Gothamist: Rental Car Rally Planned from NYC to Montreal

Pants Commander

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:24:54 -0500

sure, everyone knows that the truly enlightened sub in at signs for vowels these days.

Archie Leach

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:42:05 -0500

Dude, loose the retarded slang no one speaks like this anymore. What do I get for $150 bucks? And it better not be a f@cking T shirt.

Supreme

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:36:14 -0500

JCB- #1 What's a "Jack Klugman"? Hm. Apparently before my time... It's nice to see you "read" the rules that were "...introduced with the sentence "These are the rules"..." It would have rocked slightly harder had you also noted that those rules closed with the sentence "...we reserve the right to add or change the rules at any time." Which just might lead one of average intelligence to believe that there are other rules not listed on that page... Just sayin'... Supreme

Dave Hogarty

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:54:34 -0500

Wow, that rental car race is going to be "totally rad" and "the tits," but "cats are hating" despite the "hella low entry cost." Not only will be participants be crossing geographical borders, but also hurtling across generational boundaries of incredibly lame slang buzz terms in no particular order. Montreal is a lovely city though.

JenChungsBra

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:39:31 -0500

Jack Klugman said that on The Odd Couple before you were in grade school, snotnose. And I was going by the information you posted under the page titled "Rules," introduced with the sentence "These are the rules." If they're only the partial rules then you should have said that.

Supreme

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:23:05 -0500

JCB - You'll notice that on the page you are referencing we don't mention the precise route, the checkpoints, nor do we go into any real specifics in reference to the actual logistics of the race... Your assumptions based on what *is* up there are incorrect. I had a teacher in grade school that once warned that one should not assume as it would make an ass out of you and me...he was only half right.

JenChungsBra

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:26:07 -0500

Gothamist is describing this poorly. It's technically a race, but one in which you're not supposed to break the speed limit: http://www.wiimbledon.net/rentalcarrally/rules.html There are checkpoints but the rules don't say anything about what happens if you arrive at a checkpoint early, which seems to mean you can go 120 MPH if you want without penalty. So if you get to Montreal in four hours while hitting the checkpoints you're fine. Most rallies I've seen that aren't the Gumball Rally award points for cars that hit the checkpoints at precise times while following precise routes. Not this one.

GOP

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:44:56 -0500

How about making it so the winner is the car that gets there closest to the time it takes to driver from NYC to Montreal without going over the speed limit? Otherwise, this race rewards those that speed and put other drivers in danger. I wouldn't want that on my conscience, cat.

mattcarman

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:25:35 -0500

Rocking / hella / cats? Yeesh.

donner

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:24:08 -0500

"A hella low entry cost"? Are you footing the gas bills as well? Even if you are, how on EARTH can you justify this hella high waste of fuel? Please.

Supreme

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:05 -0500

Sigh. All the hate is truly surprising... I really don't understand where the perceived douchebaggery of the event stems from. We're rocking a simple and fun event, with a hella low entry cost (particularly if you compare to other rally events) and planned over a weekend so it can be accessible to everyone...and suddenly cats are hating as if we were trying to create a super-being, bent on world domination, out of the DNA of Hitler, Ghengis Khan, Attila the Hun, Napoleon and Rasputin. Man, I just can't do anything right. I'm currently naked, curled up in the fetal postition and crying uncontrollably. Thanks a lot, Gothamist.

mrguy

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:01:01 -0500

a bunch of douchebags with money to burn racing to montreal in rented cars to get drunk and drive back the next day. I cannot foresee any problems.

TKaisen

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:44:39 -0500

Can I just take Rte 9 all the way up so I can avoid going to Jersey?

JenChungsBra

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:37:59 -0500

Of course it's the tits. It always come down to the tits.

kurteye

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:37:24 -0500

WTF? Canada can't have a "real city"? As a former New Yorker, I gotta say Montreal has it over NYC in so many ways. I live exactly half-way between the two, and I'd choose to go to Montreal any day.

Dirk

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:30:55 -0500

I hope hilarity ensues like in Cannonball Run.

mocanlagunas

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:23:02 -0500

doh, and you can bring your own car... lame...

citizenerased

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:22:01 -0500

Worst idea ever. Who are these tw@s?

CR

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:12:46 -0500

Cue up: UK Subs "New York State Police". Seriously, someone forward this the Troopers.