"Alright, so… here’s the part that most people usually start with. Is the car useful for anything? How many people can it hold, and how accessible are the cabins and trunks?
I mean, It’s not like I’ll frequently need to drive people around in this thing. But at the same time, I’m investing just about all the money I have into it; I should make a point to get as most useful a car as possible."
Most Practical Car:
2006 Stockholm 130CFBSP – 58.9
“Wow. I thought the Everest would be the best here, but this one just barely beats it out. This car has 5 seats in a large, spacious interior, and despite it’s sporting modifications it’s high enough off the ground to make it easy to enter and exit.
What sets it ahead from the Everest, though, is that the fact that it isn’t as tall; the trunk and cabin a lot more accessible, at least to me. Though to the Everest’s credit, it is more spacious, and has a slightly higher load capacity; gosh, these things are almost equal in practicality. But the Stockholm just slightly wins out."
Least Practical Car:
2012 Allure Chiroptera - 27.8
"This one, I have to say, also surprises me. I mean yes, it’s a 2-seater car, but so is the Cirrus; and that car is a smaller convertible!
But it turns out that extra size is an illusion; while the overall Allure car is bigger, its cabin space is actually somewhat smaller, since most of the Allure’s space is dedicated to that long hood and other mechanical stuff, while the European Cirrus seems to value compactness a lot more.
Now, to its credit, the Allure does have a couple of advantages, like higher load capacity; it and the Cirrus are about as close as the Stockholm and Everest. But again, this is the one that manages to stand out at the worst."
Practicality Scoreboard
| Position | Car | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006 Stockholm 130CFBSP | 10.0 |
| 2 | 2000 Allen Mount Everest Tourer | 9.9 |
| 3 | 2006 Schnell 1.8 Sport | 8.4 |
| 4 | 2010 Matterhorn Scout 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 5 | 2007 Waldersee Ritter RK2300 | 6.9 |
| 6 | 1997 Lazurus DTX 3200E | 6.9 |
| 7 | 2006 Rosewood Sunbelt V8 | 4.7 |
| 8 | 2005 Regal Vedette | 4.6 |
| 9 | 2007 Vaughn Firebolt GTC | 4.5 |
| 10 | 2005 Fowler Rand 211AG | 3.8 |
| 11 | 2000 Armor Mojave | 2.8 |
| 12 | 2008 Courageux Cirrus | 0.1 |
| 13 | 2012 Allure Chiroptera | 0.0 |
Current Scoreboard:
| Position | Car | Current Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 Allure Chiroptera (@DuceTheTruth100) | 43.0 | ±0 |
| 2 | 2006 Stockholm 130CFBSP (@Odyssey_Fan) | 40.1 | +2 |
| 3 | 2007 Waldersee Ritter RK2300 (@Texaslav) | 39.9 | ±0 |
| 4 | 2005 Fowler Rand 211AG (@Ludvig) | 38.7 | -2 |
| 5 | 2000 Allen Mount Everest Tourer (@Hilbert) | 34.2 | +4 |
| 6 | 2010 Matterhorn Scout 2.5 (@FidleDo) | 33.8 | +2 |
| 7 | 2000 Armor Mojave (@GassTiresandOil) | 31.9 | -2 |
| 8 | 2006 Schnell 1.8 Sport (@interior) | 30.5 | +2 |
| 9 | 2007 Vaughn Firebolt GTC (@Knugcab) | 30.2 | -2 |
| 10 | 2008 Courageux Cirrus (@mart1n2005) | 26.7 | -4 |
| 11 | 2005 Regal Vedette (@karhgath) | 22.6 | ±0 |
| 12 | 2006 Rosewood Sunbelt V8 (@SheikhMansour) | 14.8 | ±0 |
| 13 | 1997 Lazurus DTX 3200E (@BannedByAndroid) | 12.1 | ±0 |
(Other fun facts)
- The 2000 Allen Mount Everest Tourer scored immediately behind the Stockholm in practicality, by a difference of just 0.2 practicality score (58.7, vs. 58.9). Meanwhile, the 2008 Courageux Cirrus scored immediately ahead of the Allure in practicality, by a difference of just 0.4 practicality score (28.2, vs. 27.8).
- The mean practicality of a car was 44.8; a car with that score would’ve earned 5.5 points… No entrant came very close to that score, though. The median scorer, which came closest, was the 2006 Rosewood Sunbelt V8 with a practicality of 42.5 and a score of 4.7.
- With 2 10-point categories left, it is now impossible for any car more than 20 points behind the leader to “catch up” and win the contest. This means that, in addition to the cars knocked out last round, the 2005 Regal Vedette is also out of the running.
Next up: Drivability. Is Isabel even capable of controlling your car?
