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Went for a walk to see some 4WDs racing a Baja


Pedro

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This morning, having slept poorly and as I was putting on my boots to ride up north to my parents', I gave up on it, put on my trainers and went for a walk to try and catch the start of the Baja Oeste, which is 2 or 3km away. Got there in time for the first car about to go out. Had a little walk around, stayed on the less dusty side of the road, and had a look at race cars, I do like race cars.

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Angry sounding Hilux:

 

 

 

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The "Minis":

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A properly loud Ford

 

A very cool Navarra setting off:

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I didn't take any money with me, which was not clever, it was proper hot and I fancied something cold to drink, there was a sandwich trailer there, and being lunch time a lot of people were starting to tuck into pork sandwiches seasoned  with a healthy dose of dust :classic_laugh:

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Enough was enough, I was thirsty and hot, so went home:

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Walked home in what felt like proper heat, felt hotter than it was, maximum for today was supposed to be 32º 

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45 minutes ago, Pedro said:

The "Minis":

I'm glad you put that in quotation marks.  After all , what part of that resembles a Mini :classic_tongue:

 

Nice to have something like that within walking distance 👍

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23 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I'm glad you put that in quotation marks.  After all , what part of that resembles a Mini :classic_tongue:

I met Maria in Germany when her boyfriend at the time was a chief mechanic for XRaid, that builds those Minis and all BMW "derived" offroad race cars, at the time they were building the X5 for the Dakar and bajas like these. I had a nice look around the shop, there were several parts equal to an X5, the indicator and windshield wiper stalks, for example :classic_laugh:

The engine for several applications was based on a road one, though.

 

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1 hour ago, Six30 said:

 Nice one Pedro good vids they sound they brilliant .. wouldn’t mind one of them on the road 😃

They're probably a blast on the road :classic_laugh:

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