Crazy idea: Hungarian guys to cross the desert with a Trabant
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Whether it is snowy and frosty or there is a staggering heat in the African desert, Zsolt Vadász and his team, the Geonauts are not afraid of its challenges. Blikk.hu reports on their idea that may seem insane at first: the team plans on starting their third Budapest-Bamako rally on the 12th of January, in one month, with a Trabant worth 120 thousand HUF.
Zsolt Vadász told Blikk that they have already proven twice that they deserve their place at the rally, reciting the races of the last couple of years. – “It is true that we raced in the ‘drive whatever you want wit if you are crazy enough to do so’ category, but we did it anyway. Moreover, we received the award for the best low budget team.
Besides the adventure, the main goal is to raise attention”
– reveals the Trabi-maniac conservationist.
Vadász has been member of Geonauta Friendship Society for twenty years: they climb mountains, go on pilgrimages, they make artificial nests, and if necessary, they ring birds and collect rubbish. The East German miracle car called Millenium Falcon is part of their environmental protection plan.
“The task of the Trabant, which has lived a quarter century already, is to raise awareness and show a contrast with the consumer society of today. We do not need the new vehicles worth millions of forints with hundreds of horsepower and digital technology.