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Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 04:21
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http://www.torqueitalia.com/challenge.htmlI am victorious I thank Barbz and Torque Italia for giving me the opportunity to take part in such a great competition. I have to say I have thourally enjoyed competing and winning and now look forward to receiving my prize, thanks again Torque Italia.
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 04:23
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Dan i dont see you on the list or near the time lol
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 04:39
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He's right - fastest non-2.4/TorqueItalia car
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 05:21
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Ah didnt see that bit... Anyone fancy going for that beloved Twin engine conversion then and see what they get
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 06:04
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Jamiepm
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I remember that day all to well, scary Jamie
She's alive!
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 07:56
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I'd better get practisingn then, there is supposed to be the Forza Italia day at Santa Pod in August I think. Doesn't clash with our race calendar so far so might take the kappa down and see how she goes
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 07:57
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Congratulations Dan.
Hope you enjoy your new set of rubber.
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 08:47
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Well done Dan, I wish I'd had a go now , all the best to you though ,well deserved Joe
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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19/01/2006 09:09
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Dan, that's something of a pre-emtive message! I'm the one guilty of pursuaded Barbz to run the competition, and gave him a hand with the rules, and there are two pretty glaring reasons why you didn't win 1. You have to enter the competition to win it. On the first line of text after the leaderboard it says that you have to enter by emailing torqueitalia@yahoo.co.uk. Now I know you didn't enter because Barbz forwarded me on the entries, so I also saw Nigels very pleased email. Your time was posted up over two weeks later for the greater good of people understanding the relative times, you didn't actually ever enter the 2005 competition per-se. 2. The rules say that if either the Torque Italia demo car or any Torque Italia 2.4 conversion post the fastest time the prize will go to the next fastest car. Mavric posted the fastest time, and since it is a 2.4 the prize goes to the next fastest car. The next fastest legal run was by Barbz himself with a 12.723! The rules don't say the next fastest car can't be either the Torque Italia demo car or any Torque Italia 2.4 conversion, so that means anyone with a Fiat Coupe or Fiat Tipo could have won the prize, myself included. Barbz 12.546 doesn't count as it contravenes the rules because he ran nitrous, but his 12.723 was without, and I believe he also ran a 12.9 without on the day too. In addition to that IMHO it is pretty under handed and deceptive to even attempt to claim the prize since your tyres were not road legal on your 13.052 run, as visually checked by Barbz himself, and confirmed to Barbz by Jamie. John
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Re: Torque Italia challange
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20/01/2006 02:05
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Dan, that's something of a pre-emtive message!
I'm the one guilty of pursuaded Barbz to run the competition, and gave him a hand with the rules, and there are two pretty glaring reasons why you didn't win
1. You have to enter the competition to win it. On the first line of text after the leaderboard it says that you have to enter by emailing [Email]torqueitalia@yahoo.co.uk.[/Email] Now I know you didn't enter because Barbz forwarded me on the entries, so I also saw Nigels very pleased email. Your time was posted up over two weeks later for the greater good of people understanding the relative times, you didn't actually ever enter the 2005 competition per-se.
This is what it actually says: To enter email us now with your best run to torqueitalia@yahoo.co.uk and we will add you to our leaderboard. Surely this infers that if it's on the leaderboard then it must have been emailed, whether it was or not is irrelevent as you have still included it.
2. The rules say that if either the Torque Italia demo car or any Torque Italia 2.4 conversion post the fastest time the prize will go to the next fastest car. Mavric posted the fastest time, and since it is a 2.4 the prize goes to the next fastest car. The next fastest legal run was by Barbz himself with a 12.723! The rules don't say the next fastest car can't be either the Torque Italia demo car or any Torque Italia 2.4 conversion, so that means anyone with a Fiat Coupe or Fiat Tipo could have won the prize, myself included. Barbz 12.546 doesn't count as it contravenes the rules because he ran nitrous, but his 12.723 was without, and I believe he also ran a 12.9 without on the day too.
You have manipulated the "simple rules" as you say here, by placing "your" interpretation of what they mean. Take the none competitive cars out of the equation as per the rules and you have Dan's and then Sheiks and Nigels cars.
In addition to that IMHO it is pretty under handed and deceptive to even attempt to claim the prize since your tyres were not road legal on your 13.052 run, as visually checked by Barbz himself, and confirmed to Barbz by Jamie.
Road Legal as per your rules states DOT or E Marked, not that they may be a little bold in places.....get a grip, half the cars at the Pod run part worn or semi bald tyres, yet they are still DOT or E Marked.
If you wanted to get really petty about it, then you could argue that the fact that the car was included on the leaderboard was misleading to the people that viewed it. Just honour it and be done with it and in future if you want to add clauses to your rules then please display them in advance and not after the event.
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Re: Torque Italia challange
#29511
20/01/2006 02:08
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Well im going to nip this in the bud before we get the usual clan fighting bewteen each other.
You all know Barbz's phone number, call him and discuss it with him
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
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