Gumball 3000 - Buffalo

Haha :slight_smile:

LOL I had been waiting to use that.

i seen that audi r8 had a carbon fiber hood…looked sexyy…and that monster dune buggy looks like a fun ride

Hey, I don’t think you’re taking your opinion seriously enough yet.

RAGE!!! :wink:

do these guys get big tickets often? or do they typically get left alone?

There is to much world press these days to get a pass. Mostly big tickets and arrests these days.

Like the guy last year with the 200+ mph ticket in NM…

wonder what happens after the ticket… ie to the licenses/attorneys/etc etc … i know a girl who wanted to do this with her aston… maybe its time to make friends

apparently she talked about doing one of these…

i wish i had that kind of money… (the kind where you dont care about anything)

Willy, if she’s got the $100k to drop on entry, you should definitely make close friends with her. Perhaps children too.

The trick is to do this shit on an international driver’s license and take it easy in your home “area”. NY for example does not accept tickets from anywhere else (unless it’s Quebec or Ontario or a DWI or you killed someone). So when I used to do rallies I didn’t give a shit. 5 tickets in one stop in Montana yielded a $278 fine on the spot after aparently being “chased” for 5 out of 7 counties, paid it, moved on. The people doing Gumball don’t give a shit, chances are they’ll never come back, so they just pay a local lawyer (usually as a group) to go handle the tickets for that area. Most get plea deals and pay a minimal fine. The occasional one will get a couple days in jail, but usually it’s just a haul you in, give your keys to your codriver and make them bail you out. The counties know they can make a quick dime off this but really going after someone isn’t worth the court’s time.

the said girl does have the money, no doubt, but i dont know her well… shes more of a friend of a friend… maybe its time to make friends…

Speaking of jail time for speeding… LoL

I say get to know her and get her prego ASAP!

My level of car nuttiness must be slipping because I can’t fathom wanting to sit on the side of a highway just to watch a bunch of stickered up exotics cruise by.

Be in a rally, sure, if I had the money I’d be in for sure because it looks like a blast. But sit at a rest stop to watch a rally go by… I can’t think of anything more lame automotive wise honestly.

I was in NYC for a little bit on Saturday and was driving next to this guy. Didn’t see any others though so my guess is he was a bit lost from the group:

http://www.nyspeed.com/pictures/gumball.jpg

lol i think sasquatch sent me a pic of that same car when they rolled thru the buff…

Yea walker, that is the same car. It was awesome, melted bumper from exhaust and he was ripping down the 90. He was wearing an 034 motorsport shirt as well, saw him at a gas station.

Is it really 100k for entry??

I’ve read 50k, but MPD would probably know better

Matt I think you’re correct. It’s been as high as $140k and as low as $5k.