I have arrived home from a 8,000 km road-trip ( Denver CO. to Yuma AR. to Toronto ON ) with the Dakar vehicle. Yes, I did get some strange looks from passing vehicles and in almost every gas station was asked " Is that thing street legal ?" ... of course it is, all Dakar vehicles ( all rally vehicles everywhere, for that matter ) must be street legal. It was a good shakedown for the new vehicle and a fairly gentle break-in for the engine ( a corvette LS-3 ) also. I say fairly because I did spend a week climbing the sand dunes of Glamis CA. ( a few miles outside of Yuma AR. ) where the dunes are up to 300 feet high. It performed beautifully in the dunes and on the highway. Just 10 months to go now ... I can't wait 'til next January !
