You’re right Strop. I’ve got a great song for this 
youtube.com/watch?v=RpA6TCWApfk
[quote=“strop”]Not a bad result, for a 135hpish car that is clearly lacking in the speed department.
That being said, Leo’s results are a bit funny. I’m fairly sure he should have 30 points and be 3rd in the standings![/quote]
Uppsala, Hoppla, Oops and many other oopses… excel forked something a bit up 
I correct it.
Also:
The soviet engineers, that were driving there with the statemen, put the cars on some dynoes and scales and came up with the following results:
I think my car might have fudged up the averages here 
MIGHT?!?! ROFLOL!!! I am surprised how well my car is doing, I didnt do ANY track testing on it.
Again, I feel the need to comment on the diversity of this challenge. It is a red line throughout all challenges.
Of course, in reality, there were indeed a few sporty cars made in the Soviet Union, but they never really made it out of prototype status.
I am really looking forward to the next races and to see where we all end up.
I think I already know where my PC86 ends up in every race!
AFAIK this isnt ALWAYS about racing.
Yeah, the racing is only a small part of this competition. The goals were practical, economical, THEN fast.
[quote=“strop”]Not a bad result, for a 135hpish car that is clearly lacking in the speed department.
That being said, Leo’s results are a bit funny. I’m fairly sure he should have 30 points and be 3rd in the standings![/quote]
My car must be so bad if you can keep up with my 200HP xd
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[quote=“strop”]Not a bad result, for a 135hpish car that is clearly lacking in the speed department.
That being said, Leo’s results are a bit funny. I’m fairly sure he should have 30 points and be 3rd in the standings![/quote]
My car must be so bad if you can keep up with my 200HP xd[/quote]
No, not really, it’s just that whenever a race is involved, I automatically tune the suspension for maximum track speed, which, often, also happens to improve drivability. Also, my car is ridiculously light thanks to being FWD, and because most of the weight is over the front wheels, it has heaps of grip off the line, and actually gets from 0-100km/h in 7 seconds LOL. (Also the true figure, I just checked, is 143hp)
What happened here? Nothing has happened for more than a week already. Please don’t let this be a cool, abandoned competition… 
Our Commies are currently driving to poland, but someone’s car broke down, and they had to fix it completely and wait for parts from russia. But my informations say that they will arrive and race this afternoon evening
Damn Russian parts… 
So, anyone up for a spot of guessing on who broke down and a guess on what part it was? I’m going to hazard a guess that the Vroom blew a differential with all of that power. Either that, or my intercooler fell out again.
Soviet parts, American Parts, makes no difference.
All made in Taiwan.
22nd July 1986
Its a nice summer day in Poznan. But the travel up there was quite a horror. Right after the Race on the Green Hell one of the cars had to be repaired due to a broken axle. It was the ZSD Vroom, it made weird noises the whole race and ride to the Ring, and right when the group wanted to leave, it broke. And that supension part was specially made, so it meant either disqualifciation or waiting for new parts to arrive and being changed. The whole group decided for waiting.
While they waited, the statemen had enough time to walk around the parking lot and look at the cars, with a potential test drive.
They saw an interesting car, the PC86. They saw it for the first time, as it performed so bad in race, that noone of them noticed it. While they were confident about the average comfort of it, they were really amazed how safe it actually is designed and how easy and cheap it is to maintain.
It was cheap, reliable and had low maintenance cost, but they decided that this car, while it is pretty good, is not their favourite as its simply too slow, but its close to be one. The KGB could not chase other people in it or put in better equipment without making it painfully slow.
They moved on to the Pinguin Wagon TURBO and one of them screamed “Этот автомобиль имеет турбонагнетатель!” (This car has a turbo charger!). And he was right. It was propelled by a 1.9L I4 SOHC Turbo which made around 110hp at 5200RPM and 175Nm at 3500RPM, which not as amazing as one of the engineers pointed out, but it yielded to a decent track performance and a good fuel economy. The statemen were pleased by the huge cargo space they had available, but had to admit that the comfort was more on the average side of things, but it was again one of the safer cars out there.
After a couple of days the ZSD was finally fixed and it could go on a drive to poznan, which went by flawlessly, besides the many many re-fuel stops by the ZSD, there were absolutely no problems. Except the border controls on the german-german border.
And then they arrived, at Tor Poznan. Someone once called it the Hockenheimring of Poland, as its almost the same, and it actually is. Both have a bunch of corners, both have tarmac, and the most amazing is… both have start and finish on the same position!
After a short preperation and walk around the track they went on driving… and THESE are the results:
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Standings after Race3:
I should be in 8th My car is VERY consistent.
An offer to send and install a new engine together with a full envelope of cash was declined. How rude.
At this rate I will need to score in top 5 consumer cars in order to beat Trackpaduser overall, that will be tough!
Looks like I’m also being consistent, clinging ever so barely to the last point on the list. Also glad that my intercooler didn’t fall out, and how the hell did I call it that the Vroom broke? I mean, granted, I said diff, not axle, but I meant it as a poor joke, not to actually call it.
Seems like the automatic held up this round, the turbo hasn’t died, and the engine, despite the transmission’s attempts to kill it, is still turning. Perhaps my last-minute maintenance last race did something. Still, I think now would be a good time to replace the air filter, that and probably put some new windshield wiper blades on my car. Wiping dirt off the window in the Automation Rally probably didn’t do the wipers any good.