Another SM on the fridge of honour, here. Our Mini Convertible came from Cross Keys garage, too - the business unfortunately long gone - now a Petrol station with and M&S grab store on site. They had a wonderful array of classic cars for sale or just to drool over. Sadly missed!
I had a Alfa 159 2.0 diesel with a 70 litre tank which would give me roughly 560 miles of range. I now have a little 1.5 petrol/hybrid Honda CR-Z which only has a 40 litre tank and is probably very close in terms of range to that rather lovely looking Mercedes.
This'll be good. Looking forward to it. If I wasn't stuck out here in Mauritius (yeah, I know, tough life init) I would love to get involved in some practical way.
Erm… heck yeah! I’d love to be part of this. Maybe you can all stop by AT HQ! I can set a task master challenge (we literally filmed our own version of TM recently here!! 🤣)
I think the 200 E will do 35 mpg. On long distance runs this will work. I know it. I owned one… Thanks Kitch; I’m looking forward to meet the next team. That’ll be fun!!! See you »»» Martin [GER]
Great to see the 2nd team launched (first) ... Order is overrated! Of course some of the tasks you have planned will have a destination, so a balance between time to get points and distance lost to traffic to perform the task will come in to play. Really intriguing! Is adding an extra fuel tank into the boot excluded? Almost a shame my 97 Rav4 is out due to its 2 litre engine ... Being an impractical 4x4 petrol auto with a range of
It's a shame about the timing doesn't coincide with my drive back/to from Ukraine in the next few weeks or I would join in. 1200 miles in about 23 hours to the pit stop in Poland from the UK then another 8 hours after crossing the border.
That's probably a 4sp auto.. would probably be like my old 2.5 190D, comfortable but slow and not particularly economical.. I used to be sat at a decent RPM on the motorway but it needed to stay under 2.8k for decent mpg.. my E38 costs less at some motorway speeds or when towing, and not massively more anywhere else outside a town. Also, don't bet on an old petrol merc being a delight for diy reliability.. I still seem to see more facebook posts from the 190 group about petrol engine management than E38 problems.. and I hated dealing with Mercedes TPS parts.
Is there any team that needs a 3rd driver? I would be up for it. I'm Dutch, fully proficient English speaker, i have LHD experience in a LHD car (circle of Ireland) i'm an ex taxi driver and i have about 45y of DIY car tinkering experience. Including rallycar building and servicing in a rallyteam. (Could be handy just in case) I'll be checking for replies here. 🤞
Ha ha! Chris Evans😁😝😄🤣 I thought he looked more like Waylon Smithers from the Simpsons IMO. 🤔🤓 Good luck with raising lots of money for your charity mate!👍👌 Well! When I say mate, it's just a figure of speech. I suppose most of your viewers we can think of you as a virtual mate.👍
Not sure why range matters that much as UK has plenty of fuel stations and usually filling up does not take many minutes. An EV would be hopeless though!
It's for charity so EVs could be a fun addition. Bjorn Nyland covers 1000km in under 9 hours in the best EVs, so still plenty driving. EV contestants must do a physical or comical challenge while charging. More challenges equals more views and donations
Careful planning with tasks and loo stops and the ev team will never stop for fuel… The package donation alone will be a few hundred miles free stop that the petrol won’t be able to take advantage of
Because the ultimate thing that will affect the outcome is average speed. I personally don't think anyone will better 45mph avg. speed across 24hrs, and I also think the ones who win will be the ones with the highest avg. speed. Stopping for fuel doesn't just take a few minutes. Think about it - you've got two cars doing 70mph on the motorway, and one slows down and drives into the services. Before the car has even pulled up at the pump, how much further has the other car travelled? Now factor in the fuelling up, paying and getting going again (assuming nobody stops for food or toilets) - how much further has the other car travelled now? Then assume that the cars may cover *approx* 1000-1200 miles, only some need to stop twice, and others three times. The ones who stop the third time suddenly have a big disadvantage!
I know fuel isn't the point, but it still has to be paid for. 24hrs*60mph=1440 miles. At say 40mpg = 36 gallons or 164 litres. At £1:49/l = £244. So over £300 for the Merc. Hope they have deep pockets, that Merc autobox will be lossy now. I'm no CO2 eco-weenie, but 7200 miles and £1200/820 litres burnt (5 cars) in 24 hrs... makes me uncomfortable. Frustratingly, its dark at 6pm, so only 10.5 hours of it will be in daylight, nearly 14 hours of darkness on the time-lapse GoPros or whatever. Doesn't make for good content. Now, had it been around midsummer, a team could make it to Inverness _and_ still do the NC500, all in daylight. That would be a hell of a multipart (or one part!) video. Totally up for it though, would love to see cars sponsored. Hopefully one will be a press pool Tesla looking to show off fast charging.
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Chris Evans?! How very dare you! Looking forward to the challenge :D
As soon as you starting talking it was obvious you weren't him as you knew about cars.
This challenge is going to very interesting indeed.
4:17 Yes! Yes i do, it proudly on my fridge, one day ill get you to sign it 👍
Looking forward to the event - good luck!!
Looking forward to it
Miss Hub Nut on the outside lane and Auto Shenanigans on the inside lane of the Magic Roundabout Swindon counter rotating !
Looking forward to this and the challenges that have been set , for a great cause and wish you all involved the best of luck 👍
Nice concept!
W124 is quite a strong entry, although I would have gone for a 200d (from '86 - '89), but finding a good one might be tricky.
Another SM on the fridge of honour, here.
Our Mini Convertible came from Cross Keys garage, too - the business unfortunately long gone - now a Petrol station with and M&S grab store on site.
They had a wonderful array of classic cars for sale or just to drool over.
Sadly missed!
I had a Alfa 159 2.0 diesel with a 70 litre tank which would give me roughly 560 miles of range. I now have a little 1.5 petrol/hybrid Honda CR-Z which only has a 40 litre tank and is probably very close in terms of range to that rather lovely looking Mercedes.
This'll be good. Looking forward to it. If I wasn't stuck out here in Mauritius (yeah, I know, tough life init) I would love to get involved in some practical way.
The arch is just natural weight reduction in action, it's why I ran my car like that for years, saves money on petrol you see meaning more miles
Its going to be comfortable for sure, tough one to beat, depending on tactics...
Erm… heck yeah! I’d love to be part of this. Maybe you can all stop by AT HQ! I can set a task master challenge (we literally filmed our own version of TM recently here!! 🤣)
I was just thinking my Volvo 240 would be awesome for this challenge.... but then googled the tank size & mpg! About 300 miles per tank.
Afternoon
It's in the diary!
I'll be there again!
'If someone has a breakdown some where it will be my fault' where not talking about a vehicle breakdown I guess :D
I think the 200 E will do 35 mpg. On long distance runs this will work. I know it. I owned one… Thanks Kitch; I’m looking forward to meet the next team. That’ll be fun!!! See you »»» Martin [GER]
@@martinneumann7783 my carburetted W123 200 does 32ish on a run, so we're hoping for 35+ out of this one!
The driving part of the challenge would be an awesome undertaking. Will each of the teams be fundraising as well?
Its all going in the pot.
Great to see the 2nd team launched (first) ... Order is overrated!
Of course some of the tasks you have planned will have a destination, so a balance between time to get points and distance lost to traffic to perform the task will come in to play. Really intriguing!
Is adding an extra fuel tank into the boot excluded?
Almost a shame my 97 Rav4 is out due to its 2 litre engine ... Being an impractical 4x4 petrol auto with a range of
I have not made any ruling on range-extending, put it that way....
It's a shame about the timing doesn't coincide with my drive back/to from Ukraine in the next few weeks or I would join in. 1200 miles in about 23 hours to the pit stop in Poland from the UK then another 8 hours after crossing the border.
Of course I have an SM! OK, it is a fridge magnet SM, but I have an SM...
You say you'll feel responsible if they have a breakdown, is that mechanical or nervous?
I love my wooden SM - proudly displayed on my fridge ( Do you have an SM?)
W124 best car ever made. 190d maybe would get longer between stops though?
Maybe, but if they couldn't find one...
@@UPnDOWN actually I think it was only available as a 2.5 diesel anyway
There is a 200D listed, but it's Mercedes, so it could easily not actually have the assumed 2.0 engine.
wait? You have an SM that's NOT a fridge magnet?
Yes, you did always ramble on a lot when we were down watching our kids play football. 😅
Getting slight 'Stan' vibes here...!
@@UPnDOWN Stan as in Eminem? Not quite sure how to take that comment 🤔. But I'm Cameron's dad if that makes things clearer.
Ahhh! Yes it does make more sense that way!
That's probably a 4sp auto.. would probably be like my old 2.5 190D, comfortable but slow and not particularly economical.. I used to be sat at a decent RPM on the motorway but it needed to stay under 2.8k for decent mpg.. my E38 costs less at some motorway speeds or when towing, and not massively more anywhere else outside a town.
Also, don't bet on an old petrol merc being a delight for diy reliability.. I still seem to see more facebook posts from the 190 group about petrol engine management than E38 problems.. and I hated dealing with Mercedes TPS parts.
I reckon if you add some audience participation in the form of a geoguessing challenge, it'll be cool
There will be little things like that, yeah.
I reckon they might get away with only 2 stops. Maybe.
Is there any team that needs a 3rd driver?
I would be up for it.
I'm Dutch, fully proficient English speaker, i have LHD experience in a LHD car (circle of Ireland) i'm an ex taxi driver and i have about 45y of DIY car tinkering experience. Including rallycar building and servicing in a rallyteam. (Could be handy just in case)
I'll be checking for replies here. 🤞
Ha ha! Chris Evans😁😝😄🤣 I thought he looked more like Waylon Smithers from the Simpsons IMO. 🤔🤓 Good luck with raising lots of money for your charity mate!👍👌 Well! When I say mate, it's just a figure of speech. I suppose most of your viewers we can think of you as a virtual mate.👍
OK, Smithers is just being mean! And yes, I do have people think of me as a mate, which is weird as I don't know them at all!
Not sure why range matters that much as UK has plenty of fuel stations and usually filling up does not take many minutes. An EV would be hopeless though!
It's for charity so EVs could be a fun addition. Bjorn Nyland covers 1000km in under 9 hours in the best EVs, so still plenty driving. EV contestants must do a physical or comical challenge while charging. More challenges equals more views and donations
Careful planning with tasks and loo stops and the ev team will never stop for fuel…
The package donation alone will be a few hundred miles free stop that the petrol won’t be able to take advantage of
Because the ultimate thing that will affect the outcome is average speed. I personally don't think anyone will better 45mph avg. speed across 24hrs, and I also think the ones who win will be the ones with the highest avg. speed.
Stopping for fuel doesn't just take a few minutes. Think about it - you've got two cars doing 70mph on the motorway, and one slows down and drives into the services. Before the car has even pulled up at the pump, how much further has the other car travelled?
Now factor in the fuelling up, paying and getting going again (assuming nobody stops for food or toilets) - how much further has the other car travelled now?
Then assume that the cars may cover *approx* 1000-1200 miles, only some need to stop twice, and others three times. The ones who stop the third time suddenly have a big disadvantage!
I hope Joe in his Passat isn’t allowed 😂
I can lend my Jeep to a team. It does a healthy 15.7 mpg. JK 😂
I know fuel isn't the point, but it still has to be paid for.
24hrs*60mph=1440 miles. At say 40mpg = 36 gallons or 164 litres. At £1:49/l = £244. So over £300 for the Merc. Hope they have deep pockets, that Merc autobox will be lossy now.
I'm no CO2 eco-weenie, but 7200 miles and £1200/820 litres burnt (5 cars) in 24 hrs... makes me uncomfortable.
Frustratingly, its dark at 6pm, so only 10.5 hours of it will be in daylight, nearly 14 hours of darkness on the time-lapse GoPros or whatever. Doesn't make for good content. Now, had it been around midsummer, a team could make it to Inverness _and_ still do the NC500, all in daylight. That would be a hell of a multipart (or one part!) video.
Totally up for it though, would love to see cars sponsored. Hopefully one will be a press pool Tesla looking to show off fast charging.
Sooo...we shouldn't do it? Or you're just telling me you don't like it? I'm not sure what you're suggesting.