alf: from what i've seen so far, things for around the world trips are much simpler for bikers and or offroad cars. I don't think their experience might be very applicable to far from "go anywhere" tarmac sport coupes. Going in "normal cars" .. you don't have large crew in landrovers and Oliver opel for looser, like TopGear had in those "specials" where they drove in non-offroaders at undeveloped wilderness and bad roads, to get you through pinch, if whatever happens/you get stuck, don't you?
