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Post by sling on Feb 13, 2014 21:52:21 GMT -7
Maruska and I decided we are going to have a little top gear top test action this summer....a little competition if you will.
Diesel vs Diesel Mk1 Vs Mk4. See if the ole' Mk1 can hold it's own against the mk4.
The 3 events we've got planned out are
1. Auto x
2. Street legals
3. Road trip (mileage battle)
Should be pretty exciting, I really don't know how the out come will be. Will his high horsepower trump my low weight? Who will win in the battle of the little big horn, I mean, little road trip.
I suspect for spectators it will be like watching paint dry. But stay tuned!
We haven't come up w/ a wager yet, but I think there should be one. Or a trophy of some kind.
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Post by maruska on Feb 13, 2014 21:55:29 GMT -7
"High horsepower.."  This should be fun. |
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Post by sling on Feb 13, 2014 22:01:08 GMT -7
relatively speaking of course. In our world the difference of 30hp is...significant lol
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Post by jbeck on Feb 14, 2014 12:38:17 GMT -7
haha, sweet. Will it be a 2 out of 3 is the winner, or more complicated like percentage based or something?
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Post by maruska on Feb 14, 2014 18:58:57 GMT -7
IDK - How are we going to do this? We should make up a points system of some sorts?
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Post by sling on Feb 14, 2014 22:38:45 GMT -7
I was thinking about this last night.
Again going back to top gear, here is what I think we do. Is during the events we find a car that is reasonable, and mark down what times it makes before either one of us run. We'll take the avg of 3 runs of that car and make that our base time.
And then we either give ourselves points, or subtract points based off of how far off of the base time we are.
Same thing for a fuel mileage test....find a good mileage, say 45 mpg and add points or subtract points based on how well we do. I'll have to watch some top gear and get some details on how exactly they do it.
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Post by maruska on Feb 14, 2014 23:06:32 GMT -7
Top Gear marathon! I'll bring the popcorn and my own bean bag.
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Post by gackfack on Feb 15, 2014 10:37:02 GMT -7
No mk6 diesel love:( ? I've done auto x and loved it beat out a 2005 audi a4. You find the dates I'll be there.
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Post by gackfack on Feb 15, 2014 10:51:02 GMT -7
So its like 60hp vs 90 vs 140 and tq 70 vs 150 vs 230. 1800lbs vs 3000lbs vs 3200lbs.
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Post by sling on Feb 15, 2014 14:41:23 GMT -7
I'm fucked. LOL.
52hp when it was new, my weight is the only thing that's going to save me. Guess I should start working out, that extra 40lbs might make the difference lol.
But hell yeah, I don't see why not.
Maybe we can get the kid w/ the mk2 Diesel to do it and then we need a mk3 and an mk5
It will be fun either way, and maybe we can make an event out of it every year or something, the annual Dakota Dubs Diesel Triathlon.
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Post by gackfack on Mar 30, 2014 12:21:12 GMT -7
Any word on the first event for this?
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Post by maruska on Mar 31, 2014 23:20:38 GMT -7
Waiting for Sturgis Street Legals schedule as well as the AutoX schedule. Patiently waiting.. PATIENTLY... Pause not.
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Post by crazyhillbilly on Apr 16, 2014 14:10:37 GMT -7
Which road trip you gonna do your mileage challenge ?
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Post by gackfack on Apr 20, 2014 11:24:02 GMT -7
I also am wondering were you guys want to go to? Do a 400 miles Round trip with full tanks and see who gets the best mpg when we fill up? Or a cruise to a car show in sioux falls or denver would work to
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Post by gackfack on May 4, 2014 8:05:36 GMT -7
Hey what do you guys think of this for the mpg test. There is a big airport runway 1/2 mile roll racing competition in Colorado Springs on june 27th and 28th from 8am till 5pm. They have a bunch of cars registered like lambos and gtr s and other 1000hp+ super cars that will race. It's 30 bucks to watch both days. Since that's a long haul from rapid let's say we meet up at a gas station in south rapid fill up look at our odometers and head down then we can get on the way there and back average?
Here's a link to the event.http://www.pikespeakairstripattack.com/competitors/roster/
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Post by gackfack on May 4, 2014 8:10:57 GMT -7
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Post by onedsmer on May 22, 2014 19:15:43 GMT -7
Hey what do you guys think of this for the mpg test. There is a big airport runway 1/2 mile roll racing competition in Colorado Springs on june 27th and 28th from 8am till 5pm. They have a bunch of cars registered like lambos and gtr s and other 1000hp+ super cars that will race. It's 30 bucks to watch both days. Since that's a long haul from rapid let's say we meet up at a gas station in south rapid fill up look at our odometers and head down then we can get on the way there and back average? Here's a link to the event.http://www.pikespeakairstripattack.com/competitors/roster/ Ill be down there for the Pikes Peak hill Climb. Cant wait!!!! |
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Post by maruska on May 22, 2014 23:39:03 GMT -7
I have a wedding in Iowa on the 28th so I am out for that weekend. I will throw this out there as well to be a PITA - I don't want to go 500 miles for the competition. We're talking a whole weekend and 20 gallons of fuel here just for a little contest (assuming round trip at 50 mpg).
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Post by gackfack on May 23, 2014 6:32:03 GMT -7
I'm down for where ever. I was just going to this so figure I would throw it up to see if you guys wanted to try it.
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