MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: big_pete on May 18, 2011, 10:37:54 pm
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Guys I am off in the morning to start the Bangers to Barcelona rally .
Me and my 2 mates have lost are dads to cancer , and are raising money for cancer research check out the just giving site
http://www.justgiving.com/Allan-Lunn
We are trying to raise £1,000 to give to cancer research.
We have bought a pug 406 diesel for £300 and we hope it will make spain to the end of the rally on sunday night , so we can get to the end party :happy2:
If its still running ok we are going to drive it home and take in some of the sites of france.
A bit different to driving the Mk5
I will let you know how we get on
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Good luck and I hope it makes it all the way. That's a great reason and charity for doing it :happy2:
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all the best fella, have a great trip :happy2:
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Just back from the rally, Are banger made it there and back allmost 2,500 miles in total .
We have raised allmost £1,000 now for cancer research which is the main point. BUT
We have had such a laugh over those miles and have met some top people with the funniest cars, decorated in many styles.
A 3 wheel reliant completed it , and a batmobile (escort mk5 ) complete with flame thrower, which caught alight in a car park.
A lot of people dumped there cars in Barcelona and flew back, I was offered 3 cars for free !
If you guys fancy doing it next year I would recomend it.
:happy2:
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Just back from the rally, Are banger made it there and back allmost 2,500 miles in total .
We have raised allmost £1,000 now for cancer research which is the main point. BUT
We have had such a laugh over those miles and have met some top people with the funniest cars, decorated in many styles.
A 3 wheel reliant completed it , and a batmobile (escort mk5 ) complete with flame thrower, which caught alight in a car park.
A lot of people dumped there cars in Barcelona and flew back, I was offered 3 cars for free !
If you guys fancy doing it next year I would recomend it.
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Congratulations - That's some really good fundraising, do you make the money from selling sponsorship to companies? The last time I fundraised that much I had to cycle from one end of the country to the other :signLOL:
I wanna do it next year - but my mates are thinking of cars that are too practical/reliable - BMW 520i with 200k miles was one.
I think a Fiat Cinqucento or even an Alfa 146 is far more suitable - guaranteed trouble!
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Yeh well done Pete, that does sound like a great way to raise a few quid! :happy2:
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Thanks mate, I wish i had not missed the nuburg ring trip, maybe we could do a charity trip there next year lol, in a £300 banger, that would be fun, and then to take it round the track. :happy2:
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Sounds like fun! :driver:
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Hi..sounds like a right laugh..me and a few mates thinking of maybe doing this next year.. :happy2:
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I would recomend it mate, but I would buy a banger and then dump it in barcellona and fly back, its cheaper, and less knackering.
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Nice one!
I did the same banger rally 2 years ago in a £250 1990 escort covered in yellow fur.
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Sounds good fella, I am trying to make plans for next year, I was thinking 2 cv or plastic pig :grin:
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Great cause.
Good luck, great trip :happy2:
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Pete, were there concessions on fuel or anything? Who paid the expenses for the fuel/hotels and anything else?
Sounds like a real good laugh.
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Hi mate
We have split the expenses between myself and my 2 mates that did it, so that all money raised goes to charity.
Its cost us about £500 each. we are going to sell the car and split the money. It would have been cheaper to dump the car in spain and fly back on a cheap flight.
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Wonder if i could get my company to sponsor us and pay our expenses. Then raise as much money as possible for charity as well. Tempted by the September event, but cant afford to do it out of my own pocket this year.
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Some of the cars were well sponsored, but we found it difficult getting money from company's as there is a recession on you Know, as we were told !
Even more fun if you dont have to pay for it :happy2: