Quiz: How big of a Petrol-Head are you? Really?
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How big of a Petrol-Head are you? Really? (this is aimed car CAR people really, not bike nuts)
In order to answer this, I've put together this simple quiz :-)
(My full quiz is 50 questions, but I don't think any of you will bother to do that!! so this is a cut-down 30)
Simply answer all the questions, and add up your score!
100 or less = automatic PH account deletion
149 or less = total FAIL
150-179 "must try harder" zone
180pts = Pass
210pts+ = Pass with Distinction
NOTE: (as people are cheating) UNLESS IT SAYS 'EACH', you only get one set of points for that question, so 2x american cars = 20 pts, NOT 40 pts
1: Do you own a car?
Yes: +50 pts | No: -50 pts
2: Is it a Saxo?
Yes: -50 pts
3: How many cars have you owned?
+5 pts EACH
4: How many cars do you CURRENTLY own? (tax'ed and MOT'ed)
+10 pts EACH
5: Have you ever owned a British car (a proper one; IE Lotus, TVR, Noble etc, not a Derby-made Toyota)?
Yes: +20 pts
6: Have you ever owned an American car?
Yes: +20 pts
7: Have you ever owned an Italian car?
Yes: +20 pts
8: Have you ever owned car with pop-up headlights?
Yes: +10 pts
9: Have you ever owned car with a 0-60mph of under 5 seconds?
Yes: +30 pts (or +50 pts if under 4 secs)
10: Have you ever been on the strip at Santa Pod? (Or another drag strip)
Yes: +20 pts
11: Have you ever been to large Car Show? (the big ones, you know, Paris, London etc)
Yes: +10 pts
12: Have you ever been to the Autosport Show? (Brum)
Yes: +15 pts
13: Have you ever been to a classic car meet (in an appropriate car)?
Yes: +10 pts
14: Have you ever bought a car that you later figured out wouldn't fit in your garage?
Yes: +20 pts
15: Have you even been round the Nurburgring?
Yes: +10 pts
16: Have you ever been to watch F1 live?
Yes: +15 pts
17: Have you ever owned a Classic Mini?
Yes: +20 pts
18: Are you a member of a car owners club?
Yes: +20 pts
19: Is it a Saxo club?
Yes: -30 pts
20: Is your (favorite) car powered by:
Petrol: 0 pts | Diesel: -10pts | Pure Alcohol/Ethanol: +100 pts (Not bio-diesel)
21: Do you have anything resembling a "sticker-bomb" or other similar stickers on your car?
Yes: -50 pts
22: Have you ever built a kit car? (a proper kit, not a re-body; eg MR2-ferraris)
Yes: +50 pts
23: Do you have a car that you WILL NOT take out in the rain? (even if the roads are just wet and its sunny)
yes: -20 pts
24: Have you ever been to LeMans (or classic)
yes: +25 pts
25: Have you had a car that you will not take out unless you have checked the weather forecast first?
Yes: +10 pts
26: Do you have an MSA race licence or ARKS license (and use it competitively)
Yes: +50 pts (does this make you a "race-ist"?)
27: Are you a member of the PH "Spelling/Grammar Nazis", or "Pedant hat club"
Yes: +10 pts
28: Do you have a "garland" hanging from your mirror?
Yes: -20 pts
29: Have you or do you own a car on either Classic or "Specialist" insurance?
Yes: +10 pts
30: Do you or have you owned a car where it is compulsory to wave at other of the same make/model?
Yes: +25 pts
In order to answer this, I've put together this simple quiz :-)
(My full quiz is 50 questions, but I don't think any of you will bother to do that!! so this is a cut-down 30)
Simply answer all the questions, and add up your score!
100 or less = automatic PH account deletion
149 or less = total FAIL
150-179 "must try harder" zone
180pts = Pass
210pts+ = Pass with Distinction
NOTE: (as people are cheating) UNLESS IT SAYS 'EACH', you only get one set of points for that question, so 2x american cars = 20 pts, NOT 40 pts
1: Do you own a car?
Yes: +50 pts | No: -50 pts
2: Is it a Saxo?
Yes: -50 pts
3: How many cars have you owned?
+5 pts EACH
4: How many cars do you CURRENTLY own? (tax'ed and MOT'ed)
+10 pts EACH
5: Have you ever owned a British car (a proper one; IE Lotus, TVR, Noble etc, not a Derby-made Toyota)?
Yes: +20 pts
6: Have you ever owned an American car?
Yes: +20 pts
7: Have you ever owned an Italian car?
Yes: +20 pts
8: Have you ever owned car with pop-up headlights?
Yes: +10 pts
9: Have you ever owned car with a 0-60mph of under 5 seconds?
Yes: +30 pts (or +50 pts if under 4 secs)
10: Have you ever been on the strip at Santa Pod? (Or another drag strip)
Yes: +20 pts
11: Have you ever been to large Car Show? (the big ones, you know, Paris, London etc)
Yes: +10 pts
12: Have you ever been to the Autosport Show? (Brum)
Yes: +15 pts
13: Have you ever been to a classic car meet (in an appropriate car)?
Yes: +10 pts
14: Have you ever bought a car that you later figured out wouldn't fit in your garage?
Yes: +20 pts
15: Have you even been round the Nurburgring?
Yes: +10 pts
16: Have you ever been to watch F1 live?
Yes: +15 pts
17: Have you ever owned a Classic Mini?
Yes: +20 pts
18: Are you a member of a car owners club?
Yes: +20 pts
19: Is it a Saxo club?
Yes: -30 pts
20: Is your (favorite) car powered by:
Petrol: 0 pts | Diesel: -10pts | Pure Alcohol/Ethanol: +100 pts (Not bio-diesel)
21: Do you have anything resembling a "sticker-bomb" or other similar stickers on your car?
Yes: -50 pts
22: Have you ever built a kit car? (a proper kit, not a re-body; eg MR2-ferraris)
Yes: +50 pts
23: Do you have a car that you WILL NOT take out in the rain? (even if the roads are just wet and its sunny)
yes: -20 pts
24: Have you ever been to LeMans (or classic)
yes: +25 pts
25: Have you had a car that you will not take out unless you have checked the weather forecast first?
Yes: +10 pts
26: Do you have an MSA race licence or ARKS license (and use it competitively)
Yes: +50 pts (does this make you a "race-ist"?)
27: Are you a member of the PH "Spelling/Grammar Nazis", or "Pedant hat club"
Yes: +10 pts
28: Do you have a "garland" hanging from your mirror?
Yes: -20 pts
29: Have you or do you own a car on either Classic or "Specialist" insurance?
Yes: +10 pts
30: Do you or have you owned a car where it is compulsory to wave at other of the same make/model?
Yes: +25 pts
Edited by Darkcat on Saturday 9th February 19:39
passed after the 1st 3 questions...
370 not bad for a 'gary boy'
28 previous and 4 current cars helped my score. i do currently own a 106 gti though so hopefully i dont loose points for that.
should be extra points for owning a motorbike, and having a petrolhead tattoo too
370 not bad for a 'gary boy'
28 previous and 4 current cars helped my score. i do currently own a 106 gti though so hopefully i dont loose points for that.
should be extra points for owning a motorbike, and having a petrolhead tattoo too
Edited by markeyturbo on Saturday 9th February 10:57
(understandable)Darkcat said:
How big of a Petrol-Head are you? Really? (this is aimed car CAR people really, not bike nuts)
In order to answer this, I've put together this simple quiz :-)
(My full quiz is 50 questions, but I don't think any of you will bother to do that!! so this is a cut-down 25)
[b]Simply answer all the questions, and add up your score!
180pts = Pass
210pts+ = Pass with Distinction [/b]
1: Do you own a car?
Yes: +50 pts | No: -50 pts 50
2: Is it a Saxo?
Yes: -50 pts -
3: How many cars have you owned?
+5 pts EACH 55 x 5 = 275
4: How many cars do you CURRENTLY own? (tax'ed and MOT'ed)
+10 pts EACH x 6 60
5: Have you ever owned a British car (a proper one; IE Lotus, TVR, Noble etc, not a Derby-made Toyota)?
Yes: +20 pts vauxhaul Viva was my first & only Brit car = 20
6: Have you ever owned an American car?
Yes: +20 pts Mustang = 20
7: Have you ever owned an Italian car?
Yes: +20 pts Alfa V6 & a JTD = 40
8: Have you ever owned car with pop-up headlights?
Yes: +10 pts x 2 MX5's = 10
9: Have you ever owned car with a 0-60mph of under 5 seconds?
Yes: +30 pts (or +50 pts if under 4 secs) x 2 500bhp Toyota's = 100
10: Have you ever been on the strip at Santa Pod? (Or another drag strip)
Yes: +20 pts x 2 cars on the strip = 40
11: Have you ever been to large Car Show? (the big ones, you know, Paris, London etc)
Yes: +10 pts = 10
12: Have you ever been to the Autosport Show? (Brum)
Yes: +15 pts = 15
13: Have you ever been to a classic car meet (in an appropriate car)?
Yes: +10 pts = 10
14: Have you ever bought a car that you later figured out wouldn't fit in your garage?
Yes: +20 pts = 20
15: Have you even been round the Nurburgring?
Yes: +10 pts = 10
16: Have you ever been to watch F1 live?
Yes: +15 pts = nil
17: Have you ever owned a Classic Mini?
Yes: +20 pts = nil
18: Are you a member of a car owners club?
Yes: +20 pts = yes
19: Is is a Saxo club?
Yes: -30 pts = thank god no
20: Is your (favorite) car powered by:
Petrol: 0 pts | Diesel: -10pts | Pure Alcohol/Ethanol: +100 pts (Not bio-diesel) what does shell 99 count for? =
21: Do you have anything resembling a "sticker-bomb" or other similar stickers on your car?
Yes: -50 pts = do liveried competition cars gain points?
22: Have you ever built a kit car?
Yes: +25 pts = nil
23: Do you have a car that you WILL NOT take out in the rain? (even if the roads are just wet and its sunny)
yes: +20 pts = 20
24: Have you ever been to LeMans (or classic)
yes: +25 pts = Nurbugring 24hour so I'll count that as 25points
25: Do you have a car that you will not take out unless you have checked the weather forecast first?
Yes: +20 pts yes = 25 points
In order to answer this, I've put together this simple quiz :-)
(My full quiz is 50 questions, but I don't think any of you will bother to do that!! so this is a cut-down 25)
[b]Simply answer all the questions, and add up your score!
180pts = Pass
210pts+ = Pass with Distinction [/b]
1: Do you own a car?
Yes: +50 pts | No: -50 pts 50
2: Is it a Saxo?
Yes: -50 pts -
3: How many cars have you owned?
+5 pts EACH 55 x 5 = 275
4: How many cars do you CURRENTLY own? (tax'ed and MOT'ed)
+10 pts EACH x 6 60
5: Have you ever owned a British car (a proper one; IE Lotus, TVR, Noble etc, not a Derby-made Toyota)?
Yes: +20 pts vauxhaul Viva was my first & only Brit car = 20
6: Have you ever owned an American car?
Yes: +20 pts Mustang = 20
7: Have you ever owned an Italian car?
Yes: +20 pts Alfa V6 & a JTD = 40
8: Have you ever owned car with pop-up headlights?
Yes: +10 pts x 2 MX5's = 10
9: Have you ever owned car with a 0-60mph of under 5 seconds?
Yes: +30 pts (or +50 pts if under 4 secs) x 2 500bhp Toyota's = 100
10: Have you ever been on the strip at Santa Pod? (Or another drag strip)
Yes: +20 pts x 2 cars on the strip = 40
11: Have you ever been to large Car Show? (the big ones, you know, Paris, London etc)
Yes: +10 pts = 10
12: Have you ever been to the Autosport Show? (Brum)
Yes: +15 pts = 15
13: Have you ever been to a classic car meet (in an appropriate car)?
Yes: +10 pts = 10
14: Have you ever bought a car that you later figured out wouldn't fit in your garage?
Yes: +20 pts = 20
15: Have you even been round the Nurburgring?
Yes: +10 pts = 10
16: Have you ever been to watch F1 live?
Yes: +15 pts = nil
17: Have you ever owned a Classic Mini?
Yes: +20 pts = nil
18: Are you a member of a car owners club?
Yes: +20 pts = yes
19: Is is a Saxo club?
Yes: -30 pts = thank god no
20: Is your (favorite) car powered by:
Petrol: 0 pts | Diesel: -10pts | Pure Alcohol/Ethanol: +100 pts (Not bio-diesel) what does shell 99 count for? =
21: Do you have anything resembling a "sticker-bomb" or other similar stickers on your car?
Yes: -50 pts = do liveried competition cars gain points?
22: Have you ever built a kit car?
Yes: +25 pts = nil
23: Do you have a car that you WILL NOT take out in the rain? (even if the roads are just wet and its sunny)
yes: +20 pts = 20
24: Have you ever been to LeMans (or classic)
yes: +25 pts = Nurbugring 24hour so I'll count that as 25points
25: Do you have a car that you will not take out unless you have checked the weather forecast first?
Yes: +20 pts yes = 25 points
I think that = 750 PH Points
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