tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61295058422176415222024-03-19T10:40:44.994+01:00CASTEFA PANDA RAID 2018PANDA RAID 2018 by vdE Racing TeamCASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-81354080029599114272018-03-10T00:56:00.001+01:002018-03-10T01:15:35.704+01:00The medal!!!! <p dir="ltr">Yes!!!!! </p><p dir="ltr">We finished 76 in the 4x4 category out of 200 who participated. </p><p dir="ltr"><br></p>
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Today our front suspensions have decided to give it up which makes is extremely difficult to maintain a decent speed on stone roads. <br>
The environment is really beautiful </p>
<p dir="ltr">Yesterday we achieved to be between the 50% cars with the highest scores. <br><br></p>
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We repaired the booth so we can have clean clothes again. Very warm +35°C and blue sky. Yesterday we go is finished just bellow 170 in the clarification taking in consideration that we lost during the exercise we are satisfied. The feeling we have is that today we achieved much better. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Tomorrow will be a challenging day with 269 km piste.</p>
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This experience is being amazing so far and the car is like a miracle. It still works and the only small issues we have had so far are: 1 flat tire, the booth which does not open well anymore, the driver door which does not close as it should. But mechanically it is just amazing.<br>
It is great what we are experiencing as the first day we had a big sand storm which increases the car with 10 kilo of sand and yesterday we had our first experience driving on fast "pistes" and sand. Just great to see what we can achieve and see how the local people in the mountains live. At night the second day it was - 3 °C and as you can imagine sleeping in a tent in such an environment is not what we are used to. No further comments... <br>
Today it was a long trip of almost 7 hours through the dessert. Amazing is the only word I can find. Palmtrees, donkeys and dromedary were our guests on an extremely technical and fast trip. <br>
Now we are in Merzouga where the big dunes are staring. Warm weather and beautiful sunsets. After the 3 rd hard day we are fine and the car is doing what we are asking him to do. I still need to get used to drive +80km/h with constantly hearing how stones hit heavily the carter protection. <br>
If you want to see great pictures made by the organization you can visit the following Facebook page pandaraid where they have posted several pictures of us/car. <br>
And last but not least yesterday we ended in the general clarification 196 (they still need to make some corrections on the final list as something was not correct). Today I guess we will be worse as in the specials we were lost in the middle of the dunes for 4 minutes. </p>
CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-87864239400023811282018-03-03T23:27:00.001+01:002018-03-03T23:34:26.689+01:00First night in Morocco <p dir="ltr">Finally arrived at campbase 1. Nice roads but now it's raining. Great atmosphere. The car is perfect so far. </p>
<p dir="ltr">You can follow up instantly and look where we are on the pandaraid.com site. Our car is number <u>230</u></p>
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For some strange reason I can not upload pictures unfortunately </p>
CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-7017578755793358902018-03-01T21:10:00.001+01:002018-03-01T21:10:35.218+01:00Day 1<p dir="ltr">Early start this morning direction Madrid. Close to 700 km where the weather conditions were not great: cold, heavy rain and extremely windy. With many stops and some cars with minor problems but nothing that stops the good mood and atmosphere. Now some good dinner and prepare ourselves for tomorrow. </p>
CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-40652492736295675422018-02-28T22:21:00.000+01:002018-02-28T22:22:22.983+01:00D- day has arrivedAnd yes, after so many days, weeks and months D-day has arrived. Tomorrow at 7AM the adventure is starting direction to Madrid where the official start will take place on Friday at 4 PM. Close to 350 Fiat Panda / Seat Marbella direction to Motril.<br />
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Today some friends have come to say goodbye. It was a wonderful moment and very much aprreciated taking in consideration the current weather conditions (today we had snow in Barcelona).<br />
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Stay tuned!<br />
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we are happy to show you the final pictures of the car. Everything is last
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Theoretically we should not have anymore
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I would also like to thanks our Sponsors /
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">- Fundació Hospital de Nens de Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">- Pivote Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">- The Valley Digital Business School<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">- Sublime Oils<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-87625793641337821972018-02-12T23:09:00.002+01:002018-02-12T23:09:31.802+01:00Only 18 days before the start! Final daily parcours are known<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">During the last weeks many things have
happened in the preparation:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Design of car finished<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Several sponsors are supporting us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3.
All little details for making the trip easier are bought and ready to be packed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4.
Several test trips have been made in order to get familiar with car in
different environments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">BUT,
2 weeks ago we broke the engine of the car... The good news is that tomorrow,
hopefully, we will get our car back with a brand new engine!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So,
what exactly is the detailed route we will do per day?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">DAY 1 (March 2<sup>nd</sup> 2018)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Madrid –
Motril – Nador – Mohammed V Lake</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DAY 2</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Mohammed
V Lake – Bni Tadjite</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DAY 3</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Bni
Tadjite – Errachidia</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DAY 4</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Errachidia – Merzouga</span></strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DAY 5</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Merzouga – Tafraoute Sidi Ali</span></strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DAY 6</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Tafraoute
Sidi Ali – Tansikht</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DAY 7</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Tansikht
– Marrakech</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For more details clik on the following link: </span><a href="http://www.pandaraid.com/blog/descripcion-las-etapas-panda-raid-2018">Details of the daily trips</a></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Next week
we will be able to share final pictures of the car</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">!!!!!!</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-15777451766886109982017-12-31T12:08:00.002+01:002017-12-31T12:08:12.950+01:00Well, the previous post was not the last one of 2017.<br />
As some of you have asked more information about the Panda Raid I have compiled some nice pictures and videos of previous years. Hope you like them and you get enough excited to also join next year!<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Happy 2018!!</span></b><br />
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Click on the link to see the videos:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eACAh9msA">Summary</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWa29GQbx4Q">How hard it can be</a><br />
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<br />CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-9727762597206829722017-12-31T01:07:00.000+01:002017-12-31T01:07:11.217+01:00Last day of 2017 and 60 days before the start<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Today we have officially created </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">vdE Racing Team</span></b>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When I say we,
it's the super team composed by Robert, my brother, and myself! Logo is WIP and
will be shared soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The car has been heavily tested during 650 kms in the last 2 weeks in different environments like highway, gravel and sand. So
far everything looks great, but some surprise are always part of the game. Last
week suddenly the car did not start and after a quick investigation the
outcome was that the start engine decide to leave us. Also after some heavy off-road
test in the Gava area the engine started to leak some oil. At this stage not
clear what it is but next week the car will go back to the garage to finalize
some fine tuning (mainly electricity) and check the oil issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The next big project is the
external layout of the car. Designer and materials are identified, so
everything should be ready by the end of January.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Regarding sponsorship, we are definitely
running behind schedule, so if you or somebody you know is interested to
sponsor us he/she is welcome. Logo's will be placed on the car. Any small or big contribution is welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-35466519991937065152017-11-19T12:33:00.001+01:002017-11-19T12:33:07.042+01:00100 days to go<p dir="ltr">In 100 days Panda Raid 2018 will start and we, CASTEFA PANDA RAID 2018, are almost ready.<br>
Next week the synchro of our gearbox will be finalized and we will finally start to fully test the car, prepare all the logistics and start the hunting process for sponsors.</p>
CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129505842217641522.post-52059362092620738082017-10-19T19:23:00.000+02:002017-10-19T20:02:57.922+02:00Getting ready for PANDA RAID 2018After many months of considering to participate in PANDA RAID 2018, the decision was finally taken this summer!<br />
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Step 1: find a Panda 4x4 which is in acceptable condition<br />
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Step 2: By a car.<br />
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Step 3: Get the car prepared for the challenge<br />
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Step 4: make sure all the aspects of the care are OK to be able to start and finnsih the RAID<br />
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Step 5: get some basic knowledge on how the repair the engine and how to read a roadbook as no GPS is allowed in the desert<br />
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This is where I'm currently. The start will be in March 2018.<br />
More to come in the next weeks and months!CASTEFA PANDA RAIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125186378093869699noreply@blogger.com4