Sponsor me?

biggarkid · 10-30-2009, 07:48 PM

Apparently some kids at my school (mostly my friends) do a senior year cross country trip. The point is to get together the nicest cars out of the group of people and everyone pitches in for gas/food etc.

Im in my junior year right now so all the juniors are still planning ahead. Do you think trying to get random people to sponsor me would work? Id like to be able to take a new camaro on it. I live in NC and we would be heading to California and back. I think the average time is 2 weeks or so.

Im thinking about getting people to document the trip and record peoples reactions. Im not sure what others will be driving and who is going right now but I think it would be cool to drive a camaro the entire way.

Is that just stupid to try and get people to sponsor me and help pay for a new camaro?

Also anyone have any fun suggestions for the trip regardless of the cars driven.

ffrcobra_65 · 10-30-2009, 07:54 PM

sorry but am I understand you correctly?

**You want to ask people to give money to buy you a new Camaro so you can drive it to CA and back? Is the trip about who has the nicest car? Why not borrow your parents' cool car or ride with someone else and split the cost? Why not drive your Del Sol?

**What is wrong with our youth today?!!?

Or are you asking people with Camaro along the trip route to give you a ride in their Camaro to get you to your destination and then back?

wrek · 10-30-2009, 07:55 PM

Indpowr · 10-30-2009, 08:10 PM

Never going to happen. Work hard and you can achieve anything you want.

MyCamaro5 · 10-30-2009, 08:15 PM

Lol

Number 3 · 10-30-2009, 08:59 PM

Not stupid....................just unlikely, especially after 8 posts. No one even knows you here so I think it's a bit of a stretch that they would wnt to "sponsor" you.

But you weren't clear on what you meant by "sponsor"

Indpowr · 10-30-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 3

Not stupid....................just unlikely, especially after 8 posts. No one even knows you here so I think it's a bit of a stretch that they would wnt to "sponsor" you.

But you weren't clear on what you meant by "sponsor"

Even if was just for gas for the trip I do not see it happening. Where would the ROI be for the company?

I has 18 national sponsors on my last Corvette (one of which was Xbox, it was the only car in the country sponsored by them.) It was a lot more work than just posts it was a 10 page proposal and a lot of hard work and $$.

biggarkid · 10-30-2009, 09:38 PM

I work the allowed hours for my age at 8 bucks an hour. I pay for my insurance on my del sol and gas etc. My friends sister want to go on a vacation with some friends to France and she went around getting people to "sponsor" her. She ended up earning enough for the entire trip. I guess the word sponsor is used really loosely in what I was meaning.

At the moment im thinking about renting one (Which I don't think I can legally do)

Any extra cash i have gets put away into my "Camaro fund" haha - which has about 400 bucks in it

and there are lots of things wrong with our youth today... nothing pertaining to this discussion tho

2Tightwads · 10-30-2009, 09:48 PM

Smartest thing a youth today can do is invest in a Dave Ramsey. Go read the part about buying a car brand new full retail+ off the lot (Your $ or not). Keep saving...these cars used will be far more affordable when your ready son.

Eduk8r · 10-30-2009, 10:09 PM

What you been smoking?

wullger · 10-30-2009, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by biggarkid

I work the allowed hours for my age at 8 bucks an hour.

...Then you don't get a Camaro.

Most of us here had to work really hard to afford our nice rides. What will you have done?

biggarkid · 10-30-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wullger

...Then you don't get a Camaro.

Most of us here had to work really hard to afford our nice rides. What will you have done?

I understand that. Im just trying everything I can in the mean time.

DkknightX · 10-30-2009, 10:35 PM

Give you money for a $22K car so you can drive it cross country? Uhh.....no. you should look into renting a Camaro from Hertz or Avis for 2 weeks and it would still be cheaper than whatever you'd get from sponsorship. Please rethink your strategy. The idea is nice, but not realistic.

Indpowr · 10-30-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by biggarkid

I understand that. Im just trying everything I can in the mean time.

You can do it if you truly want to IMO. I drove a 36k dollar car in 1993 in High School and I was paying for it on my own. I waited tables on the weekends. My parents did co sign for me though.

10-30-2009, 07:48 PM	#1
biggarkid Drives: Honda Del Sol Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20	Sponsor me? Apparently some kids at my school (mostly my friends) do a senior year cross country trip. The point is to get together the nicest cars out of the group of people and everyone pitches in for gas/food etc. Im in my junior year right now so all the juniors are still planning ahead. Do you think trying to get random people to sponsor me would work? Id like to be able to take a new camaro on it. I live in NC and we would be heading to California and back. I think the average time is 2 weeks or so. Im thinking about getting people to document the trip and record peoples reactions. Im not sure what others will be driving and who is going right now but I think it would be cool to drive a camaro the entire way. Is that just stupid to try and get people to sponsor me and help pay for a new camaro? Also anyone have any fun suggestions for the trip regardless of the cars driven.

10-30-2009, 07:55 PM	#3
wrek 2G1FK1EJ6-9 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS RS Transformer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pompano Beach, FL Posts: 661 View My Garage	__________________ 2SS/RS Transformers Special Edition: Quick Time Performance Electric Cutouts, Custom Exterior Sound Effects (Transforming) by remote or button, Yellow autobot on windshield, Darkened tail and marker lights, Yellow fogs and signals (more yellow for signals), Dash Ambient Lighting, Black Painted Suitcase Mufflers, Autobot bowties and steering wheel, yellow leather stitching, yellow SS symbol on headrests, blacked out back trunk lid, blacked out brake light trim. Pics of my 2010 2SS/RS Camaro

10-30-2009, 08:59 PM	#6
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	Not stupid....................just unlikely, especially after 8 posts. No one even knows you here so I think it's a bit of a stretch that they would wnt to "sponsor" you. But you weren't clear on what you meant by "sponsor" __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

10-30-2009, 07:54 PM	#2
ffrcobra_65 Account Suspended Drives: SuperCharged 2SS/RS IOM MN6 Join Date: May 2009 Location: CA Posts: 5,094	sorry but am I understand you correctly? You want to ask people to give money to buy you a new Camaro so you can drive it to CA and back? Is the trip about who has the nicest car? Why not borrow your parents' cool car or ride with someone else and split the cost? Why not drive your Del Sol? What is wrong with our youth today?!!? Or are you asking people with Camaro along the trip route to give you a ride in their Camaro to get you to your destination and then back?

10-30-2009, 08:10 PM	#4
Indpowr Account Suspended Drives: Corvette C6 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 6,959 View My Garage	Never going to happen. Work hard and you can achieve anything you want.

10-30-2009, 08:15 PM	#5
MyCamaro5 Drives: 96' Infiniti G20 Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Posts: 95	Lol

10-30-2009, 09:38 PM	#8
biggarkid Drives: Honda Del Sol Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20	I work the allowed hours for my age at 8 bucks an hour. I pay for my insurance on my del sol and gas etc. My friends sister want to go on a vacation with some friends to France and she went around getting people to "sponsor" her. She ended up earning enough for the entire trip. I guess the word sponsor is used really loosely in what I was meaning. At the moment im thinking about renting one (Which I don't think I can legally do) Any extra cash i have gets put away into my "Camaro fund" haha - which has about 400 bucks in it and there are lots of things wrong with our youth today... nothing pertaining to this discussion tho

10-30-2009, 09:48 PM	#9
2Tightwads Banned Drives: 2002 LS1 swapped into a 1994 Z Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 386	Smartest thing a youth today can do is invest in a Dave Ramsey. Go read the part about buying a car brand new full retail+ off the lot (Your $ or not). Keep saving...these cars used will be far more affordable when your ready son.

10-30-2009, 10:09 PM	#10
Eduk8r Drives: Blue 2SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: KY Posts: 208	What you been smoking?

10-30-2009, 10:35 PM	#13
DkknightX Account Suspended Drives: 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS/SC Stage 2 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Emerson, NJ Posts: 1,347 View My Garage	Give you money for a $22K car so you can drive it cross country? Uhh.....no. you should look into renting a Camaro from Hertz or Avis for 2 weeks and it would still be cheaper than whatever you'd get from sponsorship. Please rethink your strategy. The idea is nice, but not realistic.