Boards motoring awards 2015

colm_mcm

No sign of them this year.


I'd nominate nd for best use of a socket set.

From zero to changing a timing chain in less than a year.

Boardsies car of the year would be more difficult.

Toyotafanboi

Car of the year for pure dedication, Normans 5 Series.

shietpilot

Ricer of the year: fern_

Supergurrier

Another vote for Foxhole's car here. Love the E39 in general, such a tank of a car.

Still some nice cars on here but less stand out cars than there used to be unfortunately.

Toyotafanboi

Regular poster troll of the year?

MuppetCheck

I'd give a vote for FN's E39. Seems to have a plan for it and is tipping away all along at it. It's really coming together in fairness.

NickDunne

Project of the year for me is Ded_Zebra's Samurai. Can't wait to see 2016 progress on it

Foxhole Norman

I approve of this message! Thanks lads

Salesman of the year: Gvidor :P

Supergurrier

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I approve of this message! Thanks lads

Salesman of the year: Gvidor :P

HEY, i sold 2 cars and bought one at a good discount. You traitor

I change my vote for best car to Mik's pristine RS4 in nagoro blue

bazz26

Thread of the year - Lexus IS250 with a Mark Levinson stereo being chased by a jealous Ford Focus while at the same time the rest of the country stopped to look at the IS250 never seen before.

Supergurrier

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I vote myself for most amount of money spent for least amount of bhp gained on a car. Oh yeah classic Porsche!!!

What kinda bhp gained ?

Donnelly117

Supergurrier wrote: »

HEY, i sold 2 cars and bought one at a good discount. You traitor

I change my vote for best car to Mik's pristine RS4 in nagoro blue

I think you earned picture of the year with the front bumper less S4 a few days ago! The V8 hanging out looked menacing!

Supergurrier

Donnelly117 wrote: »

I think you earned picture of the year with the front bumper less S4 a few days ago! The V8 hanging out looked menacing!

It was just in getting seals done by previous owner and afew bits.

Audi in their infinite wisdom put the engine of these in backwards and made it a complex 5 valves per cylinder setup so once the timing chain interval comes around it's an engine out job and 1500e of parts to do it, it's advisable to do a new clutch and flywheel while the engine is dropped and all of the hard to reach seals that are otherwise a pain in the ass.

Not looking forward to that bill

But yea we all have our problems

Ded_Zebra

NickDunne wrote: »

Project of the year for me is Ded_Zebra's Samurai. Can't wait to see 2016 progress on it

Woohoo!!! Delighted to get a vote for something.:D:D I have got some more work done on it but need to get my picture hosting sorted before I can make the next post in the thread. Hopefully I'll get the finger out soon! I'll actually try and get it posted tomorrow.

I'm finding it hard to pick a car of the year for this year. It comes down to YBFocus' E36 and Toyotafanboi's Celica. both cars have all the qualities I want in a car in spades and I love the attitude both of the lads have towards them. Really looking forward to following their progress in the new year, particularly the turbo E36.

YbFocus

Thanks man, i will make plenty of posts on all the hassle

My car of the year?

Just seen it come out of retirement of late but 166man's 166 is amazing. That or VintageVRS's Golf R.

166man

Another vote for the Samurai as the project thread of the year.


Car of the year has got to be YB's E36/ DZ's Clive (166) or Gvidors Punto. All three are cars that ooze character (never saw the Punto) and put up with a lot this year! The E36 did ~30k miles and did it comfortably in style, The Clive took myself a few others to France and all over Europe after a last minute change, and the Punto went everywhere from the Wesht of Ireland to Mondello for track use!

I couldn't decide!


Thread of the year is the IS250 Levinson sound system Hachi -whatever his name is.


It's been an interesting year alright. Hope 2016 is good to you all.

nd

Thanks for the nomination. It really helps when you have a car to mess with that doesn't need to go on the road again quickly. So that if it takes you a week to figure something out /get a part/wait for the rain to pass ect, it's no big deal!

bear1

I would say I was the mos patient bastard when it came to giving a lemon a chance to still impress. The Lexus thread gets my vote, wish he was still around

YbFocus

Yeah bear it was tough watching that man, that damn car!
I got to 31k just before mondello killed it, it will hopefully become an interesting project car for next year now

Thread of the year is the is250 roadtrip one for sure

mik_da_man

Supergurrier wrote: »

HEY, i sold 2 cars and bought one at a good discount. You traitor

I change my vote for best car to Mik's pristine RS4 in nagoro blue

Its actually Sprint Blue, but thanks

Voodoomelon

Unrelenting Lexus one-up manship definitely deserves an honorable mention.

My fav cars are CHs blue BMW 430 GC, 166mans green 166 and (not sure whos) blue Golf R.

JoeA3

Voodoomelon wrote: »

(not sure whos) blue Golf R.

This one?

power pants

my highlight was the motors meet up that caused so many to piss their pants in outrage that other people had friends outside of the forum.

bbari

LongTimeLurker and ToyotaFanBoi for advising/helping people in buying budget cars.
Curran/Vectra for advising people in the detailing threads.
FN for dedication and showing step by step progress on E39.


PS: Happy New Year to you all

Brian Scan

bazz26 wrote: »

Thread of the year - Lexus IS250 with a Mark Levinson stereo being chased by a jealous Ford Focus while at the same time the rest of the country stopped to look at the IS250 never seen before.

Originally Posted by tossy
So a glimpse at Reeling in the years from 20 years time....



Post of the year..

bear1

For whoever wants to relive the funniest pile of ****e of a thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057465431&page=59

MuppetCheck

59 pages. Fcuk me

Toyotafanboi

Should we compile a list of categories and try start threads for proper nominations, could be a bit of fun like?

Thread of the year
Post of the year
Poster of the year
Car of the year
Project of the year

What are the titles usually?

colm_mcm

MuppetCheck wrote: »

59 pages. Fcuk me

That's the edited version.

colm_mcm

From 2 years ago

TestTransmission wrote: »

This worked pretty well last year ,so we thought we'd give it a bash again.I meant to get this up and running earlier in the year but I've been pretty busy in rl.

Only 4 categories this year.


Poster of the year

Boardsie's car of the year

Thread of the year

Photo of the year

One nomination per category per poster.You don't have to nominate in every category, but do try, as it would be brilliant if you could, as if we could get at least 5 nominees for each award, that would be pretty ideal and no, you can't nominate yourself.

Please use the format for your nominations otherwise they will not count.

Poster of the year

Boardsie's car of the year

Thread of the year

Photo of the year

For the photo and thread of the year please link to them otherwise they will not be counted as nominations.

When we've got our nominees in around 1 week, we'll lock this thread and then everyone can have their vote on a seperate thread(s).If there are no clear nominees the winner will be selected by the Motor Mods.

Don't bother posting if you're gonna be nasty.It'll be deleted and the same rules will apply regarding infractons/bans.


Enjoy
__________________

YbFocus

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's the edited version.

Jesus that's crazy, what was taken out or should i even ask.

colm_mcm

I don't know if you remember but there was a lot of witty banter between the OP and some of the regulars

YbFocus

Ah right yeah i do, i may have been part of the witch hunt..

bear1

I think its 74 pages in total. It descendent into utter chaos. Then again whenever he posted it became like that.
Think the last time I heard from him was November after the picture thread.

Toyotafanboi

Poster of the year: Ybfocus, mad car, mad engine, mad mileage and zero ****s given and never a bad word said.

Boardsie's car of the year: Normans 5 series

Thread of the year: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057465431&page=59

Photo of the year: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95105432&postcount=31

power pants

YbFocus wrote: »

Ah right yeah i do, i may have been part of the witch hunt..

you were

YbFocus

Poster of the year: GvidoR. Probably the most active poster, funny and sound guy! Gets my vote!

Boardsie's car of the year: Super Gurrier's ST Focus

Thread of the year: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...465431&page=59

Photo of the year:

ba_barabus

My cars been great for a change, can it get a reward? Seriously it's given me 12 straight months of perfect reliability. A record for me on here.

Anyway that Levin above deserves a reward. It's perfect.

davycc

Thread of the year: hatickhos IS250 thread
Post of the year: tossys 'reeling in the years' zinger reply in the above:D
Poster of the year: gvidor some man for the well timed meme always make me laugh:p
Car of the year: FNs black e39 even if its a stinking auto:D
Project of the year: Ybf not gripping e36 , will be back better then ever and ill try not be a jinx next time i see see her in the metal:cool:
Photo of the year: 166 mans lush green sex wee inducing 166
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=98259609&postcount=9052

GvidoR

Thanks for the nominations.

Poster of the year: YbFocus. Great guy with a nicely transformed car and upcoming project. Honorable mentions go to Duke O Smiley and shietpilot.
Car of the year: Foxhole Norman. So much passion for a car, very well taken care of. Honorable mentions go to Superguirrer's S4 Avant and m-i-m-m-'s Levin
Photo of the year: ciarsd. Link to photo
Thread of the year: Guess I have to agree with the others, the Lexus thread.

Just so you know, this was very difficult. There are lots of other great posters here.

Foxhole Norman

Poster of the Year: Gvidor, always manages to have some witty photo or post to make
Car of the Year: YBFocus's E36, just perfect, looking forward to seeing where the project takes it
Photo of the Year: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95105432&postcount=31
Thread of the Year: Has to be the IS250 SEL. MANUAL thread.

shietpilot

Lads, am I the only one who saw that IS250 thread a long time ago and didn't even click on it because the title seemed boring? :eek:

YbFocus

shietpilot wrote: »

Lads, am I the only one who saw that IS250 thread a long time ago and didn't even click on it because the title seemed boring? :eek:

Yes you missed a total gem! Read it now!

shietpilot

YbFocus wrote: »

Yes you missed a total gem! Read it now!

Currently on page 3

power pants

its definitely a great casestudy in a clique baying for blood imo

Brief_Lives

bear1 wrote: »

For whoever wants to relive the funniest pile of ****e of a thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057465431&page=59

thank you thakk you thank you thank you...

what a gift..

dar83

I love the fascination with 'cliques' this board has.

smash

Ah lads, that Lexus thread was very underwhelming... much like the car itself.

shietpilot

smash wrote: »

Ah lads, that Lexus thread was very underwhelming... much like the car itself.

In 10 years time it will be going round a cone on some back road on RTE2 :pac:

Jesus.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Should we compile a list of categories and try start threads for proper nominations, could be a bit of fun like?

Thread of the year
Post of the year
Poster of the year
Car of the year
Project of the year

What are the titles usually?

Is there one for most banned poster of the year?

Donnelly117

Jesus. wrote: »

Is there one for most banned poster of the year?

Need to add one for most closed accounts and re-regs too