I'm sure every 1 has heard of rallys across europe or usa ie the cannon ball run , the gum ball rally etc , any 1 fancy a huge drive from lands end to jon o groats , or a smaller 1 from london to brighton ?? JUST TO GET THIS STRAIT FROM DAY 1 THIS WILL NOT BE A RACE THIS WILL BE A RALLY , ANY 1 SPEEDING , DRIVING DANGEROUSLY ETC WILL BE THROWN OUT

Edited 31 December, 200916 yr by vee-dub

if it were properly set up, like gumball, cannonball etc, goody bags with branded shizznits, properly done websites blah blah blah, by the time youd got it set up properly it'd have cost you a bomb

I'm sure every 1 has heard of rallys across europe or usa ie the cannon ball run , the gum ball rally etc , any 1 fancy a huge drive from lands end to jon o groats , or a smaller 1 from london to brighton ?? JUST TO GET THIS STRAIT FROM DAY 1 THIS WILL NOT BE A RACE THIS WILL BE A RALLY , ANY 1 SPEEDING , DRIVING DANGEROUSLY ETC WILL BE THROWN OUT

You're not off then?

well to join the gumball rally is 30 k this will be on a smaller scale , rough costs can be worked out iof theirs intrest

Edited 26 December, 200916 yr by vee-dub

I'm sure every 1 has heard of rallys across europe or usa ie the cannon ball run , the gum ball rally etc , any 1 fancy a huge drive from lands end to jon o groats , or a smaller 1 from london to brighton ?? JUST TO GET THIS STRAIT FROM DAY 1 THIS WILL NOT BE A RACE THIS WILL BE A RALLY , ANY 1 SPEEDING , DRIVING DANGEROUSLY ETC WILL BE THROWN OUT

You're not off then?

i dont drive dangerously or speed exsesively

nah, how do you expect people to drive all the way to lands end. to drive to john o groats. Then drive home.

Some right money, time and petrol.

The Big fat tour is all i need.

The entry fee to the proper one is only £30K and you can speed.

This sums it up really:

Edited 26 December, 200916 yr by Cymro

well 1st of all i think something along the lines of london to brighton to start , if thgat goes well make a longer 1 next year , could arange a hotel or camp site in london and brighton

Pick a motorway and drive it.

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This sums it up really:

what does the hoff saving your life have to do with any thing?

there already is a few ones like this, my grandad does john o' groats to lands end in a hillman imp every year.

This sums it up really:

what does the hoff saving your life have to do with any thing?

The middle one you (enter personal attack of choice here).

didnt actually see the hoff one.

any info on it mate , i kno everythin from minis to smart cars do london to brighton

Waste of time, money and petrol

I'd rather just drive to Germany and back....

Why is everyone being so negative and moaning about a waste of money/petrol? This sort of thing is commonplace in many owners clubs. Drive to Germany and back? Maybe, but wouldn't you like to see some of the sights your own country has to offer first? John O Groats to Lands End or vice versa would be good for giving you a good idea of what is actually in your home country, whether you spend time looking at attractions or not.

Give me a rough date and I'm sure I'd be up for it along with another few members from here. Whether you restrict it to Polos or not is your choice, but you'd get far more interest if you didn't. All-VAG would be a good start.

Waste of time, money and petrol

I'd rather just drive to Germany and back....

'Ring Bummer :p

I had an idea for doing this.

But when you get to lands end, you intentionally break your car/engine and call the RAC and get them to tow you to Jon o groats.

Obliviously there'd be at least two others doing this. One using the AA and the other Green Flag.

It would be a race with a large wager involed.

Id join a convoy for a hundred miles or so. When it passes down toward my way i'd drive up to a suitable point and join in until i have to bail out. With people joining and departing the convoy regularly,it'd make its way around the British mainland whilst constantly evolving.

But this Lands End to John O'Groats? The problem there is you've got the best part of 900 miles for the run itself. Then you have to double that,for wherever you are along the route you have to get to one end and back from the other. Thats over 1,700miles.

But then there's more,for those of us who dont live right on the route. I'm only a hundred miles or so in north Bucks,but that's still a good 1,800 miles. For some people its gonna be over 2k miles.

And for what? A motorway run? When an evolving convoy could travel smaller roads and pass through more scenic and urban routes?

Count me in a convoy jump,but no planned A2B such as LE-JOG.

I had an idea for doing this.

But when you get to lands end, you intentionally break your car/engine and call the RAC and get them to tow you to Jon o groats.

Obliviously there'd be at least two others doing this. One using the AA and the other Green Flag.

It would be a race with a large wager involed.

Don't they have a milage limit after which you have to pay £2ish a mile?

Waste of time, money and petrol

I'd rather just drive to Germany and back....

'Ring Bummer :p

Cant help it haha!

And if I wanted to see more of my home country, I wouldn't be doing it by nearly 2'000 motorway miles...

Which is exactly why Germany beats it

Many more reasons to be going there than there is from one end of England to the other.

I'll stop banging on about the goodness of Germany now haha.

I wouldn't mind a run to Germany and back. Different route either way for scenery,with a blast on the barn'n'ring.

I would do somthing similar, but there is no way you would get me to pay. I have payed my road tax, so unless you have some private roads you will be going on, i will just follow on behind thanks.

And I must admit, I would want it organised by someone who I trust. Isnt this the bloke who crashed all sorts of cars, boasted about out running the cops in a clapped out beetle, and got a mk1 fiesta and totalled it??????

I'm all in favour, but £20 says this never happens.

Edited 27 December, 200916 yr by Tommo32

Smoothed exhaust

charity run?