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That would mean he managed 4.3mpg, so he pretty much got what he deserved there.
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 21:10 |
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# ? May 9, 2024 03:45 |
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Lived 75 miles from the studio, like a 2.5 hour drive twice every day? Christ.
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 21:31 |
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jammyozzy posted:Going back to the Ford GT's fuel mileage, I remember them discussing that it had a range of 75 miles (presumably with a heavy right foot) and that Clarkson lives 76 miles from the studio.
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 21:33 |
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mod sassinator posted:Lived 75 miles from the studio, like a 2.5 hour drive twice every day? Christ. It's not going to be 2.5 hours unless the route is directly across the center of London, is it?
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 21:42 |
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mod sassinator posted:Lived 75 miles from the studio, like a 2.5 hour drive twice every day? Christ. I'm sure he gets to drive on some highways, right?
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 21:43 |
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If I remember correctly the roads between where he lives and the TG studios are mainly single and dual carriageway, almost all 60 and 70 limits, which means 90 and 140, lots of twisties and few speed cameras
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 21:59 |
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I always liked the story about Noel Edmonds using his GT40 to commute, back in the days before speed limits, and getting a visit from the local coppers to ask if he wouldn't mind awfully not maxing it out on the A41.
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# ? Jan 27, 2015 22:28 |
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Did the UK one come with a smaller tank because google says it had a 17 gallon tank and got 13mpg city. In my experience you get around half mpg on the track so assuming 7mpg that's still over 100 miles of range.
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 00:33 |
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Stop thinking top gear is a factual show you retards. Clarkson was cruising on the highway in a GT500, complained that he could only put 50 liters into the Gt500 and it could only do 140 miles to a tank and complained that it only did 14mpg, that would be a 45 liter fuel up. It has a 61 liter tank, is rated at 24mpg, and a 280-340 mile range. based on it's combined/highway rating. Either he drives everywhere in 3rd gear, or he just says what fits into the "american cars suck Europe forever rah rah rah" narrative. Every time the corvette comes up, he loves it on the track, then has to knock it back down by saying it hurts his back in traffic or by flexing the fiberglass on the back of it to show how cheaply built it is. Remember all the stuff they faked on the tesla model roadster?
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 00:46 |
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Wait, why are you even arguing these numbers? Clarkson uses an apocalyptic level of exaggeration, when he talks about a car having a million torques or the pull of Jupiter or whatever, but just because he's using numbers that are actually somewhere near a rational scale this time, it doesn't mean he's not still exaggerating. Assume everything he ever says is him being an idiot of one kind or another.
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 01:00 |
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What gets me is he wants it both ways. You can't say "I don't believe anything I write" and also "this is how the events I describe happened exactly." He can't be the buffoon and the respected journalist at the same time, but he expects us to take him exactly at his word when he wants that and to not take him seriously when he wants that, too. Puts on a hell of a show, though.
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 06:15 |
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Which flag are they wearing pins of? Also why?
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 06:43 |
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Chile because Argentina
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 06:59 |
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Did anyone else see the Chrysler Crossfire in St Petersburg?
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 06:59 |
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mod sassinator posted:Lived 75 miles from the studio, like a 2.5 hour drive twice every day? Christ. He probably only needs to be there once a week for the rest of this series on taping day. My guess is they write the very minimal script remotely, or at a more convenient office. The only other times he needed to be there for this series was to film segments at the test track, which was probably not often. The rest is shot on location all around the world, no need to live near the studio when you're only there maybe 30 days out of the year. ynotony fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Jan 28, 2015 |
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eriddy posted:Which flag are they wearing pins of? Also why? The Chilean flag, referring to the Patagonia special, in which they were kicked out of Argentina and, as Clarkson put it, fled back to "the welcoming arms of Chile".
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 12:05 |
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I thought it was a Texas flag pin
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 12:55 |
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So do Texans http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/13/chile-flag-mistaken-for-t_n_761511.html
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 17:10 |
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Ah, I thought it was French related
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# ? Jan 28, 2015 21:11 |
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Powershift posted:Stop thinking top gear is a factual show you retards. He called the C7 his car of the year for 2014, so who knows anymore with him. It's also funny rewatching that old CTS review "220hp V6! 0-60 in 7 seconds!". My how far we've come.
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 02:52 |
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El Scotch posted:He called the C7 his car of the year for 2014, so who knows anymore with him. in the magazine. on the show, he's gonna say it's a plasticy piece of poo poo that broke his back driving home.
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 03:20 |
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Clarkson's gleeful little clapping
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 13:02 |
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Powershift posted:Stop thinking top gear is a factual show you retards. What did they fake during the tesla review? Honest question, not being snarky.
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 13:10 |
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saucepanman posted:What did they fake during the tesla review? Honest question, not being snarky. They pretended it ran out of power when it still had power left. Their explanation was that they wanted to illustrate what it was like to run out of power, which is utter bullshit of course. They want to be taken seriously but say "we're not meant to be taken seriously" when they get in trouble. I think I share Sean Lock's opinion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbno-ogK5dk "Everyone likes Top Gear, even me, and I hate it".
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 14:09 |
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El Scotch posted:He called the C7 his car of the year for 2014, so who knows anymore with him. Jeremy Clarkson posted:Clarkson on: Japanese cars
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 16:26 |
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From this weeks Weekly Wipe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfrYed7UlJI
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# ? Jan 31, 2015 16:49 |
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It looks like we're losing most of the legal methods to stream older episodes of Top Gear in the US in two weeks. Effective Feb 1, Netflix is dropping all but the three most recent seasons of Top Gear from streaming (it goes from 149 episodes available down to 26) and Amazon announced yesterday that they're dropping all of their BBC content (except Orphan Black) effective Feb 15, since they're pissed that Netflix also has a license to stream BBC shows. azflyboy fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Feb 1, 2015 |
# ? Feb 1, 2015 07:04 |
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azflyboy posted:It looks like we're losing most of the legal methods to stream older episodes of Top Gear in the US in two weeks. So that means Hulu will be the only place to legally stream the show after that point? Ouch.
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 09:08 |
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If you download an app called "Film on free" you can watch top Gear, and all uk tv, live. Don't ask me about the legality of this, it dosn't download a file or anything....
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 09:44 |
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As an Aussie, I really don't understand regional restrictions. "NO. We might make money of Australians. DON'T BROADCAST OUR SHOW THERE. We want to make less money dammit"
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 13:44 |
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It's probably more like this. BBC: it's contact negotiation time with Netflix for U.S. distribution. We want 5 times what you pay for our content now. Netflix: yeah... I don't think so BBC: ok then we'll give you the last three seasons of each allow for what you're paying us now and just sell old seasons on dvd.
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 14:03 |
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Media companies behave like this and get indignant when consumers fly the digital Jolly Roger. If they just made a relatively cheap, convenient way to watch shows, piracy would dry up because it's better than having to buy new hard drives every couple of months to maintain your library. It doesn't even have to be that cheap, look at the enthusiasm over stand alone HBO go.
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 16:05 |
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Or the enthusiasm for Netflix even.
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 20:15 |
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The problem is the vast majority of people still watch their shows on cable TV. if content producers try going around cable to deliver content strait to the consumer, cable companies get pissy and start throwing their weight around. losing the internet consumers to piracy costs less than losing the TV consumers all together. Edit:Oh no. 3 offensive license plates. What assholes. Powershift fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 1, 2015 |
# ? Feb 1, 2015 20:54 |
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Hell I'm annoyed I have to use hola to watch US Netflix, I don't care about the petty bickering, just let me watch anything and take a small amount of my money every month. E: motherfucking Maloo HSV
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 22:06 |
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One of the best episodes I've seen. I nearly cried laughing when they woke up after the "croc" attack.
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# ? Feb 1, 2015 23:15 |
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 01:44 |
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Requesting a GIF of clarksons shifty eyes after May's run up the hill climb. That killed me.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 02:19 |
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opengl128 posted:Requesting a GIF of clarksons shifty eyes after May's run up the hill climb. That killed me. That whole scene was goddamn incredible. I died laughing when Clarkson and May had to deal with the stubborn cow.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 02:33 |
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Loved the number plate gag.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 03:30 |