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Those of you who liked the Singer and want more, he's another British guy talking about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQ4hQSusjE
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You Am I posted:I meant the front firewall Why would you need a front firewall in a mid engine car?
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Those of you who liked the Singer and want more, he's another British guy talking about it: I really think they should replace Hammond with Chris Harris, he's miles better and the generational gap comedy between Clarkson&May vs Hammond thats a bit tired now would be rejuvenated (Jeremy wouldn't have to ask the audience what Spotify is)
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Jul 31, 2013 01:50
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Cojawfee posted:Why would you need a front firewall in a mid engine car? Where's the gas tank in a mid-engined car?
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Jul 31, 2013 02:42
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Mister Kingdom posted:Where's the gas tank in a mid-engined car? For proper weight distribution and center of gravity, under the seats.
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Jul 31, 2013 03:56
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Mister Kingdom posted:Where's the gas tank in a mid-engined car? The AW11 MR2 has a long thing one that goes under the center console between the seats. Roughly 12" tall, 8" wide, and 40" long
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Jul 31, 2013 04:06
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Coming from PYF:Devyl posted:Top Gear!
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Jul 31, 2013 04:08
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It really is amazing how naturally the Stig glommed onto the concept of having an extra set of wheels and weight connected to the back end of the car.
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Jul 31, 2013 04:22
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Seat Safety Switch posted:It really is amazing how naturally the Stig glommed onto the concept of having an extra set of wheels and weight connected to the back end of the car. Not really, they drive like that all the time on his home planet. It's a handicap to make them faster when it's removed, like the water cup in Initial D.
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Jul 31, 2013 04:46
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echomadman posted:I really think they should replace Hammond with Chris Harris, he's miles better and the generational gap comedy between Clarkson&May vs Hammond thats a bit tired now would be rejuvenated (Jeremy wouldn't have to ask the audience what Spotify is) Couldn't disagree more. Top Gear would ruin what makes Harris great, and dilute him down to lowest common denominator light entertainment. To elaborate, Top Gear isn't a car programme these days, it's an entertainment programme which happens to feature cars. Once you accept that, it becomes a lot easier to understand.
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Jul 31, 2013 16:10
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Mister Kingdom posted:Where's the gas tank in a mid-engined car? Lamborghini found out the hard way with the Miura it had to go in the middle. When it wasnt busy spraying gas onto the exhaust manifold and exploding, the front mounted gas tank would become lighter as it got empty lifting the front to a point where steering turned into a mere suggestion rather than a command. I also kind of got mad at James for not going into the crazy detail that the Singer has to offer and explaining why it cost so much aside from the man hours. Such as every little fitting and linkage plug and wire was completely professional race grade. (IE the 30,000 dollar wiring harness) Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Jul 31, 2013 |
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Jul 31, 2013 16:31
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Preoptopus posted:Lamborghini found out the hard way with the Miura it had to go in the middle. When it wasnt busy spraying gas onto the exhaust manifold and exploding, the front mounted gas tank would become lighter as it got empty lifting the front to a point where steering turned into a mere suggestion rather than a command. if he had, Clarkson would have forcibly cut him off for being a boring anorak. Besides, a $30k wiring harness isn't going to be $30k in parts, it's going to cost that much because you have to pay an engineer to design it and a professional builder/installer to manually assemble it.
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Jul 31, 2013 20:47
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If you want to watch 20 minutes about why Singers are so cool, you're not Top Gear's target audience. Luckily for you, there's Chris Harris on Drive and he did just that in January. It's even been linked in this thread already. Top Gear is light entertainment that features cars. If you want car nerdery, you have to accept you need to go look somewhere else.
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I love Hammond. He feels like he is my personal surrogate to the world of automotive enthusiasm. While he is a secret american, I am a american and I love him for it.
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Aug 1, 2013 07:48
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I'm going to let you into a little secret: Caravans have brakes. They work with a linkage to a part of the towbar that compresses under braking loads. (The black bit just ahead of the A-frame)
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sincx posted:I think both the caravan losing its wheel and the caravan tipping over are staged. He was braking for the corner, you can see the brakes on the caravan lock as he slows to make the turn. Also the wheel gets loose after the first couple corners because what they're doing is so far outside the boundary of what a caravan and its wheels have to go through that it just gets completely hosed right away.
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Aug 1, 2013 09:01
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Starting with a knackered unmaintained £500 caravan wouldn't help either.
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Aug 1, 2013 21:07
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sincx posted:I think both the caravan losing its wheel and the caravan tipping over are staged. This doesn't make it any less funny.
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Aug 2, 2013 01:39
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hopterque posted:He was braking for the corner, you can see the brakes on the caravan lock as he slows to make the turn. You'd maybe rather watch a boring car drive a caravan around a track on all 6 wheels in 2:10 seconds....twice?
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Aug 2, 2013 01:42
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Jeremy posted a work update on twitter yesterday, I recognize the SLS which is likely the black edition. The Ferrari seems like it is an F12? https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/362902621738131456/photo/1 His previous update mentioned they were in Venice. Would this be for next series or maybe a one off special?
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Aug 2, 2013 19:45
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Slo-Tek posted:You'd maybe rather watch a boring car drive a caravan around a track on all 6 wheels in 2:10 seconds....twice? What? I was trying to explain to the dude who was crying "Staged!" why maybe it wasn't that staged?
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They also staged the j-turn because the Tiguan couldn't do it with the DSG and stability control. And they staged the first hovervan because it couldn't hover and they staged the 2nd hovervan because it had the drivetrain removed and couldn't drive out of the water on it's own. Also they staged that pass on the Bolivian death road and they staged James' airship disaster and--
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Preoptopus posted:Lamborghini found out the hard way with the Miura it had to go in the middle. When it wasnt busy spraying gas onto the exhaust manifold and exploding, the front mounted gas tank would become lighter as it got empty lifting the front to a point where steering turned into a mere suggestion rather than a command. Most Lamborghinis and Ferraris I've seen have had the fuel tank in the middle, but Porsche put the tank in the front.
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grover posted:Pardon, but that doesn't really make sense. Why would moving the fuel tank to the middle of the car help move the CG forward?
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Vitamin J posted:They also staged the j-turn because the Tiguan couldn't do it with the DSG and stability control. And they staged the first hovervan because it couldn't hover and they staged the 2nd hovervan because it had the drivetrain removed and couldn't drive out of the water on it's own. Also they staged that pass on the Bolivian death road and they staged James' airship disaster and-- Yeah, the "pass" is hilarious. It's just a road straight up a volcano. It doesn't go anywhere else. They cut the trip short right at the final switchback, and carefully angled the camera back downhill. It was still badass though, and I don't doubt they were in real distress. E: Wait, I was thinking of the wrong "pass". You meant the narrow overtake on the crumbling road in the rain, where Clarkson was coming back downhill for some reason and the vehicle he was passing was a Lexus SUV you'd never in a million years see a local there driving. 
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Aug 2, 2013 21:59
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Bloody, bloody good one tonight.
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Vindolanda posted:Bloody, bloody good one tonight. Yup the ending had me tear up a bit. All around good episode this series was a little hit and miss but they killed it tonight.
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Aug 4, 2013 22:21
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Yeah, Clarkson was right to hype those last 13 minutes on twitter. drat.
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Moments like this where the guys show genuine fervor and pride for their profession and the automotive world is when this show really shines. They could have made an entire episode out of the final segment and I'd have been happy.
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Wow that last segment was fantastic. Even as a pure blooded American, I couldn't help but feel proud for the brits. Always sad to see the end of another season though. 
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It's a nice antidote to the downer emotional-blackmail showpieces they've gotten into the habit of doing in the last few seasons (the one where they took classic British roadsters to their old abandoned factories, the funereal and nearly wordless Aston Martin V12 Vantage review, etc). It's in the same chest-puffing vein as the tribute to the E-Type on Beachy Head, but less tongue-in-cheek. Good to see they've got it in 'em to be both sincere and upbeat.
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Apparently BBC2 had some special about the German auto industry right after Top Gear. Great show tonight, want to hear more F-Type Jag.
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FIRE SYSTEM PRESSURE OK
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I wonder about that last shot. Why are three lawnmowers placed right up front, behind only a P1?
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Aug 5, 2013 06:47
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I was agape during that whole segment. Honestly though, wouldn't it be amazingly  to say, "Yeah, I got undertaken today by an F1 car on the way home from the shops"?
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mad.radhu posted:I wonder about that last shot. Why are three lawnmowers placed right up front, behind only a P1? Just another blatant example of the powerful lawnmower lobby muscling the government funded TV my brother.
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I liked the segment even though they were a bit fast and loose with what is homegrown and what isn't, but what I think is truly special about Britain is not what they do with their hands, but that they give a drat about cars. Being a source of talent and homebase for so many racing teams says a lot, as does the fact that even though the money isn't necessarily coming from inside the country, they still have a lot of talented designers putting out unique product. I would disagree with Clarkson and say that Britain is largely a bank, and that the car industry is no longer master of its own destiny, but it doesn't matter. This is the society that figured out the sports car and has cultivated some of the most original brands of the past 100 years. Ownership doesn't matter, assembly doesn't matter - influence and identity matter, and Britain still has significant amounts of both in design and motorsport.
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