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So, was Jeremy really told by Porsche that he cannot drive the 918? Or was that just something funny he wanted to say. Would be interested to find out if that was true. I feel Jeremy's reviews of super/hyper cars are leagues better then Hammond's, would have preferred it if he had done the review of the 918.
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Mar 3, 2014 20:33
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Zarkov Cortez posted:It needs the audio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmNCziNhMmI
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Mar 3, 2014 20:36
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No wonder Clarkson gets a sore butt when he puts his padded bike shorts on top of his jeans.
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Mar 3, 2014 21:35
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InitialDave posted:Loved that episode. I was curious about that as well. Obviously Hammond was also down there to review the 6x6 that was on last week's episode.
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Mar 4, 2014 02:30
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It was a good episode, apart from THAT ONE GUY IN THE AUDIENCE 
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Mar 4, 2014 03:02
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HDC posted:Yeah, they're definitely overdid it, poo poo almost looked like a game. On the other hand, maybe that was the effect they were going for. The flame effect was eugh.
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Mar 4, 2014 03:58
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angryhampster posted:I was curious about that as well. Obviously Hammond was also down there to review the 6x6 that was on last week's episode. Abu Dhabi Film Corporation (or something similar) was listed in the credits, so I'd be interested in finding out whether they helped out financially with either segment. You might think it's ludicrous, but from a marketer's perspective having an extremely popular show filming in your facilities is fantastic publicity. I thought the Porsche review was brilliant, though maybe not quite as good as the P1. That initial shot where they tracked down the entire straight to a close-up of Hammond, "let's make some noise", and then the car takes off was amazing - probably one of the best sequences I can ever remember them doing.
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Mar 4, 2014 03:58
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MrChips posted:It was a good episode, apart from THAT ONE GUY IN THE AUDIENCE I thought he was some sort of lifelike wax dummy Clarkson had managed to get from Madame Tussauds until he started blinking. Those teeth 
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Mar 4, 2014 04:53
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So the 918's top exhausts don't shoot like jet engines? I'm confused. 
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Mar 4, 2014 10:13
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Zmup4TfVg Oh to be a rich man in the Middle East.
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Mar 4, 2014 10:49
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I found the bike PSA to drag on a bit too long, however the PSAs that came out of it were good. I wonder how long it will be till backyard car modifiers try to do the head high exhausts thing on their buckets of poo poo.
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Mar 4, 2014 12:29
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Those 918 exhausts are glorious and I hope they make it in to something remotely affordable some day.
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Mar 4, 2014 13:28
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I love the idea of those top mounted exhausts. But the reality would be a nightmare of unburned fuel and oil and associated crap constantly dribbling down the back of the car.
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Mar 4, 2014 15:14
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Gorilla Salad posted:I love the idea of those top mounted exhausts. But the reality would be a nightmare of unburned fuel and oil and associated crap constantly dribbling down the back of the car. You can afford to pay a dude to just live in your garage and wash your car after every drive.
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Mar 4, 2014 15:42
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My favorite part about both the P1 and 918 is they look like something out of science fiction, just like God intended all hypercars.
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Mar 4, 2014 16:03
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KKKLIP ART posted:My favorite part about both the P1 and 918 is they look like something out of science fiction, just like God intended all hypercars. They make the Huayra look tame. Except for the interior, Pagani always goes crazy with that.
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Mar 4, 2014 17:29
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Sir Tonk posted:Oh man, that Caterham 160 looks like so much fun. As you would expect with this show, it wasn't really the full account. Practically speaking, you need the heater, full weather kit and probably the spare wheel (not included!) to make it anything other than a track day car, unless you live in Texas or southern California. Certainly you do in the UK, where as you may have heard it drizzles a lot. That's a lot of extra money and extra weight eating into that 5.9 sec 0-60. A used Ford engined roadsport (small, skinny rims) with weather kit and heater is probably a better deal. Also, while the numbers are theoretically exactly what a driving enthusiast should be looking for in a road car, there is a basic problem with this car for UK drivers. If you're caught doing up to 80mph in a 60 or 90 on a motorway in your new 200hp Audi TDi POS upper middle class snorevagen, you most likely get a fixed penalty speeding fine and 3-5 points. If you're caught deliberately inducing 20 degrees of opposite lock at 30mph on a completely deserted roundabout, you are setting yourself up for a possible dangerous driving charge. Which is the UK equivalent of a felony.
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Mar 4, 2014 17:48
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fyodor posted:So the 918's top exhausts don't shoot like jet engines? I'm confused. Unless it has jet engines, I don't think it's possible for a car engine to do that.
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Mar 5, 2014 04:01
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twoot posted:Al Gore seemed to enjoy the news Seriously, that was one scary loving face right there. Just. Staring. Laughed my rear end off at Aaron Paul. Given the reaction over there despite it apparently not ever being on British TV, it sounds like Breaking Bad to them is The One True Top Gear to us.
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Mar 5, 2014 06:59
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It was bizarre Clarkson asking what crystal meth was, they don't have amphetamines there?
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Mar 5, 2014 07:03
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Unless it has jet engines, I don't think it's possible for a car engine to do that. A friend of mine's old RX-7 used to shoot flames out of the exhaust during gear changes sometimes, but they were large orange burns, nothing like what they showed with the Porsche.
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Mar 5, 2014 09:20
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Bumming Your Scene posted:It was bizarre Clarkson asking what crystal meth was, they don't have amphetamines there? From what I can find, methamphetamine exists in the UK, but it's nowhere near as popular as in the US or places like the Czech Republic. Meth hasn't really caught on in the UK (estimates put meth users at about 17,000 versus almost 50,000 for cocaine), and as of now it's largely confined to small, heavy partying, subset of the gay community, although use will probably increase if the cost of the drug comes down.
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Mar 5, 2014 09:56
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victorious posted:A friend of mine's old RX-7 used to shoot flames out of the exhaust during gear changes sometimes, but they were large orange burns, nothing like what they showed with the Porsche. I've seen other shots of similar coloured flames coming out of other supercars like the Aventador, I just assumed it's unburnt fuel and they were replaying the shot. Does it happen all the time? Of course not but it looks cool, so what if they overused the shot.
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Mar 5, 2014 11:33
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Aargh posted:I've seen other shots of similar coloured flames coming out of other supercars like the Aventador, I just assumed it's unburnt fuel and they were replaying the shot. Does it happen all the time? Of course not but it looks cool, so what if they overused the shot. The P1 has a blue flame thing going on with the exhaust as well, like at about 45 seconds onwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1L5ShVR8w Maybe it's something specific to the hybrid motors that the 918 and the P1 use?
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Mar 5, 2014 12:00
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Bumming Your Scene posted:It was bizarre Clarkson asking what crystal meth was, they don't have amphetamines there? It makes me giggle to think that Clarkson has been a huge Breaking Bad fan this whole time, but there's always been this one niggling little mystery about it he's been dying to ask: What on earth is crystal meth?
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Mar 5, 2014 12:30
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Saga posted:As you would expect with this show, it wasn't really the full account. Why would you want to look like a complete knob every time you drove that car in public? That car is fine for a track car but I'd never, ever drive that in public.
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Mar 5, 2014 12:54
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Saga posted:If you're caught doing up to 80mph in a 60 or 90 on a motorway in your new 200hp Audi TDi POS upper middle class snorevagen, you most likely get a fixed penalty speeding fine and 3-5 points. If you're caught deliberately inducing 20 degrees of opposite lock at 30mph on a completely deserted roundabout, you are setting yourself up for a possible dangerous driving charge. Which is the UK equivalent of a felony. It's a compound risk - that of how severe the punishment would be, but also the chance of being caught.
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Mar 5, 2014 14:29
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webmeister posted:The P1 has a blue flame thing going on with the exhaust as well, like at about 45 seconds onwards: Looks like I'm wrong, holy poo poo thats cool.
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Mar 5, 2014 14:57
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Top Gear needs to get their hands on the Koenigsegg One:1 and do a shootout with it, the 918, and the P1.
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Mar 6, 2014 04:24
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Kenshin posted:Top Gear needs to get their hands on the Koenigsegg One:1 and do a shootout with it, the 918, and the P1. And the LaFerrari pik_d fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 6, 2014 04:26
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Mar 6, 2014 04:34
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You Am I posted:And a Morris Marina Bought sight-unseen, from The Internet
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Mar 6, 2014 04:35
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webmeister posted:The P1 has a blue flame thing going on with the exhaust as well, like at about 45 seconds onwards: Well sheeit. Most lighter hydrocarbons do burn with a blue flame with sufficient oxygen (ie stoichiometric mixture), the orange color is due to soot (from a rich mixture) heating up and glowing orange. What I'm saying is those must be some very finely tuned machines if the fuel's burning that color.
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Mar 6, 2014 04:42
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You Am I posted:And a Morris Marina
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Mar 6, 2014 05:45
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Really, there should always be either a Morris Marina or a Reliant Robin in all circumstances.
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Mar 6, 2014 05:49
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Fucknag posted:Well sheeit. Most lighter hydrocarbons do burn with a blue flame with sufficient oxygen (ie stoichiometric mixture), the orange color is due to soot (from a rich mixture) heating up and glowing orange. If memory serves me correctly, in some of the footage from the Clarkson/Harris reviews you can see two little nozzle-type injectors on the top of the exhaust tip. Here, and throughout the track portion of the review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8tGX-HPQE&t=1219s
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Don't forget that the Mclaren P1 with plate P100V is a test mule and not a production vehicle so those are most likely sensors measuring outflow gases or in top Gear's case the microphones that they wire up to get the exhaust note. The Aventador was burping flames in 18x01 as well. The blue flame is a result of an extremely short exhaust, so the overrun gases and fuel that escape are able to detonate due to the extreme heat from the engine and catalytic converters. Couple that to a shorter than average exhaust pipe they use to exit the vehicle and you get the light show. I think in the 918's case, there was some enhancement to exaggerate it. eggyolk posted:If memory serves me correctly, in some of the footage from the Clarkson/Harris reviews you can see two little nozzle-type injectors on the top of the exhaust tip. Fuller9x fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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eggyolk posted:If memory serves me correctly, in some of the footage from the Clarkson/Harris reviews you can see two little nozzle-type injectors on the top of the exhaust tip. Torquefill? Heave control? Aerodynamic controls for pitch sensitivity under braking? Oh my...
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Here's the LaFerrari doing something similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMDVMp3CbdY&t=50s
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