Problem in Beginner hall!

[Jeck]

Hi!

I can´t drove the Spider & Roadster event in beginner hall.
I have made all licenses and i have tried with a couple of cars but it still not working! And my Japanese isn´t soo good...

 

[Awaji Islander]

I'm pretty sure you have to do the Spider & Roadster event in a convertable. Any convertable will do.

 

[smellysocks12]

Get a mazda mx-5 or opel speedster, that should work.

 

[KSpeed]

I did it what a MRS....

 

[kensei]

Like the title says you need a "spider" or a "roadster" with Normal (S) tires.

I did it with a Lotus Elise 111r, overkill but I love the car!

 

[woodstock827]

um... u do know what spider and roadster means, rite?

 

[nightkid86]

um... u do know what spider and roadster means, rite?

AHHHHHH SPIDER!!!!!!!!

 

[Awaji Islander]

If you don't mind my asking a stupid question, what exactly fits the definition of "spider"? (for cars, of course.) I've never heard it used outside of GT.

 

[scarredgoth21]

it just a flashy way of sayin convertible i think
and i think it actually Spyder not spider

 

[DRT2RM]

and i think it actually Spyder not spider

It depends on the car. The Toyota MR2 SW20 had a limited time convertible in Japan and is labeled a Spider

 

[scarredgoth21]

there's the eclipse spyder too but it not rare i see them everywhere that's why i think it just a flashy way of saying convertible

 

[kensei]

Spyder/Spider (can be either depending on the manufacturer or era) is a term for an open two seater sports car. European open two seat sports cars are usually "spyder" while american and Japanese cars it differs. Cars need to be lightweight. I wouldn't call a Mercedes SL65 AMG a "spyder".

Roadster is basically the same thing though more of the American term for it. Technically I think a roadster has a back seat (rumble seat) seat but never has a top, or even an option for a top...usually they are heavier cars(?)

Off the top of my head in GT4 Spyders would be;
RUF 3400s, AC/Shelby Cobra, Miatas, s2000, etc...

Roadster
Chrysler Prowler, PT cruiser convertable (is there one?)...aren't corvettes traditionally called roadsters?

 

[Solid Lifters]

I found this with a Google search.


Basically, what makes a car a 'Spyder' is that its manufacturer has
decided to call it that.

"There is nothing that actually qualifies a car to be call 'Spyder'.
That being said it is most often used on sporty two-door, two-seat
convertibles. The term has been used on cars from most all countries
but was originally used by Porsche in the fifties."

Car Forums: What classifies a car as a Spyder?
http://www.car-forums.com/archive/t720.html

"One could argue that the name Spyder is hardly descriptive of a fast,
hot blooded sports car, but the precedents existed both in the United
States and in then-current Italian cars, where the name implied a
light, quick, open roadster... how light and quick does said roadster
have to be before it can be called a Spyder? And if precedents existed
for the name, how far back does the term go and what were the first
cars to use it? Actually, the term 'spider' derives from horse-drawn
carriages, as in other 18th and 19th century terms such as brougham,
coupe de ville, landau and phaeton. A spider phaeton was a lighter
version of a phaeton, having narrower, spindly wheels and two-seat
accommodation. So, it would seem that this was subsequently applied to
cars (certainly phaeton before spider). There are lots of Spyders,
though, including the Fiat 850, Ferrari, Porsche, and Corvair. There
was also a Triumph TR7 Spider version. There doesn't seem to be any
rule about the use of this term, other than that the car should have a
convertible top and be somewhat sporty."

The Porsche 986 Boxter FAQ
http://www.986faq.com/1-0/default.asp

Here's an interesting history of the term 'spyder':

Alfa Romeo Digest Archive
http://www.digest.net/alfa/archive/v8/msg00706.html

Google Web Search: "the term OR word OR name spyder"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q="the+term+OR+word+OR+name+spyder

Google Web Search: "what is a spyder"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q="what+is+a+spyder

Thanks for an enjoyable question! If anything's unclear or incomplete,
please request clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance
before you rate my answer.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud


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Subject: Re: Sypder Convertibles
From: kayakto-ga on 21 Dec 2004 03:30 PST
of what i know it was fiat's spyder that made biggest "career" and
then they spreaded the idea to Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo (all
italian names, huh?), other manufacturers followed. When it comes to
alfa Romeo - try <a href="http://carpurchase.topcities.com/alfa_romeo/">alfa
romeo info</a> where u have all "spyders", look by yourself why they
are called that way.

 

[inferno]

It seems that their is no actual definition or set of guidlines for making a car a spider, so we're going to get a wide variety or responses to that question. I might as well throw mine in.

The terms Spider and Roadster are typicly reserved for a special class of vehicle that is verry small and light. these vehicles are inherently sporty even if their mechanicals arent all that spectacular, and they can be made verry sporty pieces of equipment. These are cars that are fun to drive, first and foremost. Now, as for the specifics, The only consistency i've found is that a Spider is a mid engine, two seat convertible, and a roadster is a front engine, two seat convertible. Obviously their are deviants to this theory such as the Eclipse spider and others, but keep in mind that automakers can slap an un copywrited monkier on any steaming pile they like. In the classic sense, I belive this is what they had in mind when the terms "spider" and "roadster" where born.

So, to recap. A spider is a car like an opel speedster, lotus elise, or toyota MRS. and a roadster is a car like a mazda miata, honda S2000, audi TT, and even the MB SLK/Chysler crossfire. Perhaps the most bloated examples of roadsters to date, but none the less, roadsters.