12-01-2016, 04:01 PM
if you know the Mini, and it runs reliabily, then, hop in and go.
Keep to 110 to 120 if its a std 1275e, 100 to 110 if its and 1100 (with 3.76 final drive)
every time i have done the trip (manys a time) i always had another car with me JUST IN CASE (with a two rope)
The only time i did the Johannesburg trip without a follow car, was with Paddy Helliker about 15 years ago.
His Clubbies alternator gave up on the way up Van Reeneens pass. we made it to 100 kays before Johannesburg when the battery finally died.
Keep to 110 to 120 if its a std 1275e, 100 to 110 if its and 1100 (with 3.76 final drive)
every time i have done the trip (manys a time) i always had another car with me JUST IN CASE (with a two rope)
The only time i did the Johannesburg trip without a follow car, was with Paddy Helliker about 15 years ago.
His Clubbies alternator gave up on the way up Van Reeneens pass. we made it to 100 kays before Johannesburg when the battery finally died.
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