Wait, no one told me about my UK government connections? Am I a secret mole? Well that changes EVERYTHING!
Road to Rotary: Japan to France in an RX7
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Weird I have 9 visas in my passport, one issued in august, and entered the country on 31st August with a wait but they let me in...
This post sums you up in motors too, making up absolute crap with no actual evidence. Nor the ability to even read.
First you said people are anti UK, now its switched to government. I didnt hide the fact I was English this trip and no one cared, metro no issues. The people are just getting on with life. They aren't anti-western people, surprisingly Vodafone roaming has started working there too now.
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But like I said, you are a nobody, no real connections. If you are filming there, a journalist, attracting attention in some way, you could be seen as leverage. It's already been happening.
No, no. Your experience isn't valid because the opinion of people with no experience is more valider
Not sure who you think I am
We're all expecting Top Gear / TGT level production from this you know, presumably you'll be travelling with a 30 strong entourage?
Couple of GoPros and a vlog cam might be a far cry from my full production crew that couldn't make it due to government advice they listen to
Not sure who you think I am
They may just take issue with a westerner going around filming. That "Bald and Bankrupt" guy was arrested, interrogated and charged in Russia after the war broke out.
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Soldato
My Latvian neighbour and his Russian wife have just moved back to Moscow owing to the cost of living in the UK.
Was the person you knew called Jack ****? Im convinced thats what you know.
Or more likely they probably won't even notice a bloke in a car driving through the middle of nowhere with a gopro stuck to the inside of his window
Soldato
Probably not as protected as the Uk law gives to muppets like DJ Audits so he was probably asking for it anyway.
Soldato
@randomshenans
I guess the only real thing is, do you have a backup in the event you're denied a Russian visa? Does it stop the trip as a whole or just try and go an alternative route/ship the car around a bit?
I guess the only real thing is, do you have a backup in the event you're denied a Russian visa? Does it stop the trip as a whole or just try and go an alternative route/ship the car around a bit?
What like attracting attention taking photos? Talking English ?
How do you know what I am and my connections ?
Where has it been happening? Making stuff up again. You realise there are journalists still living and reporting from Moscow ?
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Soldato
Seems the pesimistic posters think he's randomly Russian into this?
Depends which direction I go... there are always options when you just take it as it comes.
Technically I could drive from here, through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India/ Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Vietnam... and get a boat from there to Japan. That's also possible
Roads slightly more painful in that route and would miss south Korea, plus far more visas to work out, but there is always a solution to anything.
Sigh. This isn't an update that was expected or ever wanted.
My car arrived in Zeebrugge on 28th October. I was just getting back from Arctic Trek at the time. It sat waiting to go to be transported back to me in the Alsace.
Yesterday I get an email, that I really didn't want to get.
The last email you wanted to get. I had no idea what damage there was at the time, but I put something on tiktok and got a load of people messaging me who work at the port and told me what had happened, and even who it was.
Today I got all the pictures...
Wounded.
I put everything into this car and project. It's been most of this year. My trip to Japan to see it. My work with Mazda and HKS. I just spent 6500EUR replacing every single bush and perishable part on the car.
The car was perfect before. Absolutely mint. Over in Europe, in the condition it was, if I was willing to wait for the right buyer it was a 45-50k car. Now, it'll never reach that, as it's damaged. Even if it was well repaired. It's lost so much value.
I'm now faced with trying to battle the insurance company, who will either just want to give me the repair cost, or leave me completely out of pocket. All because someone decided to drift my car in a car park.
I really want to fight this and have it come to an actual positive outcome, rather than just get shafted, which is likely to happen if I just sit and let other people do **** for me.
If anyone has any experience in fighting utter **** companies, I'm determined to get what's due.
Here's to coming back stronger.
My car arrived in Zeebrugge on 28th October. I was just getting back from Arctic Trek at the time. It sat waiting to go to be transported back to me in the Alsace.
Yesterday I get an email, that I really didn't want to get.
The last email you wanted to get. I had no idea what damage there was at the time, but I put something on tiktok and got a load of people messaging me who work at the port and told me what had happened, and even who it was.
Today I got all the pictures...
Wounded.
I put everything into this car and project. It's been most of this year. My trip to Japan to see it. My work with Mazda and HKS. I just spent 6500EUR replacing every single bush and perishable part on the car.
The car was perfect before. Absolutely mint. Over in Europe, in the condition it was, if I was willing to wait for the right buyer it was a 45-50k car. Now, it'll never reach that, as it's damaged. Even if it was well repaired. It's lost so much value.
I'm now faced with trying to battle the insurance company, who will either just want to give me the repair cost, or leave me completely out of pocket. All because someone decided to drift my car in a car park.
I really want to fight this and have it come to an actual positive outcome, rather than just get shafted, which is likely to happen if I just sit and let other people do **** for me.
If anyone has any experience in fighting utter **** companies, I'm determined to get what's due.
Here's to coming back stronger.
Man of Honour
Oh my god that's absolutely awful man 
Soldato
Aw man that sucks