vignette.at/index.php?idtopic=504 - Hungary: http://www.motorway.hu/engine.aspx?page=fees2009 - Romania: http://www.untrr.ro/index.php?page=ro_vignette Some more info: - local weather website : http://www.meteoromania.ro/index.php?id=0〈=en , not more than 3 days forecast; further more, the weather in that particular area is harder to predict given the mountains - wunderground usually comes close on the forecast but, as above, don't bet on it : http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/15230.html - a webcam in Deva, the city where it all starts: http://82.79.1.58/cgi-bin/guestimage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 cipx2, thanks for the info and the most useful links and there was me thinking that a vignette was some thing you put on a salad (not that i know what one of those is either) thought you would be able to buy them at borders but the next petrol station sounds good enough. We are going to use the michelin route and stick to the main motorways and hopefully have an uneventful journey to Deva.... then the fun can begin B) You previously asked about the route. Once across the channel, the route is one and only and it's what viamichelin.co.uk, map24.co.uk or any other websites, gps sat navs etc recommend.For those that didn't ventured beyond Germany before, mind that starting with Austria you will need to buy a vignette when you cross the border (from a boot after you cross the border or the nearest/next petrol station). Vignette prices and other info so you can choose for how many days to buy: - Austria: http://www.vignette.at/index.php?idtopic=504 - Hungary: http://www.motorway.hu/engine.aspx?page=fees2009 - Romania: http://www.untrr.ro/index.php?page=ro_vignette Some more info: - local weather website : http://www.meteoromania.ro/index.php?id=0〈=en , not more than 3 days forecast; further more, the weather in that particular area is harder to predict given the mountains - wunderground usually comes close on the forecast but, as above, don't bet on it : http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/15230.html - a webcam in Deva, the city where it all starts: http://82.79.1.58/cgi-bin/guestimage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bok Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Hello , Here some photograph of last week. Welcome in the dracula forest !!!! To somewhere in the bunch , where we will do the chronologist . grts P http://picasaweb.google.ro/marius2101ro/TA...592224549881250 http://picasaweb.google.com/rhadookoo/TATT...945508262387570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe Santos Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I hope that the Lady from the hotel in Deva, still is so ""FRIENDLY"" to all of you, most of all, to Adrian Turner... Adrian, try to loose the keys from the room, and ask for a spare one.... You will see how nice she is... P.s. Be carefull in driving in Romenia, and don´t drive in the night. Last year, our truck when comming home, was stopped and they tried to take the cars.. Filipe Santos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 ......... Last year, our truck when comming home, was stopped and they tried to take the cars.. What do you mean by "they"? Police, bandits, the 'ladies' providing services along the way ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I hope that the Lady from the hotel in Deva, still is so ""FRIENDLY"" to all of you, most of all, to Adrian Turner...Adrian, try to loose the keys from the room, and ask for a spare one.... You will see how nice she is... P.s. Be carefull in driving in Romenia, and don´t drive in the night. Last year, our truck when comming home, was stopped and they tried to take the cars.. Filipe Santos All sounds like a whole load of fun Filipe B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe Santos Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Police made the STOP, then 2 guys in the back tried to open the truck while the driver was speaking to police. What do you mean by "they"? Police, bandits, the 'ladies' providing services along the way ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 If the police stopped the truck then the guys in the back must have been either policemen in civilian clothes or from another authority. You think the police was hand in hand with some robbers or there were fake policemen? Don't forget Romania is the first line of defense in the EU and that road, namely E68, is one of the major East/West routes across Europe. The police has to look for drugs, illegal immigrants and the rest of the usual illegal stuff. Very often there are police checks and they team with people from the local Department of Transportation (Road Authority or the equivalent of MOT inspectors or both) and there are even Hungarian policemen coming to team with the local police and make checks. But this happens daytime as well. There might be a greater chance at night, specially on weekends, but there's no rule. From what you're saying (which is not enough to understand all the facts) it sounds like it could have been one of those checks. The only thing a bit odd is that usually the lorry driver is asked to open the doors/whatever to show what he has in the back (unless it's sealed and seals appear to be genuine/intact). Anyway, nobody's going to stop you and nick your competition 4x4 from the back/trailer. Make sure you (or the driver) have some kind of papers to prove YOU didn't nick what you're carrying in the back otherwise police might detain you and/or the vehicle in question until you provide some proof of ownership. This is like anywhere in the world no matter what kind of goods you're carrying. The advice of not driving at night if you don't really have to is good though, specially because there's no motorway between the border and Deva. The road is rather busy or very busy and preferable to be driven daytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train Man Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I would like to wish all competitors the best of times, especially Paul,Nev, Andy and doms Take care out there and hoping a trophy returns to blighty B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliholic Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi all.. Does anyone know for sure how far the "trailer park" is from the competition area ? My dilemma is do i use a 300Tdi 110 as my tow car which has same engine, gearbox, suspension etc as my comp car in fact a complete car of spares! Or do i use a chipped TD5 Discovery which has quite a bit more power & comfort for the long journey but has no parts in common with the comp car! If the car park is fairly close by & the 110 is accessible if i need to rape it for spares...then i will use that, but if it is miles away & locked up all week.....well you get the idea!! Any clues? Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I guess the only people who how for sure are the organizers. Less likely the comp area to be to close to Deva (where the trailer park will be - http://transilvania-trophy.blogspot.com/20...-trailers.html). From the TAT website/blogspot: - "The start of TAT takes place in the town of Deva and the competition stretches all over Hunedoara county." - http://www.transilvania-trophy.com/info_place.php - one of the areas they were scouting last year, see http://transilvania-trophy.blogspot.com/20...y-and-maps.html , is not so close to Deva; the map center is at 46.048 N, 22.58 E (gps coord in decimal format) which is 20 miles NW in a straight line from Deva (40 miles drive from the hotel in Deva). - the distance between the North and South camps is about 40 miles in a straight line; neither of them would be too close to Deva otherwise you could stay at the hotel overnight (at least half the nights) That's all I know. You can post the question on the TAT blog or you can try e-mail the organizers, maybe they can tell you more. Speaking of the hotel, here is the picture of it, to know what you're looking for: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11974406 - the GPS coord of the street corner you see in the pic: 45.877661 N, 22.904506 E If someone needs a city map or something, or if you need a GPS track from the border to the hotel or any other place, just ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Thanks for the Hotel pic at least i know what we are looking for now B) Thanks Train man...........oh! you did not mention me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevidred Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Thanks for the Hotel pic at least i know what we are looking for now B) Thanks Train man...........oh! you did not mention me dont worry Aidie ill look after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe Santos Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Paul, last year, the trailer park was in the city, and our north and south parks, were very far. You must have someone that drives the 300 tdi in the parks of the competition. I think, that there is no way for you to acess all days to the trailer park in the city. We add an extra car, that our friends used to drive everydays to the city and bring us the fuel, there where 40 km and we only saw them if we arrived early in the camps, witch was only in 2 days. The others, they leave the fuel and in the morning, we had already left when they arrive. This was becouse they did not sleepe in the camps. During the competition, we carried all the spares we had. In the fuel car, there where only a few things left. You make 100 km during one day, so, if you neede a spare part, you would better have it with you. I hope i helped. It is a great competition, freandly peopel, and amazing site seing. Enjoy. Filipe Santos - Portugal http://estradareal08.blogspot.com/ Hi all..Does anyone know for sure how far the "trailer park" is from the competition area ? My dilemma is do i use a 300Tdi 110 as my tow car which has same engine, gearbox, suspension etc as my comp car in fact a complete car of spares! Or do i use a chipped TD5 Discovery which has quite a bit more power & comfort for the long journey but has no parts in common with the comp car! If the car park is fairly close by & the 110 is accessible if i need to rape it for spares...then i will use that, but if it is miles away & locked up all week.....well you get the idea!! Any clues? Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 dont worry Aidie ill look after you thanks Nev B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Well almost ready. there is a small weather update on the TAT blog site... The weather is very stormy these days...Even the simplest tracks can became dangerous under those circumstances so prepare for the worst. For the Hobby class I recommend to exercise the "downhill-with-a-long-strap-on-the-tree-technique" in case you don't have a back winch. And don't forget to bring those snatch blocks you never use. sounds like its going to fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Well almost ready.there is a small weather update on the TAT blog site... sounds like its going to fun Sounds like a Uk comp now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 One of the first who arrived at the 'crime scene' - 3rd place at Ladoga 2009, TR3 class: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticbadger Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Update from the South of England teams is car 31b (Jo Rose) has pulled out last minute and car 21a (Gasket) is stuck in Germany with a dead tow car. The remaining cars of teams 31 (Marek in the 110) and 21 (Moose with his 100") have made it there and are planning to team up. Good luck all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lee90* Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Well 1st challenge over with we have just made it into deva. Dom and crew turned up last night Paul and crew are a couple of hours behind i belive had some bad weather yesterday but all seems to be good here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Some pics from Day 0. I will put the links instead of embedding the pics: http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1534/fileu.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/240/filec.jpg http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7296/file.jpg http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9647/filei.jpg http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2252/filen.jpg http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5278/filef.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8641/filev.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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