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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By irokin on December 8, 2009, 19:07:33

Voting time! Yes, I know I said I'd have the voting up by Monday, but my dog ate my homework... or something.

Shortlisting was seriously tough. So many very very good cars! Big thank you to everyone who nominated cars and congratulations everyone who was nominated. In the end it came down to a few factors for us:

Originality,
Owner built,
Workmanship, and in some cases
Sheer lunacy.

I think these qualities best reflect the Rollaclub spirit. Anyway, in random order (thanks to random.org), here are the finalists! You can click on their name for the cars rides thread. Remember to take your time in consideration as you only get one vote. You can get to the voting quickly from the front page by clicking here.

A) Curly's KE38


B) radrollaz' KE30


C) RA28GT's KE20


D) Gavclassic KE17


E) oke020 KE20



Please note that you cannot null vote and it is not possible to see the progressive results even when you have voted (or as a guest). This is intentional.
Voting open until 23:59 Thursday 31-12-2009.

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By irokin on November 6, 2009, 07:55:56

I've intended to do this in previous years but usually ran out of time to organise it as I'm usually run off my feet. This year seems to be a little quieter so I've had the chance to get this together.


So, Rollaclub Car of the Year 2009! Nominations are open from now until Midnight, 27th of November.

• The nominated cars owner should be an active member during 2009.
• The car should have a Rides or Technical build thread which should be linked with the nomination.
• Mods and Admins cars are elegible however this will exclude them from the shortlisting process (see below) and they may not nominate themselves.
• Normal members may nominate their own car but I would rather see nominatons from people other than the owner.
• The car does not need to be complete (is any project car ever complete?) however it should have been on the road/track during 2009.
• A cars owner may reject their nomination.
• Any other rulings will come from myself as necessary.

From there the Mods and Admins will come up with a shortlist of entries for everyone to vote on. I'm hoping to get the shortlist done and voting up on the 1st of December but not later than the 7th. From there I envisage the voting will be open until 2359hrs 31st of December AEST (Brisbane time) with the winner crowned on New Years Day.

Whats in it for the winner?

• Their own special Rollaclub group for the year identifying them as Car of the Year 2009 winner along with other forum based perks.
• Rollaclub Merchandise, stickers, whatever else I can scrape up.
• Exposure of their fine work for all to admire in a news post.
• Bragging Rights?

Just remember this is intended as a bit of fun and a chance to recognise some of the best cars on Rollaclub so don't get caught up in taking this too seriously. Even if you don't think you'll make the final cut it may be worth nominating in case theres some yet-to-be announced minor awards.

Nominate away!

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