1. The On Your Own Rule:

We are entirely responsible for ourselves. If something goes wrong or we get ourselves in a right old pickle, we’ll have to get ourselves out of it - there is absolutely no support or back-up once we hit the road.

2. The Charity Money Rule:

We need to raise a minimum of £1000 for the official rally charities by whatever means we see fit. The Mongol Rally is going to raise shed loads of cash for awesome charities, which is good. See the charity section for more information.

3. The 1 Litre Rule:

We can only use a car with an engine of about 1 litre. The rally is absolutely not about making sure you reach the end but the fun you have trying. If we get there with no major balls-up we might as well have stayed at home.

4. The 10 years Young Rule - NEW FOR 2009

Our vehicle must be less than 10 years old. Importing loads of cars into Mongolia for charity requires the help of the authorities. For 2009 they have specified that only cars less than 10 years old will be allowed into Mongolia. In light of this shiny new government regulation the adventurists won't be cracking the whip about the size of our engine if it is just ever so slightly above 1 litre.