Edcase

Its pure coincidence that I have a marketing summit in monaco on the 20th sept, and I was planning to hire a sexy car and leave on the friday and do the drive down, via some tasty roads.

Found out today the cannonball is doing exactly the same!!

Seriously tempted. Sponsorship won't be a problem given my industry and my clients, just need to get someone to lend me a fast car.

Anyone have any thoughts? Anyone done it? Tips? Advice?

Twigster Home

Just one tip mate....


Take me!!

Seriously though, I have thought about it for a long time, and even looked into the 'Britball' event run around Britain for a while. It would be an awesome adventure, so if you go for it, best of luck and enjoy it!! Don't forget to let us know how it went though!!

T5NYW

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Ed,

if I'd been off that week you could have taken mine with me a passenger of course but Just looked at my work Rota dam I'm working... Unless i can swap a week.

Tony

oops sorry read the post again, you said a fast car LOL

messiah

Didn't a group from the P1 owners club look into doing the US Cannonball...

...until they found out entry fee was £3000...

Claudius

Ask Norris Designs or RC Developments to let you try a demo car for the week end

Edcase

Entry fee is £2500, as I said that isn't a problem as I can stick my own logo on the car and call it a marketing expense or I can tap my (entertainment) clients.

I'm more concerned about the 'image' of the event and the kind of people that are going to be there. If it's enthusiasts, cool, if its braying tarquins I'm not so interested.

Wonder if Litcho will lend me a T25....

T5NYW

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Ed,

If your stuck give me a call


Tony

Edcase

Tony, will do

Ray_li

Need a sexy lady with you not one of these grease *****

JohnD

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My nephew bought a cheap (£5k) bog standard '94 WRX, had it serviced and did the Cannonball run. He thrashed the nuts of the thing and came 23rd out of 60-70 entries? He reckoned on the twisty bits in the mountains the Porkers and occasional Ferrari were holding him up. On the straight bits he would settle at 120 and needed to fill the tank every 45 min! This is from someone who never had a Scoob before and knew nothing about them. My advice about tyres, fuel grade and the sense in carrying octane booster seemed to go over his head. (Maybe if he had taken notice he might not have done so well!)
He recently got rid of it as it was putting points on his licence faster than the M3's he had before!
As for the event - he loved it!
JohnD

Edcase

Ray - my missus will be coming too, as she needs to be there for the marketing summit Bummer

John - sounds great, perhaps I should see if I can tap Mike Wood for the press WR1 for a SIDC mag feature article...

J4CK50N

I've always wanted to do that, so my advice would be go for it!!!

Everytime my mate gets pi$$ed he says we should do it, but doubt we ever will!!

If you get the opportunity, then do it. Can't help with a fast car though unfortunately!

If you can get it all paid for by someone else then all the better!

Cheers

J4CK50N

Ray_li

So you're telling me your misses it a sexy lady? proof it

SiPie

Hope you ain't too disappointed mate... as that's what put me off 2 years ago

T5NYW

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The only reason i said you may be able to borrow it I know you wouldn't thrash it hard because I saw the way you drove your green 'un' at Trax, didn't seem to go over 2000 rpm LOL

Tony

Ps might be worth E-mailing Mike Wood for a WR1 he's a very polite chap and might just say "No"

Edcase

chrome

ah the joys of being your own boss eh Ed?


not that I would know about that.. LOL