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Data Graham posted:They are, actually. They're just PS2s, only in a custom size. And a significantly higher speed rating due to a higher-spec construction. So while it may share the name, the tire itself is different.
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Quoted from the 'awesome AI stuff' or whatever thread...Hello Spaceman posted:Chris Meeke took a Bentley out to play. A little bit of Googling tells me that this was a feature being filmed for Top Gear. I'm getting excited now.
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KozmoNaut posted:And a significantly higher speed rating due to a higher-spec construction. So while it may share the name, the tire itself is different.
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InitialDave posted:Going off at a mild tangent from this, how do you buy the Veyron-spec tyres? Can you only buy them through Bugatti, or can anyone special-order a set for their quad-turbo V12 XJ220 or whatever? I remember something about having to send the wheels away somewhere to be fitted with new tyres... I might just be imagining it though.
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InitialDave posted:Going off at a mild tangent from this, how do you buy the Veyron-spec tyres? Can you only buy them through Bugatti, or can anyone special-order a set for their quad-turbo V12 XJ220 or whatever? VolumeOverTalent posted:I remember something about having to send the wheels away somewhere to be fitted with new tyres... I might just be imagining it though. You have to special-order the tires for the Veyron, they're made on a special production line because they need to be absolutely perfectly made. It's no fun having a blowout while doing a top speed run, after all. Whether you can actually order them directly from Michelin, I would think so, if you can pony up the cash. I think you need to have a specialist fit the tires, probably because seating the bead properly etc. on a 400+kph ultrahypermegacar is somewhat important. The Veyron uses the Michelin PAX runflat system, which require specially-designed rims:  Obviously, that's not a Veyron wheel, PAX tires are used on a bunch of more pedestrian vehicles as well. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Sep 22, 2012 |
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jojoinnit posted:And Shell gas is what makes Ferrari's so fast! You'd think so, but F1 cars use fuel that's nearly the same as pump gas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_car#Fuel http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2011/08/how-close-is-f1-fuel-to-road-car-fuel/
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KozmoNaut posted:You have to special-order the tires for the Veyron, they're made on a special production line because they need to be absolutely perfectly made. It's no fun having a blowout while doing a top speed run, after all. Whether you can actually order them directly from Michelin, I would think so, if you can pony up the cash. Holy poo poo, I didn't know PAX still existed. I thought it was a massive failure, I remember seeing design drawings for old PAX equipment a couple years ago.
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Rut said they are filming 10 more episodes. 
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Crustashio posted:Holy poo poo, I didn't know PAX still existed. I thought it was a massive failure, I remember seeing design drawings for old PAX equipment a couple years ago. From an engineering perspective, PAX works. The problem lay in the fact that in order to service PAX wheels and tires, a tire shop would need to buy tens of thousands of dollars of new equipment for one specific task. Getting enough shops on board with the idea proved to be impossible.
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MrChips posted:From an engineering perspective, PAX works. The problem lay in the fact that in order to service PAX wheels and tires, a tire shop would need to buy tens of thousands of dollars of new equipment for one specific task. Getting enough shops on board with the idea proved to be impossible. Sounds like standard michelin engineering practice then 
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VolumeOverTalent posted:Quoted from the 'awesome AI stuff' or whatever thread... Here's a short vid of it. Looks pretty awesome  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrNzPInDja0
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Clarkson posted:Each Top Gear item takes 2 weeks to prepare, 5 days or so to film and 2 weeks to edit. So far we've done 2. We need another 22. Do the maths I have done the math, but I think he hasn't. Five days plus two weeks isn't two weeks.
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Aurune posted:http://twitter.com/jcrclarksonesq/status/250485592205443074 ...What?
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I think it's more, 2 weeks prep (as in story boards, script writing, script rehearsal, blocking, site selection, car selection, getting cars) , 5 days of shooting, then 2 weeks of editing. It's not 2 weeks to prepare (finish) the whole segment, it's 4 weeks 5 days.
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But they are all doing their own thing, so they can do more than one segment at once. But I guess if each segment takes a month to do, that explains why they only have about six episodes per series.
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Cojawfee posted:No one wants to load up an action movie and a bad guy is being chased in a boring Peugot. I know this was from ages ago, but here have some James Bond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzqGrJNCtZ4 Unfortunately the 2cv gets away and the Peugeot lands in a tree. Also, just watched the latest episode of the US series... Adam completely destroys a Mustang by driving it off a cliff. 
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psychoticmeow posted:Also, just watched the latest episode of the US series... The only true mustang is the GT. That was an appropriate end for that imposture. Lets be fair, he did attach a hang glider to it.
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The fact that it actually hit the bouncy castle was one of the real live laugh-till-you-honk, can't-believe-that-actually-happened moments that make Top Gear Top Gear.
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Data Graham posted:The fact that it actually hit the bouncy castle was one of the real live laugh-till-you-honk, can't-believe-that-actually-happened moments that make Top Gear Top Gear. Truly, a Clarksonian plan at its finest. And it worked! ...technically.
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Data Graham posted:The fact that it actually hit the bouncy castle was one of the real live laugh-till-you-honk, can't-believe-that-actually-happened moments that make Top Gear Top Gear. Actually, the real knee-slapper in my case happened to be the Lincoln's car-alarm activating from all of the dirt and rocks the Mustang flung everywhere after colliding with the cliff. That, in my opinion, was the icing on the cake.
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My daily commuter is a Yaris and I was pretty much howling the second I saw it in the teaser. It performed EXACTLY as I thought it would.
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MrChips posted:From an engineering perspective, PAX works. The problem lay in the fact that in order to service PAX wheels and tires, a tire shop would need to buy tens of thousands of dollars of new equipment for one specific task. Getting enough shops on board with the idea proved to be impossible. It's not too different than what was on H1 Hummers or HMMWV's and those can be replaced in the field with hand tools and a strap. Basically a rubber/composite donut on a 2 piece wheel. The labor intensive part is compressing the donut and getting it in and out of the tire. More trouble than its worth, I can use its usefulness in the military, but even with the civilian relaunch of the h1 coming up, they're planning to dump the runflat option and offer a simple, easy to install beadlock insert as standard. Tooling wasn't a big problem. I do it with a 29$ ratchet strap, the official Kent Moore tool for runflat removal runs about $700. The big money eater is labor, because when you have to explain to a customer that he/she has to pay 2 hours labor per wheel for tire removal and installation, they tend to freak a bit. What tends to happen in these situations is the runflats get tossed in the garbage on the first tire swap to save on future labor. My Lincoln came with the Michelin runflat option but alas, no runflats when I put new tires on.. I wonder why..  I was glad to see Moab on Top Gear USA last night.. I was in the exact same car wash last week hosing off my truck... glad to recognize a few spots. Big K of Justice fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Sep 26, 2012 |
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cool kids inc. posted:My daily commuter is a Yaris and I was pretty much howling the second I saw it in the teaser. It performed EXACTLY as I thought it would. Also loved when Adam hit Tanner in the nuts right before they closed the trunk lid on him.
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I know this isn't the Fifth Gear thread (I doubt one exists), but I wanted to point out that this season has been pretty solid. In this most recent one, Tiff races in a Lambo sponsored race against professional drivers, and does quite well. FG having a racing driver with a personality does give them some flexibility to do some things that TG can't. It's still a worse than either TGUK or TGUS, but I do think this season has been decent enough to watch.
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Grumpwagon posted:I know this isn't the Fifth Gear thread (I doubt one exists), but I wanted to point out that this season has been pretty solid. In this most recent one, Tiff races in a Lambo sponsored race against professional drivers, and does quite well. FG having a racing driver with a personality does give them some flexibility to do some things that TG can't. It's still a worse than either TGUK or TGUS, but I do think this season has been decent enough to watch. Nice! Fifth Gear definitely has some good moments. Not quite as well-written as Top Gear, but you've really got to appreciate how animated Tiffany Dell is.
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Grumpwagon posted:I know this isn't the Fifth Gear thread (I doubt one exists), but I wanted to point out that this season has been pretty solid. In this most recent one, Tiff races in a Lambo sponsored race against professional drivers, and does quite well. FG having a racing driver with a personality does give them some flexibility to do some things that TG can't. It's still a worse than either TGUK or TGUS, but I do think this season has been decent enough to watch. I have to agree. I watched Fifth Gear in the past as more of a "nothing else to watch that's properly car related" thing, but this season has been genuinely good. The circle track test of the Optima was surprisingly entertaining.
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angryhampster posted:Nice! Fifth Gear definitely has some good moments. Not quite as well-written as Top Gear, but you've really got to appreciate how animated Tiffany Dell is. And since we're talking about Fifth Gear, reminder that it's coming to the US on Velocity next month, although there doesn't seem to be a date or schedule for it yet.
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japtor posted:Was this post written with voice dictation or is that just a horrible nickname you just came up with? Clarkson calls Tiff that because Clarkson and it does kinda sound like that if you don't know what's up with 'Tiff'. Tiff.
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Watched the latest Top Gear US last night. That was genuinely entertaining. When the Mustang went off the cliff my two-year-old (who loves cars) yells "OOH NOO!" and I was howling with laughter. I really want to take a Lincoln Continental offroading now. It performed way better than it had any right to.
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CornHolio posted:I really want to take a Lincoln Continental offroading now. It performed way better than it had any right to. It's a Towncar they took out, panther chassis, body on frame RWD. I'm sure the continental would fair just as well, there's nothing really to hang up underneath in terms of drive train if you slap a basic skid plate across the front of late model continental... Oddly enough I ran it through Valley of the Gods in Utah when I picked it up Colorado.. so I watched the Top Gear episode with glee even though their trail they claim they took makes no physical sense... but thats reality tv for you.
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Geared Hub posted:It's a Towncar they took out, That's right, I knew that too. I don't know why I typed Continental. edit: vv I thought for sure that oil pan was a goner. vv CornHolio fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Sep 27, 2012 |
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My favorite part was the look on Rut's face when Adam was bouncing the Mustang up that really tough rocky hill. The one where the whole front end went up and down like a lowrider. I would have loved to see a better conclusion showing what condition the two cars left were in. What was left of the suspensions, etc.
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God, yeah. I want a freeze-frame of him standing there with his mouth gaping open. He looked like a drat cartoon character.
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I'm not sure I've ever laughed at any Top Gear episode so hard as watching that loving Mustang fly. And hit the bouncy castle.
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Ha, some of the locals in Moab kind of made fun at the behind the scenes stuff on another forum. The cliff stuff at the end was on private land [BLM would not let a tv crew do what they did], they closed off the road that was just out of camera view, and use a bulldozer to lower the Lincoln down. The same bulldozer at the end pulled the Lincoln out and not the Yaris, they just shot it that way. Another guy noted some of the trails they mentioned taking doesn't exist but is a combination of various trails, but that's reality tv for you... For anyone that's been there the ending was shot on Kane Creek Rd SW of Moab.
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This season of Top Gear USA has been fantastic. They dropped the studio stuff and just focused on fun challenges. Hell, have they even reviewed a car yet? I think the show is starting to hit its stride.
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Top Gear US is pretty good, they just need to put Adam to death.
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Tanner's "gosh" gets funnier and funnier the more bleeped-out swear words they put into the dialogue. "Son of a BLEEP BLEEEP BLEEPing BLEEEP! There is no way you're getting that BLEEEPing thing up there, my gosh! BLEEEEEP"
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Sinestro posted:Top Gear US is pretty good, they just need to put Adam to death. I did enjoy when they made fun of adam at the end of this episode. From the start of the TGUS series, Adam was my least favorite.
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