ShEp
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This is why private collectors and such will not lend cars to TG
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Simon
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232100/BBC-suspends-production-firm-new-faked-scenes-row.html
Was just reading this article, Top Gear could get dragged into it quite easily I would have thought
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Joe
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Do people genuinely care about the lap times? Assuming the guy is moaning coz they said the replica car was shit and will damage the reputation? Surely its great publicity, I'd never heard of or seen the replica things and I'm sure there are many the same.
People need to get over it and switch off if it bothers them that much, of course its going to be scripted you can't just bluff an hours worth of tv off one take. Jesus people are cunts.
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Nath
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Wait, hold the phone. TG isn't a documentary anymore?! When did this happen?! 
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jr
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all im botherd about is the fact there now and have before faked lap times to make it fit onto the lap board + how they want the car to be perseved by the public
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Joe
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Apparantly it's all set up Nath, it might aswell be Emmerdale nowadays.
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Joe
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
all im botherd about is the fact there now and have before faked lap times to make it fit onto the lap board + how they want the car to be perseved by the public
Wasn't the issue just that they mixed the tape together to make the lap 'more interesting' therefore the fastest time will still be accurate?
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jr
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no they are creating the time, by making it spin on purpose and saying its undriveable
where infact they did 30 laps in the car
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Joe
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Ah well, it was still never going to be fast.
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RS6
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just had that read out to me on the pc
shocking but i can see thats how the BBC and topgear go about things no respect etc
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Joe-Tait
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Was a let down on sunday, the only good bit of the show was the lancia's. The pratts talking in the background wernt funny or entertaining.
The kit version did not sound awesome Clarkson, it sounded like a mondeo v6
Saying that if i had the money for another toy i would have one next to my escort in the garage straight away.
Awesome car that still puts a smile on my face at local rally's each year
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Joe
Do people genuinely care about the lap times? Assuming the guy is moaning coz they said the replica car was shit and will damage the reputation? Surely its great publicity, I'd never heard of or seen the replica things and I'm sure there are many the same.
Thats exactly what I thought. If I had the money to buy something like that I'd go out and do so now now I know they exist. I bet there are plenty of people in the lucky situation of being able to do so that were watching aswell! 
[Edited on 30-11-2009 by mwg]
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John
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They didn't fake a lap time either, it was clearly a piss take.
It's also a production car board is it not?
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jr
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on the board at 1.40 something ?
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by John
it was clearly a piss take.
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jr
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imo it wasnt, but i dont think i'll be able to out argue you john
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Originally posted by mwg
I want to see real world reviews of things like the Peugeot 308.
That would be much more interesting than seeing a supercar/hypercar being thrashed across Europe.
Yea but you can easily get a test drive in a 308. How often do you get to see or test drive a supercar.
Thats why i love the show. If i want to know about an affordable car, i will look on forums, or testdrive it; if i want to know about supercars and hear them roar past ile watch top gear.
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
imo it wasnt, but i dont think i'll be able to out argue you john
You seriously didn't think that after he had spectacularly spun, then caught, the car twice on the one lap, when they've never used a lap like that for any previous car then stuck it up, even not taking into account the tongue in cheek nature of the rest of the show, that they meant that to look like a proper 'power lap' for that car?
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by X16joeXE
quote:
Originally posted by mwg
I want to see real world reviews of things like the Peugeot 308.
That would be much more interesting than seeing a supercar/hypercar being thrashed across Europe.
Yea but you can easily get a test drive in a 308. How often do you get to see or test drive a supercar.
Thats why i love the show. If i want to know about an affordable car, i will look on forums, or testdrive it; if i want to know about supercars and hear them roar past ile watch top gear.
Nah mate I want to see more Citroen C1's and the like on there. Bring a bit of excitement to proceedings.
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sand-eel
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I don't see the problem TBH, everyone should know the car was deliberatly spun out and the car parts were obviously loosened, people take the program too seriously.
Nobody know anything about that stratos, so for all anyone knows, it could have been build in a shed and if people do know the car, they will know it was build professionally.
The guy is well over reacting.
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mark_gsi
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ha you think thats bad, just think what happened to that poor guy(drug dealers) evo lolol 
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i honestly cant believe people are thinking that lap was genuine.....
not think that they have spun out on laps with other cars before? bbut they just dont show that, they did it on sunday as a laugh....
people need to lighten up??
the guy lent TG his kit car, he should have been willing to take stick for it, same as if i lend them my old redtop corsa, i would expect clarkson to have a go at it.
did you see Coronation Street last night, true story
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alan-g-w
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Anyone remember when the Aston Martin DB9 GT and the track orientated Jag XKRR were on? It's a common repeat on Dave.
Clarkson was driving both around the track and they were both fine. But before they managed to put them round the track Jaguar took the XKRR away to 'refine the suspension' or something equally bullshit. It came back with the handling totally fucked up - surprise, surprise since it would probably have beaten the Aston, which cost 40k more or something. And that's from years before they started fucking about as much.
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Daimo B
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Cough...
Astra VXR on standard 1.6 suspension... Anyone remember that review
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Joe
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Originally posted by VXR
Cough...
Astra VXR on standard 1.6 suspension... Anyone remember that review
Was that proven though or is that not just the VXR fanboys being bitter because it made their cars look bad? (No bait)
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