Gumball 3000

VFR_KID · 3 May 2010 at 12:14

thecremeegg said:
Great photos, loving the SLS and the Batmobile hehe

Is that a chuffing big turbo on the side of the Batmobile? LOL

Jonnybmac · 3 May 2010 at 12:56

Maniacfest said:
Made me laugh!

Thats brilliant

Coco · 3 May 2010 at 13:55

Abyss said:
How does the driver stop himself getting wet and buffeted by the wind at high speed in the SLR stirling moss? Seems pretty exposed to the elements.

I'll be astonished if that is actually going to be used to complete the entire rally, he doesn't even have a mate with him! I believe sometimes an entrant might use a special toy at the start, swap into something else for the body of the event & then get the toy flown to the finish to complete the rally.

I'm suprised more countries haven't taken the decission to ban the cars from entering as they just flounder the road laws.

rypt · 3 May 2010 at 14:55

Memphis said:
Of course they can.

How so, with the whole open EU borders?

G-MAN2004 · 3 May 2010 at 15:57

gurdas said:
SLR Stirling Moss

Twentymac said:
They get a big cargo hold plane that they can stuff all the cars onto and fly over

Thanks. Although the whole fly over thing seems a tad pointless!

rypt said:
How so, with the whole open EU borders?

Surely if they have reason to believe that they're not going to be following the rules, then I'd have thought they'd be allowed to stop them. :confused:

SideWinder · 3 May 2010 at 16:50

What i stole from the barriers!

Around 1.5m wide and 1m deep! :cool:

gord · 3 May 2010 at 17:34

Ha, good work. *****!

We need more pics. I couldn't have made the start this year.

Nexus · 3 May 2010 at 18:37

rypt said:
How so, with the whole open EU borders?

It may be Europe & very open, but there are still border control points you have to go through and to be fair, it's pretty rare that they even check passports.

That said though, the Gumball entrants have to go through these points, most likely all going through the same one. If a country has decided not to let them pass through, it would be very easy for the Police and Border Control to stop them on entering as there cars are clearly liveried in Gumball markings.

visibleman · 3 May 2010 at 19:19

Kappa said:
Just posted this in daily encounters, on the way home from work today (on the a127) thought it would be apt to post here

pulled onto the A12 into London, had Gumball decaled over it.

Could be Jon Olsson's as he had a roof box fitted to his to carry ski's etc

(Roof box lambo @ 2:33)

thecremeegg · 3 May 2010 at 20:06

Just noticed I put sls instead of slr, what a noob

Nem · 4 May 2010 at 00:43

Good day out again, although somewhat lacking in atmosphere. Why they don't have somebody on a PA system announcing the start or even each car as they set off I don't know. Also why did the screen at the corner only start showing the cars pull off right near the end?

Anyway, my pics:

http://s925.photobucket.com/albums/ad92/NemesisNG/Gumball 3000 Start - 2010/

hsiaolc · 4 May 2010 at 01:00

Very nice Pictures. Great looking cars. Should have gone to enjoy the fun.

panthro · 4 May 2010 at 05:55

Not sure if it still happens, but some of the entrants used to make a lot of their entry fee up with cash paid by sponsors, hence the stickered up cars with all sorts of random stuff on.

Kappa · 4 May 2010 at 07:37

visibleman said:
Could be Jon Olsson's as he had a roof box fitted to his to carry ski's etc

Yup, well, it's got the same number plate

Nexus · 4 May 2010 at 12:11

panthro said:
Not sure if it still happens, but some of the entrants used to make a lot of their entry fee up with cash paid by sponsors, hence the stickered up cars with all sorts of random stuff on.

That's what I was trying to explain by showing how the event has changed as it's gotten bigger and bigger and made it into mainstream media. It's changed into an event where anyone with a Ferrari and 30k in their pocket can join up, hence it's like an owners day out.