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Mister Kingdom posted:So, Top Gear US? But with hosts that... host well.
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TGUS is getting better. They've cut out the poo poo they totally aren't good at like news and SIARPC. It's nothing but challenges and trips now. Once they get a better rapport (or better hosts) it could be a really great show. TGUK is pretty good, but some episodes I just don't give two shits about what they are doing. They made the cars interesting this time, but at the outset I was thinking "Why the hell are they doing this again?" They already did a convertible supercar episode with the California, that Lambo and something else an Aston or something. Do more challenges, pick new cars. It has to be more than a small majority that's tired of "Here's the new Porsche, it's 15 pounds lighter and has a wackier paint job than last time." There are so many cars they could be reviewing besides the same super cars over and over. It's to the point where I don't even think Lamborghinis or Ferraris are even special anymore.
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Cojawfee posted:TGUS is getting better. They've cut out the poo poo they totally aren't good at like news and SIARPC. It's nothing but challenges and trips now. Once they get a better rapport (or better hosts) it could be a really great show. TGUK is pretty good, but some episodes I just don't give two shits about what they are doing. They made the cars interesting this time, but at the outset I was thinking "Why the hell are they doing this again?" They already did a convertible supercar episode with the California, that Lambo and something else an Aston or something. Do more challenges, pick new cars. It has to be more than a small majority that's tired of "Here's the new Porsche, it's 15 pounds lighter and has a wackier paint job than last time." There are so many cars they could be reviewing besides the same super cars over and over. It's to the point where I don't even think Lamborghinis or Ferraris are even special anymore. Pretty much this, seen the cars before. I'd have been much more interested in seeing them go for something a bit different. A cross-country trip in a Caterham, Atom, and an XBOW or something.
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Jul 16, 2013 01:55
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I loved them standing by the Rock talking about being in Britain again and again and again. Then the Sir Francis Drake race track at the end. Every time they decide to be bastards to other countries is always funny*. *Except the time with Mexico.
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Jul 16, 2013 14:03
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Gorilla Salad posted:I loved them standing by the Rock talking about being in Britain again and again and again. Then the Sir Francis Drake race track at the end. I had no idea Gibraltar was actually British. Top Gear, it's informative!
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Jul 16, 2013 14:10
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It's British in the same way the Falklands are British.
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Jul 16, 2013 14:30
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Gorilla Salad posted:It's British in the same way the Falklands are British. So the Brits consider it British, and everyone else sort of disagrees, but can't be arsed to do anything about it?
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Jul 16, 2013 14:56
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KozmoNaut posted:So the Brits consider it British, and everyone else sort of disagrees, but can't be arsed to do anything about it? the people who live there consider it British, and the country next to it sort of disagrees, and nobody else really gives a poo poo.
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Jul 16, 2013 15:39
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Gorilla Salad posted:It's British in the same way the Falklands are British. Hey now, the British needed the Falklands for strategic sheep purposes!
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Jul 16, 2013 15:52
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If it was that or deal with the Welsh I can see why it was worth going to war.
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A sensible foreign policy is one that involves an extremely large navy, a map, and a pink highlighter.
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For the Americans here that arn't quite upto scratch, the difference between England and Britain is England is the small plot of land below Scotland and Britain is what ever we stick our flag on.  It doesn't have to be connected to England via land, its why it's an Empire, son.
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Ak Gara posted:For the Americans here that arn't quite upto scratch, the difference between England and Britain is England is the small plot of land below Scotland and Britain is what ever we stick our flag on. So the Moon is U.S. territory then?
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Jul 16, 2013 17:35
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Fucknag posted:So the Moon is U.S. territory then? Duh, that's basically the whole reason why Russia lost the cold war, they got outflanked via moon.
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Jul 16, 2013 17:38
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KozmoNaut posted:So the Brits consider it British, and everyone else sort of disagrees, but can't be arsed to do anything about it? It's British in exactly the same way Hawaii and Alaska and Puerto Rico are American.
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I hate TGUS because they're filming right now on the Skyway in Buffalo and I hate traffic. If I had known that's what was going on, and it wasn't Florida hot out, I'd have tried to harass the fat one instead of swearing and getting lost.
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Trabant posted:Hey now, the British needed the Falklands for strategic sheep purposes! Oil actually. There's some big reserves there I believe.
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drgitlin posted:It's British in exactly the same way Hawaii and Alaska and Puerto Rico are American. Eh. You got 1/3. Hawaii/Alaska are states, Puerto Rico/Guam/Virgin Islands, those are more directly analogous to the overseas British territories.
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Cat Terrist posted:Oil actually. There's some big reserves there I believe. It's a jooooke.
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So nobody is looking for cheap as poo poo property in Spain then?
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Preoptopus posted:So nobody is looking for cheap as poo poo property in Spain then? Just because it's empty/abandoned doesn't mean it's cheap. There have been commercial lots in Red Deer that have been sitting empty for 10 years and are overgrown with vegetation, and they are still asking $330,000 an acre.
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Preoptopus posted:So nobody is looking for cheap as poo poo property in Spain then? In some hosed up kind of logic, they CAN'T be sold cheap cheap because the banks financing them won't let them go cheap. They have to prop up that bubble as much as possible. Seen similar things here in Romania with developments standing empty for years.
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Jut posted:In some hosed up kind of logic, they CAN'T be sold cheap cheap because the banks financing them won't let them go cheap. They have to prop up that bubble as much as possible. Ive found this even now in the UK, been buying a house and some are just lying empty despite having offers to buy on them. When you ask why its because they are repo's and the banks still value them at pre-crash prices. They are just letting them sit there till someone buys it for a stupid amount.
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Preoptopus posted:So nobody is looking for cheap as poo poo property in Spain then? Would you really want to buy anything build to lovely modern standards that has been sitting empty for 5 years?
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sbaldrick posted:Would you really want to buy anything build to lovely modern standards that has been sitting empty for 5 years? Hell in the USA I wouldn't touch anything built in the last 13+ years if I was looking at a single family home. I know of a certain development near me (100+ houses) that the builder put in air coniditioning and heater units that aren't designed for the square footage of the house. So you get massive bills and then your units burn out from being overworked. Then, have fun with no-name brand chinese vinyl siding that goes bad after 5 years with bonus of having your roof shingles start to curl and needing replacement as well. God knows what else is wrong with those houses as well. That new house starts looking like a massive money pit pretty quickly.
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Mustache Ride posted:Anybody watch today's episode? That yellow SLS was something else. Yeah to hell with range I'd rather have it than the black series.
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OptimusMatrix posted:Yeah to hell with range I'd rather have it than the black series. It would be seriously hard to choose. The instant torque vs the black series madness. The first launch of the hovervan was hilarious, but kind of telegraphed with the wetsuits.
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I would rather have the Black. It sounds awesome because of the V8 and it has more range. I don't know if I'd ever be able to drive an electric car. Trying them out in Forza has left me constantly getting my speed wrong because I can't get any kind of audio help from an engine.
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Scripted or not, blowing away all the restaurant lawn furniture and pissing people off was pretty hilarious.
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HoverVan was awesome. Should have used a bigger fuel cell than just 2 gallons for the lift engine.
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The woman in the striped top.  
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Mister Kingdom posted:The woman in the striped top. Yeah, I have a friend that was on Top Gear in the audience a few seasons back, she said they purposefully put all the most attractive women toward the front.
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Kenshin posted:Yeah, I have a friend that was on Top Gear in the audience a few seasons back, she said they purposefully put all the most attractive women toward the front.
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Predictable but I still laughed pretty hard several times. Also, where did they find a k1200 engine that only puts out 90HP. Even the performance reduced version is 98HP (normally 130 or 160 depending on year). e: maybe it was a k1100. Need to look closer tomorrow. e2: k1100 but even still those are 100hp 
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:That's pretty obvious to anyone who's seen more than a couple of episodes. There was an exception this time:  Not ugly, but significantly less attractive than the others - the juxtaposition is striking. I wonder how wearing the Union Jack in Britain is taken compared to wearing a giant Stars and Stripes jacket/shirt/whatever in the States.
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Mustache Ride posted:Anybody watch today's episode? That yellow SLS was something else. I was stunned that it was only 2.7 seconds slower than the petrol model despite being half a tonne heavier. Imagine if they were the same weight - the electric would have completely hosed it.
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