Thank you !

What has been great to note all along this project is that it raised a lot of interest from many different people. Thankfully, else we would have never been able to leave South-Africa…
We would like to thank in particular :

MICHELIN
http://www.michelin.com
MICHELIN is our main sponsor, and helped us with 6 brand new BF Goodrich Mud-Terrain tyres, which are the best tyres we could expect to handle the particularly tough road conditions we expect to encounter. They are in particular stronger than any other tyres against side-cuts and are renown in the 4*4 industry for being highly reliable and resistant.
MICHELIN organized as well some very useful training on tyres and how to keep them in good condition along the way.
Thanks again for believing in us !!!

WEST COSAT TYRES
4 Montague Drive, Montague Gardens, Cape Town
Tel : (021) 551 2416
Along with MICHELIN, WEST COAST TYRES gave us a useful hand to make up our tyre repair kit with valves, tubes, patches…

ROVERLAND
10 Fifth Street, Montague Gardens, Cape Town
Tel : (021) 551 4242
Email : roverlan@mweb.co.za
They gave us loads and loads and loads of help, hints and advice to help us fix the car. The big repairs on the car were done there… Those guys are not only good professionals, they are REALLY nice chaps.

SOUTH AFRICAN 4*4 Magazine
http://www.sa4x4.co.za
165 Bree Street, Cape Town
Tel : (021) 424 1457
The idea with this magazine was to publish a first article on our trip, and then to publish regular updates along the way. At this stage, we don't know exactly what the schedule is for the above. However, Mark JOHNSON managed to organize the help of Cape Off-Road and Safari and Safari Center to install various fittings on the car (electrical connections, fittings on the roofrack…).

Andrew of MECHANICAR in Cape Town, who welcomed Guillaume in his garage on Saturday mornings, to help him understand the basics of the car mechanics, and there was loads to teach him (there is STILL loads) !!!

CAPE OFF-ROAD AND SAFARI
We planned to get various fittings installed, in particular on the roofrack for the jerry cans and the spare tyres, as well as all the additional electrical connections we require. They should as well do an overall check-up of the car before leaving.

SAFARI CENTER
http://www.safarict.co.za
Shop 9, Motor City (N1 City), Goodwood, Cape Town
Tel : (021) 595 3910
Email : jbk@safarict.co.za
The owner, Johan KELLERMAN, gave us a hand for the equipment of the car.
And Gary HASELAY, responsible for the off-road driving teaching, gave us a (I hope) useful off-road driving theoretical lecture before leaving. It was initially planned to actually learn on the car, but we unfortunately ran short of time.

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