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    Just An Idea.......

    How about a renault "Gumball" type of event........

    just a thought



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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    1st one to do 50miles wins an oil and coolant top up?

    jokin aside, i'd love to do something like that! always wanted to do the gumball but dont have the £5k entry let alone the 100k car to do it in

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Would be awsome ,

    Do a coast to coast cruise like alot of the old boys do in there kit cars and bikes!

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Gumball just seems to be full of cocks ..Scumball looks far more interesting but I don't think it still happens does it ?

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Wasn't one of them banned due to the death of a person , after one of the cars (thinking a porsche) lost controll ??

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...33-gumball.jpg

    yeh it can be dangerous but hey if i had a 400bhp machine i think i would get abit carried away sometimes just unfortunately things go wrong and the worst thing that goes wrong is when somebody dies like with this situation.

    but yeh bud be mint to do a coast to coast cruise.

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    yeah was thinking a couple of campsites on the way make a weekend out of it instead of racing could do some challenges on the way (silly stuff etc) make it fun instead of a hair brain race.....

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    isnt that basically translated a nurburgring trip!!!..

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    yeah without the hassel of leaving the country

    just thought simple to sort out....cheap....bags of fun....

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    sounds cool i'd like to do something like that!

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    I would like to see a caravan being towed by a r5gtt on this coastal tour !


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    Could end up in Newquay, there's a few campsites with static caravans. Really nice down there if the time's right Logg's been to a campsite i know of near Newquay.

    All converge there from different parts of the country, mass convoy of fives

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    up for that

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    this sounds interesting

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by m5tt View Post


    I would like to see a caravan being towed by a r5gtt on this coastal tour !

    Must resist posting a video

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    I would be interested in this. I plan on going on a few camping holidays this year in my 5.

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    i would be well up for that.

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    me and about 3-4 other 5 drivers from the mids will be up for that in the summer

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    A Renault 5 Gumball. Sounds glamorous.

    Its about £40k to enter the real thing, incidentally.
    Last edited by T.K; 16-02-2010 at 18:16.

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by T.K View Post
    A Renault 5 Gumball. Sounds glamarous.

    Its about £40k to enter the real thing, incidentally.
    Remember this is the Renault TURBO Owners Club....dont need to be a 5...

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    JP and Handy Andy organised somit like this a few years back, we all met up in Kings Lynn and worked our way round the small villages and awesome Broads of the east anglian coast meeting up with other members along the way, stopping off at a pub for lunch and finishing at Gt Yarmouth for some Arcade based cocking about

    Doing somit like this on a bigger scale would be good but having 20, 30, 40 turbo'd renaults blasting round the coast is gunna get us in trouble, how about we do a coastly run for charity and raise cash for some medical research or research into killing speed cameras

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    Sounds good to me! I'd be up for it if I EVER get my 5 finished!

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by BriC View Post
    Sounds good to me! I'd be up for it if I EVER get my 5 finished!
    Join the never ending list of other members in the same boat

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    i think this sounds great how good would it be for so many cars driving around the country, you only get in trouble if you get caight. and im sure we wouldnt be doing nothing wrong and always sticking to the speed limit.

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo View Post
    Could end up in Newquay, there's a few campsites with static caravans. Really nice down there if the time's right Logg's been to a campsite i know of near Newquay.

    All converge there from different parts of the country, mass convoy of fives
    A 'rally' ending up at Newquay gets my vote

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by Mart View Post
    A 'rally' ending up at Newquay gets my vote

    +1

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Would really love if this could be done for charity, great exposure for the club too

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Yep... charity great idea... i can name several...

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    To be used as a Charity Event would create great public relations IMO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo View Post
    Could end up in Newquay, there's a few campsites with static caravans. Really nice down there if the time's right Logg's been to a campsite i know of near Newquay.

    All converge there from different parts of the country, mass convoy of fives
    Yeah Trevelgue where Run to the sun gets held and the Miniworld Riviera Run ! Cool site pretty cheap to book a van for a night or two.

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Maybe ... We should place this idea to the Commitee and Get this looked into slightly more prices , Location , Times - an dates ... etc etc

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by Mart View Post
    A 'rally' ending up at Newquay gets my vote
    Even my missus said she'd be up for that

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    Quote Originally Posted by D4WNO View Post
    Would really love if this could be done for charity, great exposure for the club too
    We could do a "at how many miles will the first one break down" comp.

    Good idea but how would money be raised? buckets hanging off the windows?

    This is a serious question btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m5tt View Post
    Maybe ... We should place this idea to the Commitee and Get this looked into slightly more prices , Location , Times - an dates ... etc etc

    Yessss what a good idea..... pull sleves and socks up... this could be another great event in the mixer

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by Mart View Post
    A 'rally' ending up at Newquay gets my vote

    should do it when rtts is on

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    Quote Originally Posted by m5tt View Post
    Maybe ... We should place this idea to the Commitee and Get this looked into slightly more prices , Location , Times - an dates ... etc etc
    You've got to remember the RTOC rule of 3.

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Regards to Hoolios Question this is a good thinking point ,

    Firstly people will be slightly dubious of donating any amount of money Maybe theres a way in which the commitee could produce an idea as to how collection would be done ...

    Perhaps they could also come to an arrangement as to a disscount on the eventually picked caravan/camping site location ...

    Being a summers day (If we have one ) Perhaps a bbq ? Onsite wizzard stall ?

    think am getting a bit to carried away now though

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Quote Originally Posted by Logg View Post
    You've got to remember the RTOC rule of 3.
    And that is ..... *New to the RTOC*

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    Quote Originally Posted by modfather View Post
    should do it when rtts is on
    RTTS is just full of feck wit Barry boys! There's hardly any of the chilled out DUB's left that made it cool in the first place.
    Last edited by Logg; 16-02-2010 at 16:10.

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Dont you usually nominate a charity, then assign someone voted by everybody to collect and hold the cash until the event is completed before tallying up and giving it to the said charity.

    I know this club has seen a lot of people get ripped off financially with group buys that have gone down the pan or people just not getting goods for their money etc

    But the decisions made about anything in terms of charity events/fund raising, should be left in the public eye so EVERYONE knows what is happening at EVERY stage.


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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    How about delivering a load of toys to a childrens home or childrens ward of a hospital if collecting money is a problem.

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    oh god Logg


    Your ideas on a different level

    As for the..

    ''Dont you usually nominate a charity, then assign someone voted by everybody to collect and hold the cash until the event is completed before tallying up and giving it to the said charity.''

    Im not sure buddy ... To be honest never done nothing like this before!!

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    it wont be easy for us to get money to drive down the country why dont all the people who are going to take part chip in say £10 or £20 i would be willing to pay sure most people would.

    if 30 people take part thats £600 alone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robbie506 View Post
    it wont be easy for us to get money to drive down the country why dont all the people who are going to take part chip in say £10 or £20 i would be willing to pay sure most people would.

    If it went to charity id cough up money... anything for good causes.

    maybe set a world record for amount of renault turbos on one stretch of road at any one time

    raise money that way...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JRP View Post
    If it went to charity id cough up money... anything for good causes.

    maybe set a world record for amount of renault turbos on one stretch of road at any one time

    raise money that way...

    that could work sure guinness world records would get involved in that.

    and sure fast car french car mag ect would love a few pics aswell

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    Guinesss book or records styley

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    get the likes of PFC , Max flower or what ever to tag along

    publicity never does any harm ... could be epic!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by robbie506 View Post
    that could work sure guinness world records would get involved in that.

    and sure fast car french car mag ect would love a few pics aswell

    Jrp pops a cracker... thats mag articles... local papers.... charities... world wide press in the guinness book of records... ohhh its ok im good

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    @ JRP .....

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    Re: Just An Idea.......

    This sounds like a cracking idea

    Sorry ive not seen this sooner and replied. It is defo something the club would like to support and get involved in helping to make happen. I like the charity idea as well.

    Ian, do you have anymore ideas on how/where to make this happen?

    Stu

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