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[quote][i]Originally posted by richard_syko[/i] Also from extreme. Gadgets on Gumball 3000 As we cruise north through Italy on the final straight of the Gumball 3000, here's a look at seven absolutely amazing modifications and gadgets on this year's rally, in rough order of practicality. 1. The ice cream van is fully functioning, so although it's not necessarily a modification, the ability to make ice creams at any time is still a ridiculous gadget. 2. 888.com's stretched Hummer has a not-so-minibar, enough seats for about ten people and a sick entertainment system with plasma screens and game consoles. If blacked out windows could talk... 3. Bez's van has an orgasm chair in the back of it. This is probably the most incredible gadget on the rally - it's a leather seat almost made of speakers, designed for the sensual women. Custom audio specialists Fuel lent the van to Bez because his pimped out taxi is three weeks behind schedule. That's due to have a mixing desk in the pack and be powered by a 5.5litre chevy engine, but no word yet as to whether Bez is going to get an orgasm chair. [img]http://www.extreme.com/expics/gumball2005_rome_bez_org-chair.jpg[/img] 4. Richie Warren is the owner of Fuel (www.liquidinjuredhearing.com) and had been on five Gumball 3000s. He's travelling in a Dodge Challenger with a deafening 5000 watt sound system in, including a set of speakers that rise up on hydraulics out of the bootspace like a spoiler. Richie's car fits him perfectly; it's rock n' roll at it's rawest - completely trashed inside with CD's, porn and screwed up maps all over the place. Gotta love the fact he spent £20,000 installing audio equipment but didn't bother with a fancy GPS system. 5. The Maclaren SLR, many say is the most prestigious car on the rally, has a full cloaking device. It's not your run of the mill radar detectors, it's an invisibility shield you'd expect the US military to use. This probably helped him get away with a ruthless 216 mph blast in Croatia. [img]http://www.extreme.com/expics/gumball2005_rome_SLR.jpg[/img] 6. Remy's Mercedes CLK DTM is one step away from a Death Star, with more electronics in it than Dixons and none of it for show. He's got a rear view camera piped through to an LCD screen on the dash, to save using the mirrors. It has an onboard PC with broadband internet access, which he uses to get new tunes when he's bored of his CDs, and it did have a CB but he ripped the aerial off because the extra drag was costing him 4mph off the top end (around 195mph). Like lots of the Gumballers he has a videocamera bolted to the dash, but I doubt many of them went to the trouble of getting an image stabilisation mounting for it. And although he has so many radar detectors, reflectors and scramblers that when he pulls into motorway services the toilets stop automatically flushing, and he also has a pair of binoculars for the passenger to spot cops with. It may seem ridiculous but at 180 mph he covers a mile every 20 seconds! [img]http://www.extreme.com/expics/gumball2005_rome_remysCLK.jpg[/img] 7. You could write a book about Alex's cop car. It has a lot of the features that Remy's has, but of course it's painted up like a replica Spanish police car and has working sirens, tannoy and flashing lights (which Alex uses all the time). He also has a range of cop disguises including replica cop badges from the various countries we're visiting, aswell as reels of police "road closed" tape, signs and more. [img]http://www.extreme.com/expics/gumball2005_rome_alexequip2.jpg[/img] [/quote]
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