What competition prizes would you like on PistonHeads?
What competition prizes would you like on PistonHeads?
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Ben Lowden

Original Poster:

7,236 posts

201 months

PH Marketing Bloke

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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If we were to look at running more regular free competitions on PistonHeads, what sort of prizes would you like to see? We generally aim for prizes in the region of £100 - £500. Appreciate any feedback and ideas you all have!

CraigyMc

18,329 posts

260 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Ben Lowden said:
If we were to look at running more regular free competitions on PistonHeads, what sort of prizes would you like to see? We generally aim for prizes in the region of £100 - £500. Appreciate any feedback and ideas you all have!
The ability to switch off every bit of advertising, tracking and so on, for a year, on PH.

JD

3,108 posts

252 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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How much is a Lotus Elise worth at the moment?

Hoofy

79,521 posts

306 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Off the top of my head and not necessarily for me.

Car cleaning kits (or "detailing" - I still think it's a stupid word 20 years on).

Enough oil for an oil change.

A car check for your next purchase, with no end date.

A track day (at various tracks).

A supercar experience day (which is more than just seeing a Ferrari from afar (2km away) unless you upgrade to the actually-drive-a-car-for-more-than-3-seconds at an upsell of £400).

An advanced driving day.

An aircon refill/topup thing.

jaybarts

329 posts

182 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Detailing products
Trackday vouchers
Man cave items like automotive pictures/furniture
3 minutes with Sydney Sweeney
Free tickets for various car raffles

Hoofy

79,521 posts

306 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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jaybarts said:
3 minutes with Sydney Sweeney
It required a google... but now that I've done that, my only question: what am I supposed to do with the other 2 minutes?

andy43

12,634 posts

278 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Cheese.

Super Sonic

12,714 posts

78 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Cake.

juice

9,623 posts

306 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Lower than your range, a Car vertical check would be a good one for those changing cars

The Redcoat

3,906 posts

188 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Maybe some PH merchandise - hoodies, t-shirts, etc.

jeremyc

27,294 posts

308 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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£500 worth of petrol
Advanced driving instruction session(s)
Motoring event tickets with hospitality (Goodwood or similar)
High end detailing session
Driving experience (Porsche Experience Centre or similar)

Where and when do I enter. biggrinwink

Tango13

9,886 posts

200 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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andy43 said:
Cheese.
Super Sonic said:
Cake.
scratchchin

idea

Cheesecake!

Or Stroopwafels

samoht

7,038 posts

170 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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See if you can partner with manufacturers PR ppl to offer something that'll be a memorable experience, something a bit special.

A few years ago I got to drive an E-Type at Jaguar Classic
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
it was a really fun and memorable day out with fellow petrolheads and some v special historic cars, the kind of experience that stays with you.

So if you can swing something like that, I think it would be cool - and could also be written up as a source of content for the site.

paradigital

1,079 posts

176 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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CraigyMc said:
The ability to switch off every bit of advertising, tracking and so on, for a year, on PH.
Came to say essentially this exact thing.

Removal of all the utterly irrelevant ads, especially the ones that appear about 4 times as wide as the content on mobile devices meaning that scrolling around is a mess.

sunbeam alpine

7,228 posts

212 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Hoofy said:
jaybarts said:
3 minutes with Sydney Sweeney
It required a google... but now that I've done that, my only question: what am I supposed to do with the other 2 minutes?
She's the Sweeney, she probably hasn't had her tea... smile

P.S. I also had to google.

basherX

2,941 posts

185 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Pies

Drive Blind

5,637 posts

201 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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a proper search button

saknog

119 posts

133 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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Anything from the “Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...” thread

itcaptainslow

4,555 posts

160 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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jeremyc said:
Advanced driving instruction session(s)
Reg Local is of this parish...just saying, PH.

ecsrobin

18,536 posts

189 months

Thursday 23rd October 2025
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paradigital said:
Came to say essentially this exact thing.

Removal of all the utterly irrelevant ads, especially the ones that appear about 4 times as wide as the content on mobile devices meaning that scrolling around is a mess.
What ads?