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The Top Gear MEGATHREAD!!!!
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AlBDamned
macrumors 68030
Mondeo ST220
First car up Mondeo ST220. I rented a Mondeo ST, the 2.2 TDCI version, just last week and while it's not quite as fast as the petrol one (top end 137 Vs 151) but it was very very quick and had awesome power in the midrange.
Without doubt one of the most fun cars I've driven. I'd like to have a blast in the petrol one. 😀
Edit: Ouch, Clarkson has just gone down in Vauxhalls bad books - again. He hates the Vectra so much.
First car up Mondeo ST220. I rented a Mondeo ST, the 2.2 TDCI version, just last week and while it's not quite as fast as the petrol one (top end 137 Vs 151) but it was very very quick and had awesome power in the midrange.
Without doubt one of the most fun cars I've driven. I'd like to have a blast in the petrol one. 😀
Edit: Ouch, Clarkson has just gone down in Vauxhalls bad books - again. He hates the Vectra so much.
Is this our punishment for kicking your ass in the American Revolution? We have to wait for Top Gear? 🙁 😀
BlizzardBomb
macrumors 68030
Applespider
macrumors G4
BlizzardBomb said:
The caravan piece was pretty funny.
I quite like the Daihatsu Copen though. One went past me the other day and it looked surprisingly good.
AlBDamned said:
Ships have less understeer than that Vectra 😱 😱 😱
That caravan ending reeks of a set up, like the car wash incident at the start of the series. 🙄
MacsRgr8
macrumors G3
Another funny episode!
Caravan got what it deserved. 😀
But the F1 car "inside" thing... well... that essentially flopped.
We all know that the F1 power can only be used when the downforce starts working.... anyone remember the "Other Car Show", where they raced an F1 car, a Super Bike and a racing boat? and that was outside on proper asphalt... (not for the boat obviously... 😀 )
Caravan got what it deserved. 😀
But the F1 car "inside" thing... well... that essentially flopped.
We all know that the F1 power can only be used when the downforce starts working.... anyone remember the "Other Car Show", where they raced an F1 car, a Super Bike and a racing boat? and that was outside on proper asphalt... (not for the boat obviously... 😀 )
combatcolin
macrumors 68020
Really did think James may would thump Clarkson at one point.
Top Gear has to be the funniest thing on TV, no sit com comes close.
And as for Muscle Cars..have to agree with Clarkson on that.
Top Gear has to be the funniest thing on TV, no sit com comes close.
And as for Muscle Cars..have to agree with Clarkson on that.
BlizzardBomb
macrumors 68030
iGav said:
Agreed. I think the episode wasn't "Top Gear" standard, so I guess that was there to make it a little more exciting after the 2 minute+ Lacetti lap and the F1 car barely reaching 80mph indoors. But its great to have Top Gear back anyway 🙂
HydroMan
macrumors 6502
Haha 😀MacsRgr8 said:
As for the the caravan piece how contrived was that, I also thought the car wash was set up, they seem to have lost their way a bit by concentrating on humour too much and not cars. It seems like it's turning into one of those awful Clarkson DVD's that come out at Christmas. Hope I'm wrong as 5th Gear sucks and that's the alternative 🙄 (not to mention that show Power erm thingy on ITV)
evoluzione
macrumors 68020
what was that carpoint LED programmable display thing that they had in the caravan piece?? anyone have a link to it or anything?
Applespider
macrumors G4
There's a 'behind the scenes' Top Gear article in the Sunday Times which you can read online - you might have to register.
Quite amusing - covers an upcoming 'White Van Driver' episode amongst other things
Quite amusing - covers an upcoming 'White Van Driver' episode amongst other things
MacsRgr8 said:
Vauxdull have always had problems instilling a degree of dynamism in their chassis, to the point where they either have Lotus try and fix the problem for them (see Lotus Carlton, VXR range) or they just save themselves the embarrassment and use a Lotus chassis in the first place (VX220) and if that fails they just import them from a fellow GM sister company... (Opel, Holden... Manta and Monaro etc).
Personally I think the level of understeer in that Vectra is nothing other than dangerous.
mpw said:
And they've run out of people wanting to go on it by the looks of it too... 😛
CarPoint Programmable LED Display
(http://www.dcp-shop.co.uk/buy-car-accessories/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=53&products_id=8436)
You can buy one here:evoluzione said:
(http://www.dcp-shop.co.uk/buy-car-accessories/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=53&products_id=8436)
mfacey
macrumors 65816
Last episode already??
A somewhat disappointing season again from Top Gear. I guess the selection of cars interesting cars to choose from was pretty limited. I miss the cool races. Those were always the best. Let's hope that next season is up at the level we're used to again!
A somewhat disappointing season again from Top Gear. I guess the selection of cars interesting cars to choose from was pretty limited. I miss the cool races. Those were always the best. Let's hope that next season is up at the level we're used to again!
evoluzione
macrumors 68020
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