I’m in no rush, take the time you need.
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I shall also vote for more time I would love to see the results in their full majesty and what we’ve been presented with is brilliant already.
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i’ll wait for the reviews, i don’t like poll and RNG either as solution
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How come my door handles aren’t there, i did put them
The resonance seems to be that it’s ok to complete it here! Thank you all for your understanding! I wouldn’t have liked it myself to go for even the narrowed down RNG I had the stupid idea of, even though that would’ve allowed me to continue the reviews and the challenge without spoiling the actual winner.
I’m on it, the second set of reviews should arrive tonight!
@TheUltimateD00M Were the handles from a mod? I thought I’ve got pretty much all the mods on the workshop installed (except for a few more modern car bodies).
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it’s better to pace y’rself and do it right.
so a batch a day is good, even if those are small batches.
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I really wanted to take part in this round, but (obviously) couldn’t get to building anything until today.
I have also been wanting to build this car since CSR21 because the Rogue R12 was a special edition of the “mass production Rogue” and I didn’t actually have one made.
I wasn’t going to let the opportunity go to waste any more than it already has - here is what I would have submitted, just for your amusement. It’s built to the Commuter of the People spec, though the Howler pedigree is probably showing a bit in that it is rather on the fast and expensive side. I would imagine this car to be for those who can afford something a little bit more pricy and are into driving/fast cars enough to tolerate the hit to practicality. Maybe they follow racing.
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Venue 1: London, part 2/3
C: “So you don’t agree that the chowder was nice?”
A: “No. It was spiced very strange.”
C: “The French kitchen tasted strange to me. To each their own then, what matters most is that it gets us going again.”
A: “Yes. Photographers come soon!”
C: “My lord, they will be pesky. Better hurry up, then. And forget that I called them that.”
Exhibit 8: SiTh “City” (@TR8R)
C: “Haven’t we seen this car before?”
A: “Non. This is the SiTh City. I do not see a sign for sp…”
C: “A seam of decorative chrome that begins on the front and stretches all the way to the rear end, like the Cresge. Headlights that are moulded into the body with screens that are in lieu with the panelling, as seen on the Xelum. But this one is like the adult sibling to it, wearing a more serious expression. It may have also asked the C21 where it has got its rich green suit from. This car knows how to style for the empire.”
A: “Why do you tend to view cars as if they got personality?”
C: “Because they do. Everyone is unique. This car is unique.”
A: “But you just…”
C: “Blend in, and no one will notice that you are different. You could be anything without being caught. This car might be on a mission, Jacques. It might be an agent. Might even be a traitor. We don’t know, because we only see that it’s looking normal but good. Let’s ask it kindly, and maybe it’ll reveal its secrets.”
A: “You are doing the nonsensic philosophy, again…”
A and C enter the car, C sitting on the rear bench
C: “Spacious enough for 5, good seats, and… seatbelts!”
A: “This shift stick has only two speeds, and… Mon Dieu! Jameson? You know what you said about this car, with the ‘secret plan’? The revolution counter…”
A points at the dashboard
C: “What’s off? What does the tachometer say about its RPM?”
A: “It’s only 3000!”
C: “WHAT? 3000?! Could that be a… diesel engine? I’ve read that they are usually running that lowly. Jacques, were there any more details on this car’s specification signboard?”
A: “There was no board!”
C: “I… we, might be onto something. Something truly revolutionary. Jacques, would you please head over to the tractor and check how high that thing revs, just to account for the entertainment values for the article? I’ll talk with the stand workers, if I catch them. This intrigues me, a small affordable diesel commute!”
A leaves the car, swiftly moving a few stands back. Meanwhile, C manages to catch a stand helper.
C: “Good morning, Sir! Jameson Clarke, journalist. My interest lays in this here car and specifically the engineering choices. Would you kindly show and elaborate a bit on the engine?”
H: “Sir, I’m afraid the engine is off limits before the inspection team arrives.”
C: “But kind fellow, you certainly look knowledgeable to me! I’d be much obliged if you could disclose some little hints about what’s inside for public intrigue and interest.”
H: “There is nothing of interest to you. Just an inline 4.”
C: “Diesel?”
H: “D… Diesel? Why do you…”
A: “THE TRACTOR GOES HIGHER IN REVOLUTIONS!”
C: “You heard that, and that’s why! The RPM limit is so low, it MUST be a diesel! And you thought you could get away hiding your secrets when it’s written on your dashboard!”
A: “Vive la révolution! Vive la moteur diesel!”
C: “Here’s your motto to market that car when you get to France.”
H: “But, sir!”
C: “I know! You can thank me later when the news of an affordable diesel car hits the newspapers. Au revoir!”
C: “Excellent, we’ve got title material, Jacques!”
A: “But, are you Really sure that it must be diesel?”
C: “No one hides their dirty secrets to me! One could build another imperial empire on diesel!”
Exhibit 9: Versal “Comet 6” (@Mythrin)
A: “Versal! Jameson, look at this. This is a quality French produce!”
C: “I thought the French gave up…”
A: “Jameson…”
C: “… on making prestigious cars! It is imposing, honestly!”
A: “I could have slapped you!”
C: “Ohh no, please, I surrender already! AhahahaOW!”
A: “Ta guele. Behold this superb continental.”
C: “Looks like it’ll cost more than a couple of grand. But I like the front. Understated, yet elegant.”
A: “The rear looks interesting. The pipes are close to the lights.”
C: “Wait, I’ve noticed a somewhat similar configuration of tail lights on the diesel! Is this how they will look like in the future?”
A: “Not sure of. But look at this shape. It is so round.”
C: “Does look just a little bit like it could be a plane! Hold on, let me have a look at this sign. Straight 6 cylinders, displacing two litres, and it uses the very advanced twin cam setup, actuating 24 valves! What an insane number of valves!”
A: “See, French engineering is not bad.”
C: “Is it reliable, though?”
A: “Is forward, is future proof. This outside design can age, but it is the cœur that is of matter.”
C: “And you ramble about my philo… feel, ohh so want feel that interior. I must enter.”
A: “Oui! Where is one to open doors… Ah, Monsieur! Can we please have a seat inside?”
H: “Eh hello or eh Bonjour! Non, il n’est pas possible…?”
A: “Flûte! Pourqois pas, cher confrère?”
H: “Ahem, pardon? I’m sorry. French isn’t a language I understand very well yet.”
A: “Ah, I see. Again then, why is it not possible?”
C in the background: “It even has a radio!”
H: “Don’t have the keys. I’ve just been hired to… stand here. And look after the car, I think.”
C: “Sir, is it in any way possible for you to open the vehicle?”
H: “No… actually, I could. I know how to work most locks. Do you have a hair clip, by any chance?”
C: “Really…, and do I even look like a woman to you?”
A: “Does this work?” A hands a clasp pin to H.
H: “Eh, could do. Now let me see…”
C whispers to A
[spoiler]C: “You just gave him a tool to break into a lock! What were you thinking?”
A: “Why are you concerned?”
C: “Have you not seen the officers patrolling the hall? Let’s better move along, nothing more to see here anymore.”
A: “Allons-y!”[/spoiler]
A and C casually move towards a stand in the next row. The ‘Helper’ is too focused on unlocking the car to notice.
Exhibit 10: “Narodnik” (@DracoAutomations)
C: “That’s a big car! We were both searching for a big car, weren’t we, dear Mr. Claude?”
A: “Yes, Mr. Avery! It is good for a modern European family to have much space for comfort and travel!”
C: “Let’s start at the back, then! So we can see how much luggage and groceries it could hold!”
A: “That is a very good idea, Mr. Avery!”
C: “Phew, good riddance. But I still feel like cringing.”
In the distance, A and C catch a conversation between who sounded like the helper from before and…
P: “You were caught in the act of grand theft, Mister!”
H: “But, but it’s not what it looks like! I, they…”
P: “Mister, YOU’VE VIOLATED THE LAW! You’ll be paying the court a visit, and then you may serve your sentence, criminal scum!”
H: “I’m not guilty!”
P: “You are entitled to stow it!”
A and C, still obscured behind the black car, look at each other, perplexed.
A: “Mon Dieu! Arrest!”
C: “Tough luck to him. Tough for me not seeing French reverse doors in action. Now, what is this car?”
A: “It has this thing on the top.”
C: “That’s a rack, where you can put additional luggage onto. Well, this would make a practical car! On top of the interior space! Just look at the size of that thing! Oh, and the rear wheels are covered in a streamlined fashion! What a feat!”
A: “États-Unis?”
C: “It looks the part, so I bet it’s from across the pond!”
A: “Two rows of seating! Looks like it can seat six!”
C: “Only a seatbelt for the driver, though it doesn’t need it. Looks like enough steel around to cushion you!”
C moves to the front
C: “There is this imposing chrome bumper, but… Claude, I mean, Jacques, there is no big chrome mesh, or anything to speak of. It’s actually a flat surface where the radiator cowling would go! With only these vents on the sides. The headlights, on the other hand. They’ve really got something. Something American!”
A: “Narodnik.”
C: “What?”
A: “Car is named ‘Narodnik’, has 1.2 litre overhead cam three cylinder with… 45hp. Still America?”
C: “…Russia. If it isn’t America, it’s Russia.”
A: “…We are Russia?”
C: “No, but this car could be from the east. Hey, Sir! Yes, you who does a splendid job on making the ground all polished! Where do you come from?”
H: “Eh, hello, name… my name is…”
C: “No. Where - do - you - come - from?
H: “Not know… name, in eh… Amerykanski.”
C: “You mean British?”
A: “English.”
C: “German!”
H: “Skurwiel!”
C: “I think I’ve heard a Pole say something like that once. You work at this stand? Presenting the vehicle and all?”
H: “Spierdalaj!”
A: “Jameson…”
C: “Pardon?”
H turns away, throwing the swab he held away
C: “Sir, I apologise if I have said…”
As C slips on the ground attempting to follow the disgruntled helper
A, as he stood over C: “…Something wrong?”
C: “Very.”
A: “You angered him.”
C: “Suppose. Let’s just move along.”
Exhibit 11: Fruit “Orange” (@thegermanbeamer)
A: “We should not attempt to do idiotic things again, or being caught in idiotic things, or we get kicked out.”
C: “Amen. Twenty-three were announced to participate in the Transeuropean voyage, so more than half to go. Here’s a good contrast to the car from before!”
A: “Here, car is called…”
H: “This is the Fruit Orange, the next small revolution in small car commuting for Europe, from Europe!”
C: “It’s…”
H: “Small enough to fit well in small streets and parking spaces! And despite the size, four people can fit in it!”
C: “And…”
H: “The roof rack can hold big packages that couldn’t be fitted inside any other car of similar size!”
H goes to the front of the car and opens the ‘bonnet’
H: “This is our grand eye catcher! The trunk in the front is fully usable and easily accessible!”
A: “But where is the moteur?”
H moves to the rear and waits for the two to follow up.
H: “Ta-dah! An essentially vibration-free 6 cylinder engine with 589 cubic centimetres of displacement producing 23hp! And with this weighing just 662 kilograms together with the aero-dynamic shape, it’ll move… efficient-ly!”
C: “May we have a seat inside, good Sir?”
H: “Please do! Watch as the door jumps open with the turn of the OUCH!”
A: “Monsieur!”
H: “Nothing happened!” As he stroked his knee after the door hit it “It’s in test stages, the door springs will be readjusted. Owaa… You can enter!”
A and C enter the car on both front seats
H: “You’re comfortable? Can I bring you two gentlemen a drink?”
C: “Thank you, a water please.”
A: “Too.”
H: “Immediately!”
C: “Good god, is he awfully excited.”
A: “At least he explained car nicely. What do you think?”
C: “Orange, and diamond shaped lights, all around. Quirky, nothing like I’ve seen before. Especially not with that roof rack.”
A: “Is also the first car we found with engine in the rear! Oh, and no seatbelts in back, and, not here too.”
C: “Where they’re going with this car, they don’t need seatbelts. The seats are rough, and I believe it’s comfortably slow with that engine, despite it… it had three straws for carburettors! So, even though this one does look the most exotic to me yet, it’s very well also one of the most frugal cars so far.”
A: “Uh huh. And is the car with the most dangerous doors!”
C: “Ahahaha! You’re right on that!”
H: “Sirs, here are your drinks!”
C: “Thank you, kind sir.”
Exhibit 12: Carlton Ltd “Centuries”
C: “That was refreshing! Hardly had anything to drink today. Now, this stand here we haven’t been at. Carlton. We’ve got something proper British, then?”
A: “‘Amerykanski’”
C: “Gracious, don’t remind me of that incident again. But, this actually is from across the pond?”
A: “V8 engine!”
C: “Definitely. Even though this looks like a commute. How did they even imagine to get one of their bulky V8 engines to not just binge petrol, for a change?”
A: “Ehh, displacement says 122 ‘cubic inch’, and says it is a commute! What is 122 cubic inch?”
C: “That roughly translates to, uhm, around two liter. So we got surprise number one and two. Got any more? Don’t tell me it’s not a push rod valve train, either.”
A: “Is two overhead cams, one per bank. Makes 74.8 hp.”
C: “That makes three. Good thing they don’t keep the intriguing stuff a ‘company secret’ like SiTh tried when hiding their diesel engine!”
A: “No helper around here yet. What do we do?”
C: “Any more statistics?”
A: “They write it is capable of 100mph. What Is that?”
C: “That’s one hundred miles per hour”
A: “In km/h?”
C: “I don’t know, I’ve only remembered it for cubic inches. Though, we might have something rather sporty here, except… I’ll look out for the Yankee in it.”
C crouches, then lays down to inspect the suspension on the rear.
C: “I am astonished! Surprise number four, independant rear suspension! What has gotten into the Americans? Is this their effort to create a sports car? After all, the power output of the V8 is currently not too shabby compared to the two continentals we have seen so far!”
A: “I do not get what is very special with the V8…”
C attempts to open the ‘drivers’ door, but it’s locked. He did look through the window
C: “The most intriguing surprise so far! It has no steering wheel!”
A: “Impossible! Let me look.”
A looks through the ‘correct’ drivers door reveals:
A: “Has steering wheel! Look over here.”
C: “How could I forget! Well, had a good look at the seating. Spacious enough for 5, and seatbelts for the front seats.”
A: “I like the chrome through the door handles!”
C: “THAT’S IT! There was just something odd about the design of it until you mentioned chrome, which this little darling has a good amount of!”
A: “What was wrong with the chrome?”
C: “I thought it was too heavy on this little car, but it is just appropriate given its heritage and heart!”
A: “It is less on the rear.”
C: “Huh, it is. The tail lights are accentuated with it. But, can you guess what, Jacques? We’ll stay here for a bit and wait for some handler to arrive, so we can, huuuh, guess it?”
A: “Test the mediocre seats?”
C: “No. Have a look at the little V8 engine! We have looked in fewer bonnets throughout our research. This would be worth a look, and we have to wait a bit for the rest of the continentals to arrive.”
I haven’t gotten ready another 7 like intended, but there was much opportunity for action on these 5!
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Great stuff once again but, I’ll have to wait for Hanover and Turin for my shining moment.
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Did you submit a van? Because i did
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I gave up on the van once top-speed was less important than mileage and I just couldn’t give it a smaller engine without ruining the drivability, so I put a 427 cc engine into a coupe.
the wooden spoon motor 
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It’ll be really interesting to see how a van does in the competition I’m looking forward to seeing it.
any update?
At least speaking from my point of view, which I know is shared by a few people, we said take your time thinking you’d need a week to have it all out, instead of the 3-days written on the rules. Now, if you don’t post any updates or any new content and wants to stretch this indefinitely, then, I think you ought just to find a scoring system or something and give the results and let it move on.
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(@strop) Look, I don’t mean to be an ass but can we start up another round? It’s become quite clear that this round will be going on for a long time (although I may still be proved wrong) and I want to see the game progress. How the host of the new round would be decided is beyond me, but I just want to keep this thing going.
Props to @4LGE for atleast trying to finish this round, but I don’t want to be sitting here for the next 2 weeks with nothing else going on in this thread.
Edit: welp, Leo ninja’d me… this is awkward.
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It’s weekend now. The reason I haven’t provided new writings yesterday was because I took a break one day to actually rest. Going to bed at 4 am because of writing reviews while having to get up at 6 am to turn up for work turns out to leave you pretty tired 
I now have gotten two full days at my disposal now. It’ll be finished this weekend.
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That’s nice to know. After all that effort making reviews you might have actually deserved a day’s worth of rest!
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You’ve completely earned the day of rest, the quality is brilliant and it was a really enjoyable build to do.
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just to be clear, this wasn’t me saying hurry up or anything, but just trying to keep the thread afloat
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