Jim Miles Fast Cars

So as we head into February I thought we would have a unique POTM theme that will bring out unseen and equally unique entries. For this month’s POTM you are to find a picture of a police car. It does not necessarily have to be a legal in use police car, so for example if its dressed up T1 for the London police, it will work (biggest stretch of the rule), but if its just a car with the word police on it, it won’t work. No trucks or motorcycles please. Otherwise have at it.

This POTM theme was submitted by: clutch

- No Photoshops/CG (B&W, saturation, contrast, clarity, cropping, resizing, brightness, IE basic adjustments are allowed)
- YOU MAY ONLY SUBMIT ONE PICTURE, NO CHANGING PICTURES
- You may ONLY re-enter once if your picture does not qualify with the theme.
- you may only list one picture, failure to comply will result in an automatic DQ.
- picture MUST BE at least 800 x 600 pixels or it will not be accepted. Preferably find a picture that is even larger, and then scale it down yourself.
- No late entries, you get 19 days to get it in by, that should be enough time.
- ONE image per-person
- eligibility of picture is subject to change according to my rulings (ie bad quality, inappropriate, etc)
-No people in the pic. They take away from the competition and voting. So please, no people, just cars. (However, if they are mechanics, drivers, crew, etc. I will review it.)
-No usage of past POTM winning pics.
-No motorcycles
-Must be active member on SCF.
-If you enter this POTM you MUST vote in the voting thread for it.

Winner- elctrctelsa

STANDINGS

WINNING IMAGE

OTHER IMAGES

Entries: (30)

AWDfreak
beaver
breakfan
civicVTI
da pavinator
deano
driftster
dubie7006
elctrctelsa
eos rebel
evo power
f308
g-force
jpeters1
lambo or holden
leka-s
millman
porschekid9
RAizzle
ravenous
sabaka g
srt expert
texas
texlonghorn
thebrowntruth
turbinas
vdubfan
vtec dreams
wesley
yasiu

Ineligible:

car buff
firebird400

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New for 2010, we kept an F1 style (old system) scoring for POTM competitions. In 2011 we will do the same. So as of POTM January, these are the standings.

1. elctrctelsa 10 pts (1 win)
2. turbinas 8 pts
3. beaver 6 pts
4. car lover 6 pts
5. car buff 5 pts
6. leka-s 5 pts
7. srt expert 5 pts
8. eos rebel 4 pts
T9. cooper s 3 pts
T9. evo power 3 pts
T9. godzilla petrol 3 pts
T9. s-tune-s1 3 pts

I have decided to show just the top 10. Through 1 month there were a total of 28 entrants, 17 of whom have scored 1 or more points.

Finally, correct me if I was incorrect with the point total!

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As always, good luck, take your time choosing a winner, and suggestions for future POTMs are always welcome. If you have questions (especially in regards to eligibility) PM me before entering!

-Good luck to everyone

-Vote using the 2-1 method

-Photos are uploaded to my gallery for viewing at any time.

-Correct me if I made a mistake.

Folks, take your time choosing the wining shot, be objective and analytical! Remember, you MUST vote if you entered and as always you can still vote if you did not enter.

So with an entry list of 28, let the voting commence.

In continuing tradition for a 4th straight year, with a new year comes new ideas, and in order to bring those ideas to light this POTM is special in that it is a free choice. So I look for us to converge on a new year with no limitations. Basically its your choice for a theme. You can submit any type of picture as long as there is a 4 wheel vehicle of some kind in the picture. Have fun and take your time to find the perfect pic. Oh and keep this car/truck related. (That means no tanks, golf carts, land speed cars, etc)

This POTM theme was submitted by: clutch

- No Photoshops/CG (B&W, saturation, contrast, clarity, cropping, resizing, brightness, IE basic adjustments are allowed)
- YOU MAY ONLY SUBMIT ONE PICTURE, NO CHANGING PICTURES
- You may ONLY re-enter once if your picture does not qualify with the theme.
- you may only list one picture, failure to comply will result in an automatic DQ.
- picture MUST BE at least 800 x 600 pixels or it will not be accepted. Preferably find a picture that is even larger, and then scale it down yourself.
- No late entries, you get 20 days to get it in by, that should be enough time.
- ONE image per-person
- eligibility of picture is subject to change according to my rulings (ie bad quality, inappropriate, etc)
-No people in the pic. They take away from the competition and voting. So please, no people, just cars. (However, if they are mechanics, drivers, crew, etc. I will review it.)
-No usage of past POTM winning pics.
-No motorcycles
-Must be active member on SCF.
-If you enter this POTM you MUST vote in the voting thread for it.

Winner- eos rebel

STANDINGS

WINNING IMAGE

OTHER IMAGES

Entries: (22)

beaver
breakfan
car buff
chambo
cooper s
dubie7006
elctrctelsa
evo power
jared
jpeters1
leka-s
porscheboy
raizzle
s-tune-s1
sabaka g
srt expert
texas
texlonghorn
thebrowntruth
turbinas
vtec dreams
yasiu

Ineligible:

civicVTI
1deano1
driftster
ferrari308
joeprote
porschekid9

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New for 2010, we kept an F1 style scoring for POTM competitions. With all the votes tallied, this is what the final point standings looked like at the end of POTM December. Congrats to the top 10 finishers, and good luck to all in 2011!!

1. clutch – 62 pts (3 wins) (1 miss)
2. eos rebel - 57 pts (3 wins) (0 miss)
3. turbinas – 51 pts (1 win) (0 miss)
4. godzillapetrol – 50 pts (2 wins) (3 miss)
5. leka-s – 46 pts (0 win)(0 miss)
6. beaver – 45 pts (1 win) (2 miss)
7. breakfan – 39 pts (2 wins) (3 miss)
8. thebrowntruth – 27 pts (0 win) (2 miss)
9. cooper s – 22 pts (0 win) (0 miss)
10. texlonghorn – 22 pts (0 win) (0 miss)
11. driftster – 20 pts (1 win) (6 miss)
12. srt expert – 20 pts (0 win) (5 miss)
13. jpeters – 19 pts (0 win) (0 miss)
14. elctrctelsa – 18 pts (0 win) (4 miss)
15. ferrari308 – 18 pts (0 win) (3 miss)
16. firebird400 – 18 pts (0 win) (5 miss)
17. geary22 – 18 pts (0 win) (6 miss)
18. mexman – 18 pts (0 win) (3 miss)
19. evo power – 16 pts (0 win) (6 miss)
20. s-tune-s1 – 15 pts (0 win) (4 miss)

I have decided to show just the top 20. Through 12 months there were a total of 76 entrants, 62 of whom have scored 1 or more points.

I have also decided to post how many wins each of the top 10 entrants have received in 2010 and also how many months they did not enter so far in 2010.

Finally, correct me if I was incorrect with the point total!

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As always, good luck, take your time choosing a winner, and suggestions for future POTMs are always welcome. If you have questions (especially in regards to eligibility) PM me before entering!

Last competition was a slow one, as there was a surprising lack of interest in designing the ideal RX7… until some 3 weeks after the dealine. :p

Oregonian yokel, Evo_power was first to enter a submission, and I liked his pitch. Since the Nissan Sivia has never had a definitive design, Evo_Power thought it would nice to give it one.

To add a bit of creative freedom, I feel it would be cool to allow anything that would also serve as a direct rival to the Nissan Silvia.

Rules:

• Entries must run a 4 cylinder engine and rwd
• Entries must be of a 2+2 seating configuration
• Entries must slate below the 370Z/G37 in price (so no carbon fiber monocoques and 2013 F1 engines)

That’s it.

Be creative, but be realistic.

Due to winter break and lack of access to scanners for most, I’m making the deadline Tuesday January 11th.

Good luck, folks!

-Good luck to everyone

-Vote using the 2-1 method

-Photos are uploaded to my gallery for viewing at any time.

-Correct me if I made a mistake.

Folks, take your time choosing the wining shot, be objective and analytical! Remember, you MUST vote if you entered and as always you can still vote if you did not enter.

So with an entry list of 29, let the voting commence.

Took a while but I seem to be burning the candle at both ends and another week has flown past and it’s all crazy, so here are the pics from Bonhams day, a little late…

I get to drive the 1969 Shelby GT350

But my colleague gets to be cold

I made it safely

some of the other cars, first car is 1 of 3 Zagato 575 Barchetta’s, this is the only 1 in Europe (the other 2 in the US)

Mustang made it too

That was set up day, and the old CLK GTR is still there

Now it is viewing day

And that was all I took pics of, but here’s a couple more from MB World

We have arrived to the last month of 2010! For the final month, I thought we should have a true membership competition. For this month’s theme, the picture you enter must be one you yourself have taken. Whether it its new or old, it has to be an image you yourself took. Of course the subject(s) in the image have to be cars/trucks, but otherwise its pretty straight forward. From here on out, we’ll have December be the original shot month!

This POTM theme was submitted by: clutch

- No Photoshops/CG
- YOU MAY ONLY SUBMIT ONE PICTURE, NO CHANGING PICTURES
- You may ONLY re-enter once if your picture does not qualify with the theme.
- you may only list one picture, failure to comply will result in an automatic DQ.
- picture MUST BE at least 800 x 600 pixels or it will not be accepted. Preferably find a picture that is even larger, and then scale it down yourself.
- No late entries, you get 18 days to get it in by, that should be enough time.
- ONE image per-person
- eligibility of picture is subject to change according to my rulings (ie bad quality, inappropriate, etc)
-No people in the pic. They take away from the competition and voting. So please, no people, just cars. (However, if they are mechanics, drivers, crew, etc. I will review it.)
-No usage of past POTM winning pics.
-No motorcycles
-Must be active member on SCF.
-If you enter this POTM you MUST vote in the voting thread for it.

Winner- beaver

STANDINGS

WINNING IMAGE

OTHER IMAGES

Entries: (17)

beaver
civicVTI
cooper s
1deano1
doobie7006
driftster
eos rebel
jpeters
porschekid9
s-tune-s1
texas
texlonghorn
thebrowntruth
turbinas
vtec dreams
wesleypipes
yasiu

Ineligible:

breakfan
shakenbake

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New for 2010, we are keeping F1 style scoring for POTM competitions. So far these are what the yearly standings look like through POTM November:

1. clutch – 57 pts (3 wins) (1 miss)
2. godzillapetrol – 50 pts (2 wins) (3 miss)
3. turbinas – 48 pts (1 win) (0 miss)
4. eos rebel – 47 pts (2 wins) (0 miss)
5. leka-s – 46 pts (0 win)(0 miss)
6. beaver – 44 pts (1 win) (2 miss)
7. breakfan – 39 pts (2 wins) (2 miss)
8. thebrowntruth – 27 pts (0 win) (2 miss)
9. cooper s – 21 pts (0 win) (0 miss)
10. texlonghorn – 21 pts (0 win) (0 miss)

I have shown only the top 10. Through 11 months there have been a total of 75 entrants, 59 of whom have scored 1 or more points.

I have also decided to post how many wins each of the top 10 entrants have received in 2010 and also how many months they did not enter so far in 2010.

As we are heading into the last month, the final points shall determine this year’s POTM champion. Because there are still 4 members capable of winning, in case of a tie in points, the tiebreaker will be overall wins. If the members are still tied, it will go down to average points over months entered. If the scores are still tied, there will be a special competition between just those two members in a wildcard POTM competition alongside POTM January.

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As always, good luck, take your time choosing a winner, and suggestions for future POTMs are always welcome. If you have questions (especially in regards to eligibility) PM me before entering!

Over thanksgiving break when I was home from school my friend and I did a little photo shoot …

In the pics is my ’67 Firebird and my buddies ’69 Corvette. Haven’t had the chance to drive this beast since August, so it was nice to be back Anyway, here’s the pics. Let me know what you think!

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I used Picassa to edit them. C&C welcome!

-Good luck to everyone

-Vote using the 2-1 method

-Photos are uploaded to my gallery for viewing at any time.

-Correct me if I made a mistake.

Folks, take your time choosing the wining shot, be objective and analytical! Remember, you MUST vote if you entered and as always you can still vote if you did not enter.

So with an entry list of 30, let the voting commence.

I’m watching the premier of the new Top Gear US version on History. I’ve watched maybe 5 minutes of it, catching it late after work. Currently, the three hosts are reviewing 3 different Lambos and I hate this. It’s nothing like the UK version – videography is not up to UK par, 3 hosts reviewing at the same time doesn’t do it for me. This may seem stupid and a small detail, but I miss the English accent. The guys just seem uninteresting without it.

Having said all that, will I continue to watch the show? Probably. But, something we’ve known already, nothing will ever compare to the original. Top Gear UK FTMFW!