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COTM - track cars - THE VOTE!

Initial_g
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25%
tim_haynes
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17%
twotunerz
12
16%
M3BOB
19
25%
cragles
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8%
RPM
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9%
Black_Potato
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1%
 
Total votes: 77
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If anyone's got any more photos or details to add, please feel free... :cool:

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Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:53 pm

Really tuff one that! But having seen RPM's M3 the other day, and how well it performed, my vote goes to that! :D

Second would have been Black-Potato's Black 318i, which went very well in its class! :D
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:02 am

Stupidly tough between tim_haynes' and twotunerz's cars, but that brown and green colour scheme swings it for me :thumb:
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How the hell do you pick one out of that lot?? 8O
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Initial_g for me, you don't get much more awesome than that.
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Inital_G for me too, all his own work too :cool: :cool:

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Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:19 pm

Obviously voted RPM, but I love initial g's car!
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M3BOB soley due to his style. Clean M3. :D Wouldn't look out of place on the road!

Although runners up for me would be tim_haynes or twotunerz


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Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:31 pm

Mr Adams car for me...... 8)
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SteMarsden wrote:Mr Adams car for me...... 8)
Me too.. strangely enough! Although there's plenty of nice machinery to choose from!
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Another Picture. Before Racing On Sat.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:44 am

Cmon why vote for ANOTHER M3, how boring!!!!

Matt brown with a flourescant roll cage and that spoiler says buisiness, function not fashion,

plus they are dutch so you know the mellow chilling appens after the business is done!!
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I can't believe that people are voting for the clean, pristine, white M3 either. To be honest I'm surprised that it even made the voting stage. Yes, it's very lovely, but not lairy enough for a track car of the month vote, surely? Twotunerz FTW :twisted:

I can only assume that it's being voted for by those for whom 'Council Car of the Month' was a traumatic and vomit - inducing experience winkeye
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initial g all the way for me

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Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:32 am

I think we should add the pedigree of the car to help voting winkeye

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Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:10 pm

Bloody hell Ziggy you posted some proper car porn there!
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A few more photos of our race car... "before and after theme" :D

Spot the difference competition maybe? :)

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It's the same car honest!!!
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tim_haynes wrote:Another Picture. Before Racing On Sat.
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I've just had a trouser acident because of that car winkeye
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Nay wrote:M3BOB soley due to his style. Clean M3. :D Wouldn't look out of place on the road!

Although runners up for me would be tim_haynes or twotunerz


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thanks, some of you may have seen this on track, its no show car, i use it for what its been built for, and its road legal, i use it just as much as my road m3, couple f years time hopefully ill enter it into a series and get racing again
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beemerbird wrote:I can't believe that people are voting for the clean, pristine, white M3 either. To be honest I'm surprised that it even made the voting stage. Yes, it's very lovely, but not lairy enough for a track car of the month vote, surely? Twotunerz FTW :twisted:

I can only assume that it's being voted for by those for whom 'Council Car of the Month' was a traumatic and vomit - inducing experience winkeye
that clean white m3s done the ring, 2500 laps of brands, snet, lydden hill. and that picture was taken just after I painted it, and after I built it, take a look at it at santa pod, and come and let me know what you think of it then, pristine it aint, lightweight, cams airbox and other goodies it has, its 1069 kgs with a qtr tank of fuel and about 230 hp, and was built from a write off
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M3BOB wrote:
beemerbird wrote:I can't believe that people are voting for the clean, pristine, white M3 either. To be honest I'm surprised that it even made the voting stage. Yes, it's very lovely, but not lairy enough for a track car of the month vote, surely? Twotunerz FTW :twisted:

I can only assume that it's being voted for by those for whom 'Council Car of the Month' was a traumatic and vomit - inducing experience winkeye
that clean white m3s done the ring, 2500 laps of brands, snet, lydden hill. and that picture was taken just after I painted it, and after I built it, take a look at it at santa pod, and come and let me know what you think of it then
I'll do that Bob, if you come and have a look at my counciled 325 that's never been round a track... :mad:

Sorry couldn't resist! lol.

Seriously though, I'm lookin forward to seein your M3 at the Pod.
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I'll do that Bob, if you come and have a look at my counciled 325 that's never been round a track... :mad:

Sorry couldn't resist! lol.

Seriously though, I'm lookin forward to seein your M3 at the Pod.[/quote]

itll be a pleasure, each to there own, but it just pisses me off when people have a pop at cars without seeing them in the flesh or on track, my 2 cars were in performance bmw last month if anyones interested
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:51 pm

m3bob gets my vote...
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M3BOB wrote:
beemerbird wrote:I can't believe that people are voting for the clean, pristine, white M3 either. To be honest I'm surprised that it even made the voting stage. Yes, it's very lovely, but not lairy enough for a track car of the month vote, surely? Twotunerz FTW :twisted:

I can only assume that it's being voted for by those for whom 'Council Car of the Month' was a traumatic and vomit - inducing experience winkeye
that clean white m3s done the ring, 2500 laps of brands, snet, lydden hill. and that picture was taken just after I painted it, and after I built it, take a look at it at santa pod, and come and let me know what you think of it then, pristine it aint, lightweight, cams airbox and other goodies it has, its 1069 kgs with a qtr tank of fuel and about 230 hp, and was built from a write off
As I said, Bob... your car looks lovely, and from what you've said it certainly delivers thanks to you :wink: . It just strikes me as the kind of car which could win a wide variety of catagories of COTM. For me, however, I like a lairy looking track car :twisted:

If you've interpretted my comment as 'having a pop' at your car, I am flabbergasted.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:11 pm

As above all the cars are very nice, the two M3's are stunning but i find it too predictable to vote for an M3 as a track car as this is what they where designed to do, the normal E30's take more work to make them track ready and as such i feel more deserved of my track car vote - this in no way takes away the efforts you have put into your M3's!!
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mrLEE30 wrote:As above all the cars are very nice, the two M3's are stunning but i find it too predictable to vote for an M3 as a track car as this is what they where designed to do, the normal E30's take more work to make them track ready and as such i feel more deserved of my track car vote - this in no way takes away the efforts you have put into your M3's!!
Well put, that man.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:53 pm

yep understand that, have had many modified e30s in the 22 years that ive owned them, only 2 of them m3s, but the post was track car of the month, not e30s no m3s, and not lairy cars only, or no pristine cars allowed, that was just my point as well, and my main point was that my car isnt a pristine m3 with a cage, its a fairly serious track car, already fitted with all the safety equipment to race 2morrow, mr lee, im sure i could make a normal e30 go just as quick, spnding less money, theres a lot of very quick 2.5 AND 2.7 s out there as well, comments like im surprised it even made the voting stage then, were unnessary as well, rant over good luck all, see you a the pod
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M3BOB wrote:comments like im surprised it even made the voting stage then, were unnessary as well
My comment was purely based on the one picture shown. Had I known of your cars track history my opinion would have been different, and I would have fully understood its nomination. It just looked like a really smart M3 to me :o:

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Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:27 pm

C'mon everyone let's :group:

Bob would it be too much trouble to see some more pics of your car on here? I have only seen the pic in this thread too. :)
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:39 pm

Here's another of M3BOB's car :) :

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Very tough...

Was hard to pick between Inital_g's, M3Bobs and RPMs but Inital_g's just swung it as it's a look I'm after getting to like over the last month or two...

The two M3s are very impressive too and cragle's and blackpotatos E30s are cool too...

Don't like the brown car though to be honest but that's just me...
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E30Gheko wrote:C'mon everyone let's :group:

Bob would it be too much trouble to see some more pics of your car on here? I have only seen the pic in this thread too. :)
ill have to take some and put on photobucket
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mrLEE30 wrote:As above all the cars are very nice, the two M3's are stunning but i find it too predictable to vote for an M3 as a track car as this is what they where designed to do, the normal E30's take more work to make them track ready and as such i feel more deserved of my track car vote - this in no way takes away the efforts you have put into your M3's!!
No they don't.. Both need the same amount of prep.. Just because the M3 gives a better result..
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M3BOB wrote:
E30Gheko wrote:C'mon everyone let's :group:

Bob would it be too much trouble to see some more pics of your car on here? I have only seen the pic in this thread too. :)
ill have to take some and put on photobucket
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