Day 6/7
On day 6 we left Ulaanbaatar after a large parade in the main square of the city. Traffic in Ulaanbaatar is terrible and driving 5 km out of the city took an hour, happy to drive an air cooled 911. After a couple of hours driving through a green hilly landscape we went off road and had two special tests – again high average speeds, but it went ok. It is taking its toll on the cars, virtually everybody is having problems and every day another car is out of the rally. Our rubber bushings on the shock absorber mounts are torn apart, it’s making a squeaking noise, but apart from that no problems.
Day 7 started with about 230 km tarmac road and then we went off road again. Road conditions went from bad to worse and the speeds are mad. We decided to go fast, but not to try to reach the set times. The surface is full of rocks and holes. We have never driven in such bad conditions and even with set average speeds of more than 70 km/h. Unfortunately, there was no time to make photos as the driving needs full attention.
