The Cost Of Doing Top Gear Road Trips

THE COST OF DOING ТоpGear ROAD TRIPS TOTAL DRIVING DISTANCE: SHIPKI LA 1,308 MILES STARTING POINT: INDIA MUMBAI ROUTE MAP DELH JAIPUR by train by road by plane SHIPKI LA MUMBAI SHIMLA ITINERARY DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 Drive back to Delhi, intemal flight (Delhi> Mumbai) Jaipur to Delhito Shimla to Mumbai to Shimla (road, Shipki La (road, 195 miles) -65 hours Pick up cars and joumey Jaipur (cars Delhi (road, on train, 726 miles) - 18 hours Fly To Mumbai prep 162 miles) -5.5 hours 225 mies) -7.5 hours DAY 8 Retum flight BUY CARS BOOK FLIGHTS: 3XRETURN FLIGHTS, LONDON > MUMBAI £16,000 £1,500 ARRANGE CAR TRANSPORTATION FROM UK TO MUMBAI (£1100 X3 *INCLUDING TOTAL PRE TRAVEL COSTS £20,800 DUTIES) £3,300 THE CARS YEAR: 1976 ВНР:172BНP ENGINE: 6.8 LTRE WEIGHT: 2.2 TONNES APPROX £4,500 NYF 590P 100K+ MILES Series 1 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (1976) YEAR: 1995 BHP: 223BHP ENGINE: 4 LUTRE WEIGHT:1.8 TONNES APPROX NSV AS4 £5,500 70K+ MILES 1995 Jaguar XJS Celebration Model 4.01 YEAR: 2000 BHP: 90BHP ENGINE: 1.3 LITRE WEIGHT: 11 TONNES APPROX £6,000 W61LJF 60K+ MILES Mini Cooper Sport YEAR: 1979 BHP: 59BHP ENGINE: 1.3 LITRE WEIGHT:0.8 TONNES YOL 825T APPROX £1,600 1979 Austin Allegro SDL OPTIONAL DAY 3 Train from Mumbai to Jaipur (ovemight travel &wth cars)-f105 Food and drink- £20 If you want to setup a Beatles tribute band on the train; DAY 1+2 Double Bass (£4O0) Bass Drum (£250) Pickup cars from docks V Electric keyboard (£80) Hotel stay in Mumbai x 2 nights (f440) Food and drink (£150) Optional: Prepare cars for joumey Large banner to hang on the side of a train + paints (£50) Arrange hill climb race with locals £590 £905 DAY 4 Jaipur to Delhi on the roads (At Night) Car decorations (Ganesh, cartoilet Mexican flag on mini bonnet) - £100) Delhi hotel (3x rooms, 1 night - £220 Food and drink-£50 Book intenal flights:3x Dehi to Mumbai (£150) Optional: Host a garden party at an embassy £520 DAY 5 Modify Cars for India Countryside (£1200) Drive Delhi to Shimla Attend Village Fete Hotels In Shimla (3 rooms) - £300 NSV 434 Foodand Drink - £50 Chunky tyres Exhaust out the Bonnet £1550 Increased ground clearance PA system attached to roof Suspension tweaks Chunky wheels Suspension tweaks Addtional decorations and flags V New raly tyres Sump guard added Winch fitted DAY 6 Drive from Shimla to Shipki La DAY 7 & 8 Enjoy the amazing scenery Retum drive To Delhi Buytents (£75) Internal flight from Delhi to Mumbai Camp out for the night with a few beers Hotel stay In Mumbai (£220) Food and drink (£100) £75 Retum flight to UK £320 ADDITIONAL COSTS Fuel cost for 3 cars: A £400 Addiional spending money £ £2000 Disaster & support contingency Insurances + £2000 £600 TOTAL COSTS £29,710 CAUTION DO NOT DO THIS TRIP AREAS ARE UNDER ISIS CONTROL MIDDLE EAST ROUTE MAP TOTAL DRIVING DISTANCE: ARBIL 1,209 MILES SYRIA DAMASCUS STARTING POINT: GEORGIA NAZARETH RAQ JERUSALEM GEORGIA SRAEL JORDAN ITINERARY IRAQ DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 Buy cars Fly from to Georgia andjoumey Fly from Georgia to Irag Drive around Arbil getting lost Drive from Arbil into ranian border (50 minutes -24 miles) Drive from Rawanduz and into Şanlıurfa Turkey (8 hours -370 miles) Prive from Şanlıurfa to Palmyra (6.5 hours -250 miles) Prep DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 Drive from Palmyra to Damascus (4.5 hours - 170 miles) Drive from Palmyra to Damascus (4.5 hours - 170 miles) Drive to Bethlehem Retun flight 3X KEVLAR VESTS & HELMETS Drive from Jordan to Isael (25 hours - 100 miles) 3X RETURN FLIGHTS, BUY 3 CARS IN GEORGIA LONDON>TBILISI £1,400 £10,966 ARRANGE MULTIPLE VISA ENTRIES & OTHER ADMINX3 ARRANGE RUSSIAN TRANSPORT PLANE TO LIFT 3 CARS FROM GEORGIA TO ARBIL £780 AIRPORT, IRAQ £4,800 TOTAL PRE TRAVEL COSTS £17,946 THE CARS YEAR: 1998 BHP: 130 ENGINE: 1.8 LITRE WEIGHT:1 TONNE £3,500 FKF:159 Fiat Barchetta YEAR: 2003 BHP: 115 ENGINE: 1.6 LITRE O00-476 WEIGHT:1 TONNE £3,500 Mazda MX5 YEAR: 1996 BHP: 138 ENGINE: 1.9 LITRE WEIGHT: 1.2 TONNES £3,966 Www-988 BMW Z3 YEAR: 1994 BHP: 105 ENGINE: 1.6 LITRE WEIGHT: 1.3 TONNES HTH 314 OPTIONAL Vauxhall Astra Convertible DAY 1+ 2 Fly from UK to Georgia Buy cars Prepare for joumey Hotel for 2 nights (3 rooms) - £520 DAY 3+4 Food and drink -£150 Fly from Georgia into Iraq Drive around Arabi getting lost £670 Hotel for 2 nights (3rooms) - £410 Food and drink -£80 DAY 5 £490 Drive fromArbi to Iranian border (Rawanduz) Build DIY Buletproof" doors with sand Hotel an the boarder a Iragi amusement park (Pank Resort -Rawanduz) - £120 DẠNGER MINTES £120 DAY 6 V Drive from Iranian border into Turkey Reach safezone in Şanlıurfa by nightfall Hotel stay in Sanliurta f140 Buytents for following day-£250 Food and Drink - £60 £450 DAY 7 Findrespectable boking car workshop Modify the cars to cross help cross the Syian desert - £870 Cross the desert in newly modfied cars Cook friedegg sandwich using only the suns heat in the desert Raly across sand dunes Travel through Ar Rawwah, heading to Palmyra Food and Drink - £60 Camp in the desert Added lufwaffe desert paint scheme £930 Added "ight of the world" Added pick axesto the bonnet Added Jery cans containing provisions Added spare wheel on the rear Tent attached to rear of car Glue and sand on the front for camouflage Added colours of Joseph (technicalour dream coat) Fited Axel of Evil (added 2 additional whees) DAY 8 Pipe attached to door Added spoler for traction Attempt to drive up very steep dunes Protection & rope added to the bannet 1X hospital evacuation Find a tamac road Buy 2x burka to use as disguise across Syra (f18) Drive from Palyra to Damascus Remove "pointless" accessories from car Buy gold, frankincense and myrh (£190) Eat lambs brain, lambs head and lamb testacies 1 night stay in Hotel-£90 £298 DAY 9 Drive from Damascus into Jordan, visting Jerash Stock car race around the Oval Forum Toman ralying" Drive from Jerash to Israeli boarder Drive over the Golan Heights 1 night stay in Hotel-F90 Food and drink - £60 Drive to Bethlehem, avoiding the West Bank.. DAY 10 £150 Contemplate who drove the best car Keep an eye open for mysterious light in the nights sky Investigate for signs of lfe 1 hotel stay - £270 Food and drink for 2 days - f120 Prepare for flight home the following day £490 ADDITIONAL COSTS Addióonal spending money £ £2500 Fuel cost for 3 cars £400 Insurances £800 Disaster & suppont contingency + £2500 TOTAL COSTS £27,744 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Carleasingmadesimple.com The clever way to lease a new car