new PH rental ........ E46 M3

[y2blade]

about time we had a better rental car

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 17th June 21:21

[y2blade]

its miles better than the old one

[hairydave-hd vti]

fidgits and chocky are never gonna manage that!

[y2blade]

hairydave-hd vti said:

fidgits and chocky are never gonna manage that!

im racing in it Fidgits as we speek

[Gun]

Here's my new rental:



Although I think my Xbox is on the blink, as I rounded the final corner to finish second, I got a message come up say "the disk cannot be read", its been doing it quite a bit recently so I think its time for a new Xbox

[Grant.D]

Ooooohhhh, nice choice I'll need to sticker mine up tonight

[Fidgits]

y2blade said:

hairydave-hd vti said:

fidgits and chocky are never gonna manage that!

im racing in it Fidgits as we speek

Forget us - we now have a Ralf Schumacher on the grid... pictures to follow

[Fidgits]

So anyway, the first night of Pistonhead Taxi car challenge got underway...

And all was looking good in the first corner of the first track, though you might want to pay special attention to the yellow car on the grass on the inside - i'd like this opportunity to introduce you to the Ralf Schumacher of PH, "oh my god", more on him later.



and, predictably, the neatness lasted, oh, a few seconds...



At this point, i'd like to point out, my car (the one with the red door and blue boot) I was just arriving at this accident, had nothing to do with it, and was collected by the aftermath (and needed a new engine, twice actually thanks to Civ and Ralf )

But, as we got the hang of our slightly more powerful steeds, the close racing became (a little) cleaner..







But, then, after ramming his way to the front of the field in the 3rd race, not long after protesting at being given the nickname of 'Ralf', oh my god hit the straight of Mugello with me right behind him...



I was a good few metres distance behind , but he felt it nessacery to 'weave' to stop me getting into his slipstream...



Whereupon, he weaved straight onto the grass..



and then proceeded to....




well.




The pictures say it best.












It was an amazing sequence, he literally 'flew' over me, thankfully landing just behind me, and taking out the guy that was on my tail at the time...






Welcome to Pistonhead Taxi Challenge!

[Mr E]

Fidgits said:

The pictures say it best.







Welcome to Pistonhead Taxi Challenge!

How on earth did that happen?



I'm buying the M3 now and doing it up just so I'm ready.

[Gun]

Some great driving on show!! I was taken out by two cars on the Maple Valley race, Oh My God is something of a legend already!

I'll be back on 2moro evening for some more if my Xbox holds out.

[Fidgits]

Mr E said:

Fidgits said:

The pictures say it best.







Welcome to Pistonhead Taxi Challenge!

How on earth did that happen?



I'm buying the M3 now and doing it up just so I'm ready.

We were going flat out on the straight - and what the pictures dont capture is just how sharply he was swerving.. right into the wall...

I think the frame of the bridge is what sent him flying though - the sequence was amazing, he literally flew over me, landing sideways behind me and taking out joy!

By the way, your voice messages were empty mate - couldnt hear a thing!

[Robatr0n]

Now....I don't make it THAT blatent when I want to get rid of someone do I?

[y2blade]

Fidgits said:

At this point, i'd like to point out, my car (the one with the red door and blue boot) I was just arriving at this accident, had nothing to do with it, and was collected by the aftermath (and needed a new engine, twice actually thanks to Civ and Ralf )

that is me facing the wrong way (thanks too...x... ) these cars are miles better than the lame hyundai's

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 17th June 23:38

[Fidgits]

y2blade said:

Fidgits said:

At this point, i'd like to point out, my car (the one with the red door and blue boot) I was just arriving at this accident, had nothing to do with it, and was collected by the aftermath (and needed a new engine, twice actually thanks to Civ and Ralf )

that is me facing the wrong way (thanks too...x... ) these cars are miles better than the lame hyundai's

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 17th June 23:38

had nowt to do with me... I was late to the accident (but still came off worse!)

[theboyfold]

Car #34 reporting for duty and ready to spread peace, love and understanding

[Xenocide]

Cool i'll get one stickered up now!

[Edit: Ok got one sticker'd up!]

Edited by Xenocide on Monday 18th June 01:17

[baz7175]

Cool, I've one sitting in my garage already in boggo standard form so I'll get my usual graphics onto it tonight and get back online with you guys

[Civpilot]

Fidgits said:

y2blade said:

Fidgits said:

At this point, i'd like to point out, my car (the one with the red door and blue boot) I was just arriving at this accident, had nothing to do with it, and was collected by the aftermath (and needed a new engine, twice actually thanks to Civ and Ralf )

that is me facing the wrong way (thanks too...x... ) these cars are miles better than the lame hyundai's

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 17th June 23:38

had nowt to do with me... I was late to the accident (but still came off worse!)

And it's me on the far left slightly on the grass, I think I "pitted" the car in front after making the mistake of braking to try and avoid the accident (these cars do not handle on cold tyres at all). To be honest Blade I dont think that Oh my God hit you at all, I saw you get brushed by the other white car as you ran slightly wide, I then kinda collected you both, but I really had no choice as I was on my way to the scene of a spin at the time

Great racing last night, Figits your lecture to 'Oh My God' on driver behaviour in racing will go down in history mate.. mainly for the fact that it lasted for all 6 laps of the race

I had much more trouble earlier on with another guy, forget his name but it began with L. He punted me off in the firt race with a questionable manouvre, he rejoined the track after an off, gave him plenty of room on the right of the track as I was approaching at easy double his speed, then just as I got to him he defended the lineby pulling hard left??? cue me head on into the wall at 150+mph.
Very next race, same track, fast right/left kink, Blade was in front by a good car length and a half, made the first right with a lift then turned into the left completely unaware that "L" had decided to straight line over the right (including the grass) and not bother braking at all for the left. Cue blade heading straight into the wall only to spin on track out of control for me to collect him, both our races over, "L" went on to win.
I called the manouver a "bit of a punt" only to get a torrent of abuse over the mike from "L".

Love this game but dont think I will race with him again given the choice.

[y2blade]

Civpilot said:

To be honest Blade I dont think that Oh my God hit you at all, I saw you get brushed by the other white car as you ran slightly wide, I then kinda collected you both, but I really had no choice as I was on my way to the scene of a spin at the time

i didnt say "he" did!!!!! i never mentioned any names!!!

i love this game,see you all tonight

[Gun]

Civpilot said:

Fidgits said:

y2blade said:

Fidgits said:

At this point, i'd like to point out, my car (the one with the red door and blue boot) I was just arriving at this accident, had nothing to do with it, and was collected by the aftermath (and needed a new engine, twice actually thanks to Civ and Ralf )

that is me facing the wrong way (thanks too...x... ) these cars are miles better than the lame hyundai's

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 17th June 23:38

had nowt to do with me... I was late to the accident (but still came off worse!)

And it's me on the far left slightly on the grass, I think I "pitted" the car in front after making the mistake of braking to try and avoid the accident (these cars do not handle on cold tyres at all). To be honest Blade I dont think that Oh my God hit you at all, I saw you get brushed by the other white car as you ran slightly wide, I then kinda collected you both, but I really had no choice as I was on my way to the scene of a spin at the time

Great racing last night, Figits your lecture to 'Oh My God' on driver behaviour in racing will go down in history mate.. mainly for the fact that it lasted for all 6 laps of the race

I had much more trouble earlier on with another guy, forget his name but it began with L. He punted me off in the firt race with a questionable manouvre, he rejoined the track after an off, gave him plenty of room on the right of the track as I was approaching at easy double his speed, then just as I got to him he defended the lineby pulling hard left??? cue me head on into the wall at 150+mph.
Very next race, same track, fast right/left kink, Blade was in front by a good car length and a half, made the first right with a lift then turned into the left completely unaware that "L" had decided to straight line over the right (including the grass) and not bother braking at all for the left. Cue blade heading straight into the wall only to spin on track out of control for me to collect him, both our races over, "L" went on to win.
I called the manouver a "bit of a punt" only to get a torrent of abuse over the mike from "L".

Love this game but dont think I will race with him again given the choice.

Well thats me in the distance, the Ring Taxi, about to be taken out by the two cars on the left, I think the only thing that was working after the "incident" were the two left hand wheels. Had to drive the remainder of the lap with the car on pretty much full right lock!