Young Norwegian Car Enthusiast Challenge(reviews published)

[thecarlover]

Hey Puffster, the spreadsheet you posted for stats is set to "view only" so we can't add anything.

[thecarlover]

Presenting the 2002 Solo Beaver BM Adventure, a sporty and practical compact station wagon optimised for the Norwegian market! Featuring a 1.8L turbocharged I4 paired to a 6-speed manual transmission and AWD drivetrain, it's guaranteed to get you, four friends, and all your luggage to your remote cabin without sacrificing fun or breaking down along the way.

[koolkei]

Presenting
the
Komodo Tiara Mega

[07CobaltGirl]

Wait, so >75 overall reliability is allowed? I'm having a hellofa time getting 40 drivability, 75 reliability, and under 33k at 50% markup! WTH am I doing wrong??? I can get 74 reliability and everything else (but my GH times blow chunks)!

[stensen]

just wanted to start throwing out some cars... tbh, i dont really get those calculations. are the x values the respectice scores? or do we simply not know the x values? seems like ill just build an excessively overpowered car

[Dragawn]

just wanted to start throwing out some cars... tbh, i dont really get those calculations. are the x values the respectice scores? or do we simply not know the x values? seems like ill just build an excessively overpowered car

They're multiplication signs in this case.

[stensen]

just wanted to start throwing out some cars... tbh, i dont really get those calculations. are the x values the respectice scores? or do we simply not know the x values? seems like ill just build an excessively overpowered car

They're multiplication signs in this case.

thanks, now i see. might have saved me from submitting the most ridiculous car of the competition.

[DeusExMackia]

[07CobaltGirl]

I'm not an advertising executive, but here is my futile attempt.

[stensen]

a car for norwegians? not having a clue about the market the development team was confronted with a sleazy marketing consultant throwing numbers at them that they couldnt make any sense of. so they started doing what they always do: building an exciting, sporty car that meets the budget. hell, the norwegians have loads of money to spend, oil to burn and all we ever saw of them were hot girls and surferdudes. so they sent the marketing guys off to find a market for their newest creation:

it is winter sports time! the brandnew Vichingo brings southern european temperemant to the ice track! this is how it feels to set a new world record at Vikersund! get the real driving experience for just 33000 krones!

[Puffster]

Terribly sorry for the lack of replies so far, went on a cabin trip on thursday where I was promised web access. Ofc, the cake is a lie, and so was this, so I've had VERY limited access to the internets on my cellphone. Will answer all today

I sent a PM, at least I think I did. Did you get it?

Yes, or at least I've received a PM from you with a car and short description, so I'm assuming that's the one you're talking about

I got 74.8 Reliability on my vehicle.

I said F*ck it, it's close enough

I know the reliability one is harsh, so I won't disqualify you for this since you are so close, but there will be a penalty involved in the scoring

Hey Puffster, the spreadsheet you posted for stats is set to "view only" so we can't add anything.

Thanks for the headsup, was suspecting this since there were no entries there, I'll remove it from the first post and enter the info myself (such derp, much fail, wow )

just wanted to start throwing out some cars... tbh, i dont really get those calculations. are the x values the respectice scores? or do we simply not know the x values? seems like ill just build an excessively overpowered car

They're multiplication signs in this case.

thanks, now i see. might have saved me from submitting the most ridiculous car of the competition.

My bad for not making that clearer (note to self on next challenge)

Great to see so many new entries, list will be updated today

[strop]

Okay, an ad huh? Let's see if I can do one in the character of 2002... I think around this time I was salivating over the Murcielago...



After a fair bit of searching, I found a photo of a Norwegian (I hope) roadway that wasn't the Atlantic bridge in the middle of a storm, Storseisundet bridge (though that would have been epic), Trollstigen road (which unfortunately didn't have any photos with cinematic angles I could use for an ad), that was also under commons with modification license. Unfortunately it required I place the car a little too low in the frame for my liking, but hey, it's still a nice photo.

I got some serious help from my Scandanavian friend with regards to the name. Otherwise I would have had no clue that funny looking d was in fact a voiced dental fricative... I'm no linguist.

Also excuse the craptastic logo. I came up with it on the fly and it seems that the MM designs so far have been pretty, uh, blocky and modular and un-Italian in general, so have a Bauhaus font xD

[07CobaltGirl]

^ That's only like 5000x better than my crappy "advertisement" was.

[Vri404]

[Redacted]

[strop]

I did get sick of reading up on kidney transplants... So I spent like 3 hours on it xD

Also shit I can't remember if my entry actually has a manually locking diff. I better check.