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You Am I posted:Because then he'd be on a train, making the race invalid I don't see much of a difference between the ferry and the train, other than the obvious 'one is a boat, the other is a train'. You drive your car up a ramp, park, then drive out the other end when you get to the other side. In fact the ferry is more like a passenger train than the eurotunnel, because you can have a wander around and purchase a selection of snacks and hot and cold beverages onboard.
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Linedance posted:he probably would have won if he'd taken the Eurotunnel. Honestly, who takes the stupid ferry when the tunnel gets you across in 35 minutes? I look at it as penance for the inexplicable delays the other two had in the previous races. A car is faster if the others have to walk two miles to the bus stop! A car is faster if it leaves hours before the trains start running! A car is faster if we wait to leave and force the plane to land early due to darkness! I do think the race would have been more exciting if it ran the other way, so the car could have built up a lead that was then crushed as the train sped up. Even so it was a pretty good episode in my opinion, and now I understand why Clarkson was so twitchy about it on Twitter earlier.
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Now for something from the Korean edition of Top Gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsoWpTO2qg Our thread title is truly global.
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That was a pretty underwhelming segment for a car that won their Car of the Year in January.
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Powershift posted:The BRZ is a coupe, it has a trunk, the back window isn't part of it. boxen posted:I liked her voice  Doesn't help filter down to "in the price range" but at least it's something: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_test_track_Power_Lap_Times I wonder what it would've been like in the dry with better tires. I remember some test on a short track and I think they shaved off like two seconds with a gripper tire change. Fake edit: http://www.roadandtrack.com/special-reports/scion-fr-s-tire-transformation blunt posted:Now for something from the Korean edition of Top Gear: 
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blunt posted:Now for something from the Korean edition of Top Gear: Holy crap...glad everyone made it out.
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If it had been UK Top Gear that had crashed a helicopter gunship as part of a TV stunt, the Daily Mail would have been calling for Clarkson to be jailed and the show to be cancelled, followed by the BBC being shut down. (And then immigrants deported and gays hung from lampposts, but for the Heil that's just a normal Monday morning.)
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blunt posted:Now for something from the Korean edition of Top Gear: Pilot crashed the copter trying to get a good look at the beautiful ZR1 'vette that just smoked it. 
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mod sassinator posted:Pilot crashed the copter trying to get a good look at the beautiful ZR1 'vette that just smoked it. Or got blinded by the sun reflecting off the cheap shiny plastic dashboard 
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Pretty great episode all round I thought! One of the better races they've done in the last couple of seasons, although I wasn't hugely impressed with the Mustang. A few hilarious moments - I laughed out loud at James's hidden bike, and at Jeremy's line about "France disappearing in a blizzard of fuel stops and sado-masochism". If Jeremy actually picked that car, he's a complete moron. If it really was as close as they made out, a car where he didn't have to stop 500 times for fuel would've won the race! And was he seriously paying 80 euros to refill the tank?  SIARPC was more interesting than I expected, and the Toyota looked like a pretty exciting car. So yeah, mostly a really good episode and a good follow-up to last week. I've been enjoying this season a lot more than last - as much as I hate to say it, I think the year's break has really done them some good. edit; Stopping every 140 miles means he probably stopped 6 times for fuel - that's 500 euros in fuel for the trip 
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webmeister posted:And was he seriously paying 80 euros to refill the tank? 87! For 50 litres. So yeah... I liked the episode too, it was funny how they all raced through 2 countries to get to a soccer game that they don't care about.
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InitialDave posted:Hmm, the SIARPC is quite good this week, if you usually skip it, I'd give it a chance. That accent is horrible.
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b0nes posted:That accent is horrible. I think it's charming, but that might just be because she talks about how much she loves cars.
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b0nes posted:That accent is horrible. 
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b0nes posted:That accent is horrible. It's really not that bad compared to other Scottish people I've seen on TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8T12-ZfW4
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webmeister posted:If Jeremy actually picked that car, he's a complete moron. If it really was as close as they made out, a car where he didn't have to stop 500 times for fuel would've won the race! He had a budget, and I am sure he just picked the most BHP in a car for that price, wound up with the Mustang, then had to deal with all of it's crap, but all of that power for that cheap! 
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webmeister posted:edit; Stopping every 140 miles means he probably stopped 6 times for fuel - that's 500 euros in fuel for the trip He paid 1.77 for a litre of 98 RON, it's not all that expensive. Last time I filled the car up I paid 1.84 for that. And that's also the reason why May and Hammond expected him to show up in a VW Passat or some similar diesel, something that could do the 800 miles on a single tank of fuel. But then again, if Clarkson had shown up in a Skoda Superb diesel, that would have been far too practical for him. I was surprised by the tiny fuel tank in the Mustang. I'd have expected the designer to realise the thing would use 20l/100km and fit a 90l tank to compensate. My Twingo only has a 42l tank, but at least it does get over 800km of range out of it, 240km is just sad that's EV-territory.
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My WJ's got an 80L tank, and I just had my fuel light come on at 160 miles.
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b0nes posted:That accent is horrible. You're a monster. She's adorable, her accent is adorable, and she has fantastic taste in cars.
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I paid 100EUR to fill my Omega a while ago  On the upside, I'd only have to stop once and would thus be able to easily beat the train. Good episode, even SIARPC was interesting, though honestly, I found the accent to be a bit too much, it was like listening to Fat Bastard's annoying cousin.
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Kenshin posted:You're a monster. She's adorable, her accent is adorable, and she has fantastic taste in cars. counterpoint: she's boring, her accent is the same as the one they use to sell you stuff you're not interested in on the telly, she's owned several Audis.
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I was somewhat surprised to see the same footage for GT86/BRZ as I saw on "The Worst Car in The History of The World" DVD, kind of hoped for something new and interesting. Even though it was to the point of "it's fun to drive, good and cheap; what else do you need?" which usually means that car was actually pretty good, episode 3 left me with with a slight disappointment.
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Linedance posted:counterpoint: she's boring, her accent is the same as the one they use to sell you stuff you're not interested in on the telly, she's owned several Audis.
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Good episode, skipped most of SIARPC. Something about certain types of our accent just makes me cringe into my seat cushion. I'm a scot who can't watch scots
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Why couldn't they of sent the GT500 around the Test track? Or have they already done that?
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OptimusMatrix posted:Why couldn't they of sent the GT500 around the Test track? Or have they already done that? They sure did -- 01:30.0
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noskill posted:They sure did -- 01:30.0 Looks like that was the previous gen model though. And in the wet.
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Kenshin posted:You're a monster. She's adorable, her accent is adorable, and she has fantastic taste in cars. She is adorable, and she has fantastic taste in cars, but I don't know if I could live with that accent. I thought at first it was Canadian. "And I was like nuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
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Kenshin posted:Must be an American vs. Brit thing, then, because you're not going to find a lot of American guys saying her accent is "boring." I'm British and have been secretly in love with her since her first album!
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Linedance posted:counterpoint: she's boring, her accent is the same as the one they use to sell you stuff you're not interested in on the telly, she's owned several Audis. I am honestly trying to comprehend how anyone can honestly think this. This is AI and she's a loving car geek. That show was Top Gear. She can drive. She's got money. The Audis she has owned are R8's, which are rather good to say the least. How in seven hells isn't she perfect girlfriend material for everyone who is even the slightest bit interested in cars? Stop thinking with your brain and think with your dick on this one.
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I could have sworn I saw that segment with Clarkson and the GT86 before.
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Cat Terrist posted:I am honestly trying to comprehend how anyone can honestly think this. This is AI and she's a loving car geek. That show was Top Gear. She can drive. She's got money. The Audis she has owned are R8's, which are rather good to say the least. Exactly this. I'd marry that girl just to drive her cars. The fact that she's gorgeous and has a sweet accent is just frosting on the cake.
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b0nes posted:I could have sworn I saw that segment with Clarkson and the GT86 before.
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Deedle posted:I was surprised by the tiny fuel tank in the Mustang. I'd have expected the designer to realise the thing would use 20l/100km and fit a 90l tank to compensate. My Twingo only has a 42l tank, but at least it does get over 800km of range out of it, 240km is just sad that's EV-territory. I was also surprised by the tiny fuel tank in the LFA last episode (2). I mean, I understand why they would do it on that car, but at 350k, I would be expecting a bit more. 
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You should be able to use the phone-a-friend service to request a tanker truck for IFR.
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b0nes posted:That accent is horrible. Then so's yours, whatever it is.
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Foehammer007 posted:I was also surprised by the tiny fuel tank in the LFA last episode (2). I mean, I understand why they would do it on that car, but at 350k, I would be expecting a bit more. Probably weight balance/savings considering how the rest of the car was designed.
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Well I have to say after a decidedly mediocre first episode, the last two have been properly good, with last Sunday's being one of my favourite episodes so far.
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Linedance posted:counterpoint: she's boring, her accent is the same as the one they use to sell you stuff you're not interested in on the telly, she's owned several Audis.  ?
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sigtrap posted:Then so's yours, whatever it is. I like your accent though.
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