Need the help of 25,000 ExploreOz users

Dream on! :)

Yep, probably would take 5 mil to make a ranger compeditive lol.

Heat stroke manifests itself in many ways. Dehydration, then delusion. More water Gazz!

Hey, Gazz - It look to me, like there's quite a few extra zero's in your figuring - have you been involved with setting the U.S. Budget figures lately??

I reckon you might get 20 EO users to contribute $2 each towards your Dakar attempt - and that's probably just enough to buy some cans of Amber liquid, so you can suck on them, while you watch the Dakar on TV!! LOL

P.S. - Do they even let Fords attempt the Dakar?? LOL

Cheers, Ron.

Mate I'm in.
Had similar thoughts tonight as I watched the Dakar Peru but might I suggest an alternative and something infinitely more achievable.....FINKE!

Already sort of done that (from the stands) but a well prepared Arctic Cat side by side....I know where there is one ready to go :-).

Gday
Well you arnt going without me as genrral layabout and fixit if at all possible
And my $2.00 is in the mail

Mate im in, send me your bank details,lol,

There are a few negative replies from non believers. I truly belive that you can win this event with enough suppost. To show my confidence ...post your fax number and I will fax you 200 x $100 notes . That should help!!!

No RMD..I trust him. Besides if he needs more money I can just photocopy some more and fax it to him. No problems......

Dear Mr Gazz - It has com to my atention that yu are in need of some seerious amounts of financhul funding.

I hav to advize yu that yu ar in luck. I am a Nigerian Prince, Prince Shehu Ahebi Adetokunbo Adenuga the IVth, and I am in need of help to get $26 billion Nigerian Nairas (US$71,637,672 dolars) out of escrow in Uganda.

This monies is monies left to me by a 32nd cousins uncle, who banked the monies in Uganda, to avoid seveer taxes in Nigeria.

Unfortunately, seveerly corrupt bank officials in Uganda are now demanding US$1,000,000 dolars to release the monies to me.

I need yor help to bribe these seveerly corrupt Ugandan officials, and you can do that by sending me your bank deetails, computers passwords, scanned copy of your drivers licence, and tax file numba - so I can deposit US$1,000,000 dolars in your bank account, to pay theese severly corrupt Ugandan officials.

By doing this transakshun this way, it ensures there is no link to me paying off these severly corrupt Ugandan officials.

To reward you for the use of yor bank account to pay these officials, I will include an additional $5,000,0000 Australian Dolars in my deposit as payment for yor services in dealin with these severly corrupt Ugandan officials.

I trust you will act with alacritty and help me in this payment endeavour, and thereby also acquire the funding you need for yor Dakar attempt.
Please treet this request as urgent, I await yor immeediate reply with all your personal and banking details.
Yu can contact me anytime on my discreet Yahoo email address - nigeerianscam@yahoo.com

Yours in complete honesty,

Prince Shehu Ahebi Adetokunbo Adenuga the IVth

Hmm. I'm mid-way through reading (for the 3rd time) Charley Boorman's book of his Dakar attempt.
It's much, much easier watching it on tv.
Just putting it out there...

:)

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OK, I'm in Gazz.

Do you accept PayPal?

I'll happily contribute 200 Zimbabwe dollars! :)

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Here you are Gazza. My compliments. Copy off as many as you need.

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Fair dinkum, this forum IS different to most 4WD forums.

Howdy All

From Allan B ..." Fair dinkum, this forum IS different to most 4WD forums."

Looks like most people on here understand my sense of humour and could see that I was just having a bit of fun. I love the Dakar and have been following it almost since it started in the late 70's ?? I was going to start the thread with
" who watches the Dakar " but opted for the funny side instead as I like to put a bit of humour into a way too serious world !!!

After it left Africa and went to South America ( Chili, Bolivia and Peru ) I watched from home and was fascinated by the countryside, the people and especially the sand hills of Peru - I just want to drive across them !! So I did some research last year on some Dakar Tours and found a couple that were what I was after and started getting serious about making plans for the 2020 event. But Dakar organizers are currently in negotiations to get the Dakar back to Africa next year, so should that happen I won't go to Africa but will still go to South America for a holiday and hopefully arrange a drive through those unbelievable sand hills !

Now, not sure how to say this without sounding big headed but here it is anyway - a few years ago I spent two weeks driving with and alongside 5 time Dakar driver and 8 time Australian Safari driver Shusei Yamada and he said to me on more than one occasion that I should be racing rallies - something about I read the track and its conditions so quickly, perfectly and choose the best lines !
I guess this comes from racing dirt bikes for ten years and riding them for 30 years - made the podium at the Australian Championships one year and would have won the title the following year but suffered a mechanical breakdown one minute before the finish line, but as Dick Johnson always used to say - that's motor racing !!

So I hope you fabulous folk on here understand where I'm coming from and I hope I didn't waste space on this site with my post ?? I loved all the replies and had a good laugh.

I'm way too old to ride a bike in the Dakar but if anyone has a spare 5 mill then I would be happy to represent ExploreOz in a vehicle of your choice and would give it my best shot - as I have always done !

Allan B - you'd probably have half a mill in lost change under your couch cushions wouldn't you ??


Cheers

Gazz

Great post. I have been sharing the fun with my wife. I too have watched the Dakar for many years and the young Aussie motor bike rider from Queensland currently winning is an inspration to all.

My friend runs QMP near Boonah and Toby regularly practices there. He told me before this years evant he was booked in for some promotional stuff but they(red bull) canceled as Toby needed to rest the wrist. A great outcome if he wins again.

Yee Haa

Well done Toby Price - you are an absolute champion !!!