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Our Long Drive Home. Crossing into China. UK to Australia
Jess and Mike get used to sleeper cars and traditional food at the Chinese border, find out why an overnight bus in…
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Lexus LX 570. New Arrival. The Management Fleet
We welcome the Lexus LX 570 to our long term Management Fleet, consider off-road excursions and surviving Dubai traffic. But first, what…
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Our Long Drive Home. Balls to the wall. UK to Australia
Mike and Jess ditch the Renault Clio for 6.30am starts at the visa office, Mongolian scenery and a 131-ft Genghis Khan statue.…
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Cadillac XTS. New Arrival. The Management Fleet
Check us out in our gangster-black Cadillac XTS. I’ll be honest, until it arrived, I knew very little about the Cadillac XTS,…
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Volkswagen Golf GTI. New Arrival. The Management Fleet
We welcome a brand new Volkswagen Golf GTI to the Management Fleet. When we waved goodbye to the Management Fleet Volkswagen Golf,…
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Our Long Drive Home. The Finish Line. UK to Australia
Mike and Jess and their 2004 Renault Clio have crossed through 15 countries, spent five weeks on the road, covered 16,000km and…
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Our Long Drive Home. On edge. UK to Australia
Mike, Jess and their 2004 Renault Clio continue their Mongol Rally adventure, taking in stunning scenary, threats of a five-day waiting period…
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Our Long Drive Home. Under Fire, Under Warranty? UK to Australia
After three weeks on the road, Mike and Jess’ 2004 Renault Clio hits the workshop to replace some ruined brake pads. Before…
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Why a Toyota Land Cruiser is better than a supercar
This is Ahmad Alroum, and this is his 1984 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60. And here’s why he would choose this anyday over…
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Our Long Drive Home. Ungut in Uzbekistan. UK to Australia
Our intrepid duo – Mike and Jess – are just a stone’s throw from the Kyrgyzstan border, having battled trucks and lorries…
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Our Long Drive Home. Life on the black market. UK to Australia
Our intrepid explorers – Mike and Jess – meet ‘a dealer’, get their heads around the US dollar-Uzbekistan Som exchange rate, and…
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Our Long Drive Home. Borat Country. UK to Australia
Mike and Jess spend two nights camping in the desert with their fellow Mongol Rally travellers, find ATMs hard to come by…