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These seem popular, presumably with trade folk, but even for non trade types, its a nice van and tools! I'd want Makita myself but thats just a personal choice, not that i'll be entering anyway...

2020 Ford Transit Custom 320 Limited

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23k Mileage

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This Transit looks amazing in the red & is sure to turn heads wether that be on the roads or at jobs! Being that it has two rows of seats it’s super practical for the whole family or work team. Packed in the boot with Milwaukee tools this is sure to be a super popular competition! Enter now if you fancy your shot to win!

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That's annoying, you can't buy just one ticket. That's just so rigged for the rich to win.
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cheb wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:47 am That's annoying, you can't buy just one ticket.
I keep hearing the phone competition on Planet Rock where you get "3 entries for the price of 1" or something like that.

Right, OK, but if you do that for everyone the odds don't change :lol:
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cheb wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:47 am That's annoying, you can't buy just one ticket. That's just so rigged for the rich to win.
Eh? You can buy one ticket? :hmmm:
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Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:24 am
cheb wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:47 am That's annoying, you can't buy just one ticket. That's just so rigged for the rich to win.
Eh? You can buy one ticket? :hmmm:
I thought so too.... no use as it's a Crew Cab, but other than that, it's awesome.
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weeksy wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:43 am
Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:24 am
cheb wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:47 am That's annoying, you can't buy just one ticket. That's just so rigged for the rich to win.
Eh? You can buy one ticket? :hmmm:
I thought so too.... no use as it's a Crew Cab, but other than that, it's awesome.
Sell teh seats and put a bulkhead in? If you won it for 99p...
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Black Friday deal on the Lambo! As it's national testosterone day (seriously) today, I'll have a tenners worth! :thumbup:

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Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:11 pm
weeksy wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:43 am
Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:24 am

Eh? You can buy one ticket? :hmmm:
I thought so too.... no use as it's a Crew Cab, but other than that, it's awesome.
Sell teh seats and put a bulkhead in? If you won it for 99p...
I had a crew cab and there's a bit more to it than that, not as simple as you'd expect.
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You can buy one ticket, specifically you can have a basket containing one ticket, but you have to put two tickets in the basket and then take one out.

I didn't complete the deal as I'm a tightwad.
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1200 bhp Datsun! :shock:

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This build cost in excess of £100,000 worth of mods excluding the car price!

Looking almost completely stock from the outside you wouldn’t know this had ever been modified at all besides those epic Volk TE37SLs. The subtle Blue on black colour scheme also adds to the ‘sleeper’ status, making this a completely underestimated machine. Fancy your chance at winning this? Enter now!

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A brace of Lambos and £5k or £250k! for 99p, well possibly. :hmmm:

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Cheaper tickets but worse odds obvs. Might as well risk a £1.99 ticket? Fortune favours the bold and all that...

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Not sure why, but i have 0 interest in the money ones, even if decent odds and cheap. The concept of getting a lovely built van, yeah i'm in.... but entering for a pile of money just doesn't excite me, even though i could of course use it to buy the van :D
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weeksy wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:48 am Not sure why, but i have 0 interest in the money ones, even if decent odds and cheap. The concept of getting a lovely built van, yeah i'm in.... but entering for a pile of money just doesn't excite me, even though i could of course use it to buy the van :D
I'm the opposite! I'm only in it for the cash and really only do the ones with cash alternatives, or a big cash prize.That sid I'd keep a motorhome. We was actually talking about this at work yesterday. My colleague loves supercars and enters the competitions for those only. I've tried to explain that even if he wins it'd bankrupt him trying to run one, but he says he'd run it until it went wrong then ebay it as salvage if needed! :D
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£250k for the winner and 250k for the bookie, they must love those odds.
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Mussels wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:34 am £250k for the winner and 250k for the bookie, they must love those odds.
They certainly aren't poorer for the experience!
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I suspect even the insurance on a supercar would bankrupt many people, if they can get insured at all :lol:

One of the employee scheme cars at work is £85k to buy normally, but there was a very brief period when you could have bagged one for 18 months at £400pcm.

Several of my colleagues started the application but quickly withdrew it when they realised what the insurance was like. And that's "only" 85k.
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Good comp this one. Any guesses as to what the mystery cars are? X5 nd a ?

"Both Sets of car keys will be placed in a locked box and will only be revealed after a winner has been announced live on the 26th November"

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McLaren 570 I think (or 540, same shape).

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