Top Gear Laptime Sweepstake

[supraman]

Originally Posted by Chamber

can they be put for a time for both weather types? (DRY/WET) so mine would be 1:17.7/1:20.8

If you want a guess for both weather types, you will need to pay another £5. TrickyB has already done this.

Originally Posted by Chamber

can we have a dry and wet times list? or is that besides the point......the other way is to have 2 individual predictions

OK, I will change to two separate lists the next time I do an update. If Clarkson puts a "w" next to the time that he puts on the board, then the wet/damp list will apply, otherwise the dry list will apply. Hopefully, this will encourage people to make 2 bets (for £10) and generate more money for the charity.

Any guesses that haven't specifically mentioned the weather conditions will be placed on the dry list. I am happy to move any current guesses into a different list if required at no extra charge. Just let me know.

FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, ONLY 1 LIST WILL APPLY. THE PERSON WITH THE CLOSEST TIME ON THE RELEVANT LIST WILL BE THE WINNER. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY HAS THE EXACT TIME ON THE DRY LIST, BUT THE GT-R ACHIEVES IT ON A WET TRACK, THEN IT WILL NOT COUNT.

[Fuggles]

.... and if he puts "mildly moist"?

[supraman]

Originally Posted by Fuggles

.... and if he puts "mildly moist"?

Ah, I didn't think about that! Let's say that if he puts any extra letters against the time, then the wet/damp list applies.

I'm getting "mildly moist" at the prospect of next week's episode!

[Fuggles]

Okay and the sweepstake closes the moment he announces that the GT-R will be on that night's show

[tomgtr]

I'll be from next week a week on holiday in Tallinn.

Somebody better put this on Youtube!!! I'm so gutted I'm missing that episode!!!

Pretty sure though they won't put it on the track yet as none of the episodes I remember put the car that was racing Hamster and Capt Slow the same episode on the track. (maybe wishfull thinking)

[supraman]

As per my earlier post (http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/934719-post106.html), I've divided the sweepstake into two lists; one for a dry track and one for a wet/damp/mildly moist track.

To get the ball rolling with this new format, I've paid for a guess on the "wet list" of 1.20.3.

We've now had:

28 regular guesses (28 x £5) = £140
5 additional contributions to the charity (5 x £5) = £25

So, the prize fund is as follows:

£56 to the winner
£28 to the runner-up
£14 to 3rd-place
£42 + £25 = £67 to charity

Dry Track Only

Chamber 1.17.7
Evolution VI 1.17.8
davros 1.17.9
Spazpeker 1.18.0
bodi 1.18.2
TrickyB 1.18.3 (dry track)
tokyogtr 1.18.5
supraman 1.18.8
Rich-GT 1.18.9
First 1.19.0
Al_s13 1.19.3
tomgtr 1.19.5
supracat 1.19.6
Axolotl 1.19.7
dwreid 1.19.8
paulc 1.20.2
Hazardous 1.20.3
rblvjenkins 1.20.3
goldbrew 1.20.4
charles charlie 1.20.5
slow 1.20.6
maxxwaxx 1.21.8
Pugwash 1.22.4

Wet/Damp/Mildly Moist Track Only

TrickyB 1.19.7
supraman 1.20.3
tomgtr 1.20.5
Redlineash 1.20.8
supracat 1.21.4

Full List

NAMES IN RED HAVE PAID

1.17.3 GT-R Cowboy
1.17.4 Arch5
1.17.5 OllieMeff (dry track)
1.17.6 Godzilla-RR - BANNED
1.17.7 Chamber
1.17.8(4) Rising sun
1.17.8 EvolutionVI
1.17.9 davros
1.18.0 ticketmaster123, Spazpeker
1.18.1 Andy Hornsby
1.18.2 bodi
1.18.3 stealth, TrickyB (dry track)
1.18.4 supracat (with suspension mods)
1.18.5 tokyogtr
1.18.6 yuangs
1.18.7 kpkpkp
1.18.8 supraman (dry track), MacGTR, Bubble, Tr8kr (sunny day)
1.18.9 Rich-GT
1.19.0 First
1.19.1 KINGLEH, sumo69
1.19.2 Cornhoolio
1.19.3 PJCS, Al_s13
1.19.4 Lith, zig-zag
1.19.5 P3RV3RT, OllieMeff (wet track), tomgtr
1.19.6 supracat
1.19.7 TrickyB (wet track), axolotl
1.19.8 Peely, Benji406V6Coupe, ac427, Moff, kennyc, dwreid
1.19.9 GTaaaaaarrrrrr!
1.20.0 Aerodramatics
1.20.1 skyline69_uk
1.20.2 paulc
1.20.3 rblvjenkins, sin, Hazardous,supraman (wet track)
1.20.4 goldbrew
1.20.5 Charles Charlie
1.20.6 Slow
1.20.7 NBM33
1.20.8 evoscott, Redlineash (damp track)
1.21.4 supracat
1.21.5 LivingMovie
1.21.7 mugwump
1.21.8 maxxwaxx
1.22.0 Armed English
1.22.2 neilstafford, BobLeBuilder
1.22.3 evoscott
1.22.4 Pugwash (pessimistic about fairness)

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[TrickyB]

If any of my times are correct then the prize can go to the charity
its a good cause.

[GTaaaaaarrrrrr!]

Have I missed something here? Thought the bloody car was on TG tonight! Watched it all the way through (and it wasn't a very good episode anyway). It may explain the extension of time for committing to orders by NMGB if they knew it wasn't on the box this weekend.

[Chamber]

Originally Posted by supraman

Ah, I didn't think about that! Let's say that if he puts any extra letters against the time, then the wet/damp list applies.

I'm getting "mildly moist" at the prospect of next week's episode!

[supraman]

Originally Posted by GTaaaaaarrrrrr!

Have I missed something here? Thought the bloody car was on TG tonight! Watched it all the way through (and it wasn't a very good episode anyway). It may explain the extension of time for committing to orders by NMGB if they knew it wasn't on the box this weekend.

I don't think anybody said it was on tonight, did they? The consensus seems to be that it is on next week.

What's this about an extension?

[axolotl]

I hope I'm not being too presumptuous and please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe GTaaaarrrr may be referring to the putative deadline within the first week in July for confirming or canceling orders. Many dealers are now saying they'll wait until the high performance tours come their way before insisting that customers sign official order forms or cancel so that customers have a chance to see the cars locally and up close before finally committing. p.s. I see "slow" has posted a time.....i hope that isn't captain slow aka James May as that could be construed as cheating

[GTaaaaaarrrrrr!]

[quote=axolotl;935000]I hope I'm not being too presumptuous and please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe GTaaaarrrr may be referring to the putative deadline within the first week in July for confirming or canceling orders. Many dealers are now saying they'll wait until the high performance tours come their way before insisting that customers sign official order forms or cancel so that customers have a chance to see the cars locally and up close before finally committing.

That is what I was referring to mate. I asked what the deadline had been extended to last week and was advised that there was no backstop date at the moment. So I guess they are still making it up as they go along

So far as the date fot TG is concerned, looks like I got carried away

[axolotl]

Originally Posted by GTaaaaaarrrrrr!

That is what I was referring to mate. I asked what the deadline had been extended to last week and was advised that there was no backstop date at the moment. So I guess they are still making it up as they go along

So far as the date fot TG is concerned, looks like I got carried away

I'm going off topic here for this thread but when I spoke to the concierge yesterday I realised that we have given our deposits not to nissan but to the individual HPCs. They have pre-ordered the vehicles on our behalf. The HPCs would have been within their rights to stipulate the 30 day rule to us regarding deposits but it seems that very sensibly they have allowed us more time as they understand that some people might want to actually see a GT-R before committing such a large amount of money. According to the concierge all pre-ordered GT-Rs which were not cancelled within 30 days will be delivered to the dealers and it will be then up to the individual dealers what they do with them.
From posts that I have seen on this forum it seems that the dealers have taken the honourable option and intend to pass on cancelled vehicles to their own customers who have pre-ordered and thereby bring some delivery dates forward. As far as I understand, once they have allocated cars and time slots for all their pre-order customers they would then be entitled to sell any remaining vehicles at a premium although they are not allowed to advertise vehicles at greater than list price...i.e. they will be P.O.A.

[Mookistar]

Originally Posted by supraman

I don't think anybody said it was on tonight, did they? The consensus seems to be that it is on next week.

What's this about an extension?

As much as the GTR vs. Bullet is on, has anyone actually contacted TG to confirm it will be lapping at Dunsfold on this series?

bearing in mind the Veyron's been in numerous articles but never been round Dunsfold

mook

[EvolutionVI]

Originally Posted by Mookistar

bearing in mind the Veyron's been in numerous articles but never been round Dunsfold

mook

maybe because its not fast enough for VW ähm Bugatti,to set a perfect laptime