The Rules of the "Band of Bangers" Road Trip
February 4, 2010
This is a fun Road trip, not a Rally, Race or competitive sports event. No laws are to be flouted, broken or ignored. please drive responsibly. If you would like to attend this event. A registration fee of £20 is required on registration.
Postponed to 2011
A registration fee of £20 is required on confirmation of registration.
Co-pilots are allowed, but pit crews, support teams and groupies are not.
Communication during the event (whilst on the road) will be via hands free mobile, text, shouting or sign language.
Time Table of the Band of Bangers Road trip
all arrangements to be confirmed
Pre-start drinks - TBC
Accommodation: Bookings as follows
Friday - TBC
Saturday - TBC
Sunday - TBC
Monday : Depart for Home
Route
The route will be via the sites of the D-Day Landings, the publicly drivable sections of the Le Mans 24hr circuit, thought to Reims (Champagne) and then on to the.....
Nuerburgring.... time for maybe a lap or two? But then it is back to the coast (Dunkirk) to head home via some of the sites of the greatest WWII battles.
We are investigating options as follows:
Stop over in Paris visit to FIA headquarters;
Trip following the route of the movie C'était un rendez-vous at 6am,
Track access to Reims circuit
We travel in convoy - not a race, points for fuel economy, reliability, bits not falling off.
VEHICLE
1. Purchase Price of Vehicle: £500 (receipt required) or your car from last year! MOT and Road Tax valid and included.
2. +10 points per 10 pounds under £500, -20 points per £10 over for first £100 then -100 points per £10 over £600
3. It must be fully paid for (No rentals, Deposit paid, part paid for etc etc)
4. Must have Insurance, Breakdown cover, tax and MOT for the duration of the event.
5. Must be able to pass an MOT - I.e. no Salvage/accident damaged cars.
6. Type of Vehicle: Car with 4 wheels min engine size 1.0 - max 5.0 Other than that what ever you like but bare in mind the point system!
POINTS AWARDED FOR:
1. Newest Car - 20 points
2. Oldest Car +20 points
3. Highest Mileage +50 points
4. Sportiest Car +10 points (to be agreed upon by all competitors)
5. Cheapest Car +50 points,
6. Car least likely to make it +75 points
7. +10 Bonus points for "my dad had one" factor ( Allegro, Marina, Maxi etc),
8. +25 points for "my first car" (evidence to be provided)
9. Kerb Appeal (Voted favourite car) +30 points
10. Most modified car +50 points
11. Most Economical car over the entire journey +100 points
12. Collecting a list of items along the route +10 points for each item.
Items;
a) Photos of you and your car in strange interesting and different places - points at discretion,
b) Hitchhiker (photo evidence required),
POINTS DEDUCTED FOR:
1. Breakdowns -50 points per breakdown, -200 points for roadside recovery and completing in a hire car.
2. Non Working Parts -5 points for every piece of equipment that is not working.
3. Parts and features failures -25 points per break during journey
4. Using a Motorway -1 point per mile.
5. Speeding Fine or Caution etc etc! -100 points
Environmental issues:
This road trip is illustrating that you don't need to run a new car, it is well documented that it is more environmentally friendly to drive a well maintained old car (resources required to build, chemicals to produce, environmental impact of disposal) than to buy a new one. This goes a little way to show with even a £500 car, you can do more than you would think!
Final Rule
all rules may change
To Be continued.......
