Anybody won one of those car lotteries?
Discussion
ch37 said:
Elite now claim (in their latest Trustpilot smackdown) that they receive 500 postcards a day.
Knowing that every single postal entry is allocated to the back end of draw numbers, that's "unlikely" to say the least.
With the 48hr turnaround, the removal of Friday draws and late publishing of Saturday draws , there aren't even that many comps that you can technically get an entry in for on a weekly basis now.
At a push they've accepted about 70 entries across their big two car comps live at the moment (and they've been live for weeks).
I've never had a postal entry accepted by Elite. Find it hard to believe they never get there!Knowing that every single postal entry is allocated to the back end of draw numbers, that's "unlikely" to say the least.
With the 48hr turnaround, the removal of Friday draws and late publishing of Saturday draws , there aren't even that many comps that you can technically get an entry in for on a weekly basis now.
At a push they've accepted about 70 entries across their big two car comps live at the moment (and they've been live for weeks).
sheepman said:
Similar thing with mine. I won my supercharged EP3 civic from DCG and what i thought was a supercharger whine when i picked it up was infact a snapped shaft. £2.8k for a new unit fitted as no one was repairing rotrex chargers at the time.
That is why personally I don't go for the tuned cars, because I don't know the tune. Same applies when I've bought cars before too. But am I looking a gift horse in the mouth?How is the car now you've had it fixed?
Tbf when I won the 208 GTi from DCG, was a cracking car and very clean/tidy. Only slight annoyance was a very short MOT on it so almost straight away was faffing swapping out the decat etc. Didn't like the map on the car either personally. As you say though these points came across a little like looking a gift horse in the mouth so didn't bother saying anything to them about the MOT.
That said I'd 100% have kept it had I not needed the cash for my mortgage renewal (extra cash made the difference of almost .5% on the rate I got offered) especially as its now probably worth a few £k more being a relatively new car and low miles
That said I'd 100% have kept it had I not needed the cash for my mortgage renewal (extra cash made the difference of almost .5% on the rate I got offered) especially as its now probably worth a few £k more being a relatively new car and low miles
Edited by GhostWKD on Monday 6th December 17:15
Did another random name check on the M5 entry list at rev comps out of curiosity and there's one name with 65 tickets associated to it, 5 unique order numbers with 13 numbers each time... so got around the max 50 entries and spent £1.3k 
Won 2x £200 credits from those entries in the early bird draw too
Won 2x £200 credits from those entries in the early bird draw too
Charlie Foxtrot said:
That is why personally I don't go for the tuned cars, because I don't know the tune. Same applies when I've bought cars before too. But am I looking a gift horse in the mouth?
How is the car now you've had it fixed?
I just took it as modified cars tend to break more and i was unlucky. How is the car now you've had it fixed?
Its currently off the road for other reasons now.
Faulty 4 bar map sensor meant it was misfiring so needs a new sensor and remap.
To top it off someone crashed into the back of it while it was parked outside my house after being recovered for the faulty sensor. They drove off without leaving any details of cause.
It was in the road all of 3 hours and the only reason it wasn't on the drive was because a lorry was blocking the drive when the recovery van dropped it off while i was at work.
When it works its absolutely fantastic and have no plans to ever sell, i just been very unlucky.
I must admit that with the comps I just decided to limit it to cars I want (not necessarily resale value), some may be modded (there was a sweet 240Z earlier this year which appealed, ditto the V8 911 - however the Lambo and R8, for example I didn't bother with) others not but it must be something I'd want to keep for at least 6 months or so
My rule of thumb, if I’m paying, is nothing silly modified or that i would have a theft concern on (Golf R, VAG RS etc).
I definitely favour 15-25k cars for the balance of odds and prize value.
Spent a lot on watches, paid off as I’ve won 2 but had a big regret the other day after spending too much on a Tudor - as much as I like watches I have one for every occasion I’d need and selling it won’t change my life much as they’re hard to flog risk free.
That said nothings really piqued my interest recently on any site
I definitely favour 15-25k cars for the balance of odds and prize value.
Spent a lot on watches, paid off as I’ve won 2 but had a big regret the other day after spending too much on a Tudor - as much as I like watches I have one for every occasion I’d need and selling it won’t change my life much as they’re hard to flog risk free.
That said nothings really piqued my interest recently on any site
GhostWKD said:
Did another random name check on the M5 entry list at rev comps out of curiosity and there's one name with 65 tickets associated to it, 5 unique order numbers with 13 numbers each time... so got around the max 50 entries and spent £1.3k
Won 2x £200 credits from those entries in the early bird draw too
So they aren't even enforcing their own rules. Crazy, some folk have money to burn but good luck to them.Won 2x £200 credits from those entries in the early bird draw too
cadmunkey said:
So they aren't even enforcing their own rules. Crazy, some folk have money to burn but good luck to them.
It’s mental; looks like he had over 100 entries and won 2 £1k runner up prizes65 entires under Andrew Clark
52 odd entries under Andy Clark (this ones on my phone so not 100%)
Both names were buying 13 tickets per order reference so likely same person
Silverstonedreamcars didn’t process multiples per comp for me in the past btw Joro
GhostWKD said:
It’s mental; looks like he had over 100 entries and won 2 £1k runner up prizes
65 entires under Andrew Clark
52 odd entries under Andy Clark (this ones on my phone so not 100%)
Both names were buying 13 tickets per order reference so likely same person
Order numbers pretty much follow on between the two names as well. I guess as long as they sell out they don't care. Didn't get a postal entry processed for this one, often go missing for the higher price ones!65 entires under Andrew Clark
52 odd entries under Andy Clark (this ones on my phone so not 100%)
Both names were buying 13 tickets per order reference so likely same person
Charlie Foxtrot said:
sheepman said:
Similar thing with mine. I won my supercharged EP3 civic from DCG and what i thought was a supercharger whine when i picked it up was infact a snapped shaft. £2.8k for a new unit fitted as no one was repairing rotrex chargers at the time.
That is why personally I don't go for the tuned cars, because I don't know the tune. Same applies when I've bought cars before too. But am I looking a gift horse in the mouth?How is the car now you've had it fixed?
bedonde said:
Think there was a chap on DCG who won the two car comp with a new VW Touareg R and Nissan GTR (c.£100k prize) and then a few weeks later won another GTR. What are the odds....
Depends how many tickets they bought.I would hazard a guess a winner probably ends up spending MORE money on future comps. It is the gamblers fallacy.
Ouroboros said:
Depends how many tickets they bought.
I would hazard a guess a winner probably ends up spending MORE money on future comps. It is the gamblers fallacy.
Still, not done badly with c.£145k worth of cars, even if they spent a couple of £k on tickets. Hell of an outlay if you miss though. Such is gambling,I would hazard a guess a winner probably ends up spending MORE money on future comps. It is the gamblers fallacy.
bedonde said:
Still, not done badly with c.£145k worth of cars, even if they spent a couple of £k on tickets. Hell of an outlay if you miss though. Such is gambling,
We only hear about the winners, thus not balanced.I imagine there are people that have easily put 20-50k in these and won nothing.
Edited by Ouroboros on Tuesday 7th December 10:25
hairykrishna said:
Ouroboros said:
We only hear the winners, thus not balanced.
I imagine there are people that have easily put 20-50k in these and won nothing.
Easily. I must have done getting on for 10k's 'worth' of entries on postcards and won naff all so far.I imagine there are people that have easily put 20-50k in these and won nothing.
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