Virtual Car Show Winners

[Gayle]

I secretly suspect that Jon has planned the entire last year his strategy for winning the virtual car show. Inspired by JR’s thorough trouncing of everyone in last years virtual car show, Jon decided his car was going to be the best this year and he did it. Jon left everyone else in the dust with his winning total of 36 votes. And no one doubts for a minute that he deserved it.

Jon has more modifications to his car than any of us can count. Can you say the word custom? Jon’s car is repainted a custom color—a vw/bmw metallic green mix. He has a custom Alcantara interior that he and his seamstress mom did personally. He has a supercharger under the hood and an intercooler (whatever that is). An of course every car needs a custom CarPC with 120GB hard drive and 1GB Memory.

Jon was the first to post his entry to the virtual car show on September 17. He did not rest on his laurels after that. He continued to work on his supercharger and shared with us stories of going out for test drives up the street in his pajamas. Ideas of additional modifications popped into his head, so he shared with us the details of the megasquirt system he built between semesters. And when he is not working on his car, he does stuff to his sister’s e34 and the cars of friends.

And Jon did all his modifications on a student’s time and money budget. How does he do it? All the links to the early pictures of Jon’s car are broken, so no before and after pictures. Jon, was your car ever really stock? And you know, it doesn't hurt that Jon has such fabulous photography skills to showcase this truly one of a kind car.

Jon's beautiful custom paint job


What's under the hood


Jon's custom Alcantara interior