my garage

[skoda_norman]

hey peeps,

just signed up thought i'd show you my fleet....i get more distracted with buying and modifing cars on GT4 than i actually do with progressing...thus i own 7 240GLTs...

my first car, bought with heart rather than head as it was quite difficult to win some races in it...but it is fully tuned, 150bhp and it handles! Its got a roll cage, racing tyres, fully customizable suspension - the whole lot.

my original 240GLT, now got a whole host of others, but this one is slammed over black steels, with full tune, 200+bhp....i think...

playing around with suspension...

fast fun Scoob - close to or even 500bhp, can't remember...

tuned 106 GTi...done 200mph in this ... and i wouldn't recomend it

green calipers just dont look real!

maxxed 2CV, spend loads on it, and it is still slow! lol

supercharged E-Type

Lupo GTi - i've set some hot time round the ring in this, but can't remember it now...possibily 7.40...but will check

Drifting RX-7

2nd favorit car...one of my first, 400bhp-ish R32...handles brilliantly, very quick, generally fun. I've got the central diff set up to deliver most of the power to the rear wheels which is even better too

R32 vs Zonda
The Approach...

The Negotiation...

The Done Deal...

my favorite car! M3 CSL with chip, racing exhaust and sports suspension...it's great. sound so good, and that straight 6 is wonderful, i've racked up 300miles in it, and most have been me playing around coz it is so nice!

Well thats it for now...

 

[Perfect Balance]

Great start dude. Hope to see more pics.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

nice rob i like your alloy combos with your 2cv n csl

 

[skoda_norman]

photoshop of the 270bhp 240...

 

[ekmatt9]

Cool pics dude. I like the yellow - ish / beige Volvo you got with the black steelies. It looks sleeper to me. How did you win the Jaguar you got in there? The Supercharged one?

 

[eastley]

Nice

 

[lmracer]

i am in love with the steel mags. i thought i was the only one who enjoyed a modest look

 

[Master_Yoda]

very good stuff i would lover to see more.

 

[bjc-3000]

That´s a good start and a nice and personal GT4-history. My family once had that yellow Volvo station wagon. Me has it too, in GT4 I like that you added another exhaust in the last pic. BTW, I also started with the Panda...

Prost!

 

[skoda_norman]

Jag E-Type = British GT cup.

thanks for all the compliments, my other Volvo's have less subtle wheels...pics soon.

 

[skoda_norman]

and some more

this thing is fantastic...i only won it yesterday...it revs to 10,000rpm and handles superbly. i've lowered mine to 50mm because it just has to be done and i am thoroughly impressed...may upgrade it to 500bhp tho

I spent some money on my E-Type too. I was hoping to win the European Historic Cup but the Jag just couldn't get the Cobra Anyway, it's now much lower and has about 400bhp and lots of torque.

I tuned my Cien too for the American All Star Cup, but again, just couldn't beat the Panzor thing. Anyway, i had originally supercharged it (980bhp) and i put the NA tune on (1020bhp) and i was assuming that you could run the NA tuning with the supercharger...but i don't think you can...is this so? I took it for a drag and managed 9.65 seconds too. Don't know the top speed but hit 200bhp along the New York straight before having to brake for the corner.

Then I took my Lotus Carlton out for a mess around...

some others:

Beetle. modified agian for looks. gone for the cal look hence the nose down appearance.

406 coop, bought to fuel my love of the 406 (though i prefer the estates), not that much fun really ... i think thats something to do with the FWD.

Lotus Europa, a lovely classic car which is great fun

Well thats it for now. Hope you like the pics, and as ever, feedback welcomed

 

[chocobo]

👍

 

[Speed Racer 12]

I like your pictures. Nice style. What I most like is how you put a little back story to all of your pictures. 👍

 

[skoda_norman]

not logged in for a long while.

i appear to have deleted all the old photos from photobucket, but i will edit them later.

anyway, here are some pics i took last night.

just bought and modified this car - Volvo S60.

395bhp, and i got 186mph out of (obviously it will go quicker, but then 6th takes forever!)

I put a LSD on and racing tyres, so suprisingly the wheelspin wasnt too bad.

Suspension, I think the front springs are a bit too strong as it understeers a bit, so i'll try and address that later.

Pics :

 

[skoda_norman]

this little car is great fun. i won it from one of the european events i think, and you can use it for the Triumph Challenge. I've fully modified it, if i remember rightly, its somewhere between 150-200bhp, dont really know. Its not an overly fast car, but it is great fun. The tail jumps out, but can be controled with ease. It just feels more 'involved' than some of the other cars.

next up we have my 180S Datsun. i bought and modified this purely for looks, but i think there is a turbo on there and 220bhp to play with. More importantly, it is slammed on some small wide wheels with negative camber!

My Jenson Interceptor. Fully modified again, producing HUGE amounts of power and torque. with low gearing the car acelorates quicker than the world rotates - but tops out at 150! I managed to strike a medium between the two, but its a pretty mint car.

thats all.

 

[Pink_the_Floyd]

A load of pics in one time, just wait 'till my brain copes them all

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Yep, there we are

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Very nice pictures but although on the Volvo ones, there are lots of them which are just too bright but I like the Bluebird pictures very much, great work!

 

[skoda_norman]

i love my volvo!

I went round the 'Ring in it yesterday.

think thats impressive?

check out this catching of the rubble strip!

Which is the right way?

German engineering - pah!

 

[Pink_the_Floyd]

Great shot on the second pic but...

WTF happened to the front grill in the fourth pic?

 

[skoda_norman]

photoshoppery...but not a very good one

 

[skoda_norman]

drifiting rules!

I set my Volvo up for drifting ( settings taken from this site ) and went drifting...

lots of pics

New drift toy!

 

[PLmatt91]

Nice pictures, they are consistent and they look nice also. I was wondering if you can PM me those R32 Golf settigs you have? I'm a VW fan myself and I was wondering if I can see them because my settings are awful for AWD's...

 

[skoda_norman]

I had this saved on my computer, 600bhp Aston DB9.

My first attempt at a 2 car photoshop - what do you think?

I choose the cars because they were taken at the same place, but then thought about it and they were both the flagship German Coupe's of their times

 

[GT4_Rule]

Nice shots you got there, even though half of the pics say "oops! link is no longer available" the ones I can see are pretty good. Mind you though, even with 2MB broadband it took me nearly a minute to load all the pics. I think it's wiser to use thumbnails.

 

[skoda_norman]

i prefer all the photos like this...not to keen on having to strain to see the thumb nails and then clicking on them to open in a new window.

a bit of an update, bit worried whether there are effects over-kill?

first up, Honda Z Act. hehe.
slammed and with 12degrees of negative camber on the front, and 12 degrees on the back. :d oh yes - it is hot!

New boots on the Carlton...

Now this is a 1976 Lancer rally car. I wanted to take it out on some dirt, but at 42k for dirt tyres maybe i wont.

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Cibies!

I think this looks quite real.

And a general scenery shot

I hope you enjoyed

 

[Pink_the_Floyd]

I did 👍


Great pictures, really great

Keep up the great work

 

[zero00769]

Nice pics man. I like the one's you photo shopped with the different shades of color. Vary nice stuff....

 

[SEATT]

Very nice garage dude!!!

 

[GT4_Rule]

Nice pics!

 

[GM]

Nice pictures 👍

 

[skoda_norman]

i've been away alot recently and had quite a bit of stuff to do so havent been on GT4 much.

but I have some more pics for you!

Firstly, my latest Volvo adventure. 240GLT SUV. i think it looks great and is much better than any Hummer!

^ practical huge boot

^190bhp

^off-road friendly ride height

AND

^ plenty of body roll!! hehe

Next up, is another of my toys. Its just a Golf IV GTi, that i have done some basic modifications to. It has the racing chip and exhaust, sports suspension and stage 1 turbo. With all that you're talking 190bhp, and for some reason, I just enjoy driving it

And here is a pic of my Golf family. Green GTi for everyday, and the R32 strictly for weekends only! haha!

I've also pulled my Nismo 400R out from some drifting action. As shown here.

And what would drifting be without some SERIOUS air...

Now some more serious stuff. I set my Cien off to do an endurance race (cant remember which) but I won this rather nice FTO LM Edition. Worthy of a few pics.

The next race I did used this great piece of German Engineering. 1038bhp, and on the Numberg Ring 24hr race finished with a 15 lap lead over a M3 GTR race car.

And of course my prize from that race. A rather horrible colour, but it can be forgiven!

I hope you enjoyed that rather big update.