The lads' outing in question is known around the world and in the right circles as the Gumball 3000 Rally. Its route varies from one year to another, but the event itself is perhaps best described as the biggest concentration of high-octane eccentricity to ever put wheels to tarmac. The prizes bear no relation to the cost of entry and range in the desirability stakes from a bronze bust of Burt Reynolds to a small gumball machine - with gumballs.

In the profile stakes, the Gumball's unadorned vehicles appeal to every sense, visceral, cerebral and otherwise. Catching a glimpse of one car as it scorches its mpression on a motorway is one thing, seeing the whole field go past is quite another. But that's in part what the Gumball 3000 is about - that and the celebrity that's attached to piloting an eyecatching super-car around the Gumball's route. As anyone who has ever wrapped a vehicle in printed vinyl knows, the process is an amalgam of finesse, brutality and sheer persistence... [ » ]

Wrapping ten or so cars in digitally printed, self adhesive vinyl is a decent enough job to land. At the very least, it presents the opportunity to add a zero to the end of the invoice you'd send for your single car rate. If you'd like to understand how it feels though, to have your conventional grasp of what a bunch of cars may be worth have several zeros added to it, you should speak to Richard Clark at Raccoon in Edenbridge.

Lamborghini Gallardo, Lamborghini Murcielago, McLaren SLR, Ferrari… and so every red-blooded boy's wish-list continues. The cars have a couple of things in common. Their respective owners have entered them in what must be the ultimate lads' outing, and they all need wrapping in digitally printed vinyl so as to elevate their already stellar profiles even further skyward.