The other night I had the idea of organizing a "junker rally" with some friends of mine. A junker rally would be where each driver would buy a car with a value of no more than $750 and then drive them to a far off and difficult to reach place over the course of a few days. The object of the race would not necessarily be to "get there first" it would just be to get there, period.
After thinking about it and coming up with a few regulations for the rally I thought I'd run it past the good people at UF to toss in their hair-brained input.
Here is what I've got so far:
- Total cost of the car + any upgrades/cosmetics cannot exceed $750.
- Any tools used for repairs have to fit into a standard sized toolbox (ie no engine lifts, major power tools, suspension/spring tools, so on). Thus making the initial decision of what to buy that much more critical.
- Each car must be able to pass state-required safety/emissions, be registered, and be insured in order to compete (we'll be driving on public roads for at least part of it obviously).
- The "winner" would be decided by popular vote based on the car and the driver's performance throughout the rally. Taking into account the number of times the car broke down, if the driver got stuck somewhere, they ran out of gas, whatever.
- Prizes could be awarded for different things like best paint job, most rust, most breakdowns, so on.
What do you guys think? Worth putting together?
After thinking about it and coming up with a few regulations for the rally I thought I'd run it past the good people at UF to toss in their hair-brained input.
Here is what I've got so far:
- Total cost of the car + any upgrades/cosmetics cannot exceed $750.
- Any tools used for repairs have to fit into a standard sized toolbox (ie no engine lifts, major power tools, suspension/spring tools, so on). Thus making the initial decision of what to buy that much more critical.
- Each car must be able to pass state-required safety/emissions, be registered, and be insured in order to compete (we'll be driving on public roads for at least part of it obviously).
- The "winner" would be decided by popular vote based on the car and the driver's performance throughout the rally. Taking into account the number of times the car broke down, if the driver got stuck somewhere, they ran out of gas, whatever.
- Prizes could be awarded for different things like best paint job, most rust, most breakdowns, so on.
What do you guys think? Worth putting together?
