Marlow's 'Wacky Racers' set off for Zurich (From Bucks Free Press)
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Marlow's 'Wacky Racers' set off for Zurich
10:00am Saturday 19th September 2009 in
A QUARTET from Marlow have set off on a 1,800-mile drive in a souped up “old banger”.
The 'Wacky Racers' will try to drive from High Wycombe to Zurich and back within 72 hours as part of the Urban All Star Rally.
Jodie Hall, 21, was joined by 22-year-olds Gregg Feely, Andy Roy and Evan Howells in a 1993 BMW with a lightning bolt on the bonnet.
Miss Hall, an instructor at Marlow Sea Cadets, said: “We paid £200 for the car and I just hope it doesn't give up on us.
"We've spray painted it with a lightning bolt to make it go faster.
“Two of the guys have backed out of sleeping in the car overnight but I'm still going to.”
The team are dressed as Wacky Racers cartoon characters during the rally - including Penelope Pitstop, Dick Dastardly and Muttley.
They set off yesterday morning and to drive down through Belgium, Germany and across the Alps before reaching Zurich.
They have raised around £1,000 so far for their chosen charities - Marlow Sea Cadets, The Jennifer Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Marlow Opportunity Playgroup and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
There are nine teams from around south Buckinghamshire taking part, which is organised by the High Wycombe-based company UrbanMedia.
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giant
says...
4:15pm Sat 19 Sep 09
678
says...
4:37pm Sat 19 Sep 09
DeepThinker wrote:how do you go about offsetting all the hot air you spout?
Driving all the way to Zurich and back in a 1993 BMW. Think of all those wonderful fumes and emissions. Surely there are better ways of raising a couple of thousand quid for charity? Not so much fun though. I know I'll be accused of being a killjoy and wrong for critisising the "good deeds" of others, but this isn't a clever idea considering how we are being told that we must cut emissions. Douing things for charity isn't a good enough reason/excuse.
DeepThinker
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9:35pm Sat 19 Sep 09
678 wrote:Hot air doesn't harm the environment! Petrol/diesel fumes from 9 "old bangers" do.
DeepThinker wrote: Driving all the way to Zurich and back in a 1993 BMW. Think of all those wonderful fumes and emissions. Surely there are better ways of raising a couple of thousand quid for charity? Not so much fun though. I know I'll be accused of being a killjoy and wrong for critisising the "good deeds" of others, but this isn't a clever idea considering how we are being told that we must cut emissions. Douing things for charity isn't a good enough reason/excuse.how do you go about offsetting all the hot air you spout?
Oh, you're from Marlow.
If I organised a charity event in Marlow where young people were sponsored to do a mass pee in the river during the regatta, I am sure you would not be so snide.
678
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12:23pm Sun 20 Sep 09
DeepThinker wrote:your "event" sounds more like a wycombe thing
678 wrote:Hot air doesn't harm the environment! Petrol/diesel fumes from 9 "old bangers" do. Oh, you're from Marlow. If I organised a charity event in Marlow where young people were sponsored to do a mass pee in the river during the regatta, I am sure you would not be so snide.DeepThinker wrote: Driving all the way to Zurich and back in a 1993 BMW. Think of all those wonderful fumes and emissions. Surely there are better ways of raising a couple of thousand quid for charity? Not so much fun though. I know I'll be accused of being a killjoy and wrong for critisising the "good deeds" of others, but this isn't a clever idea considering how we are being told that we must cut emissions. Douing things for charity isn't a good enough reason/excuse.how do you go about offsetting all the hot air you spout?
demoness
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1:35pm Sun 20 Sep 09
My take on it ... good for them. Anyone who puts themselves out for charity - even if they are from Marlow ( that was a joke btw) deserves a pat on the back.
678
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5:10pm Mon 21 Sep 09
demoness wrote:lol demoness, for once I agree!!!
lol 678 is the patron saint of Marlow. My take on it ... good for them. Anyone who puts themselves out for charity - even if they are from Marlow ( that was a joke btw) deserves a pat on the back.
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DeepThinker says...
3:52pm Sat 19 Sep 09
Think of all those wonderful fumes and emissions.
Surely there are better ways of raising a couple of thousand quid for charity? Not so much fun though.
I know I'll be accused of being a killjoy and wrong for critisising the "good deeds" of others, but this isn't a clever idea considering how we are being told that we must cut emissions. Douing things for charity isn't a good enough reason/excuse.