http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48-das-blog-of-mikathegreat2/ Das Blog of Mikathegreat2 Syndication Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:35:16 +0000 forums@gptoday.com (GPToday.com Forums) IP.Blog 60 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-789-its-been-a-while/
I suppose now is the time to explain my long absence from the forums. It has mainly been due to the fact that I started college back in September and has distracted me from posting here. It's a foundation course & not a degree course as I didn't work hard enough (at all) in school. I'll need a lot of distinctions & a miracle to get into University from this course. I loved it at first; the college lifestyle, the fact that you didn't have to be in all the time & I got to meet new people, nice ones too.

More recently though, it's been Sh#t. Half the course don't turn up & a huge pile of boring & vague assignments are just flying around everywhere. Also the friends I normally hang around with are all in different colleges with their different college friends so I spend most of my time alone in my house. It doesn't help with the fact that nearly everyone in my course lives more than 10 km away from me.

Although this hasn't affected my interest in F1 though. I was glued to BBC & Setanta towards the entire season & by August I genuinely hadn't a clue who was gonna be the winner. I thought at first Alonso would nip it but hey presto! Vettel found an extra gear & BOOM! Youngest triple world champion in history! Good on ya Seb!

Will post a lot more regularly now especially with the new season getting closer & closer. It's also nice to see some of the old regulars are still floating around posting their ridiculous segments on the F1 proceedings. Can't wait for the next big argument about whether it was Hamilton's fault or not, or how drunk Kimi will be if he wins the Monaco GP.

So eh....yeah. Can't quite think of a good closing line for this rare blog. And to think I told one of my lecturers today that "I never blog". HA]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:24:00 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-789-its-been-a-while/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-719-time-to-dust-off-das-blog/
Passed theory test in August, gots me a car courtesy of aunt & uncle, no need to pay for it, a 2000 reg Nissan Micra, in LFC red too :D . Insurance?? No prob, Mammy works in insurance & gots me a good deal of around €2k which is great compared to the ~€4-7k for provisional licensed drivers.

Been driving in it 2 days now & finding it pretty nice, still stalling it the odd time & doing wheelspin starts at traffic lights but that's part of learning...isn't it?? Anyhoo, couldn't of had a betterr passenger next to me for 2 days, my Dad aka. ex-BMW driver meaning he owns the road (& still does in his 7-seater Honda). Was even on motorway today (sssshhhhh don't tell the Old Bill), hit 80mph & it was great but nerves were shattered & wheel was wobbly but tis only a Micra sure.

So yeah, before August, f**k all, now as we approach Crimbo, learning the joys of motoring, trying to get me a job, it's all mad, especially over here in this sh1thole due to the fact we're being run by a "drunk moron", which is actually a complement for "Biffo". Hopefully someone will look at my CV, hire me & I'll get me some money but for now, I wait for a phone call or e-mail to come through & I have plenty to look forward to, COD Black Ops being the most looked forward to :D :D . Still haven't pre-ordered though :unsure: !]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-719-time-to-dust-off-das-blog/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-598-the-infamous-daniel-smith/ this website. Liffey Sound FM is a community radio so anyone in Lucan or indeed Ireland can contact us if they wanna do a show! I & the others talk about all sports in Ireland, UK & local & we also get a bit of motorsport in aswell! Hope to hear you guys listen in & text in your opinions or give us a tweet! All the contact links are on the website in the "Contact" tab & there's the important "Listen Live!" tab!]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:14:00 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-598-the-infamous-daniel-smith/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-583-my-2-cents-on-idiocracy/
There are lots of idiots in the forums but most of em are funny & you can associate with them but others aren't funny at all & you can't get along with them like have jokes with em & I think the best thing to do is for Bruce or ecap to stand up & ban these unhumorous dopes who just ask for abuse & then get other members warned but then I guess its the other members fault for acting childish!

But hey, that's just my opinion, what about you guys?? Do you think unrelating, stupid & members with no sense of humour should be banned??]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:07:00 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-583-my-2-cents-on-idiocracy/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-564-my-2010-f1-predictions-edited/
Brawn GP
Engine: Mercedes
Drivers: Jenson Button & Alex Wurz

Red Bull Racing
Engine: Renault
Drivers: Sebastian Vettel* & Mark Webber

Toyota Racing
Engine: Toyota
Drivers: Timo Glock* & Jarno Trulli/Kamui Kobayashi (can't decide)

Scuderia Ferrari
Engine: Ferrari
Drivers: Felipe Massa* & Kimi Raikonnen* (would prefer Massa & Nando together)

McLaren Mercedes
Engine: Mercedes
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton* & Heikki Kovalainen (unfortunately)

Renault F1
Engine: Renault
Drivers: Fernando Alonso* & Nelson Piquet (damn Grosjean & Di Grassi's past experience with new F1 teams)

WilliamsF1
Engine: Toyota
Drivers: Nico Rosberg & Nico Hulkenberg

BMW Sauber
Engine: BMW
Drivers: Robert Kubica & Nick Heidfeld

Scuderia Torro Rosso
Engine: Ferrari
Drivers: Sébastien Buemi & Sébastien Bourdais

Force India
Engine: Mercedes
Drivers: Adrian Sutil & Tonio Liuzzi (bye bye Fisi)


New Teams
Campos Grand Prix
Engine: Cosworth
Drivers: Vitaly Petrov & Romain Grosjean

Manor Grand Prix
Engine: Cosworth
Drivers: Lucas Di Grassi & Kazuki Nakajima

Team USF1
Engine: Cosworth
Drivers: Dario Franchitti & David Brabham]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-564-my-2010-f1-predictions-edited/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-510-ps3-blog/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-510-ps3-blog/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-465-new-vette-zr1-put-to-the-test/ http://rsportscars.com the new Chevy Corvette ZR1.  What it appeares they've done is taken a C6 with a 6.2 litre V8, a bodykit an engine modification & a big supercharger & it's the fasest ever Corvette! 0-60mph & top speed records are'nt available but it has 620bhp & 595lb-ft of torque, it's actually on my new avatar but here's a bigger view



Well lets get these tests on:

Challenge 1- ZR1-v- new '08 Dodge Viper

The new upgraded Viper looked pretty good & deserving from that huge 8.3 litre V10. Lets compare:

Power: ZR1: 620bhp Viper: 600bhp
Torque: ZR1: 595lb-ft Viper: 560lb-gt
Weight: ZR1: 1519kg (3350lbs) Viper: 1565kg (3450lbs)
So the new Corvette seems to be better in every way with 20 more bhp, 35 more lb-ft & 46kg lighter. I actually think it can be classified as a supercar seeing as I think it can be rivals with the car in the next challenge.

Challenge 2: ZR1-v-Porsche Carrera GT

Pretty sexy super/hypercar but with hella less torque & a top speed of a look-alike limited top speed of 205mph, I thought it would be a lot better. Performance stats:

Power: ZR1: 620bhp CGT: 605bhp
Torque: ZR1: 595lb-ft CGT:437 lb.ft
Hopefully they can post 0-60mph times & top speed figures soon but then again, the ZR1 was designed & has the torque of a muscle car & muscle cars tend to be slow, like the Mustang, a bit more power than the prevoius M3 but it's top speed is 150mph & the M3 without the limiter, could possibly do >170mph.

What do you think? Can this muscle/supercar mix in with 1 of the best known supercars in the business or will it end up like previous powerhouse muscle cars?]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:41:45 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-465-new-vette-zr1-put-to-the-test/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-462-thy-ps3-has-finally-arrived-at-the-mikas-house/
Unfortunately there ain't no slots for a PS2 memory card & it's much better on XBox 360 or PC where you can have errari's like the Enzo, F430, 288 GTO, 550 & 575 Maranello & the certain cars rev dials e.g. the Enzo's red dial whereas in the PS2 you get this weird 1 & you can only play automatic on PS2 where you can have the optional manual on the others.

I am currently downloading the Gran Turismo HD Concept V2.0 which I started downloading earlier today & thought it would download while I played games but turns out 60% has downloaded (420MB/690MB) & it's 10:20PM!

I also gots NFS: Pro Street & FIFA 08. FIFA is very hard butalot better than the PS2 version & I'm flying through my NFS career. I'm best at drift as it's very easy, grip is easy too but I keep wrecking my car, the worst I'm at is drag races but here are my current cars:
Grip: Mitsubishi Evo IX MR
Drift: Mazda RX-7
Speed: E43 BMW M3
Drag: Dodge Viper SRT10

The only problem is that I got an ethernet wire so that I can play people online but on Pro Street it does'nt seem to work but here are the following cars they brought in & got rid of from NFS Carbon.
If they're highlighted in bold, they can't be bought from the car lot:

Added: New E92 M3, Evo X, Nissan GTR Protoype & R35 production version, Nissan 240SX, '69Chevy Corvette Stingray, C6, Camaro Concept (featured in Transformers) aswell as Pontiac Solstice GXP, Honda Civic, & new Civic Si, NSX, new Audi TT 3.2 quattro, S3, S4, RS4, VW Golf GTi, Porsche 911 turbo, GT2, Infiniti G35, '03 Ford Mustang GT, new Shelby GT500, '90's Mitsubishi Eclipse, Pagani Zonda F (fastest & most expensive car in the game, before tuning it) etc.

Scrapped: Mercedes SLR McLaren, SL65 AMG, CLK 500, Porsche Carrera GT, Lambo Gallardo, original Murcielago, Chrysler 300C SRT8, Alfa Brera, Audi Le Mans quattro, Aston DB9, Renault Clio V6, etc.

If you have the PS3 & might have a few other PS2 games that I have or if you gots NFS: Pro Street or FIFA 08 gimme you're username (here or PM) & I'll add you.]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:59:16 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-462-thy-ps3-has-finally-arrived-at-the-mikas-house/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-444-forum-friendship/
What do you think???

- MATT DAMON!!!!!]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:49:54 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-444-forum-friendship/ http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-441-sexy-cars-of-2008/
Here's a preview of the many cars for next year:

Ferrari F430 Scuderia:



BMW M3:



Nissan GT-R:


Evo X:



911 GT2:


Mercedes CL65 AMG Bi-Turbo:



Source: http://www.rsportscars.com/]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:05:41 +0000 http://www.gptoday.com/forums/blog/48/entry-441-sexy-cars-of-2008/