** GUMBALL 3000 LONDON **

[coombsie66]

Well me and Jon_s attended the start of the Gumbal 3000 today, and it was pretty incredible! Totally disorginised, people EVERYWHERE, pretty dangerous and totally and utterly COOL!
Here are some of the pics i took of the cars 1stly parked up before the event, and then any i managed to snap as they passed by at the start parade. Enjoy. :)

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Thats the majority of the stationary pics, i'll do the moving parade ones ASAP.

[adamwich]

Thanks a million! Amazing Pictures! :shock: 8)

[ViperASR]

Man, thats awesome, can't wait for all the vids that people shot to come out!!! Last years was awesome because they had a TV show about it. Anyone know if they are gonna do that this year too?

[MBW124]

I can't wait for the videos either!

Wow, TEAM Mclaren realy wanted their SLR to stand out with their colors.

and gosh damn! Gotta love that CLK-DTM in black. especially with the black wheels! :shock:

Let's just hope nothing happens to those rare CLK's though.

[mindgam3]

Nice pics mate.

But damn, you're right, it was complete chaos, especially building up to them all coming out. The police were getting well angry with all the crowd and I saw quite a few threats of arrests. Even so, i kept out of trouble n managed to get a load of vids, but not pics unfortunately.

The zonda looked absolutely gorgeous in the light blue, stunning. As were the 4 F430s and CGT.

Must admit though, the 355's were still the best sounding there by quite a margin. The zonda was a very close 2nd, but he wasn't giving it much - although it still sounded very mean.

[budagboy2]

great pictures, but that slr is just hideous

[coombsie66]

Right, some of the moving pictures, this was crazy to try and get decent shots as everyone was fucking everywhere!

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Burnout tyre marks from the burnout i persuaded jenson button to do in his NSX 8)
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The man himself :)
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Nice supra happened to be parked at the roadside, one for Danny :wink:
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[coombsie66]

That black SLR looked a lot better in the flesh, i thought it looked awsome actaually, much better than the boring silver one.
Mingdam, the 355's sounded good cus they were beign ragged, but that zonda sounded soooo much better! The carrera GT sounded pretty sweet too!!
Oh what a day. :D

[mindgam3]

Where were u standing then coombsie? cant tell from the pics?

[gis]

Great pics coombsie and thanks for the supra pic

looks ot have been a crazy but really cool day,you say you asked Jensen to do a burnout? so you did speak to him?

this year should be a great gunball,a lot of nice cars there

thanks for the pics :D

[Anonymous]

Awesome mate, makes me wish i'd driven down LOL, bit of a way to come tho :wink: well done for "persuading" jenson to do those fat number 11's :D ..... though i bet he didn't need much encouragement :D Some beauties there for sure, 355 still the best looking imo tho :D doesn't look as crowded as i thought it would be either

[Z3uS]

OMG! Thank you so much.

That black orange SLR looks totally oustanding.

[mindgam3]

Awesome mate, makes me wish i'd driven down LOL, bit of a way to come tho :wink: well done for "persuading" jenson to do those fat number 11's :D ..... though i bet he didn't need much encouragement :D Some beauties there for sure, 355 still the best looking imo tho :D doesn't look as crowded as i thought it would be either

lol, dunno where coombsie was, but there was a hell of a lot of people there - getting close to what it was like for the F1 parade at a guess. There was at least 4 or 5 full riot vans worth of police, plus community officers, plus all the hired gumball security and that was barely enough to control the crowd. Good evening out though, well worth it ;)

[TT]

Very nice!! Thanks a lot!!!

For the ones not understanding italian, on the silver CGT, the plate says "PIIIRLA".. and well, "pirla" in italian is basically "dork", idiot, dumb person (but in a funny and not agressive way)

[MBW124]

and in which case...dork means whales dick. :D

[topgeartom]

simply amazing, damn i wish i could drive!

[crazidude]

Whoa I wasn't even aware that the Gumball started already.
What country is the M5 imitating this time?

[Wutputt]

Great pics!! Man it must be awesome to witness the start. I'm just back from the first checkpoint, but only a minority of the cars turned up.

[jon_s]

Morning people!

mindgam, we were standing in a variety of places;
1st, just as they get onto the main road after the 'pit' area.
2nd quite a bit further up to avoid the people. Paid off as we saw a bit more 'action'.
3rd from my car....all to be revealed. 8)

[Toronto]

amazing pics,
but half those cars prob. won't finish, to many missed meetings @ work :P

don't think the Gulf colours look good on that 911 gt3 (RS?)
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[yg60m]

Great job mates !! :D Thanks for these pics, there are amazing cars, the black SLR, CLK GTR ...CGT and co, can't wait for vids to arrive :wink:

[Darkel]

CLK GTR
CLK DTM AMG :P
Thanks for the pics, that orange/black SLR looks so nice :D

[adamwich]

Thanks a lot for the update with the moving cars! 8)

[sndr]

Wow nice pics man looks like the cars get crazier every gumball

[sikx5]

Awesome pics mate!

Thanks for the coverage.

8)

[duko]

Wow :shock:.. I'd love to be there.. Great pics, thanks :D

[TT]

Whoa I wasn't even aware that the Gumball started already.
What country is the M5 imitating this time?

Spain :lol:

[Anonymous]

Whoa I wasn't even aware that the Gumball started already.
What country is the M5 imitating this time?

Spain :lol:

heheh yeh i've got a vid of that downloaded from a stream,

[TransAm]

Great pics guys - thanks for posting them up. I hope you both had a few well-deserved beers after!! 8)

[coombsie66]

^^ Inbetween actually! We went to the display of all the cars early, b4 it got busy, got bored, went to the pub for a couple swift ones, by the time we'd got back all hell had broken loose!!! Was crazy.
By the time we'd finished chasing gumballers down the M20 we were half way to dover and it was 9pm! So seeing as jon was off early thismorning to Fiesta In The Park, we called it a day and went our separate ways! I was knackered!

[jon_s]

Knackered is not the word! Just got back from FITP, dead on my feet, and I have a full week of work ahead of me!! I need a weekend!!

[coombsie66]

^^ Haha, early night then mate! I enjoyed the weekend though, had a great time, look forward to gumball 2006!! :)

[jon_s]

Indeed!

Do you know Clayton or have you hear of him? We were in convoy and some silly woman stuffed it up his rear end. He had just finished the car (FRP engine, re-spray etc!)

[ARMAN]

Excelent stuff Combsie :P Thanx :wink:

[PATo355]

Holy fuck that SLR , its so pimpie with those colours , LOL , gr8 pics

[dutchmasterflex]

awesome pics! wish i was a millionaire

[budagboy2]

Anyone know what type of exhaust the red enzo is running? it sounded like a race car in the videos

[mike_sayer]

BTW, is Maximillion driving a 550LM painted in orange just like the General Lee??? :shock:

Nope, Maximillion is driving THE General Lee, with Johnny Knoxville. There is also a 550LM taking part that is painted like it though...

[Maou]

I can post here ?

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[TT]

BTW, is Maximillion driving a 550LM painted in orange just like the General Lee??? :shock:

Nope, Maximillion is driving THE General Lee, with Johnny Knoxville. There is also a 550LM taking part that is painted like it though...

Can you show us at least a picture of the "real" General Lee? Because I didn't sea a single one, and since in the official list Knoxvill and Max where listed with a 550LM :roll: and that 550 is painted like the General Lee, I was sure that one was their car indeed

[Skaala]

amazing pics,
but half those cars prob. won't finish, to many missed meetings @ work :P

don't think the Gulf colours look good on that 911 gt3 (RS?)
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really?....I think it looks absolutely fantastic

[mike_sayer]

BTW, is Maximillion driving a 550LM painted in orange just like the General Lee??? :shock:

Nope, Maximillion is driving THE General Lee, with Johnny Knoxville. There is also a 550LM taking part that is painted like it though...

Can you show us at least a picture of the "real" General Lee? Because I didn't sea a single one, and since in the official list Knoxvill and Max where listed with a 550LM :roll: and that 550 is painted like the General Lee, I was sure that one was their car indeed

Yeah sorry man, my bad....i was 100% wrong!! I'd heard that they would be in thw actual General Lee, but they are in the 550LM. Sorry!

[coombsie66]

Hey mauo, i recognise the background in some of your photo's, you must have been stood about 15 metres down the road from me and jon! Small world! :)

[gis]

Indeed!

Do you know Clayton or have you hear of him? We were in convoy and some silly woman stuffed it up his rear end. He had just finished the car (FRP engine, re-spray etc!)

couldnt beleive it when you told me......beleive it or not it was his car that actually convinced me to get a blue ZS,spoke to him briefly just b4 he had the FRP engine dropped in,he showed me more pics of his car and i was like "ok blue ZS it is" lol

[stmoritzer]

Thanks coombsie66and Maou for the pictures :D
Wow, they give us a nice impression of the event, really crowded (not that worse as the checkpoint of Acoz)...