Still in. After the first round there were 9 cars left in the competition. If Just Right? category would be eliminated, there would be no car left in the competition.
Maybe a better trim could have helped here. Well, that’s life.
I’m guessing my comfort is one of the lowest because of the manual gearbox. I tried giving it an automatic, but I wasn’t happy with the result.
Sometimes you just can’t get a car right, and this was one of those times for me. Still, it was a nice challenge, tight budgets are always fun. Good luck to the finalists!
That magnesium wheels info was new to me as well lmao. Maybe I missclicked. Nevertheless, I had fun. Good luck for the finalists.
Thanks for the review and the challenge, had a lot of fun designing and driving around in Beam with this one. May the best win!!
Magnesium wheels are lighter than regular alloys, but are also more expensive and are thus mostly reserved for higher-priced high-performance cars.
Round 3: Finals
Alright, here we go… drumroll
5th place: @the-chowi Montagne Roraima X
Average purchase cost (but more than the other four finalists) and service cost, not very economical, high safety, rugged appearance, scores high in the 3 1-star criteria, but average at best otherwise.
4th place: @Maverick74 Ryuji Dani ES
Still reasonably cheap to buy, average running costs, good drivability, clean nice looks, very practical but not too comfortable. The Valiant Amigo has slightly less comfort for much less cost.
3rd place: @mart1n2005 Valiant Amigo
Cheapest to buy and very cheap to run, clean looks, but lowest safety, low-ish reliability, low-ish comfort and no AUX port for the MP3 player (CD only entertainment). The latter could be fixed with a new head unit, but ultimately too many compromises despite the very low cost, compared to the two higher-placed cars. If Roberto were a less successful musician, that’d probably be his choice.
2nd place: @Knugcab IP Rubiq Final Edition
This one has a CVT and thus gave me a headache due to the odd stats it currently produces. Had to hand-adjust reliability (like a 10-speed adv. auto) and fuel economy with some educated guesses. In the end, an average purchase cost, low service cost, good safety, good practicality, decent comfort, a nice boxy utilitarian look, but non-existent sportiness.
1st place: @shibusu CH4 Saberin Solsti ES
Average purchase cost, good comfort, top sportiness, lowest practicality due to 3 doors and 4 seats (sport and prac are both 1-star though), average in the rest. Front lamps look somewhat unnerving. Costs are similar to 2nd, 4th and 5th place. Ultimately, the combination of best comfort and sportiness among the finalists sealed the deal. Congratulations!
Some observations on the finals:
- All five were quite distinctive entries
- 3rd-5th were relatively clear cut
- The decision for the top spot in the end it was close, but - despite some arbitrariness due to the fudged stats for the IP - 20 vs. 0 sportiness is hard to beat, even though the IP is ever so slightly better in several other areas.
- By the way, both bins would probably have made the finals, with a potential podium even for the Zephorus…
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Sorry. I had no ideas CVTs were that borked at the moment, if I knew they caused troubles I would have spared you the headache.
Also, I say it already now, if the winner can’t host, I will also choose to pass hosting down, since I hosted QFC not too many rounds ago, and with hosting ARM currently and 24h in the pipeline, I don’t need a third challenge to worry about.
No worries, it wasn’t too much trouble - and if I had known that I would have banned them outright. 
I was aiming to be the cheapest so I’m glad I at least got that right. Maybe just some standard infotainment would have faired better for me.
Congratulations to the top two places though, and if shibusu can’t host I am able to
I didn’t mean that I didn’t know what it was, but I remember wanting alloys or steel, but I may have missclicked. Thanks anyways.
Been a busy day today, elated to see the little wrong-side-engine managed to come in first. I’ll be taking up hosting duty for QFC34 (sorry mart1n)
and it’s done:
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