THE GUMBALL 3000 KICKS A$$!!!

[The Linuxator]

Vid

Wow I was searching some car vidoes, and this comes up , after researching it for a while it turns out to be the cross country event that happens all over the world, but not much people know about it, I mean, you have the rarest cars in the worlf in that race, watching it you will see cars like the Enzo, Mercedess Mclaren SLR, M5 and in addition to some normal cars like the viper j/k and what not!! I love cross country driving and this is as good as it gets.

PS : watch the parts whne they do interviews with Cops freaking amazing.

 

[The Linuxator]

That's it I am in next GUMBALL!!

 

[sniperruff]

it's old and it's boring. what's so fun about a bunch of cars going onto the highway, which are mostly straight?

WRC ftw.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
it's old and it's boring. what's so fun about a bunch of cars going onto the highway, which are mostly straight?

WRC ftw.

It's the cross country stuff that turns me on

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
it's old and it's boring. what's so fun about a bunch of cars going onto the highway, which are mostly straight?

WRC ftw.

Watch the videos and tell me it's boring you douche.

Getting arrested, driving for 3 days without sleep at twice the speed limit, partying between stops, beating the hell out of $300,000 cars, bribing police, navigating your way through foreign places.

When they were in Russia, they need police escorts when driving through the forests because of mobsters in the forests car jacked and robbed many of them.

Many people have also gotten in extremely bad car crashes.

Download these and tell me it's boring.

http://www.torquenstein.net/movies/

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: sniperruff
it's old and it's boring. what's so fun about a bunch of cars going onto the highway, which are mostly straight?

WRC ftw.

Watch the videos and tell me it's boring you douche.

Getting arrested, driving for 3 days without sleep at twice the speed limit, partying between stops, beating the hell out of $300,000 cars, bribing police, navigating your way through foreign places.

When they were in Russia, they need police escorts when driving through the forests because of mobsters in the forests car jacked and robbed many of them.

Many people have also gotten in extremely bad car crashes.

Download these and tell me it's boring.

http://www.torquenstein.net/movies/

There is one video where they pay the police, I think in Italy to guide them through traffic sirens on and what not, awesome stuff.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: sniperruff
it's old and it's boring. what's so fun about a bunch of cars going onto the highway, which are mostly straight?

WRC ftw.

Watch the videos and tell me it's boring you douche.

Getting arrested, driving for 3 days without sleep at twice the speed limit, partying between stops, beating the hell out of $300,000 cars, bribing police, navigating your way through foreign places.

When they were in Russia, they need police escorts when driving through the forests because of mobsters in the forests car jacked and robbed many of them.

Many people have also gotten in extremely bad car crashes.

Download these and tell me it's boring.

http://www.torquenstein.net/movies/

and nothing you mentioned above requires you to have some serious driving skills.

and AFAIK, you shouldn't really post in car threads unless you want to get owned again like in every thread that you've posted in. like in every thread that you've posted in.

and it's funny how you think a POS rebadged pathfinder to be an OK car.

 

[The Linuxator]

I love that video in the Czech Republic when a police car passes them by and the officer waives them ok to speed, that was some pretty incredible stuff.

And sniperuff, no it's not about driving skill at all, it's just about driving a car that ppl would live their entire life and not being able to pay for it, drive across the states, coming back home with a $ 3000+ in bails and tickets and what not, and not giving a sht , priceless. Would I do the same thing, I highly doubt it it's too stupid, well at least if I speed I would face it like a man, and go to court and whatever, but watchnig someone else do all that stuff in the videos and still being able to put a laugh on their face is pretty impresive, and part of being rich .

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

and it's funny how you think a POS rebadged pathfinder to be an OK car.

I know I know, you're just another idiot who thinks one car brand is just a rebadged version of another cheaper car. I've seen your type a million times.

So tell me, look at these interior pics.

2002 Pathfinder.
http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/a/05/b8/fb/22_4.JPG

2002 QX4.
http://photos.ebizautos.com/3739/802155_24.jpg

Notice where the gear box is. Compare, look at the quality. The wood, the metal accents, the gear indicators. The Pathfinder is total crap, just plastic. Looks like a rental car.

If you have a good eye for cars, look at the wood on the Pathfinder, it's fake. I know, I've been inside one. Look at the wood inside the Infiniti, not only is it authentic, it's a very unique looking wood.

Also, the leather in the Infiniti is of higher quality.

Infiniti has xeon headlights (the blue ones you see on nice cars).

The Infiniti looks better from the outside and has better (and very unique) color options.

A lot more attention for design was put into the Infiniti.

You're just one of those robots who takes a premium car brand, compares it to it's younger sibling of the same platform, and claims their the same without every having looked closely at one. I've seen your type a million times.

If you love to bash my car so much, what do you drive?

You can reply to this anyway you want, but we both know I'm right.

Also, it takes 10 times more skill to drive the Gumball than a typical organized track race, making left turns for 3 hours. In the videos, some of those guys are driving 100mph THROUGH CITY TRAFFIC, TWO LANES. Watch it and I promise you'll eat your words.

 

[LostWanderer]

OK I must suck at the internet... How do you get it to play with audio in-sync with the video?

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Also, it takes 10 times more skill to drive the Gumball than a typical organized track race, making left turns for 3 hours. In the videos, some of those guys are driving 100mph THROUGH CITY TRAFFIC, TWO LANES. Watch it and I promise you'll eat your words.

WOW. JUST WOW.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: LostWanderer
OK I must suck at the internet... How do you get it to play with audio in-sync with the video?

It's a flash issue, there is a fix for it, but I am too tired to look it up, are you using Linux ??

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: sniperruff

and it's funny how you think a POS rebadged pathfinder to be an OK car.

I know I know, you're just another idiot who thinks one car brand is just a rebadged version of another cheaper car. I've seen your type a million times.

So tell me, look at these interior pics.

2002 Pathfinder.
http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/a/05/b8/fb/22_4.JPG

2002 QX4.
http://photos.ebizautos.com/3739/802155_24.jpg

Notice where the gear box is. Compare, look at the quality. The wood, the metal accents, the gear indicators. The Pathfinder is total crap, just plastic. Looks like a rental car.

If you have a good eye for cars, look at the wood on the Pathfinder, it's fake. I know, I've been inside one. Look at the wood inside the Infiniti, not only is it authentic, it's a very unique looking wood.

Also, the leather in the Infiniti is of higher quality.

Infiniti has xeon headlights (the blue ones you see on nice cars).

The Infiniti looks better from the outside and has better (and very unique) color options.

A lot more attention for design was put into the Infiniti.

You're just one of those robots who takes a premium car brand, compares it to it's younger sibling of the same platform, and claims their the same without every having looked closely at one. I've seen your type a million times.

If you love to bash my car so much, what do you drive?

You can reply to this anyway you want, but we both know I'm right.

Also, it takes 10 times more skill to drive the Gumball than a typical organized track race, making left turns for 3 hours. In the videos, some of those guys are driving 100mph THROUGH CITY TRAFFIC, TWO LANES. Watch it and I promise you'll eat your words.

On top of that, I'd like to add:

Have you never drooled at a Lexus? That's basically a rebadged Toyota. (ok, maybe drooled is not the word I'm looking for, but at least looked at one and thought: wish I had one?)

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: sniperruff

and it's funny how you think a POS rebadged pathfinder to be an OK car.

I know I know, you're just another idiot who thinks one car brand is just a rebadged version of another cheaper car. I've seen your type a million times.

So tell me, look at these interior pics.

2002 Pathfinder.
http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/a/05/b8/fb/22_4.JPG

2002 QX4.
http://photos.ebizautos.com/3739/802155_24.jpg

Notice where the gear box is. Compare, look at the quality. The wood, the metal accents, the gear indicators. The Pathfinder is total crap, just plastic. Looks like a rental car.

If you have a good eye for cars, look at the wood on the Pathfinder, it's fake. I know, I've been inside one. Look at the wood inside the Infiniti, not only is it authentic, it's a very unique looking wood.

Also, the leather in the Infiniti is of higher quality.

Infiniti has xeon headlights (the blue ones you see on nice cars).

The Infiniti looks better from the outside and has better (and very unique) color options.

A lot more attention for design was put into the Infiniti.

You're just one of those robots who takes a premium car brand, compares it to it's younger sibling of the same platform, and claims their the same without every having looked closely at one. I've seen your type a million times.

If you love to bash my car so much, what do you drive?

You can reply to this anyway you want, but we both know I'm right.

Also, it takes 10 times more skill to drive the Gumball than a typical organized track race, making left turns for 3 hours. In the videos, some of those guys are driving 100mph THROUGH CITY TRAFFIC, TWO LANES. Watch it and I promise you'll eat your words.

On top of that, I'd like to add:

Have you never drooled at a Lexus? That's basically a rebadged Toyota. (ok, maybe drooled is not the word I'm looking for, but at least looked at one and thought: wish I had one?)

I know the only reasonably priced super car, is the BMW M6 and the following video says it all : M6 Ownage !!!

 

[Cawchy87]

Great video, thanks!

 

[kukyfrope]

I was hoping for a deluxe candy dispenser.
This thread disappoints.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: kukyfrope
I was hoping for a deluxe candy dispenser.
This thread disappoints.

Join the club

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
Great video, thanks!

Are you talking about the BMW M6 video or the Gumball. They both rock so I guess you have seen them both

 

[Horus]

That's it. I'm buying a Goddamn RX-7TT GT and racing the gumball.

 

[Czar]

anyone got a direct link to video ?

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: Czar
anyone got a direct link to video ?

it's a google video , if it's mot playing for ya it's because you don't have flash installed, got to www.macromedia.com and install the flash player.
Or are you asking becasue you want to save an MPEG, in that case do a google search for the Gumball 3000 video and see if you can find a link.

 

[MixMasterTang]

I was in London in late November 2003 and saw a bunch of the Gumball cars going to the Movie premiere. It was pretty sweet, saw a Mclaren and a buncha other crazy stuff.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Is it just me or is JLGatsby an emerging douche?

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
I was in London in late November 2003 and saw a bunch of the Gumball cars going to the Movie premiere. It was pretty sweet, saw a Mclaren and a buncha other crazy stuff.

Lucky man!!!

 

[The Linuxator]

OK listen up folks!!! We should arrange an equivelant event in the summer, it will be called, THE AT 3000+. Now who's with me ?

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator
OK listen up folks!!! We should arrange an equivelant event in the summer, it will be called, THE AT 3000+. Now who's with me ?

We'll all walk around holding our computers!