Car information guide

Posts : 126 Join date : 2011-07-03 Location : South Wales

My suggestion is that it would be great to have a Knowledge section.
What I mean by this is a specific area you can click onto and inside would be a table of cars. This table would be split into makes & models down the sides. Across the top would be; Engine capacity (Ltr/cc), Bhp/rpm, Lb ft/rpm, weight, Bhp/ton, 0-60mph, Top speed, insurance group and maybe a "tuning rating" section on the end (eg. 5 stars good, 1 star bad??).

Whether or not this information would be inputted by admin or collected from members or other sources I don't know but it's something we could all use then as some sort of guide for when we're looking at cars to buy, are just curious about our own car or need to settle a "who's car is faster" arguement Laughing

At home I have pages of info on cars that I have saved over the years from Fast Car, Japanese Performance car, evo magazine and other books & things so if this get's the go ahead I do have a lot of info I could put on or give to the admin to get the ball rolling.

What are peoples thought's on this one then? Would have put it to a poll but there aren't enough of us, ......yet Wink

Subject: Re: Car information guide Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:55 am

That sounds good mate. An info guide could be handy if you have an idea on than layout and content feel free to pm me with ideas. Any info I have generally relates to the EVO ie all the diff trim levels marques power figures and extras.

Posts : 126 Join date : 2011-07-03 Location : South Wales

fq-craigus wrote:: That sounds good mate. An info guide could be handy if you have an idea on than layout and content feel free to pm me with ideas. Any info I have generally relates to the EVO ie all the diff trim levels marques power figures and extras.

Well the basic layout would be as I've described above and that way you could easily scroll down the page to the make/model you wanted to know about or just look at the 0-60mph times etc to compare with other cars.
All the info I have is from "evo" magazine, well mostly. They list a similar thing in there magazine occasionally but I haven't bought a copy in ages. The copy I have is January 2010 Shocked

See how you go finding info if you decide to follow this through but if needed I'm willing to post you all the pages I have. You may find though that a quick look in WHSmiths and you may find all the knowledge you need to make a good start. Very Happy

Subject: Re: Car information guide Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:05 pm

I get ya mate I c what you mean now. Like you say similar layout to the one in EVO magazine.

I don't see a prob with it at all buddy and it can be compiled by all. If you wanna mock something up and ill create another section for it under tech section if you like mate.

I'm sure a few people have got a fair amount of info to post on it

Posts : 126 Join date : 2011-07-03 Location : South Wales

fq-craigus wrote:: I get ya mate I c what you mean now. Like you say similar layout to the one in EVO magazine.

I don't see a prob with it at all buddy and it can be compiled by all. If you wanna mock something up and ill create another section for it under tech section if you like mate.

I'm sure a few people have got a fair amount of info to post on it

Might try to write something up one day but for now I'm abit too busy.
I always refer back to the lists I've got from Evo magazine, Jap Performance magazine etc so that I can compare insurance ratings against 0-60 times, top speeds and bhp. That way I can hopefully find the most powerful car for the least insurance cost.
Also I'm well into cars Laughing