The Madness of the Gumball 3000 Grid Lock

As we entered the parking garage, I couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. The instructions had been clear: drive straight through and keep moving out of the way. But as we navigated the crowded grid, it quickly became apparent that this was not going to be an easy task. The crowds were dense, with people milling about everywhere, and the chaos was palpable.

I turned the engine off when the security guard told us to turn around because I couldn't go anywhere. We were trying to make our way through the grid, but it seemed like every car in front of us was just sitting there, refusing to budge. The instructions had been clear: we were supposed to be moving at a steady pace, but now it seemed like everyone was just waiting for someone else to move.

As I looked around, I saw people sprinting after the cars, their faces contorted with determination. It was like they were trying to catch up to us, as if we were some kind of prize that had gotten away. I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. Who were these people, and why were they so desperate to catch up to us?

Despite the chaos, we managed to navigate our way through the grid, albeit slowly. We finally emerged on the other side, gasping for air, and looking around in confusion. The crowds had dissipated somewhat, but there were still plenty of cars parked haphazardly around us.

As I looked over at my co-pilot, I could see that he was just as perplexed as I was. We were both trying to wrap our heads around the events of the past hour or so. How did it all get so out of hand? And what exactly had happened while we were stuck in the grid?

We pulled over and shut off the engine, taking a moment to collect ourselves. It was clear that this had been one of those days where everything just went wrong. But as I looked around at the sea of cars and the people milling about, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement. This was, after all, the Gumball 3000.

We spent the next hour or so unpacking the van and prepping for our next leg of the journey. We were headed to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where we would be swapping out of the Zenbo that had been with us since the beginning. It was a car that had become an extension of ourselves, and I couldn't wait to see what it could do.

As we worked, I couldn't help but think about all the other cars that were waiting for us at our next destination. There was the SLS Black Series, which had been with us since day one. And then there were the other cars - the Escapade, the DD, and Arias - each one a unique and exciting addition to our little convoy.

As we finished up our preparations and prepared to head off into the night, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at the sheer scale of this event. The Gumball 3000 was more than just a car rally - it was an experience, a journey, a spectacle. And as I looked out at the sea of cars and people, I knew that we were in for a wild ride.

The SLS Black Series: A Car of Epic Proportions

As I gazed over at the SLS Black Series, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at its sheer presence. It was like a behemoth had emerged from the shadows, its sleek lines and imposing stance sending a shiver down my spine.

I had done about 1,650 miles in this car so far, and it had been an incredible experience. From the moment we picked it up in Edinburgh to the present day, it had been a thrill ride like no other. And as I looked at it now, parked quietly in the garage waiting for our next leg of the journey, I knew that it was something special.

The SLS Black Series was more than just a car - it was an experience. It was a statement piece, a showstopper, a car that turned heads wherever we went. And as I looked at it now, I couldn't help but feel grateful to have had the opportunity to drive such an incredible machine.

But despite its impressive credentials, the SLS Black Series was also more than just a pretty face. It was a car with real performance capabilities, capable of accelerating from 0-60mph in under 3 seconds and producing over 700 horsepower. And as I gazed at it now, I knew that we were going to be able to push it to its limits on our journey to Amsterdam.

As the night wore on and the crowds began to thin out, we pulled the SLS Black Series into position for the big swap tomorrow morning. It was a car that would play a starring role in our next adventure, and I couldn't wait to see what it had in store for us.

The Crowds Dissipate: A Brief Moment of Peace

As the night wore on, the crowds began to dissipate, leaving behind a sense of calm and quiet. We pulled up a spot and shut off the engine, taking a moment to collect ourselves after the chaos of the previous hour or so.

For a brief moment, it was just us - my co-pilot and I - parked in silence amidst the sea of cars. The city sounds faded away, replaced by an eerie stillness that seemed to wrap itself around our little convoy like a shroud.

It was a moment of peace, a brief respite from the chaos of the day. And as we sat there, listening to the only sound being the distant hum of engines and the quiet murmur of the city, I couldn't help but feel grateful for this little moment of calm.

But even as we basked in the silence, I knew that it was fleeting. Tomorrow would bring its own set of challenges and adventures, and I couldn't wait to see what lay ahead.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys I'm shmee hello and welcome back to the channel today is day one of Gumball 3000 2023 we're going from here in Edinburgh all the way to Montenegro over the next week but today we're kickstarting on George Street for the first leg of my rally with six cars over the six days today driving in the Zenvo tsrs we're here on the grid it's ahead of the start the cars are about to get underway for today down via our checkpoint at Ripley Castle to the drive-through Grid at batsy Power Station in London we have a hundred Gumball supercars there's a load of atmosphere this is going to be a crazy day it's now my ninth time on the rally and I've brought out the big guns the zenbo tsrs is here for Gumball 3000 so let's gear up let's get ready today Gumball gets moving it's the first leg of the 2023 Gumball 3000. foreign cars on the rally this year if we come on through past just some of them that you can see Max the founder of Gumball driving in his xj220s come a little bit further through check out what we've got right here Mark McCann with the svj with the roof box we've got the new contact the old contact the wire the two regiras there are about three or four Bugattis taking part as well this is just this section of the grid we need to head up towards the start as well to watch everything unfolding to see the cars heading on out we've got quite a few plans ourselves as well loads of fun things in the car for the grid to get well a little bit of entertainment as we make our way through so let's go check it all out this is it this is Gumball these are the cars at the front of the grid then the top ten that race the most for the Gumball 3000 Foundation the Rolls-Royce Ghost of Team Texas Express followed by the AMG GT Black Series in the bright magma beam third up we have the Ferrari f8 Spider just here then we get to my friends team Skookum in the 812 super fast on it for the fifth rally in this very car next we've got team Relic bringing a slice of America to the grid there we go all Scottish with the Scottish flag on the Aston Martin DBS Superior we've then got the Lamborghini Urus if we keep coming through we've got the Ferrari 812 GTS we've got the Rolls-Royce Wraith we've got the GT3 RS we've got the GT3 we've got another Urus we've got loads of cars loads of crowd this is obviously where it's all hotting up everybody's getting excited for the rally that is ahead I cannot wait for this this is it the cars are going to begin the Rolls-Royce Ghost is going to kick things off but you know what we've got some T-shirts here who wants a t-shirt well guys what about this side who wants a t-shirts let's get some of these out there anybody over here oh straight over the top let's get come on right what else do we have we've got some Flags these are going to be harder to give out let me see what I can do we're giving out some of these over here I got some Flags guys we've got the flags we've got the t-shirts we've got well we've also got the uh the confetti shooter I don't know how this is gonna go but we're gonna give it a go and basically see what happens we already Make some noise first car off the grid team Texas Express unbelievable effort as they made their way down the grid I feel a little bit bad for popping this off in front of them but hey it's all in the fun of Gumball 3000 right we're gonna see all the cars now well highlights of the cars coming through and then it's Gumball 3000 it's underway now it's officially on I think team Skookum are going to get a confetti Captain as well that car's been living at this Museum let's wait for the flag to wave foreign tic this car looks amazing I'm yet to drive one but cannot wait until I manage to get behind the wheel of a new gt3s sounds good of course we have our stickers with the same design Edinburgh supporter Montenegro team 115. six cars with six stars 24 parts of the second flag the 24th Gumball this is obviously going on she wrote from petal headlines car when he comes on through wait wait wait wait wait see you guys look at that thing absolutely enormous every bit the parts as it comes down to Gumball 3000 grit I think it's one of the coolest cars still to this day and the Livery suits it so well I'll work there's a landmo in town team 164 is Mark McCann Marvin McCann has his SBJ with Valley lights with a roof box with a crazy exhaust this thing the rock box is absolutely filthy doors up looking Mega and of course we're ready to make a scene on this year's gunball oh my goodness all right I should turn around though because we have the stunning Lamborghini Countach the car that we went out with the other day it is here it is ready they are going to have a whale of a time look at this the all-white Pagani Huayra team 43 I believe taking part in the first leg of this rally they'll be driving down to London some of the cars obviously doing different parts some people like myself swapping between cars as we go but they're off they're on the move and followed by two Koenigseggs we have Mr jww driving in the Koenigsegg regera heading out with this car today team 14 lovely color scheme the blue over the orange leather interior the second regera rolls through then after that we're gonna have a lot of noise again a lot of noise following afterwards CDE launch control of the start lights what not so loud really loud it's all happening at once let's hope he can make it oh sweet oh I love that all the signatures over the car as well not one Bugatti Chiron but two Bugatti chirons on the start line here coming through together it is time let's start this up here we go okay we don't want to miss the uh start just because we weren't quite ready so we're out we're rolling up it's start time here in Edinburgh in the zenbo hi everyone this is all around Madness to be here see you later guys wow the crew are absolute stars with everything they do through here we'll go around that little bump everyone Paul we've waited until the end we've seen all the cars out we're going to get our little moment when we get to the front as well make a cool photo but uh through we roll up to the start look at this look at the excitement of this the grid the checkpoint the craziness she loves Edinburgh Edinburgh do we love shmee thank you everyone thank you very much so I will see you in London see you there right we are going through okie dokie and we have the support and we're gonna hop out just up here to go and uh get ourselves the shots craziness Madness that's the end of the Grid it's time for us to hop in and head onwards to Ripley Castle onwards to London thank you everyone all right let's go we're on the way out then here we go thanks everyone I can try either thank you very much here we go look at this as we head off George Street past the crowds we are basically the last cars here as we make our way out high fives Gumball is officially underway we've got a green light here we can go straight there sorry I missed that high five I'm trying my best as we go down towards Princess Street and then we go straight through here gosh there must be some amazing photos from the photographers that are here I cannot believe the craziness of this the absolute craziness of this oh yeah how's it going how's it going these are oh how's it been crazy yeah has it been crazy here yeah yeah yeah we're the last we're the very end and we're off oh my gosh look another Ferrari in 812. just casually going past because we come through here look at this look at the crowd look at the people oh gosh that was a noisy bike this is utterly absurd as we make our way out of Edinburgh we're right at the back we've got a lot of catching up to do there are a lot of people here but we're on the move we have started we've got the van in tow this is it Gumball is underway the rally has begun let's go leg one down to London as we head out of the city this is where I can answer a question a lot of you guys ask me which is to do with the roots that we're going to take now Gumball is effectively set off get given a card and set their NAB to wherever they're going now in the group that we have everyone shares their location and the majority of gumballers have gone down the coastal side to the east of England or east of Scotland and then down towards the east of England whereas our Navigation always because this car has the built-in Apple iPad literally with Waze on it which is the most fabulous solution ever for this kind of thing it's taking us down the M1 slightly more to the West which means we'll miss gumballers but should be a few minutes quicker now I don't know what that means and this is always the wave because basically when we get to the end of the grid they give us a root card tells us where we're going we set our navs and everyone just goes so we don't know in advance which route basically we're going to take it's down to traffic and we've heard there are tons of police on the other roads so I'm quite happy if this route gives us a little bit more of a peaceful Journey should we say down towards Ripley castle and the checkpoint that we have today um obviously in the in the sunshine some lovely weather which is much better than we ever expected to be completely honest some bikes and an AMG GT that are following hence all of the noises but yeah out of Edinburgh we'll uh hopefully get things set up we might have a quick stop so we need to move some stuff between the cars a few bits of organization we could have been more on top of and then it's just onwards we've got three and a half hours from here obviously we'll need some fuel in the checkpoint along the way until Ripley Castle we've made our way out of the city center then but because we're on a slightly different route it means we're not going to see everyone else for a short while in the meantime we're going to have some nice Country Roads hey this is hilland I know that place that's the dry ski slope we're back in my University days we would come every year for the British dry ski slope championships fun times I remember that well um up the hillside there all of the chaos that ensued with that but hey this time around and in fact funny story I brought my BMW 1 series that I had at the time up with a big gumball sticker on the side and here we are in Edinburgh with the Zenvo with gumball stickers on the side mind blown at that I love that I love that anyway we're here obviously there's a lot of traffic um aware that gumballers are all over the place and most of today is going to be the second half and they're running towards London that's where the real excitement I think is going to be and see which cars we find along the way obviously uh which cars are going to be joining us for the next legs but to bring this on Gumball is like crazy dream come true it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense um obviously we're in the UK my home country my home license kind of gotta respect that um as we make our way down today but nonetheless it's gonna be fun it's gonna be really fun we'll have a quick stop at Ripley Castle when we get there um we'll have to have lunch before we're not waiting until well this says 4 45 4 46. we're not waiting until then to get ourselves to lunch I have a few angry people in our team if we do that those noises those supercharging noises are such a beast we're driving this Enron Gumball we've just had a very impromptu stop to reshuffle some things um in the van but we've got beautiful scenery all around us in fact look at these Hills all around pretty spectacular really just gonna wait for a gap in the traffic then we've got um clear Road right so off we go clear National speed limit Scottish Road although town in front but still this thing's absolutely nuts you you can't give it full beans I I tried the other day and scary scary as we go down these lovely lovely roads I'm going to pop the gearbox into race mode this is the thing with this car is that it's so astonishingly fast if I slow it down for a second down into second gear open road here just to do a small acceleration it's frankly ludicrous I can't hold my foot in it and I can't I mean we're in the UK on these kind of roads I mean it's a lovely road don't get me wrong but it's so fast the noise of the supercharger just you have to short shift just because it builds up immensely quickly and I did actually take this car for a run on the Autobahn and my word it's it's another like category of car but I didn't make a video one day I will take it to the Autobarn and show you exactly what it's like when you really do go through all of the gears but look at this look at how wonderful this is look at the scenery we're driving through man you're very aware of what you've got your hands on when you drive something like this very very very aware and then of course you arrive back towards the village speed limit's about to drop down to 40. slow it down back into Road mode on the gearbox and it's actually surprisingly usable and docile I think I always expected that this car would be way more brutal when you're like not have the ability to drive gently don't get me wrong it's very very firm but like this is it's actually quite nice it's actually quite Pleasant there's not a whole lot of storage space but you know I don't think you're driving this to take a load of luggage with you it just does its thing really quite nicely and when you do want to get a sense of what it can do buy heck does it let you know and you know it's not necessarily about driving 1 200 horsepower everywhere because it's stupid it's about what the car can do and the emotion that it gives you along the way this is quite fun we're crossing a bridge because of our unusual room how's it going oh dear I've missed the light I've missed the light oh wow those guys got the photo this is a very pleasant surprise look who we have found turbo transport Tony of course brought this up and is part of our mission effort to get back home again how funny is that I say to get back home to get all of these cars on the road around Europe the whole Adventure we are very close to the checkpoint now I'm trying to find some fuel because we are particularly low so we'll solve that problem first I hope these guys aren't lost maybe turning around entirely sure God that sounds cool off the walls that sounds ridiculous actually if I drop it into race mode second gear to third gear is just absurd proper proper kick so where are we going not too far from here well look at this we've arrived this is where loads of people are out and around I'm not entirely sure how this is going to go or even if this checkpoint is still open because of the time of day that it is but there are a lot of people here and we've arrived with the zembo look gumballers trying to work out which way to go how you doing we are oh look that's the kuntash kuntash driving out epic followed by old kuntash we're obviously stuck on the roundabout waiting for them which is quite funny um I'm hoping we're going to be able to go in and just quickly pop in even if it's literally a drive-through drive through and go type thing maybe that's probably what we're uh what we're going to be looking at here thank you no worries this is pretty busy as I think everyone kind of expected it was going to be hey there hi there oh gosh this is pretty crazy as we knew it kind of would be oh this is crazy anybody who hasn't been here has missed out this and has missed out on these people being able to see the cars hi there thank you hey guys this is really cool this is really really cool let's hey nice oh yes we've got some Flags to hand out to people hey guys oh we'll be stopping out I can't reach hey there where are we at where do we go we have to go through here this is pretty tight so we have the lift system up yes I think this is literally a stop and go now maybe we pull in for five seconds we must have five seconds Matt Armstrong is here Euros is here let's let's do this really quickly we've just had the world's quickest checkpoint we drove in jumped out the car food and stuff was too far away so we jumped back in the car because we want to make the London grid before it closes it's gonna be like touch and go as it is just gotta hope we can do it unfortunately no way to know in advance fingers and toes crossed at the moment but um it's a little bit frantic that grid was crazy so many people here and I'm sorry guys to everyone here that we've had to just basically rush through that we haven't been able to stop we've got our flags obviously that we've been handing out some but unfortunately it's literally arrive go it's that quick because we don't want to miss London tonight oh yeah this is all a little bit crazy but we can add out some of these and if you want one of those go for it all right we are off we're off got it whoa that was a mad couple of minutes super busy super frantic super crazy am I gonna go into race mode it's because we can we're back to join the motorway we've actually managed to find the yellow 296 here um the only problem is the nav ETA is 2130 and we know we're going to need another fuel stop and we would have liked to have swung by this Museum which is kind of on the route from here um that that would add 15 minutes and that might mean missing the grid so I'm not entirely sure how we do this right now but actually slip Road time to do a bit of this fireballs and then the supercharger noises oh it's a hot day it's a wild ride I don't know how this is gonna go day one of Gumball 3000 it's always quite unpredictable we've got another Gumball car with us the Viper green GT3 slowing down a moment as it comes through so I can get guys looking very good flat six oh that was nice the sound of that through that through the tunnel was very very nice this is not what we want look at this weather I think it's about to get really nasty we've been hearing from other gun Ballers that the rain in front of us is the epitome of thunderstorm and obviously if that happens we need to take it really quite carefully in here for the legs in towards London and all of this is obviously chasing time you can see there's been some more traffic it now says 21 45 which would be too late for this evening's festivities so that's kind of annoying um if this gets any worse we're gonna have to back off quite dramatically so let's hope let's hope it doesn't let's hope we can make it through here without too much drama it's getting worse it's literally speak we do have cup twos on here you can have cup two hours I opted not to have the cup two hours because I knew that I'd use it mostly for road driving like this but um concerning very very concerning at this moment in time just don't know how this is going to go now well this is fun we found a traffic jam on the M1 there are two routes for the southern part down the A1 M and down the M1 and both of them have traffic some of the earlier groups went down the A1 reported traffic there and then now there's I don't know what's in front of us here but I guess the good news is on the nav it's not too far in front of us um I really like this I know a lot of people have said why but like even the new Ferrari for a sandwich doesn't have a built-in now that uses Apple carplay or Android auto this is such a clever way of having the best navigation system on a big screen that's easy to use boom and you can have your Spotify on there you can have your whatever on there just works just easy peasy without Zenvo having to go and make some proprietary system that's absolute junk which is what happens generally with these kind of systems when small manufacturers try and make one just doesn't work it's not worth it well look over here we've got Mr McCann in the svj and I'm going to do my best to try and get over that way with opposite side at the moment skip some Lanes well we're behind the raw box to be honest right now my front windscreen looks like a rock box it's so dirty it's so so dirty let me try and give this a little clean we have just discovered how you make this car flame big time you might remember how much it was flaming on SOC you get those powerful explosions from behind it's aggressive it's very aggressive I I'm blown away by this I mean see some outside stuff the funny thing about this is that these are such familiar roads but in our liveryed up Gumball cars this is a route I know very very well driving in and out of London that we have always grown up in the countryside behind us coming in and out of here but now in Livery Gumball Rally cars this is ridiculous after all of those flames after all of those absolutely mad flames so cool this is crazy we're on Oxford Street this is Marble Arch we're making our way around very familiar areas we're gonna go down Park Lane got Mark right behind look at this everybody's jumped out with the cameras I mean actually asembo has been here before because we did drive this car around town before but it's not a very common thing hey guys this is pretty cool across the bridge that view all around us in both directions London by night we're in the center of the big city we're kind of in the middle of the lane because we've lost the pink Van London Eye over that way loads of famous buildings around us I mean this is yeah Vauxhall Bridge we're crossing over into Vauxhall what a place what a view it's been a long day and it's not we're not quite done yet but what a cool way to really get the zemba on the move like my first long drive with it 450 or so miles we still gotta go through the grid that isn't really a grid and then to the parking garage and then somewhere we're going to be joined by an SLS I I don't know where that is I need to actually figure this one out somehow this is getting very crazy it's dark of course there are lots of people around oh my God that's the power station this is the crowd um because it's night hey yeah okay this is pretty wild we're gonna drive straight through keep moving out the way guys this isn't just the oil move out of the way oh there we go there's the sto DS1 obviously Mark is behind us I guess we're probably about to turn right up here I'm not entirely sure how this works absolute chaos I feel like I'm in Italy or Spain or something right now thank you very much appreciate it because guys be safe out there guys oh my gosh there are a lot of people out even though the grid is officially closed how's it going all right where do we go what do we do that's the sound of the svj behind oh my goodness this is crazy I think we go right through here this is pretty mad right now I mean admittedly we're in traffic there's a car in front that's not going anywhere but um this is absolutely ridiculous I'm just gonna keep the windows close for the moment until we've been able to kind of drive through the grid a little bit until we've got somewhere a little a little bit calmer Maybe maybe not I don't really know how this works what's happening in front of us this is strange we're finally out of that little bit of chaos it's slightly more organized up here slightly more organized oh my goodness okay oh my goodness I'm just gonna get out of here well it seems that we're gonna try and turn around and try and Escape so let's get this started everyone's gonna shout rare bit I'll burn someone's leg well this is chaos very funny way this is absolutely gone over the top I I have no words for this the security guard was like you tried to run me over I'm like I turned the engine off when you told me to to try and turn around because I couldn't go anywhere oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness I think there's an SLS behind me but in the mirror we've just got a load of people walking there are literally people running after us hey they're sprinting that's that I mean I I right now I don't know what's going on I'm so confused I'm so confused by that I hope the cars all fine we're not gonna send it we're gonna take it easy that was an experience that was an experience and a half that was an absolute confusing experience and a half while we're driving on the south side of the River Thames over there you've got Big Ben House of Parliament it's a bit of a cruise now we're gonna go up towards Waterloo that's basically where the cars are being parked tonight this has been Madness I cannot stress enough how mad this has been we're now parked up in the garage in fact regera is just parking up there at the moment Gumball cars everywhere everyone's a bit hot and tired after this day but obviously we now have the SLS Black Series day two's car we're going to be swapping out of the zenbo that's going to be staying here in London because we're going to drive over to Amsterdam in the Netherlands tomorrow in the SLS Black Series car two of my six car Escapade for this year's Gumball 3000 and then I I'll explain more of the logistics as we go because it might sound simple all you do is take six cars but my word the planning the insurance the truck that goes slower than the cars obviously the truck has had to pre-travel in advance of us to go and get everything there the whole thing has just been Mega today has been long you know what's really cool though I know there are a lot of haters when it comes to things like this zembo's here zembo's rocking and rolling and those Flames were Epic those Flames are absolutely epic oh what a cool car I've done about 1 650 miles in it now oh yeah crazy experience really crazy experience anyway let's unpack the van let's unpack everything for the night let's wrap this one up svj coming DD are probably going to be here soon Arias are going to hurt we don't want to be here for that right now because this garage is way too claustrophobic so we'll pack things up thank you very much for watching guys it's been the most ridiculous day we've gone from Edinburgh we popped into Ripley Castle we went to the battery power station it was Carnage and now we're here with SWAT cars although officially we swap cars tomorrow morning thanks for watching and I'll see you again very soon tomorrow cheershi guys I'm shmee hello and welcome back to the channel today is day one of Gumball 3000 2023 we're going from here in Edinburgh all the way to Montenegro over the next week but today we're kickstarting on George Street for the first leg of my rally with six cars over the six days today driving in the Zenvo tsrs we're here on the grid it's ahead of the start the cars are about to get underway for today down via our checkpoint at Ripley Castle to the drive-through Grid at batsy Power Station in London we have a hundred Gumball supercars there's a load of atmosphere this is going to be a crazy day it's now my ninth time on the rally and I've brought out the big guns the zenbo tsrs is here for Gumball 3000 so let's gear up let's get ready today Gumball gets moving it's the first leg of the 2023 Gumball 3000. foreign cars on the rally this year if we come on through past just some of them that you can see Max the founder of Gumball driving in his xj220s come a little bit further through check out what we've got right here Mark McCann with the svj with the roof box we've got the new contact the old contact the wire the two regiras there are about three or four Bugattis taking part as well this is just this section of the grid we need to head up towards the start as well to watch everything unfolding to see the cars heading on out we've got quite a few plans ourselves as well loads of fun things in the car for the grid to get well a little bit of entertainment as we make our way through so let's go check it all out this is it this is Gumball these are the cars at the front of the grid then the top ten that race the most for the Gumball 3000 Foundation the Rolls-Royce Ghost of Team Texas Express followed by the AMG GT Black Series in the bright magma beam third up we have the Ferrari f8 Spider just here then we get to my friends team Skookum in the 812 super fast on it for the fifth rally in this very car next we've got team Relic bringing a slice of America to the grid there we go all Scottish with the Scottish flag on the Aston Martin DBS Superior we've then got the Lamborghini Urus if we keep coming through we've got the Ferrari 812 GTS we've got the Rolls-Royce Wraith we've got the GT3 RS we've got the GT3 we've got another Urus we've got loads of cars loads of crowd this is obviously where it's all hotting up everybody's getting excited for the rally that is ahead I cannot wait for this this is it the cars are going to begin the Rolls-Royce Ghost is going to kick things off but you know what we've got some T-shirts here who wants a t-shirt well guys what about this side who wants a t-shirts let's get some of these out there anybody over here oh straight over the top let's get come on right what else do we have we've got some Flags these are going to be harder to give out let me see what I can do we're giving out some of these over here I got some Flags guys we've got the flags we've got the t-shirts we've got well we've also got the uh the confetti shooter I don't know how this is gonna go but we're gonna give it a go and basically see what happens we already Make some noise first car off the grid team Texas Express unbelievable effort as they made their way down the grid I feel a little bit bad for popping this off in front of them but hey it's all in the fun of Gumball 3000 right we're gonna see all the cars now well highlights of the cars coming through and then it's Gumball 3000 it's underway now it's officially on I think team Skookum are going to get a confetti Captain as well that car's been living at this Museum let's wait for the flag to wave foreign tic this car looks amazing I'm yet to drive one but cannot wait until I manage to get behind the wheel of a new gt3s sounds good of course we have our stickers with the same design Edinburgh supporter Montenegro team 115. six cars with six stars 24 parts of the second flag the 24th Gumball this is obviously going on she wrote from petal headlines car when he comes on through wait wait wait wait wait see you guys look at that thing absolutely enormous every bit the parts as it comes down to Gumball 3000 grit I think it's one of the coolest cars still to this day and the Livery suits it so well I'll work there's a landmo in town team 164 is Mark McCann Marvin McCann has his SBJ with Valley lights with a roof box with a crazy exhaust this thing the rock box is absolutely filthy doors up looking Mega and of course we're ready to make a scene on this year's gunball oh my goodness all right I should turn around though because we have the stunning Lamborghini Countach the car that we went out with the other day it is here it is ready they are going to have a whale of a time look at this the all-white Pagani Huayra team 43 I believe taking part in the first leg of this rally they'll be driving down to London some of the cars obviously doing different parts some people like myself swapping between cars as we go but they're off they're on the move and followed by two Koenigseggs we have Mr jww driving in the Koenigsegg regera heading out with this car today team 14 lovely color scheme the blue over the orange leather interior the second regera rolls through then after that we're gonna have a lot of noise again a lot of noise following afterwards CDE launch control of the start lights what not so loud really loud it's all happening at once let's hope he can make it oh sweet oh I love that all the signatures over the car as well not one Bugatti Chiron but two Bugatti chirons on the start line here coming through together it is time let's start this up here we go okay we don't want to miss the uh start just because we weren't quite ready so we're out we're rolling up it's start time here in Edinburgh in the zenbo hi everyone this is all around Madness to be here see you later guys wow the crew are absolute stars with everything they do through here we'll go around that little bump everyone Paul we've waited until the end we've seen all the cars out we're going to get our little moment when we get to the front as well make a cool photo but uh through we roll up to the start look at this look at the excitement of this the grid the checkpoint the craziness she loves Edinburgh Edinburgh do we love shmee thank you everyone thank you very much so I will see you in London see you there right we are going through okie dokie and we have the support and we're gonna hop out just up here to go and uh get ourselves the shots craziness Madness that's the end of the Grid it's time for us to hop in and head onwards to Ripley Castle onwards to London thank you everyone all right let's go we're on the way out then here we go thanks everyone I can try either thank you very much here we go look at this as we head off George Street past the crowds we are basically the last cars here as we make our way out high fives Gumball is officially underway we've got a green light here we can go straight there sorry I missed that high five I'm trying my best as we go down towards Princess Street and then we go straight through here gosh there must be some amazing photos from the photographers that are here I cannot believe the craziness of this the absolute craziness of this oh yeah how's it going how's it going these are oh how's it been crazy yeah has it been crazy here yeah yeah yeah we're the last we're the very end and we're off oh my gosh look another Ferrari in 812. just casually going past because we come through here look at this look at the crowd look at the people oh gosh that was a noisy bike this is utterly absurd as we make our way out of Edinburgh we're right at the back we've got a lot of catching up to do there are a lot of people here but we're on the move we have started we've got the van in tow this is it Gumball is underway the rally has begun let's go leg one down to London as we head out of the city this is where I can answer a question a lot of you guys ask me which is to do with the roots that we're going to take now Gumball is effectively set off get given a card and set their NAB to wherever they're going now in the group that we have everyone shares their location and the majority of gumballers have gone down the coastal side to the east of England or east of Scotland and then down towards the east of England whereas our Navigation always because this car has the built-in Apple iPad literally with Waze on it which is the most fabulous solution ever for this kind of thing it's taking us down the M1 slightly more to the West which means we'll miss gumballers but should be a few minutes quicker now I don't know what that means and this is always the wave because basically when we get to the end of the grid they give us a root card tells us where we're going we set our navs and everyone just goes so we don't know in advance which route basically we're going to take it's down to traffic and we've heard there are tons of police on the other roads so I'm quite happy if this route gives us a little bit more of a peaceful Journey should we say down towards Ripley castle and the checkpoint that we have today um obviously in the in the sunshine some lovely weather which is much better than we ever expected to be completely honest some bikes and an AMG GT that are following hence all of the noises but yeah out of Edinburgh we'll uh hopefully get things set up we might have a quick stop so we need to move some stuff between the cars a few bits of organization we could have been more on top of and then it's just onwards we've got three and a half hours from here obviously we'll need some fuel in the checkpoint along the way until Ripley Castle we've made our way out of the city center then but because we're on a slightly different route it means we're not going to see everyone else for a short while in the meantime we're going to have some nice Country Roads hey this is hilland I know that place that's the dry ski slope we're back in my University days we would come every year for the British dry ski slope championships fun times I remember that well um up the hillside there all of the chaos that ensued with that but hey this time around and in fact funny story I brought my BMW 1 series that I had at the time up with a big gumball sticker on the side and here we are in Edinburgh with the Zenvo with gumball stickers on the side mind blown at that I love that I love that anyway we're here obviously there's a lot of traffic um aware that gumballers are all over the place and most of today is going to be the second half and they're running towards London that's where the real excitement I think is going to be and see which cars we find along the way obviously uh which cars are going to be joining us for the next legs but to bring this on Gumball is like crazy dream come true it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense um obviously we're in the UK my home country my home license kind of gotta respect that um as we make our way down today but nonetheless it's gonna be fun it's gonna be really fun we'll have a quick stop at Ripley Castle when we get there um we'll have to have lunch before we're not waiting until well this says 4 45 4 46. we're not waiting until then to get ourselves to lunch I have a few angry people in our team if we do that those noises those supercharging noises are such a beast we're driving this Enron Gumball we've just had a very impromptu stop to reshuffle some things um in the van but we've got beautiful scenery all around us in fact look at these Hills all around pretty spectacular really just gonna wait for a gap in the traffic then we've got um clear Road right so off we go clear National speed limit Scottish Road although town in front but still this thing's absolutely nuts you you can't give it full beans I I tried the other day and scary scary as we go down these lovely lovely roads I'm going to pop the gearbox into race mode this is the thing with this car is that it's so astonishingly fast if I slow it down for a second down into second gear open road here just to do a small acceleration it's frankly ludicrous I can't hold my foot in it and I can't I mean we're in the UK on these kind of roads I mean it's a lovely road don't get me wrong but it's so fast the noise of the supercharger just you have to short shift just because it builds up immensely quickly and I did actually take this car for a run on the Autobahn and my word it's it's another like category of car but I didn't make a video one day I will take it to the Autobarn and show you exactly what it's like when you really do go through all of the gears but look at this look at how wonderful this is look at the scenery we're driving through man you're very aware of what you've got your hands on when you drive something like this very very very aware and then of course you arrive back towards the village speed limit's about to drop down to 40. slow it down back into Road mode on the gearbox and it's actually surprisingly usable and docile I think I always expected that this car would be way more brutal when you're like not have the ability to drive gently don't get me wrong it's very very firm but like this is it's actually quite nice it's actually quite Pleasant there's not a whole lot of storage space but you know I don't think you're driving this to take a load of luggage with you it just does its thing really quite nicely and when you do want to get a sense of what it can do buy heck does it let you know and you know it's not necessarily about driving 1 200 horsepower everywhere because it's stupid it's about what the car can do and the emotion that it gives you along the way this is quite fun we're crossing a bridge because of our unusual room how's it going oh dear I've missed the light I've missed the light oh wow those guys got the photo this is a very pleasant surprise look who we have found turbo transport Tony of course brought this up and is part of our mission effort to get back home again how funny is that I say to get back home to get all of these cars on the road around Europe the whole Adventure we are very close to the checkpoint now I'm trying to find some fuel because we are particularly low so we'll solve that problem first I hope these guys aren't lost maybe turning around entirely sure God that sounds cool off the walls that sounds ridiculous actually if I drop it into race mode second gear to third gear is just absurd proper proper kick so where are we going not too far from here well look at this we've arrived this is where loads of people are out and around I'm not entirely sure how this is going to go or even if this checkpoint is still open because of the time of day that it is but there are a lot of people here and we've arrived with the zembo look gumballers trying to work out which way to go how you doing we are oh look that's the kuntash kuntash driving out epic followed by old kuntash we're obviously stuck on the roundabout waiting for them which is quite funny um I'm hoping we're going to be able to go in and just quickly pop in even if it's literally a drive-through drive through and go type thing maybe that's probably what we're uh what we're going to be looking at here thank you no worries this is pretty busy as I think everyone kind of expected it was going to be hey there hi there oh gosh this is pretty crazy as we knew it kind of would be oh this is crazy anybody who hasn't been here has missed out this and has missed out on these people being able to see the cars hi there thank you hey guys this is really cool this is really really cool let's hey nice oh yes we've got some Flags to hand out to people hey guys oh we'll be stopping out I can't reach hey there where are we at where do we go we have to go through here this is pretty tight so we have the lift system up yes I think this is literally a stop and go now maybe we pull in for five seconds we must have five seconds Matt Armstrong is here Euros is here let's let's do this really quickly we've just had the world's quickest checkpoint we drove in jumped out the car food and stuff was too far away so we jumped back in the car because we want to make the London grid before it closes it's gonna be like touch and go as it is just gotta hope we can do it unfortunately no way to know in advance fingers and toes crossed at the moment but um it's a little bit frantic that grid was crazy so many people here and I'm sorry guys to everyone here that we've had to just basically rush through that we haven't been able to stop we've got our flags obviously that we've been handing out some but unfortunately it's literally arrive go it's that quick because we don't want to miss London tonight oh yeah this is all a little bit crazy but we can add out some of these and if you want one of those go for it all right we are off we're off got it whoa that was a mad couple of minutes super busy super frantic super crazy am I gonna go into race mode it's because we can we're back to join the motorway we've actually managed to find the yellow 296 here um the only problem is the nav ETA is 2130 and we know we're going to need another fuel stop and we would have liked to have swung by this Museum which is kind of on the route from here um that that would add 15 minutes and that might mean missing the grid so I'm not entirely sure how we do this right now but actually slip Road time to do a bit of this fireballs and then the supercharger noises oh it's a hot day it's a wild ride I don't know how this is gonna go day one of Gumball 3000 it's always quite unpredictable we've got another Gumball car with us the Viper green GT3 slowing down a moment as it comes through so I can get guys looking very good flat six oh that was nice the sound of that through that through the tunnel was very very nice this is not what we want look at this weather I think it's about to get really nasty we've been hearing from other gun Ballers that the rain in front of us is the epitome of thunderstorm and obviously if that happens we need to take it really quite carefully in here for the legs in towards London and all of this is obviously chasing time you can see there's been some more traffic it now says 21 45 which would be too late for this evening's festivities so that's kind of annoying um if this gets any worse we're gonna have to back off quite dramatically so let's hope let's hope it doesn't let's hope we can make it through here without too much drama it's getting worse it's literally speak we do have cup twos on here you can have cup two hours I opted not to have the cup two hours because I knew that I'd use it mostly for road driving like this but um concerning very very concerning at this moment in time just don't know how this is going to go now well this is fun we found a traffic jam on the M1 there are two routes for the southern part down the A1 M and down the M1 and both of them have traffic some of the earlier groups went down the A1 reported traffic there and then now there's I don't know what's in front of us here but I guess the good news is on the nav it's not too far in front of us um I really like this I know a lot of people have said why but like even the new Ferrari for a sandwich doesn't have a built-in now that uses Apple carplay or Android auto this is such a clever way of having the best navigation system on a big screen that's easy to use boom and you can have your Spotify on there you can have your whatever on there just works just easy peasy without Zenvo having to go and make some proprietary system that's absolute junk which is what happens generally with these kind of systems when small manufacturers try and make one just doesn't work it's not worth it well look over here we've got Mr McCann in the svj and I'm going to do my best to try and get over that way with opposite side at the moment skip some Lanes well we're behind the raw box to be honest right now my front windscreen looks like a rock box it's so dirty it's so so dirty let me try and give this a little clean we have just discovered how you make this car flame big time you might remember how much it was flaming on SOC you get those powerful explosions from behind it's aggressive it's very aggressive I I'm blown away by this I mean see some outside stuff the funny thing about this is that these are such familiar roads but in our liveryed up Gumball cars this is a route I know very very well driving in and out of London that we have always grown up in the countryside behind us coming in and out of here but now in Livery Gumball Rally cars this is ridiculous after all of those flames after all of those absolutely mad flames so cool this is crazy we're on Oxford Street this is Marble Arch we're making our way around very familiar areas we're gonna go down Park Lane got Mark right behind look at this everybody's jumped out with the cameras I mean actually asembo has been here before because we did drive this car around town before but it's not a very common thing hey guys this is pretty cool across the bridge that view all around us in both directions London by night we're in the center of the big city we're kind of in the middle of the lane because we've lost the pink Van London Eye over that way loads of famous buildings around us I mean this is yeah Vauxhall Bridge we're crossing over into Vauxhall what a place what a view it's been a long day and it's not we're not quite done yet but what a cool way to really get the zemba on the move like my first long drive with it 450 or so miles we still gotta go through the grid that isn't really a grid and then to the parking garage and then somewhere we're going to be joined by an SLS I I don't know where that is I need to actually figure this one out somehow this is getting very crazy it's dark of course there are lots of people around oh my God that's the power station this is the crowd um because it's night hey yeah okay this is pretty wild we're gonna drive straight through keep moving out the way guys this isn't just the oil move out of the way oh there we go there's the sto DS1 obviously Mark is behind us I guess we're probably about to turn right up here I'm not entirely sure how this works absolute chaos I feel like I'm in Italy or Spain or something right now thank you very much appreciate it because guys be safe out there guys oh my gosh there are a lot of people out even though the grid is officially closed how's it going all right where do we go what do we do that's the sound of the svj behind oh my goodness this is crazy I think we go right through here this is pretty mad right now I mean admittedly we're in traffic there's a car in front that's not going anywhere but um this is absolutely ridiculous I'm just gonna keep the windows close for the moment until we've been able to kind of drive through the grid a little bit until we've got somewhere a little a little bit calmer Maybe maybe not I don't really know how this works what's happening in front of us this is strange we're finally out of that little bit of chaos it's slightly more organized up here slightly more organized oh my goodness okay oh my goodness I'm just gonna get out of here well it seems that we're gonna try and turn around and try and Escape so let's get this started everyone's gonna shout rare bit I'll burn someone's leg well this is chaos very funny way this is absolutely gone over the top I I have no words for this the security guard was like you tried to run me over I'm like I turned the engine off when you told me to to try and turn around because I couldn't go anywhere oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness I think there's an SLS behind me but in the mirror we've just got a load of people walking there are literally people running after us hey they're sprinting that's that I mean I I right now I don't know what's going on I'm so confused I'm so confused by that I hope the cars all fine we're not gonna send it we're gonna take it easy that was an experience that was an experience and a half that was an absolute confusing experience and a half while we're driving on the south side of the River Thames over there you've got Big Ben House of Parliament it's a bit of a cruise now we're gonna go up towards Waterloo that's basically where the cars are being parked tonight this has been Madness I cannot stress enough how mad this has been we're now parked up in the garage in fact regera is just parking up there at the moment Gumball cars everywhere everyone's a bit hot and tired after this day but obviously we now have the SLS Black Series day two's car we're going to be swapping out of the zenbo that's going to be staying here in London because we're going to drive over to Amsterdam in the Netherlands tomorrow in the SLS Black Series car two of my six car Escapade for this year's Gumball 3000 and then I I'll explain more of the logistics as we go because it might sound simple all you do is take six cars but my word the planning the insurance the truck that goes slower than the cars obviously the truck has had to pre-travel in advance of us to go and get everything there the whole thing has just been Mega today has been long you know what's really cool though I know there are a lot of haters when it comes to things like this zembo's here zembo's rocking and rolling and those Flames were Epic those Flames are absolutely epic oh what a cool car I've done about 1 650 miles in it now oh yeah crazy experience really crazy experience anyway let's unpack the van let's unpack everything for the night let's wrap this one up svj coming DD are probably going to be here soon Arias are going to hurt we don't want to be here for that right now because this garage is way too claustrophobic so we'll pack things up thank you very much for watching guys it's been the most ridiculous day we've gone from Edinburgh we popped into Ripley Castle we went to the battery power station it was Carnage and now we're here with SWAT cars although officially we swap cars tomorrow morning thanks for watching and I'll see you again very soon tomorrow cheers\n"