Mopar and Comic Relief - Red Nose Rally

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Mar 09, 05 10:18 pm

more pics. Starsky Torino arrives, Moyles had been taking the pee out the Torino because if its weedy hooter , time to install the secret weapon.. 100Watts of american police siren. The RAC man fits the gear in the car ready to surprise Moylesey!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Mar 09, 05 10:33 pm

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Mar 09, 05 11:09 pm

I tag along 'tell next junction then leave them alone, my work here is done!

if you hear a siren eminating from a striped tomato on Comic relief, you know how it got there

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Mar 10, 05 8:51 am

They are being trailered from town to town? Sigh. Oh well it is for chhaartiy so I will zip it.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 10, 05 10:16 am

Trailered? I know it's for charity (and I guess the emphasis is on raising money) but that defeats the whole purpose of the John o Groats to Lands End doesn't it?

I think it should have been driven

would have been far more of an adventure.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 10, 05 11:23 am

Adventure is right, must be alot better for the cars to be trailered with all the crap on the roads at this time of year. think I would only want to drive that journey in the summer with two weeks to spare!
Nice pics Will! 8)

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:08 pm

Linda and me have driven 2 x 250 miles in colder and wetter conditions at this time of year in our Challenger before and thought nothing of it. No heater no radio no sweat.
The chassis connectors ended up with a bit of surface rust. But otherwise no ill effects.

A drive of this length over so many days is not that bad. You can easily do 300 miles over 6 hours in a day including comfort stops. Even better with two drivers on 1.5 or 2 hour shifts.

Maybe we should organise an MMA rally? Call it "One Lap Of England" or something. It would make a good magazine feature.

If you made it a circuit up one side of the country and down the other it would take in most major cities. It would be quite a sight seeing that many Mopars all on the road together.

More people could take part and avoid a long drive to the start if people started on the circuit at different points. One car could start off and pick up other cars as it goes around the circuit. Soon you would have a convoy. Stop overnight at a few towns. Then as each car got back to where it started it drops out until the last car to be picked up makes it home.

I would take part in something like that.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:14 pm

me too!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:22 pm

I would deffinately be up for that (provided it was organised in enough time for me to get my car back on the road and reasonably run-in)

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:23 pm

Spose it saves about a grand in gas though!

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:34 pm

Maybe take a leaf from the Truimph 24 hour run or something ... the trouble is I'd be the only one getting respectable gas mileage

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:43 pm

Yeah well james. We didn't buy these cars for the mileage did we?

Some people bought them because they want to pose.
Some people because they want to race.
But some of us bought them to DRIVE.

Or all three....

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Thu Mar 10, 05 12:55 pm

I was going to take mine on the run to the hills on skye this year, but its been cancelled

mind you it saves me about ?500 in gas

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Mar 10, 05 1:06 pm

If anyone really wanted to do this would they prefer to all start at one place and travel together or join in somewhere near home?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 10, 05 1:11 pm

I don't mind although I think those of us with families might only get away with a day or two away, so I guess having different 'legs' would be good - almost like a relay - main thing would be plenty of notice so that our cars were ready, and we could take some time off work.

But I think it would be a great event.