Now this years Gumball 3000 is kicking off today and is an epic trip from Miami to Ibiza but I was thinking. Of all the teams that enter no one seems to do anything fun any more. I remember one year someone did it in a ice cream van.

I wonder if I applied next year with a panda the chances of getting accepted would be. I'm guessing it would be a good idea to find the route out before applying as logistics could be a big problem and large cost.

I was in Miami today at the England match...do you mean today 4th?? Only saw lardy American cars and a crap football team!!

purple haze said:

I was in Miami today at the England match...do you mean today 4th?? Only saw lardy American cars and a crap football team!!

Click to expand...

The 4th was registration and Party. Today 5th at 10am ocean Drive Miami beach is the start if the race itself. Would be a good place to be as a petrol head should get down there!

Now this years Gumball 3000 is kicking off today and is an epic trip from Miami to Ibiza

Click to expand...

Wouldn't a boat be more useful?

Thanks for the text john.....tempted to pop down.

purple haze said:

Thanks for the text john.....tempted to pop down.

Click to expand...

Good morning Mr Haze, I trust you've had your maple syrup and pancakes and are all set up for a mornings car spotting

JamieK said:

Good morning Mr Haze, I trust you've had your maple syrup and pancakes and are all set up for a mornings car spotting

Click to expand...

Haha...strangely enough I had pancakes with bacon, scrambled egg and maple syrup for the first time two days ago! Never had it on previous trips here and thought I would give it a go.

Don't think I will bother again as its not that great and was not that cheap. Will stick to cornflakes.....a full English would be nice..

Isn't the Gumball just for rich kids playing one-upmanship with supercars these days?.

Freebo said:

I wonder if I applied next year with a panda the chances of getting accepted would be. I'm guessing it would be a good idea to find the route out before applying as logistics could be a big problem and large cost.

Click to expand...

My next door neighbour has done it and has a 2010 Maserati it's not cheap entrance is many thousands of pounds

The entry fee for the 2014 Event is £40,000 (forty thousand GB pounds) per vehicle containing two (2) people.

Click to expand...

There goes the dream

You just missed the Dumball rally entrance fee £400 per person... much more affordable and profits goto teenage cancer trust.

I did one a few years ago, awesome fun and can't wait until I'll got the spare pennies to do more!

Couldn't we do our own rally?

options are (feel free to add):

scumball

panball

bigball

stuartball eek

noball

lowball

highball

feeball

havaball

and for van owners

terraball

Excellent plan, how hard can it be? Start line in Edinburgh I reckon, make it a challenge, Last one to Monte Carlo buys the Cinzano!!

firstcar-Y10 said:

Excellent plan, how hard can it be? Start line in Edinburgh I reckon, make it a challenge, Last one to Monte Carlo buys the Cinzano!!

Click to expand...

Why not? Think we were on about Panda camp next year being in Tuscany. Why not make a rally of it?

Pandaball - Project Tuscany

firstcar-Y10 said:

Excellent plan, how hard can it be? Start line in Edinburgh I reckon, make it a challenge, Last one to Monte Carlo buys the Cinzano!!

Click to expand...

I own a 100hp so my passenger would need to be a chiropractor..

Freebo said:

Pandaball - Project Tuscany

Click to expand...

If you need local help.....
lived in Livorno & Lucca

lukmek said:

If you need local help.....
lived in Livorno & Lucca

Click to expand...

That would be great. I'm sure we'll start planning after Panda Camp

purple haze said:

Haha...strangely enough I had pancakes with bacon, scrambled egg and maple syrup for the first time two days ago!

Click to expand...

A full day's calories in one meal!

Combine with an endlessly refilled mug of strong, black coffee, and it's the perfect States breakfast! (I put on nearly a stone, working out of Chicago... -- in only a month....) :yum:

I quite fancy doing Lands End to JoG, and back (say, starting and finishing in Birmingham...), in a Panda (either as co-driver, or in a Selecta); or around the coast of mainland Britain. Any takers...?!

Goofball? Greaseball? Oddball? Pushball? Screwball? Racketball? Speedball?! :devil: