Hi, this is my car:
Nissan Qashqai 1.2 turbo (maybe, I never understood it) petrol.
Currently it is also found in the
game but with another configuration (diesel) RQ14
The engine features are 85Kw -
116hp - 190 Nm for a maximum declared speed of 185km / h with 0-100km / h in
10.6 sec (an eternity)
but for the family it is very comfortable and I hope also quite safe.
it is equipped with several
electronic security systems (far too many, I still prefer cars with only the
engine, carburetor and crank windows)
It looks solid, two years ago a vw passat hit me up and the rear one held
up well, while the nose of the passat no.
VIDEO LINK:
houston we have a problem, the video is not available
because the car is continuously used by my wife. but, now that I think about
it, where will it always go ....?
i found the picture of the accident
but this is the
real pride, a fantastic graziella restored with my hands this summer:
Hi, this is my car. A BMW E32 7Series (730i) from 1992. The car is in the game with an RQ of 8. (Should be 31 but its ok ) It is an straight-six powerplant. with 188 HP and a Top Speed of 222 Km/h. The E32 was the first BMW to be available with traction control and for the time it was a luxury model. Some luxury options featured on the E32 include integrated telephone and fax machines, a wine cooler and electronically adjustable rear seats and radio controls for rear passengers. AMAZING! to that time. The best time was when i buy this car 5 years ago. Its my first car and i love it. The Design is timeless in my opinion.
Greetings. My current garage is stuck in boring family-land (the garage is boring, family are ok), so as per the rules I will enter with my first love car. Its a classic love story between car and boy, later man. 1989 Ford Escort MKIV Ghia (The Ghia is important) Bought when I passed my test at 18 for 350 bones, I ran that car for a solid 7 years and it never let me down. Stuck some sweet dog-leg rims on from an XR3i my dad found in a field, but other than that is was stock. Being a Ghia it was top of the line, i'm talking electric windows, colour-coded mirrors, sunroof and heated front windscreen - a feature only available in the early 2000's on top end fords and Bentleys*. I would say it would be an RQ3 - but I think we all know that it carries neither the performance or prestige to even make the long-list (Heated front windscreen aside) The heartbreaking twist at the end of the love story is that I sold her after some travelling to raise money to move in with my lady (now wife). We shared her newer Punto and pocketed 300 quid. At the time it was a decent chunk of change but I look back on that sale as the biggest mistake I've ever made. For less than the amount of cash I've now spent on a virtual car game I sold something I truly loved. The saying is true kids - you don't know what you've got till its gone. I'd do anything to find out where she is now - i'd write the owner a blank cheque and give her a full restoration. If you're out there Susan - come home to Daddy. *this may not be true
Well here is my car. An LC Racing EMB1. Edit: Forgot the stuff Katie asked for... Owned about 3 years, my first car (aside from a real Golf, but that was a company car) TD RQ: 3 (though if you scaled up it's 25mph top speed linearly it with be a Chiron smashing bad boy) What do I love about it? Fun, tough, goes like a nutter, very economical Dislikes? Can't bring much home from the supermarket
It left the showroom as a Monster Truck but I decided Buggies were way cooler. So I bought a clear Buggy body shell. It was then I realised that I would not be making my fortune in vehicular resprays. There is a link to a walk-around video at the end, and as an added bonus a little bit of action before the bloody thing conked out (not surprised, been over a year since I used it, battery probably shagged)
Annie Liebovitz I ain't (though I did go for the shallow depth of field look on purpose... honest)
Ever since the Tamiya's of the 80s i've wanted an RC car. Parents never got me one as a kid so 30 years later here I am... call it a mid-life crisis.
You might argue that the Monster Truck Wheels look out of proportion on a buggy... you'd be right.
Monster Truck didn't come with a rear wing, so my baby got some after-market loving...
Still sporting the Monster Truck front bumper though, and yeah it looks ridiculous.
4WD, 2 Diffs with a slip clutch in the middle. It really is a well-engineered bit of kit.
I love the shocks. Could probably do with a bit of a clean.
2008 Porsche 911 4S (Approximate RQ of A25) My fondest memory is the purchase. I spent over 6 months looking for a yellow 4S with a manual and finally found one in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. Emailed back and forth with the owner for about a week, then decided to pull the trigger on the purchase. I had to travel that week for work, so the wait was agonizing, but Friday finally rolled around and I found myself in the Pittsburgh airport, where I met up with my wife. We grabbed a rental and bummed around the area for the evening. Let me tell you, that was difficult to fall asleep at the hotel that night. We were up the next morning and signing the paperwork at his house by 9am, because we had to get on the road. We had a near 1400 mile drive and just 36 hours to make it home by Sunday night. The trip was thankfully uneventful. I also didn't give up the steering wheel for the entire ~22 hours that we spent in the car that day and the next, much to my wife's amusement. It's now been about 18 months since I bought it and I still get that giddy feeling every time I get in my childhood dream car.
Last picture in the previous owner's driveway
How it sits today, now that I've adjust the coilovers and pulled it a little closer to the pavement (I really need to get some shots out and about)
And a shot my wife took on our trip home from buying it, somewhere in Ohio, I think. I love this picture and yes, the car is technically in it.
I wish I could have made a video this week, because the Tubi exhaust is amazing, but work and the weather haven't been on my side.
1998 caterham 7 ex scholarship race car First really nice car I bought was a tvr tamora, had no house or family back then so it was all about the car , along comes a baby and away goes the car ... welcome to adulthood. Now dont get me wrong the kids alright I guess just no fun on the road... about five years pass of driving around a Toyota aygo and paying off a mortgage enough was enough . Needed to feed my driving passion that had gone hungry for so long, question was with what . No way could I afford the running cost of the tvr again and the budget was less than 10k so a actual every day car would of been a massive compromise of driving pleasure and sensibilities. It was all about the drive , speed and power was irrelevant Needed Evoness and a touch of eccentricity. Decision was made to keep the aygo and buy a second car that was purely for fun .. enter the caterham 7. 1.6 Vauxhall 8 valve was on track tyres now on road tyres because grip isnt fun . Started life as a race car with 100bhp after its racing years it was converted to a road car and a famous Vauxhall tuner fettled the head changed the cam n pulley and came away with 140bhp a pretty amazing figure for a single cam. RQ10 hmmm Weights in at 540kgs so it's not fast ... low gearing sees it screaming at 80mph so shes a pain on the motorway where every ford ka will blow you away .... but find a road with bends in it and WOW Been on a run or track with audi R10s M3s M4s porsches and they just vanish each twist and turn. Always late on the brakes the car over steers and understeers so predictable that you can just thrash it and throw the car around like a drive Adonis.... then you find a stright and they whooooooosh past DOH down sides ... well its erm snug ! No heater no radio ... no doors or screen most days ! Drove it to Wales and then to france did a track day and drove home all in one week and yup the weather was terrible throughout lol but it's fun the compromise is fun. Kids love it ... everyone loves it , amazing to watch the attention she gets parked up. Shes so intresting and fun that old folks young folks everyone takes intrest it's not just a petrol head thing . So I think shes a keeper Next year a bigger house but then theres plans for a 1.6 EcoBoost conversions 300lb ft of torque in 540kgs should stop me been over taken 😉 see 50mpg cheep insurance still and ford fiesta service costs .
Lesson I have learnt ... dont velcro your phone to the wheel on track days
@Mrpiratepete - Cube XMS - Not a car, but a brilliant post.
@bantel_cat - LC Racing EMB1 - Not a car, but very creative with the scaling of stats and modifying...!
Wait... what? It has 4 wheels and an engine. I'm sure I could modify it to be perfectly reasonable transportation for a gerbil. If I do that will I be eligible?
2008 Porsche 911 4S (Approximate RQ of A25) My fondest memory is the purchase. I spent over 6 months looking for a yellow 4S with a manual and finally found one in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. Emailed back and forth with the owner for about a week, then decided to pull the trigger on the purchase. I had to travel that week for work, so the wait was agonizing, but Friday finally rolled around and I found myself in the Pittsburgh airport, where I met up with my wife. We grabbed a rental and bummed around the area for the evening. Let me tell you, that was difficult to fall asleep at the hotel that night. We were up the next morning and signing the paperwork at his house by 9am, because we had to get on the road. We had a near 1400 mile drive and just 36 hours to make it home by Sunday night. The trip was thankfully uneventful. I also didn't give up the steering wheel for the entire ~22 hours that we spent in the car that day and the next, much to my wife's amusement. It's now been about 18 months since I bought it and I still get that giddy feeling every time I get in my childhood dream car.
Last picture in the previous owner's driveway
How it sits today, now that I've adjust the coilovers and pulled it a little closer to the pavement (I really need to get some shots out and about)
And a shot my wife took on our trip home from buying it, somewhere in Ohio, I think. I love this picture and yes, the car is technically in it.
I wish I could have made a video this week, because the Tubi exhaust is amazing, but work and the weather haven't been on my side.
Does Steve get extra points for matching his ladder to his car?
2008 Porsche 911 4S (Approximate RQ of A25) My fondest memory is the purchase. I spent over 6 months looking for a yellow 4S with a manual and finally found one in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. Emailed back and forth with the owner for about a week, then decided to pull the trigger on the purchase. I had to travel that week for work, so the wait was agonizing, but Friday finally rolled around and I found myself in the Pittsburgh airport, where I met up with my wife. We grabbed a rental and bummed around the area for the evening. Let me tell you, that was difficult to fall asleep at the hotel that night. We were up the next morning and signing the paperwork at his house by 9am, because we had to get on the road. We had a near 1400 mile drive and just 36 hours to make it home by Sunday night. The trip was thankfully uneventful. I also didn't give up the steering wheel for the entire ~22 hours that we spent in the car that day and the next, much to my wife's amusement. It's now been about 18 months since I bought it and I still get that giddy feeling every time I get in my childhood dream car.
Last picture in the previous owner's driveway
How it sits today, now that I've adjust the coilovers and pulled it a little closer to the pavement (I really need to get some shots out and about)
And a shot my wife took on our trip home from buying it, somewhere in Ohio, I think. I love this picture and yes, the car is technically in it.
I wish I could have made a video this week, because the Tubi exhaust is amazing, but work and the weather haven't been on my side.
Does Steve get extra points for matching his ladder to his car?
What about the garage door opener? No honorable mention?
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Hi, this is my car:
Nissan Qashqai 1.2 turbo (maybe, I never understood it) petrol.
Currently it is also found in the game but with another configuration (diesel) RQ14
it is equipped with several electronic security systems (far too many, I still prefer cars with only the engine, carburetor and crank windows)The engine features are 85Kw - 116hp - 190 Nm for a maximum declared speed of 185km / h with 0-100km / h in 10.6 sec (an eternity)
but for the family it is very comfortable and I hope also quite safe.
It looks solid, two years ago a vw passat hit me up and the rear one held up well, while the nose of the passat no.
VIDEO LINK:
houston we have a problem, the video is not available because the car is continuously used by my wife. but, now that I think about it, where will it always go ....?
but this is the real pride, a fantastic graziella restored with my hands this summer:
this is my car.
A BMW E32 7Series (730i) from 1992. The car is in the game with an RQ of 8. (Should be 31 but its ok
It is an straight-six powerplant.
The E32 was the first BMW to be available with traction control and for the time it was a luxury model. Some luxury options featured on the E32 include integrated telephone and fax machines, a wine cooler and electronically adjustable rear seats and radio controls for rear passengers. AMAZING! to that time.
The best time was when i buy this car 5 years ago. Its my first car and i love it. The Design is timeless in my opinion.
1989 Ford Escort MKIV Ghia (The Ghia is important)
Bought when I passed my test at 18 for 350 bones, I ran that car for a solid 7 years and it never let me down. Stuck some sweet dog-leg rims on from an XR3i my dad found in a field, but other than that is was stock. Being a Ghia it was top of the line, i'm talking electric windows, colour-coded mirrors, sunroof and heated front windscreen - a feature only available in the early 2000's on top end fords and Bentleys*. I would say it would be an RQ3 - but I think we all know that it carries neither the performance or prestige to even make the long-list (Heated front windscreen aside)
The heartbreaking twist at the end of the love story is that I sold her after some travelling to raise money to move in with my lady (now wife). We shared her newer Punto and pocketed 300 quid. At the time it was a decent chunk of change but I look back on that sale as the biggest mistake I've ever made. For less than the amount of cash I've now spent on a virtual car game I sold something I truly loved. The saying is true kids - you don't know what you've got till its gone. I'd do anything to find out where she is now - i'd write the owner a blank cheque and give her a full restoration. If you're out there Susan - come home to Daddy.
*this may not be true
An LC Racing EMB1.
Edit: Forgot the stuff Katie asked for...
Owned about 3 years, my first car (aside from a real Golf, but that was a company car)
TD RQ: 3 (though if you scaled up it's 25mph top speed linearly it with be a Chiron smashing bad boy)
What do I love about it? Fun, tough, goes like a nutter, very economical
Dislikes? Can't bring much home from the supermarket
It left the showroom as a Monster Truck but I decided Buggies were way cooler.
So I bought a clear Buggy body shell. It was then I realised that I would not be making my fortune in vehicular resprays.
There is a link to a walk-around video at the end, and as an added bonus a little bit of action before the bloody thing conked out (not surprised, been over a year since I used it, battery probably shagged)
Annie Liebovitz I ain't (though I did go for the shallow depth of field look on purpose... honest)
Ever since the Tamiya's of the 80s i've wanted an RC car. Parents never got me one as a kid so 30 years later here I am... call it a mid-life crisis.
You might argue that the Monster Truck Wheels look out of proportion on a buggy... you'd be right.
Monster Truck didn't come with a rear wing, so my baby got some after-market loving...
Still sporting the Monster Truck front bumper though, and yeah it looks ridiculous.
4WD, 2 Diffs with a slip clutch in the middle. It really is a well-engineered bit of kit.
I love the shocks. Could probably do with a bit of a clean.
Video Here:
My fondest memory is the purchase. I spent over 6 months looking for a yellow 4S with a manual and finally found one in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. Emailed back and forth with the owner for about a week, then decided to pull the trigger on the purchase. I had to travel that week for work, so the wait was agonizing, but Friday finally rolled around and I found myself in the Pittsburgh airport, where I met up with my wife. We grabbed a rental and bummed around the area for the evening. Let me tell you, that was difficult to fall asleep at the hotel that night. We were up the next morning and signing the paperwork at his house by 9am, because we had to get on the road. We had a near 1400 mile drive and just 36 hours to make it home by Sunday night. The trip was thankfully uneventful. I also didn't give up the steering wheel for the entire ~22 hours that we spent in the car that day and the next, much to my wife's amusement. It's now been about 18 months since I bought it and I still get that giddy feeling every time I get in my childhood dream car.
Last picture in the previous owner's driveway
How it sits today, now that I've adjust the coilovers and pulled it a little closer to the pavement (I really need to get some shots out and about)
And a shot my wife took on our trip home from buying it, somewhere in Ohio, I think. I love this picture and yes, the car is technically in it.
I wish I could have made a video this week, because the Tubi exhaust is amazing, but work and the weather haven't been on my side.
First really nice car I bought was a tvr tamora, had no house or family back then so it was all about the car , along comes a baby and away goes the car ... welcome to adulthood.
Now dont get me wrong the kids alright I guess just no fun on the road... about five years pass of driving around a Toyota aygo and paying off a mortgage enough was enough .
Needed to feed my driving passion that had gone hungry for so long, question was with what .
No way could I afford the running cost of the tvr again and the budget was less than 10k so a actual every day car would of been a massive compromise of driving pleasure and sensibilities.
It was all about the drive , speed and power was irrelevant
Needed Evoness and a touch of eccentricity.
Decision was made to keep the aygo and buy a second car that was purely for fun ..
1.6 Vauxhall 8 valve was on track tyres now on road tyres because grip isnt fun .
Started life as a race car with 100bhp after its racing years it was converted to a road car and a famous Vauxhall tuner fettled the head changed the cam n pulley and came away with 140bhp a pretty amazing figure for a single cam.
RQ10 hmmm
Weights in at 540kgs so it's not fast ... low gearing sees it screaming at 80mph so shes a pain on the motorway where every ford ka will blow you away .... but find a road with bends in it and WOW
Been on a run or track with audi R10s M3s M4s porsches and they just vanish each twist and turn. Always late on the brakes the car over steers and understeers so predictable that you can just thrash it and throw the car around like a drive Adonis.... then you find a stright and they whooooooosh past DOH
No heater no radio ... no doors or screen most days !
Drove it to Wales and then to france did a track day and drove home all in one week and yup the weather was terrible throughout lol but it's fun the compromise is fun.
Kids love it
So I think shes a keeper
Next year a bigger house but then theres plans for a 1.6 EcoBoost conversions 300lb ft of torque in 540kgs should stop me been over taken 😉 see 50mpg cheep insurance still and ford fiesta service costs .
Lesson I have learnt ... dont velcro your phone to the wheel on track days
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It has 4 wheels and an engine. I'm sure I could modify it to be perfectly reasonable transportation for a gerbil.
If I do that will I be eligible?
* Not entirely true
I just plasti dipped the emblems in black and I am so happy with the result, I had to post it.