RE: Four Point Challenge launched

RE: Four Point Challenge launched

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BeillyNoy

Original Poster:

389 posts

235 months

Sunday 13th January 2019
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BeillyNoy said:
I have deleted my initial message from this topic.
Haha.
My initial post was, I thought, overly cynical to be the first post on this thread so I removed it.
But reading the other posts it would have felt right at home!
Silly entry fee / prize ratio - check
“Where we’re going we don’t need roads” - check
Battle of the satnavs - check

The only thing not covered (yet) is the thought that any decent logistics company should have access to Satnav-on-steroids in terms of plotting the most efficient multi-drop route, in which case the deck is loaded towards someone with access to that.

Nice idea for a trip. But not as a competition.

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derin100

5,214 posts

242 months

Sunday 20th January 2019
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A Thousand Pounds to enter?!

So, let me just get this straight in my mind...

A £Thousand for people to enter their own car plus (based on other people's rough calculations of distance and assuming a reasonably frugal average car) circa £300 worth petrol that people would have to pay for themselves (not including the cost of getting to and from Snetterton depending on their location) plus at least one enforced 9 hour stop-over in the 30 hours that people have said it might take if done continuously with accommodation and subsistence paid for themselves as well, for the chance of winning £5000?

So, a minimum of 2 days of your time and approx. £1500 to gain possibly £3500?

Doesn't really stack up, does it?

Still...thanks for giving me the idea and the tip on interesting places to visit now that I'm retired. I'm sure I can work out a scenic and enjoyable route (rather than shortest) based on those 4-points. Cheers thumbup

Edited by derin100 on Sunday 20th January 15:16

Damp Logs

724 posts

133 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Don’t think that’s got the reception they hoped for!!

Is this something to do with new owners of PistonHeads??

And why not start somewhere in the middle, instead of dragging people out to snetterton??

Think I’ll pass.....