Jurassic park photo album
Are you on it?
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Friday 27 July 2012
Friday 20 July 2012
Get your car for next year now...!!!
Imagine… a Wacky Rally car that doesn't catch fire, drink petrol or spew oil…
The "Angry Birds Saab" is a 1999 Saab 9-3 SE, 1985cc light pressure turbo with 246,000 miles on the clock.
It did not need a single drop of oil or coolant throughout the Barmy to Barcelona, and not too much fuel either - achieving 44 mpg average from West Devon to Switzerland and an amazing 38 mpg over the St Bernard Pass.
I have owned this car from new and would happily be running it another 10 years, had my employer not so generously provided me with a lovely new Jag (yay!)
If interested, it's now on eBay UK, ends 29th July http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350581491187
Thursday 19 July 2012
Jurassic park photo album
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Sunday 15 July 2012
The Angry Birds Saab is for sale
Starting on eBay UK at 9 p.m. on Thursday 19th July until Sunday 29th July. Here are the listing details:
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This amazing looking, fun and exceptionally reliable car is the ANGRY BIRDS SAAB as recently seen on TV ("Spotlight").
Having been professionally resprayed only a year ago, the Angry Birds Saab was custom decorated - with written permission from Rovio Mobile - to take part in the Wacky Rally "Barmy to Barcelona" this July in aid of Children's Hospice South West. Any surplus from this sale is also destined for Children's Hospice South West.
We have kept most of the paper templates we used to create the Angry Birds theme, so if you do damage any in the future you will have a head start on the repairs. The birds, grass and logo are all done in professional-grade automotive vinyl using widely available colours.
The car has completed over 2,200 miles on this trip alone, through England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Spain. This included the challenging drive over the St Bernard Pass (of "Italian Job" fame) and other Alpine passes. Its normal habitat is the fast lane of the M5/M4 - but it seems equally happy with either.
Throughout the rally it did not need a single drop of oil or coolant - it ran smoothly and comfortably, getting amazing fuel consumption figures:
44 mpg average on the first two days from home down to Switzerland
38 mpg over the St Bernard Pass
46 mpg on the motorway run from Turin to Arles
In preparation for the trip i.e. only a month ago, it had a full service including a new oil filter, complete oil change, new pollen filter, engine flush and fuel treatment and new wiper blade.
It has full leather seats in a pale beige so is exceptionally comfortable for this kind of long-haul drive, as well as being safe, solid and such great fun to drive. It is a real "driver's car" and we are sorry to let it go. The only reason we are selling it now (instead of running it another 10 years as planned) is the arrival of a rather nice company car. We just don't have the space to keep it!
The interior is in pretty good condition for a car of its age and mileage. Driver's seat is the only one that is noticeably worn, with one crease just starting to split very slightly (see photo 11 of 12). One small patch of headlining cloth next to the driver's sun visor (smaller than a pound coin) is damaged (see photo 11 of 12). Bonnet badge has delaminated (haven't they all?). The "SE" designators on both front wings have been removed. There are two working sets of keys/remotes.
My partner and I have owned this car from new and since coming out of dealer warranty the car has been serviced by renowned Saab specialist Chris Hamley of Devon. Full service history will be provided.
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully before you commit to purchasing the car.
The basics...
* This is a private sale and no warranty is offered.
* This car has been resprayed. If you attempt to remove the stickers, you do so at your own risk.
* Any sale is final.
* The information in this listing is accurate as at the date of listing.
* No test drives.
Payment
* Please pay via PayPal within 4 days of the auction end. For security reasons we will not accept cheques or cash.
* If not paid for within 4 days we will initiate the unpaid item process - no excuses, no exceptions! This is to assist in protecting all eBay sellers from habitual non-payers.
* If still unpaid by day 8 the car will be relisted or offered to the second-highest bidder.
Collection
* After your PayPal payment has been confirmed we can arrange a specific date for you to collect the car.
* You must be able to collect the car from near Plymouth on the weekend of 4th/5th or 11th/12th August as we cannot store it off the road beyond this time.
* Before we hand over the keys and documents, we will ask you to show us photographic ID (driving licence or passport) that matches your eBay account details.
Saturday 14 July 2012
Sad day :(
If anyone has any good pics of Fatman & Throbin can you please email them to sparkyr81@hotmail.com
Many thanks,
Mark aka Throbin.
Friday 13 July 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Oops
Four firkin idiots abroad
If anyone has any photos of us they would be kind enough to share, we are the idiots in the cones and the multi coloured peugeot. Appreciated.
ade480@me.com
To the angry birds we have several good shots you may be interested in.
(of your car that is)
THE FOUR FIRKIN IDIOTS
TEAM 635 on the Wacky rally Barmy to Barcelona 2012.
ade480@me.com
To the angry birds we have several good shots you may be interested in.
(of your car that is)
THE FOUR FIRKIN IDIOTS
TEAM 635 on the Wacky rally Barmy to Barcelona 2012.
Thanks and hope to see you again next year!
After an hour of driving around Barcelona hell-traffic on fumes
(alcohol for us, petrol for the car), with the heater cranked to keep
us out of the red and the satnav screwing us harder than ever, we
managed to meet the scrapper at Ikea and followed him to the shop
where we said our very sad goodbyes to El Chick Magnet. We exchanged
Barbies and whiskey and they took us to the airport where we made our
flight with about 10 minutes to spare, going from sweating to sweaters
in less than 2 hours.
The people at the scrap yard were fantastic (G on the list). Highly
recommended for next year.
Many thanks to the organizers and other teams! We had a great time.
What an adventure. Can't wait until next year.
Drop us a line if you find yourself in Amsterdam or The Hague! You can
find me at sean.monkhouse at gmail or on facebook and I'll share
contact info with the rest of the team.
All the best!!
The Region Free Players (Sean, Steve, Marc)
(alcohol for us, petrol for the car), with the heater cranked to keep
us out of the red and the satnav screwing us harder than ever, we
managed to meet the scrapper at Ikea and followed him to the shop
where we said our very sad goodbyes to El Chick Magnet. We exchanged
Barbies and whiskey and they took us to the airport where we made our
flight with about 10 minutes to spare, going from sweating to sweaters
in less than 2 hours.
The people at the scrap yard were fantastic (G on the list). Highly
recommended for next year.
Many thanks to the organizers and other teams! We had a great time.
What an adventure. Can't wait until next year.
Drop us a line if you find yourself in Amsterdam or The Hague! You can
find me at sean.monkhouse at gmail or on facebook and I'll share
contact info with the rest of the team.
All the best!!
The Region Free Players (Sean, Steve, Marc)
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Final scores
Congratulations to the Cod Squad for winning on their 4th attempt. Winners of the Wackiest car goes to Team Super Stud in their pirate ship. Longest drive went to Are We There Yet after leaving their passports in Sauze Doulx and remembering when they were 3 hours down the road... Special mention to the Gloag girls and the Backhouse Boys who rased a whooping £100,000 for their charity.
| Team Name | CAR POINTS | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | TOTALS |
| Cod Squad 4 | 1000 | 1450 | 1325 | 1800 | 2475 | 8050 |
| Knob Cavorters | 750 | 1345 | 1450 | 1850 | 2075 | 7470 |
| Shadow Demon | 750 | 1530 | 1315 | 1900 | 1800 | 7295 |
| Region Free Players | 1000 | 1150 | 1140 | 1900 | 2025 | 7215 |
| The Gloag Girls | 850 | 1130 | 1130 | 1900 | 1725 | 6735 |
| Are we there yet! | 750 | 1390 | 1110 | 1700 | 350 | 5300 |
| Death By Monkey | 1000 | 1030 | 1012 | 1500 | 700 | 5242 |
| Chap Attack! | 500 | 1510 | 1450 | 1750 | 5210 | |
| Fat Man and Throbbin | 1000 | 1130 | 765 | 1475 | 700 | 5070 |
| Juggernaut | 500 | 1500 | 960 | 1800 | 4760 | |
| Spare Alternator | 1000 | 1150 | 500 | 1400 | 550 | 4600 |
| Uit de losse pols | 500 | 1450 | 735 | 1650 | 250 | 4585 |
| Smurfs | 750 | 1000 | 980 | 1850 | 4580 | |
| Team Eagle | 500 | 1085 | 960 | 1900 | 4445 | |
| Saw On Tour | 1000 | 850 | 870 | 1700 | 4420 | |
| The Turtles | 750 | 1370 | 620 | 1675 | 4415 | |
| The 4 Bells | 750 | 1000 | 765 | 1800 | 4315 | |
| Team Super Stud | 1000 | 1070 | 840 | 900 | 500 | 4310 |
| Jurassic Park | 750 | 1290 | 520 | 1700 | 4260 | |
| Boys from Brazil | 500 | 1120 | 570 | 1750 | 3940 | |
| Buffalo Girls | 500 | 1250 | 750 | 1400 | 3900 | |
| Friends of Ashmount | 500 | 1050 | 295 | 1800 | 3645 | |
| Scrimp My Ride | 500 | 810 | 980 | 1100 | 3390 | |
| Wacky lads from Warrington | 500 | 1400 | 1215 | 3115 | ||
| Angry Birds | 500 | 1390 | 855 | 2745 | ||
| Vera | 750 | 1080 | 890 | 2720 | ||
| Four Firkin Idiots Abroad | 1000 | 900 | 735 | 2635 | ||
| Stig It Your A**e | 1000 | 1460 | 2460 | |||
| The Backhouse Boys | 500 | 1130 | 820 | 2450 | ||
| B.S.A.G.WRC | 750 | 550 | 980 | 2280 | ||
| MIB | 500 | 810 | 790 | 2100 | ||
| The channel 4 News Team | 500 | 1435 | 1935 | |||
| JOCO | 500 | 450 | 750 | 1700 | ||
| Piston Broke | 500 | 930 | 100 | 1530 | ||
| Whelans Wallys | 250 | 520 | 615 | 1385 | ||
| Cranbrook Vets | 250 | 1000 | 1250 | |||
| Gun Toting Bastards | 750 | 750 | ||||
| 3 Amigos | 500 | 500 | ||||
| Teddy Slowbart | 500 | 500 | ||||
| Monkey Mafia | 250 | 250 | ||||
| Every Little Helps | 0 | |||||
| Help th Hereos | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Knowhow | 0 |
Thank you all for coming and we hope to see you again soon.
Ali and Rob
Team Are We There Yet!
We have all arrived home safe and sound. It was a pleasure spending an awesome road trip with everyone. Time to tuck the kids in and read a bedtime story. Until next time............
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MIB
800 miles in 13 hours!!! Sitting at the port watching our ferry offloading. Can't wait to get home and my bed!
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MIB
Halfway to Dunkirk to catch the ferry home. Been on the road since 8am this morning!! Definitely flying back next time. To all our fellow ralliers, thanks for all the fun and we hope to see you guys next year!!
From Pete, Mike, Eamon and Gertrude ( our Audi A4)
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From Pete, Mike, Eamon and Gertrude ( our Audi A4)
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Goodbye Sally! We'll miss you!
Uit de losse pols
Monday 9 July 2012
Team Are We There Yet?
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Team Are We There Yet?
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Where to lunch in Barcelona?
The answer is under the hotel balcony. Angry Birds are pigging out on seafood and tapas.
Team Are We There Yet?
Take care and bring on the final night party.
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