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The Sat. Pontiac, IL meet will fulfill this. Or Zane has a picture that he just hasn't posted yet...

Just a bit of a jump-start for this thread...



My Vibe at the June 15 Pontiac, IL cruise night.

My challenge: Your car and either a sign posting a <20mph speed limit (extra points if it doesn't end in 0 or 5) or a "Share the road" sign.

So here is my submission... although in "Translation" its only mph..but it does have a "5" as requested..
FTW?

FTW

Proceed!

On a visit with my family in Lovely Nova Scotia I was able to create the next photo challenge...
Get your Vibe on a Jetty...warf..dock etc...

SmAshley wrote:

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On a visit with my family in Lovely Nova Scotia I was able to create the next photo challenge...
Get your Vibe on a Jetty...warf..dock etc...

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I may be able to get a suitable pic for this challenge. I may try for it tonight.

(BTW: I love this sort of game... I've played something similar on another forum, but there weren't enough people active to keep it going.)

Here's my attempt at meeting the challenge. I wasn't able to get the Vibe itself onto the pier, but I backed it up onto the walkway leading to it.

Challenge met?

Sure, I'd say that works. Go ahead with your challenge.

KITT222 wrote:Sure, I'd say that works. Go ahead with your challenge.

I'll hopefully get a new challenge up by the end of the day.

EDIT: Sorry, wasn't able to take the picture I wanted. I'll post one tomorrow.

Ok, here's the new challenge: You're Vibe with a historical highway marker. If I have my facts right, this monument was a highway marker on the Old Dixie Highway here in Florida. The portion of the road that this marker is on is still paved with the original bricks, though in horrible disrepair.

Was the challenge too hard? Do I need to simplify it?
How about this: I'll settle for any sort of sign (or monument) indicating an old, deprecated or historic road.

The challenges aren't hard. It's just generally difficult sometimes to be at the correct place, with camera, and have the opportunity to take said picture. Unless of course, your sole purpose of that day is traveling to get said pic... and that takes a lot of time that most people just don't have.

Hard, challenging pics, take time to get answered. Bump the thread occasionally, sooner or later someone will take an awesome pic and respond with a fun challenge!

Road Trip today, so have two pictures for consideration.
First is monument to Wyandot Indian Chief Tarhe. A true statesman, negotiated peace between several Indian Tribes and the settlers. The nearby roadway is called the Tarhe Trail.
Link to history: http://www.touring-ohio.com/history/tarhe.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


The 2nd is a monument marking part of the First Transcontinental US Highway, the Lincoln Highway, US 30
Link to its history, a fascinating read, considering the road was sponsored in 1913 by Automotive Suppliers and Car company's to promote roadways for automobiles. Few months ago marked the 100th anniversary. A sight to see, as era correct vehicles made the trip from coast to coast over the original path
Link: http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/map-room" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Love them both! Proceed with the next challenge!

Anxiously awaiting new photos! I started this thread on the Sonic forums too.. lol.

Next Challenge, Vibe next to a historic Covered Roadway (preferably built before 1920, bonus if constructed prior to 1900):




Link to the history of this Covered Bridge:
http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/20 ... ridge.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://bridgehunter.com/oh/wyandot/parker/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

CAMOGIRL wrote:Anxiously awaiting new photos! I started this thread on the Sonic forums too.. lol.

Hmm... What would happen if I hijacked the SOF thread? Think they'd care?



Crap, the only covered bridge in my area (heck, only one in Minnesota) is well over an hour away.

The only one in my immediate area is now pedestrian only and not in view of the parking lot.

I want to bump this back to the top.

There aren't many covered bridges around here. The ones we have are pedestrian only... and mostly on golf courses. You'd probably be hard pressed to find much of *anything* built before 1920, too, let alone a covered bridge.

Perhaps this could help someone: http://www.coveredbridgemap.com/

KITT222 wrote:(removed), the only covered bridge in my area (heck, only one in Minnesota) is well over an hour away.

How do you like the sound of 8.5 hours away?

Define "Covered." Would a lower bridge deck hanging from the upper span suffice?

Realizing that covered bridges are more common in the eastern US, any covered roadway is fine. So a lower span would be covered by the upper roadway.

Alright... let's see here: Center street bridge. Built in 1916. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Str ... Calgary%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;











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Nice, glad the surrounding area survived the floods from earlier this year. Looking forward to what you post for the new challenge.

The challenge: Your vehicle in assistance mode!

would this count?? my vibe assisting in the illumination of a field for some night time fourwheeling lol

now could we get an updated list of challenges please?? its sooo dificult to even try to keep track... lol

Looks good to me!

I'll have to get my pic later today technically. I just spent a full hour looking up all the old challenges so i could figure out something to do without redoing one. I'll post up what all the old challenges are before i post my pic.

Perhaps we should require that when posting a new challenge you must also post an ongoing list of all previous challenges so it's easier for everyone to keep up on what has already been done. Maybe, just maybe, this will revive this thread and get it going full speed again.

In my version of this on the Sonic thread, I made it a rule that you have to post the new challenge with the answer in the same post. The game rolls faster because you dont have to wait for it to be OKd, just go for it.

Are we worried about challenges that have been done before? I mean, if a different member does them, I don't see a big deal, as long as it wasn't real close.

The challenge: Your vehicle in assistance mode!



i win....

friends NB broke down near me when i was at the store nearby so i went to go and help and we ripped the engine bay apart with all the tools i had in my trunk for like an hour and still couldnt figure out why wasn't it starting. MAF/intake was fine, it had fuel in the lines, battery was good, spark plugs were new. it just died (hes a mechanic at a speed shop which specializes in mazda's only which makes it slightly more awkward) So we just decided to flat tow it with my tow strap i had to his house which was 5 miles away at like 5pm when everybody was getting off work through traffic and up and down hills the back way to his house. We made it no problems. lol, and it ended up being a bad o2 sensor. The girl pictured covering her face was his gf that just came back from college outta state the day before. She was pretty embarrassed.

vibe took it like a champ too, held it in first at like 3k rpms going around 30mph give or take on the straight aways.

That's rather impressive! Is your Vibe an auto or manual?

If you want, you can make the new challenge. After that, I think we need to follow Alicia's rule of 'new challenge in the responding post' thing. It's worked out well on the Sonic forum...

KITT222 wrote:That's rather impressive! Is your Vibe an auto or manual?

If you want, you can make the new challenge. After that, I think we need to follow Alicia's rule of 'new challenge in the responding post' thing. It's worked out well on the Sonic forum...

Auto-tragic, i gear control whenever driving hard in the canyons though because our cars need the help of engine braking with our silly rear drums. but thankfully its still under 2800lbs so i have chance to be comparable to the other cars with 3x the power in the twisties.

wasn't sure what alicia meant by responding to a post but heres my challenge,

Take a picture of you car sitting in traffic.... on the fwy.

(i live in the LA area so i could most likely do this by the end of the week with how much traffic there is here)

Use this thread as a little reference - The post at the top by Alicia (Insanika) has her responding to the challenge, then making her own, in the same exact post. You need to post your picture in order to start your challenge.

Its been three months since the last challenge of a picture of your car in traffic.

In order to reboot this thread, I presume the authority to declare that the previous challenge of your car in traffic is void, and the next challenge will be up to whoever first posts another challenge

I accept your authority in this thread and will go out today and find something suitable to post... Unless someone beats me to it!

Here's the challenge, fairly simple: Your vehicle and the landmark for which your city is known.

Here's the Calgary tower and Saddledome.

Burnsville, Minnesota (not my home town but close enough) and Buck Hill Ski 'resort.'




Nice and melted for the spring. One of those Olympians trained here...

Very nice! And I see that you didn't exaggerate when you said "hill"!

What's with the weird building with diagonal siding?

Rayven01 wrote:What's with the weird building with diagonal siding?

Your guess is as good as mine.


I'll try to come up with something soon

NEW CHALLENGE

Your car and a current or former car assembly plant. If it is former it must have some sign that it was once there.

In my case, I literally have a sign. This is the site of the former Ford Twin Cities Assembly plant, which had stood here since the days when it was built to produce the Model A.




Driving by it over the winter I slowly saw the final building come down. It was creepy and fascinating at the same time.

What if there are no local "automobile" assembly plants close by? would any vehicle assembly plant do?

KITT222 wrote:NEW CHALLENGE

Your car and a current or former car assembly plant. If it is former it must have some sign that it was once there.

In my case, I literally have a sign. This is the site of the former Ford Twin Cities Assembly plant, which had stood here since the days when it was built to produce the Model A.




Driving by it over the winter I slowly saw the final building come down. It was creepy and fascinating at the same time.

Hmmmm....

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Picture Challenge

All yours!

MorbidAngel, we need a challenge!