By irokin on March 10, 2010, 12:38:49

With another northern hemisphere winter drawing to a close it wouldn't be complete without an ice drifting update thanks to David!




More pics and a video at the bottom here: http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...st&p=420234

A youtube video from the same event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPdpH-jukMI

And get some ovlov up ya! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsoOWso4TW0

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By irokin on March 9, 2010, 09:33:31

Here's another one of those sweet Japanese only models we're never likely to see:



Toyota Technocraft (TRD) have added the Corolla Fielder to its line up of complete cars alongside the Corolla Axio GT and the Vitz TRD Turbo M ... Ignoring the wagon body, the Corolla Fielder GT is essentially the same as the Corolla Axio GT outside and underneath with the same 1NZ-FE 1.5L engine and IHI turbocharger, intercooler and ECU to produce 150PS @ 6,000rpm and 20.0kg/m @ 4,800rpm From and more at 7tune.com


You can also check out the Axio GT here: http://www.trdparts.jp/parts_axio-turbo.html

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By irokin on January 31, 2010, 11:36:35

Heres a new toy I knocked up over the past few days, something that Teddys been bugging me to do for a while. Cool idea and great to see it finally come to fruition.

Presenting the Rollaclub World Map!



http://www.rollaclub.com/map/


The idea is that members from anywhere in the world drop their location on the map and we get a cool visual of where your fellow members hail from. You can then click the balloon to see a little bit of information about that member. While you can zoom down to street level and leave a really exact location I'd recommend putting it at perhaps a major intersection or landmark near your house. Its entirely up to you how accurate you want to leave your location but that would be my suggestion. Its also completely optional as to whether you leave your location or not. If you don't feel comfortable thats fine and you can remove your location at any time you wish.

It also doubles as a help finder. If you're looking for help in your local area you can zoom down to your area and have a look if anyone is close to you. If they have "Help Available" set to Yes then they're happy for you to contact them for help. Of course its no guarantee that they will be able to or available at that particular time but it helps narrow your search down. You can PM them by clicking the balloon and clicking on their name to go to their profile.

Its still in development so don't be surprised to see changes. Also Internet Explorer wont cope well with over 100 balloons on the map, regardless of how fast your computer is. I suggest if you are still using IE either Get Firefox, the bitchinest IE replacement ever, or the Google Chrome Frame which will allow for a performance increase but let you continue to use Internet Explorer.

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By irokin on January 24, 2010, 18:31:41

I'm a little bit slow on this one as it broke a bit over a week ago but none the less:-



How hot is that!?

As if we weren't already giddy enough over the Toyota FT-86, this truly awesome AE86 Trueno-inspired model appeared as the G Sports Turbo Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon. ... Most details of this car are vague other than mentioning it has a horizontally-opposed 2.0-liter [booo] turbo engine [yay!] with rear-wheel drive and a six-speed manual. The white paint job and the carbon fiber black hood clearly hint at the AE86, though the name seems more like the GT-S. Read more over at Jalopnik (Source)

The car is also going to feature in Gran Turismo 5 and theres a cool video of that over on YouTube. Obviously it will sound a lot worse than that with the boxer engine. It also looks like Toyotas moving ahead with technology in the real car that will let you race against yourself. Interesting.


And for all the hybrid haters theres also a really dumb looking "G's" Sports... Prius over here: http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/10/01/0115.html

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By irokin on January 1, 2010, 23:38:24

First, I'd like to congratulate all of the finalists. All exceptionally good cars and the voting was incredibly close from start to finish. Every finalist was in the lead at one point or another and in the end the top 3 were separated by just 3 votes. Big thanks to everyone who voted, your vote really did matter and you've made this contest as successful as it has been.


So, Rollaclub's Car of the Year 2009 is....





Rides Thread

Big congratulations to RA28GT!

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