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FrankNSTein

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Post Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:18 pm

NO COMPROMISES - The Frankenstein Direwolf SP+

Dear Mr. Sebesseg,

We from Frankenstein Automotive recommend you the Frankenstein Direwolf SP+. The Sports Premium Plus Edition, which the SP+ stands for, of our new Direwolf Sedan fits exactly your needs as a businessman.
It takes no compromises in comfort while still being sporty enough to have fun.

The SP+ is powered by a 5.0L V8, delivering 340hp. It accelerates to 100 km/h in 5.7 Seconds and does a quarter-mile in less than 14 Seconds. Also to mention is the cornering of almost 1g. For top speed, the SP+ is doing 253 km/h.

Features:
Pure Luxury Interior with the newest High-End Audio System
Advanced Safety
Power Steering and Antilock Braking
All-Wheel Drive
Double Wishbone Suspension with Hydropneumatic Springs on all 4 Wheels for maximum Comfort
Vented Disc Brakes Front and Rear
Viscous LSD Differentials for maximum grip

The list price for the Direwolf SP+ is $36435.

So, while being slightly over your specified budget, we hope you still consider the Direwolf because it is basically 2 cars in one: Your everyday driving, serious looking luxury sedan for business and your fun car with good cornering and insane acceleration.

- Frankenstein Automotive

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( It is from current stable release, so if you dont accept that its ok )
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Post Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:30 pm

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

As checked about 5 minutes ago:
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Post Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:21 pm

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

*side note first
i kinda feel like the factory tab REALLY matters on the pricing. im going bananas on quality slider everywhere and i still can't even make it to the $32k mark.
i feel like after this, we should pause the competition and find a solution to this.


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Post Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:59 pm

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

I have update my post with market tab.

I agree with koolkei, we need to figure this out before next round. Maybe the next round master should include factory rules as well...?
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Post Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:09 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

A solution to the factory issues could be to leave it at the estimated price, and factor in that that price will be very low and so have a lower price limit set?
Car showcase thread: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8227
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Post Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:34 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

i believe that's the best bet so far.
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Post Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:22 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

I think that estimated prices are VERY different from final prices though... Maybe just have it be something to take into consideration? like "I'll pay more money for a higher quality product." and stuff like that.
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Post Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:50 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

yeah but i don't see it affecting the car stats directly so it's VERY hard to judge what effects it has
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Post Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:04 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

Reliability is the only thing affected by the factories in terms of car stats, and it's not a huge difference. The price (and so competitiveness) is affected by it as well, but since this isn't a competition of market ratings, that isn't a real issue. Just that whoever hosts the round makes a test car of what they want and get a general idea of what the estimated price should be.
Car showcase thread: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8227
Mods thread: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8552

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Post Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:12 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

So I hate to be that guy but....

Results? Do you have a date where you're going to post it?
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Post Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:16 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

It's not been that long...

I should have the results ready later tonight assuming that no other issues pop up. I wanted to review them as I got them, but it didn't work out that way.
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Post Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:33 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

I didn't say you had to post them today, don't rush it. :P

I was just curious because you said the due date was the 29th but you didn't say when the results would be posted.
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Post Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:48 am

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

No worries! I'm making sure that every car gets fair/equal coverage. Then I'm going to try and say a few things in regards to those who made the shortlist...which isn't all that short lol and then we'll have the winner posted with a few more comments on why I chose that car. I've got a couple more to do so it might be tomorrow instead actually...we'll see how things progress b/c I do want all cars to have equal consideration.

I should have put the laughing emote on my comment b/c that first bit wasn't meant to be snarky...well that's hindsight :lol:

EDIT: Unfortunately, I think results are going to have to wait until tomorrow b/c I'm not certain I'll finish everything and do a necessary once over all tonight. I have one and a half cars left and the short list & winner comments to do, but I wasn't able to finish as intended because my realtor stayed 45 mins longer than I anticipated, which delayed quite a few things. Also an issue with a car I almost missed needs some resolution so I make sure everyone has a fair chance.
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Post Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:39 pm

Re: The Car Shopping Round (Round 8)

The rounds are fairly high turnover so we do try to keep delays to a minimum. I appreciate that the whole beta thing does make it a little unstable (can you imagine what moving forums is going to do LOL). For the latter reason it's important to get this round finished before updates to this forum are frozen (we don't know exactly when forum migration will happen, but it will happen!)

Already that this has been going strong without any hiccups for 8 rounds (and minimal input from OP) shows how well this commuity works. But after this round I propose we consider a temporary pause to proceedings to wait for forum migration, then to figure out how we will approach beta, because I can say that the beta builds are going to be changing a fair bit from now until they become the new stable release!

P.S. DoctorNarfy, not to be that guy either, but did you ever finish the Man With A Van reviews? :lol:
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Post Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:49 pm

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