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03 March 2003, 11:42 PM
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What a total looney the fellow driving the white ferrari is! How this fellow survived that 150mph crash and still has a licence is beyond me. 80 driving convictions! Some peeps should be denied a licence. 
His co pilot looked fairly shocked. 
His co pilot looked fairly shocked. 
04 March 2003, 12:06 AM
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I thought it was hilarious, what a bunch of lunatics! The white Ferrari driver was a total w@nker tho and very lucky he didn't kill himself, his co-driver and more importantly other road users.
If I had the money I'd seriously consider it, the 3k to enter isn't the issue, more like the thousands needed in paying off the cops during the 5 day journey and the high risk of car jacking during the Lithuania/Russia stages.
Damon Hill at the beginning flooring it over Tower Bridge in the Lambo was very funny, what a nutter bearing in mind he was being filmed while he was filming Ruby while he was in 'control' of the car.
Shame Vic Reeves didn't tw@t that **** who was abusing him!
Think I might just have to forget the Gumball and stick with the Cannon Ball Run Europe as its cheaper (2k) and less about rich toffs showing off their money and more about the driving experience and track time at various locations along the route. So I 've heard anyway.
Anyone from here ever done the Cannonball Run Europe?
If I had the money I'd seriously consider it, the 3k to enter isn't the issue, more like the thousands needed in paying off the cops during the 5 day journey
and the high risk of car jacking during the Lithuania/Russia stages.Damon Hill at the beginning flooring it over Tower Bridge in the Lambo was very funny, what a nutter bearing in mind he was being filmed while he was filming Ruby while he was in 'control' of the car.
Shame Vic Reeves didn't tw@t that **** who was abusing him!
Think I might just have to forget the Gumball and stick with the Cannon Ball Run Europe as its cheaper (2k) and less about rich toffs showing off their money and more about the driving experience and track time at various locations along the route. So I 've heard anyway.
Anyone from here ever done the Cannonball Run Europe?
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04 March 2003, 12:23 AM
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more like the thousands needed in paying off the cops
Damon Hill at the beginning flooring it over Tower Bridge in the Lambo was very funny, what a nutter bearing in mind he was being filmed while he was filming Ruby while he was in 'control' of the car.
Shame Vic Reeves didn't tw@t that **** who was abusing him!
04 March 2003, 12:34 AM
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yeah, 3000 miles @ say 10mpg (for the lambo's etc) @ 90p a litre (current price here anyway for SUL) = £1020 in petrol alone!
i know petrol will be cheaper elsewhere but octaine booster etc, still, gives you an idea.
£3000 for entry, £1000 for petrol. so, 4k just for a start. then tyres/brakes/parts/expenses(fines!) = ????k.
would love to do it though
i know petrol will be cheaper elsewhere but octaine booster etc, still, gives you an idea.
£3000 for entry, £1000 for petrol. so, 4k just for a start. then tyres/brakes/parts/expenses(fines!) = ????k.
would love to do it though
04 March 2003, 12:34 AM
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Don't know who the p!ssed idiot was but he was one moron desperately deserving a slap of the highest order.
Just checked the Cannonball site, gone upto £2750 for this years event but again thats for 2 people and pretty much includes everything except petrol. And shouldn't need any money for fines as its not about flooring it everywhere like the Gumball. However nearly 3000 miles in the scoob will be £600 in petrol in 5 days oh and got to add the track time petrol as well to that
Can't enter this year as I need to find a job first but hopefully will be able to consider it next year
Anyone else considering it or know anyone who has already done it?
Just checked the Cannonball site, gone upto £2750 for this years event but again thats for 2 people and pretty much includes everything except petrol. And shouldn't need any money for fines as its not about flooring it everywhere like the Gumball. However nearly 3000 miles in the scoob will be £600 in petrol in 5 days oh and got to add the track time petrol as well to that
Can't enter this year as I need to find a job first but hopefully will be able to consider it next year
Anyone else considering it or know anyone who has already done it?
04 March 2003, 09:00 AM
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Bravo - Stuart J on here has "done" Cannonball Europe (well, most of it until the car died! ) ...he said it was an amazing experience, can still be found on SN after selling the Scooby, also here: http://www.briskoda.net/ as he now has a Skoda 
) ...he said it was an amazing experience, can still be found on SN after selling the Scooby, also here: http://www.briskoda.net/ as he now has a Skoda
04 March 2003, 10:12 AM
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<<Didnt see the program (no UK TV) but as I remember (if it is the Ruby Wax repeat with the Jackass crew in the jag) LOOONY was driving a white LOTUS- think it was an Elan >>
no, it was a white F355. and boy did it get smashed. i'm amazed those guys lived never mind walked away...
no, it was a white F355. and boy did it get smashed. i'm amazed those guys lived never mind walked away...
04 March 2003, 11:53 AM
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I'm amazed the Looney guy survived too, that was an amazing crash!
Why do they drive through Russia, knowing that car-jacking & all that was highly likely?
Why do they drive through Russia, knowing that car-jacking & all that was highly likely?
04 March 2003, 12:25 PM
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I do hope you arn't being serious about wanting the thread locked.We are discussing a TV programme here and you think because it promotes breaking the speed limit we should be locked for talking about it???
A truly strange individual <shakes head in disbelief>
04 March 2003, 12:40 PM
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I wana enter this with Jade next year now there is a case 4 a non license 
The point about it promoting speeding etc is fair in that the gumball dont work if u go at speed limit etc but freedom 2 talk about the programme is another matter & thus i dont c how locking the thread helps any we seem 2 all b saying lots of money & fast cars & driving fast makes u a pleb (even if a damn lucky un
lol)?
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now there is a case 4 a non license The point about it promoting speeding etc is fair in that the gumball dont work if u go at speed limit etc but freedom 2 talk about the programme is another matter & thus i dont c how locking the thread helps any we seem 2 all b saying lots of money & fast cars & driving fast makes u a pleb (even if a damn lucky un
lol)? Si
04 March 2003, 03:28 PM
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I want to do it in the shediest looking sierra cosworth the world has ever seen provided all the important bits have had the full MA developement treatment. That would wipe the smile of the posh gits faces.
04 March 2003, 04:36 PM
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This sounds really awful, but that White Ferrari driver deserved far, far worse than to walk away from that accident. 80 bookings or whatever, showing complete disrepect to the police regardless of what they were fining him for, then to burn off from the police afterwards............
Then to be toying with the other cars he was with him at those insane speeds on a single lane carriageway and lose it on a straight? W A N K E R of the highest order. At least if he had lost his legs he probably couldn't have got back onto the roads to endanger countless others throughout the course of the rest of his life.
Sorry, seems really harsh, but to repeatedly show such a lack of regard for the law, the safety of other people etc, there is no way whatsoever that he should be allowed on any roads in anything with an engine.
Made my blood boil.
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Then to be toying with the other cars he was with him at those insane speeds on a single lane carriageway and lose it on a straight? W A N K E R of the highest order. At least if he had lost his legs he probably couldn't have got back onto the roads to endanger countless others throughout the course of the rest of his life.
Sorry, seems really harsh, but to repeatedly show such a lack of regard for the law, the safety of other people etc, there is no way whatsoever that he should be allowed on any roads in anything with an engine.
Made my blood boil.
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04 March 2003, 04:42 PM
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Agreed Nick. Most of us have at one time or another pushed the boundry but geeezus that fellow has a death wish! The man is a danger to himself and everyone around him. You can bet it wont slow him down either, some peeps are beyond help.
04 March 2003, 05:03 PM
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you shouldnt wish that kind of thing on anyone. Regardless of what he does. I didnt see the program but from what I've heard hes on borrowed time anyway so it dont really matter but thats not the point.
Maybe he has psycological problems or something. I've done rather unorthodox things on the roads when I've been messed up and upset.
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Maybe he has psycological problems or something. I've done rather unorthodox things on the roads when I've been messed up and upset.
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04 March 2003, 07:36 PM
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editing swaps day & month round but anyway i think it's about wot a little money can do & when u dont have 2 work yer *** & u have wotever u want then i guess addrenaline wood aliviate boredom. Non the less he's still a total knobber but i reckon i like might act a bit more of a **** if i kud afford 2!
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but anyway i think it's about wot a little money can do & when u dont have 2 work yer *** & u have wotever u want then i guess addrenaline wood aliviate boredom. Non the less he's still a total knobber but i reckon i like might act a bit more of a **** if i kud afford 2! Si