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Say what you want about most of them but: Beckham wanted to win badly (throwing up on the field but still playing during the ecuador game) and good of him to give up the captaincy with McClaren coming in. Hargreaves was a total work horse in that last game and scored his penalty Paul Robinson, keepers are lucky to save a single penalty ever. And half the team never got to bl**dy play!!!! Why bother taking people like Theo if he wasnt going to play. But the rest of them, most definately, total, complete MUPPETS!!!!!!!!!

Just got back from the rally yesterday afternoon. Was part of the Belgrade plane loading crew after working all weekend in the Gumball garage. Took me 19 hours to drive the 1263 miles from Belgrade airport to Mitsubishi london and drop the car off (sorry to say mitsubishi but i had no choice over my crew vehicle. I was just pleased it was rapid). The 19 hours includes fuel stops, 2 meal stops, the 45 min wait for the train at Eurotunnel and the drive into London city centre. I was flying along!!! I have a whole load of pics that i will post soon. The biggest brag i have though regards which cars i had to drive the 1/2 mile onto the runway to be loaded onto the gigantic Antanov cargo planes. I can now die knowing i have driven a Ferrari Enzo!!!!

apologies for the email address, i was young and foolish!!! redferrari31@hotmail.com Robin

Last year, before i started working for the company, i went as a spectator and ended up chasing the cars out of London and to Folkestone down the M20. Running with those cars at those speeds with hundreds of people waving banners off bridges etc was awesome!!!

From an email from Gumball Boss Max Cooper: Here we go.....get ready as we're just 20 days away from the flag dropping on Pall Mall for the 8th Gumball 3000 Rally! (Sunday 30th April - Sunday 7th May) Starting in London and finishing 8 days later in Los Angeles...this one is just NUTS, 120 amazing cars driving 3000 miles across 3 Continents in just 8 days! Last year the crowds on route were HUGE, and this year we want even more of you to cheer us on. We've got more supercars, superstars and rock n' roll parties than you can imagine! Look out for 'Bam Margera' (MTV's Viva La Bam) and Ryan Dunn (Jackass) in Bam's purple Lamborghini that Billy Idol 'chain-sawed' a sun-roof into, along with skateboard legend Tony Hawk and action sports stars Mike Vallely and 'Rooftop' Escamilla in their Jeep, alongside MTV UK's Jackass styled "Dirty Sanchez" in their 'drift racing' Nissan, next to Love Actually film star Martine McCutcheon in her pimped up Range Rover, next to 'Goldie Lookin Chain' in their A-Team van, next to supermodel Jodie Kidd in her supercar, next to Fast & Furious' star Matt Schulze in his RUF Porsche, beside Freestyle MX legend Carey Hart and his pop star wife 'Pink' in their Bentley, alongside MX superstar Travis Pastrana in his WRX Sti Subaru; then catch a glipse of hip hop legend Snoop Dogg doing an exclusive Gumball performance at our party in Las Vegas, and look out for 'rock god' Lenny Kravitz as he puts pedal to the metal, next to Blink 182's Travis Barker as they all race to cross the Rodeo Drive finish line! Hugh Hefner and his 'Playmates' will then be preparing champagne for all at the Playboy Mansion, where Travis Barker, DJ Am and DJ Ron 'porn star' Jeremy will spin the tunes as the Gumballers party the night away. Put all this together and you've got one hell of a crazy Gumball! Here's a heads up on the "checkpoints" so you can come down see the amazing cars and stars... EUROPE (1000 miles): Saturday 29th April: Kicking off, we've got the Premiere of the "Aiya" boys Gumball film called 'Drivin' Me Crazy' on Saturday 29th April here in Central London, followed by a party with 'Goldie Lookin Chain' performing along with guest celebrity DJs. This will be a late one! Sunday 30th April: This is the start day! Cars will park on "display" in Gumballs own "pit-lane" on Pall Mall (London W1, between Trafalgar Square and St. James Palace) between 1-4 PM, and the flag will drop between 4-6 PM, sending drivers en route to a Midnight checkpoint in Belgium via the Eurotunnel. "Attention all Belgian's" to come and cheer us at Chateau de Beloeil, home to the Princes de Ligne between 10PM - 1AM! (Address: Chateau de Beloeil, rue du Chateau, 11, Beloeil, Hainaut, just 40 miles from Brussels) Monday 1st May: After driving thru the night they'll be a breakfast checkpoint in Austria will be in Vienna between 6 - 10 AM at the Kursalon (centrally located with easy accessibility (U4 subway) in Vienna's beautiful inner-city park on Johannesgasse), afetrwhich cars drive to Budapest, arriving between Midday - 4PM at the "Chain Bridge." We want everyone in Hungary to come to see us arrive! Tuesday 2nd May: Lunch checkpoint in Belgrade, Serbia between 11AM - 1PM at the City Hall! ASIA (1000 miles): Wednesday 3rd May: This one's secret, so that Gumballers can relax on a "private Island!" Thursday 4th May: Gumballers drive from Phuket to Bangkok through the rainforest. Get yourselves to the Asian 'finish' line at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok between 7-10PM. USA (1000 miles): Friday 5th May: After flying to the US, Gumballers get to attend the red carpet Premiere of Mission Impossible 3 at the Larry H. Miller Megaplex Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah!!! Saturday 6th May: After collecting their cars from SLC Airport, all 120 amazing vehicles will 'parade' to downtown SLC to the Utah Jazz home at the Delta Centre for you all to see between 10-11AM. Then they're all driving to the new race track outside SLC called 'Miller Motorsports Park' - this is a great opportunity to watch these beauties at full speed, and all we'll also be putting on a 'drift racing' display! Then get yourselves to Las Vegas to the Hard Rock Hotel that evening between 5-8PM to watch the cars arrive. That night hip hop legend 'Snoop Dogg' will be doing an "exclusive" Gumball performance at 'The Joint' inside the Hard Rock. This will be crazy! Sunday 7th May: After checking out Death Valley, the Gumballers will cross the finish line on the famous 'Rodeo Drive' in Beverly Hills at approximately 4PM. Rodeo Drive will be closed for the finish, where cars will then be parked on display until 7PM before parading to the Beverly Hilton Hotel. That night Gumballers will party with Playmates at the famous Playboy Mansion where DJ AM, Blink 182's Travis Barker and porn star Ron Jeremy will mix the tunes for the nights party! Who will win the coveted 'Spirit of the Gumball Trophy' this year??? Hope to see you on the sidewalk.....in just under 3 weeks! Oh, and by the way I'll be driving something really ridiculous! Counting the days... Maximillion Gumball Boss "Let's pull out his teeth with these pliers!" Mad Dog (from the 'AIYA' Boys, MTV Asia's version of Jackass!) Taken from the newest Gumball 3000 film 'Drivin' Me' Crazy'. Available on DVD from the Gumball website and in all good stores from May 8th... to watch the trailer go to www.gumball3000.com and go to the TV section.

It all starts in London in just over a weeks time, with the flag dropping at 4pm on the Mall. There are some amazing cars lined up to do it including 2 Enzo's, 1 McLaren F1, 3 McLaren SLR's, 3 Zonda's, 2 Koeniggseggs and 2 Bugatti Veyrons!!! Anyone gonna come down and see them off, its gonna be wild!!??!!

I think i may be able to top trump you: New steering rack (incident with a grass bank) New rear nearside door (incident with a grass bank) New wheels and tyres (incident with a grass bank) Lowered and stiffened springs (bargain) Window tint (bargain and new door came with tinted glass, it has to match) New bottom coolant hose (rusted through) Full camber and tracking allignment All in the last 14 days and I still have to get a new bumber and splitter also!!!![:'(]

I like the cat and mouse game. Thought some of the funnier things like the citroen 2cv test was quite good. Road tests should be left to the pros though, Top Gear all the way. However, nice to see a fit bird on a car show. Lisa Rogers is awesome!! [] Robin PS - Dal, you and the rest of the scum are gonna get a whooping on Saturday. 4th place is ours!!!!

I think i was a little slow with the posting!!!

http://www.apiengines.com/ Couldnt agree more with Cliff. I bought my car off David as a private sale and he has been more than helpful ever since. Mind you, i do spend an absolute fortune with him!!!!

When i bought my car i was warned not to have sex on the bonnet of the car as it would get an impression of her arse in it cos it was too weak. So i didnt, luckily recaro`s fold forward and give you more room to play in the back!!!!!

Would i get in trouble if i said i was thinking of getting a BMW and a diesel one at that? I love my scoobs but the running costs are crippling me (hence the thoughts of a diesel and the beemer is a nice ride with lots of options), but i always choose a subaru over an evo. Its not just on the road either, even watching on the WRC i always choose a scoobs no matter the driver. Its also the reason i bought a 95 plate classic over any other type. A certain Mr McRae won that year in a lovely blue number with yellow livery!!!! I think there is more passion in the subaru fraternity as well. You dont get quite the comaradery with a mitsi. Look how many members there are on this forum for instance and were certainly not the only one about.

It was the smell that was worse though. Absolutely horrific!!!!!! If i hadn't known better i would of thought it was on fire!!!!

Anything, as long as its loud!!!! Definately not anything the missus likes. She can keep her westlife and various other sh*te , if she wants to listen to that p*ss then she should buy her own car or a better set of head phone for her I-Pod!!!!

After spending 2 days working on the scoobs, decided it was time for a well earned pint and drove to a fairly nearby pub. The pub in question has a covered beer garden with heaters right next to the car park. One of the things i`d done this weekend was replace all the rusted horrible heat sheilding on the manifold with exhaust heat wrap and this was the last thing i`d done. The wrap was still wet from putting it on and the drive was just enough to get the engine fairly warm. Standing at the bar a crowd had formed in the garden and some bloke who knew it was my car came running over shouting about it being on fire!!! I obviously legged it over just to find a huge ammount of billowing smoke exiting every vent and hole it could get out of the front of the car. It was really thick too and totally stank. The heat in the engine bay was drying out the wrap quite spectacularly and was steaming.....................a lot. I had to stop 2 people from calling the fire brigade!!! I just wish i`d had a camera with me cos it was hell of a sight.