I guess the Shitbox Brothers could show up once again 
Hmmm. Greasy Lightning? Return of Moss Boss?
Either case, I’m not letting @HighOctaneLove and Team Mountain Pass touch their stereo. That’s when bad things happen.
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No money = game over the next time you need it.
It might sound strange but it might as well snow in the northern parts of Sweden in summer, and the roads aren’t always so great there either… 
But probably I will count in more of driveability and less of offroading, and it’s not sure if there will be any extreme weather either, I will use the actual weather forecasts to determine that…
Are the sleeping and living costs the same for all or can your people sleep in their car and eat biltema hotdogs?
I haven’t decided on the actual sums yet, but to make it easier for me, I will run an unitized price. I know it’s not 100% realistic but then, the real world has just too many variables to make it practical and I think that I have too many of them already to keep track on.
But I am thinking sane pricing that represents a good average. So even if you have to stop at some expensive place (IRL) it won’t affect the pricing either.
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Well, they haven’t decided on a car yet, but anyway, let me present you the pride of the Torne river valley…
TEAM HILLBILLY ROLLERS
And the three team members are:
ANDREAS KERO
Age: 28
Interests: Drinking moonshine, motorsports
Personal vehicles: 1990 Ardent Sentinel wagon, 1967 Everette Ellston folkrace car
Personal motto: “Just floor it, you can always check what you managed to hit in the rear view mirror!”
The skilled driver of the bunch. At least according to himself. And that’s probably not a lie. Sometimes he actually has managed to complete a race at the folkrace track with his Everette Ellston without the whole car breaking apart.
JANNE MÄKITALO
Age: 40
Interests: Drinking moonshine, making inventions that is completely useless out of scrap he finds in his backyard.
Personal vehicles: 1960 IP Royalist hearse, 1982 Datsun Bluebird diesel, 1985 Deer and hunt Fallow, and too many tractors, dirtbikes, mopeds, snowmobiles, lawnmowers and forklifts to even count.
Personal motto: “If it can’t be fixed with duct tape, it’s broken for real”.
The skilled mechanic of the bunch. He can repair anything you put in his hands. Just don’t be so sure about when you will get it back.
MARIE PESULA
Age: 33
Interests: Drinking moonshine, drinking beer, drinking cheap wine, drinking aftershave, drinking washer fluid, drinking lots of other suspect stuff, tattoos, obscure erotic roleplays.
Personal vehicles: 1962 Dodge Dart, incredibly rusty 1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel
Personal motto: “Look at my boobs or I’ll kill you!”
The one with the eye for aesthetics. She can make anything look better with a brush in her hand. At least until she tries to eat the paint. And don’t disagree on that point, she will get a little bit…violent, then.
Now they are looking for a car…
To be continued…
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The Dust Devils:
A team that participated in the 24h clunker challenge, now a bit more experienced and with some cheap clunkers to throw around. luckily, thanks to their wealthy teammate Timo they wont be using their grandparent’s old Birmingham again…
team members are:
Victor Ruggla
Age: 17
Personal vehicles: 1989 Niner-Randall P55, 1968 Tudor Blackwood DeLuxe, 1960 Randall-Wooder 4x4
Description: The fastest driver of the 24h team, back again and ready to help drive his friends and family to victory in this event.
Eskil Lukkeonen
Age: 18
Personal vehicles: Birmingham 8000 form 24h clunker, 2004 Yotata Glide coupe’
Description: Another driver from the team with a lucky talent of cooking, who can keep the team full up with his classic speciality of “chicken nugget pizza with burger sauce”. He has only just got his liscence however and his 1.2L yotata is hardly a handful
Timo Ruggla
Age: 26
Personal vehicles: 2018 Tudor Blackwood V12 D’head and a bike company
Description: Expert motocross rider and SUV and truck fanatic who has a lot of mechanical knowledege. he can build a custom motorbike in a day. Oh, also he is the CEO and founder of the famous motorcycle manufacturer DTR, which could explain how he bought a brand new Tudor V12 at the age of 25.
Car: on the lookout
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Yes, as long as the engine is within the rules, anything goes.
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You guys are so lucky the Cinder is just a little too expensive to be viable. Now I’ve got to find myself a different car to work with. And I still have to assemble the team.
You were using the right markup too?
how many days is this challenge?
It’s running until the last team are crossing the finish line.
Yep, -10% because it’s an '01. Still came up around $14,000 because it’s an eco-turbo-sport sedan.
But, I do have a bit of a backup plan. I have a shitbox company with an '05 that’s not fast, but might outlast the competition.
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Is 1500 enough money for gas, hotel and food etc.
Well, I don’t know and I am not going to count on it since that would be a bit of cheating from my side since I know a little more about the route than anyone else. Part of the challenge is to find a balance between having enough money left to make the trip and having a car that is going to cut it.
From my calculations, if it is one checkpoint per day you will need at least $5000 just for hotel rooms in a 3 person team
Oh, no, you will not stay over noght at every checkpoint. Every checkpoint is a city in a new county, but it’s between circa 80 and 500 km between them so you will pass many of them per day, sorry if I was unclear there!
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I have a car that would still leave me with 2500$
The race is 5395 km all in all so it really shouldn’t take more than a handful of days…