"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs)
08/19/2014 at 20:13 • Filed to: None
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"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs)
08/19/2014 at 20:13 • Filed to: None | 0
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Basically, you sign up to have a telemetry monitoring device installed on your car by one of three local auto shops, which will probably screw it up to being with. Once all contestants have their devices up and running, you'll be monitored for a month, in which you have to drive anything between 800 and 3000 km and you'll lose points, of a total of 100, for every "aggressive" or "dangerous" maneuver, such as high speed driving, hard acceleration, braking and cornering, and any combination thereof, save for hard acceleration AND hard braking, or hard right turn AND hard left turn, because that's just nonsensical. Comitting any infractions in the period will automatically disqualify the contestant, as well as not driving the required mileage range. Also, there's only 130 telemetry devices for every institution and it's first come first serve, so there's no signing up later on.
The prize for the best driver of each of the 15 participating schools is an ipad 5, plus a trip to the 6 hours of São Paulo endurance race. Once the race is finished, the overall winner will be announced and take home a Peugeot 208 Active, plus the title of Brazil's best college driver, while the car used for the challenge will be christened Brazil's best college car.
I'll be honest, this looks dreadfully boring, but doable, if it wasn't for the mileage requirement. I do about 280 km per month, about a third of the required amount, and I'm not sure I have the time to slowly tool around town, not-accelerating and not-braking to keep my points flowing. About 30 slow km a day, what do you guys think, should I try signing up for the granny run?
No Prius Needed
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
08/19/2014 at 20:17 |
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What do you get if you win?
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> No Prius Needed
08/19/2014 at 20:18 |
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A slow death by boredom.
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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> No Prius Needed
08/19/2014 at 20:18 |
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D'oh, forget to add that...
XJDano
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
08/19/2014 at 20:21 |
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It is probably limited to OBD-II ('96+) vehicles that can transmit that data to a recorder. I'd do it, but like you I don't drive my car enough, I drive company box trucks most of the time.
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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> XJDano
08/19/2014 at 20:23 |
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Yeah, I thought about the device not being compatible to my car, but there's no minimum model year requirements on the rules page. Might try looking at the FAQ though...