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KozmoNaut posted:She'll always be a favorite, and not just for her Top Gear interview Quoting for truth. Shes awesome. Check some of her cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U761V_f1lk Edit: Yea got ahead of myself. Still shes hot and them some nice cars. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Feb 13, 2015 |
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Preoptopus posted:Quoting for truth. Shes awesome. Check out her garage. The only car that's hers in that video is the 458 That's the Top Gear Live show garage
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Feb 13, 2015 01:11
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Feb 13, 2015 01:31
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Does Amazon Prime initially "air" the TV censored episode and then revert to an uncensored one? I'm watching the St. Petersburg episode again and the fucks and cunts are flying but I'm sure I've heard bleeps on later episodes.
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Shrapnig posted:Does Amazon Prime initially "air" the TV censored episode and then revert to an uncensored one? I'm watching the St. Petersburg episode again and the fucks and cunts are flying but I'm sure I've heard bleeps on later episodes. I decided to relive the good eps before they're gone forever (not on a computer or DVD), and I've heard a ton of shits, cunts, et al - but still can't get over the Vietnam episode with the SSB in it rather than Brucey- It completely loses just how vile such an idea .
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Stephen Fry is the only good interview, but he's an international treasure. The worst was the weird homeless musician.
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twoot posted:The movie-promotion American SIARPC are almost always terrible. At the best of times movie stars hate being interviewed, and when it comes to Top Gear it forces them to gently caress around in a lovely car A normal interview for a star is probably an hour at most, with all sorts of breaks and do-overs. On Top Gear it's half a day and most of that is throwing a car around a track. Which I'm sure everyone knows is a hell of a lot of work. I'm amazed they get any big names at all who aren't car freaks.
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Gorilla Salad posted:A normal interview for a star is probably an hour at most, with all sorts of breaks and do-overs. On Top Gear it's half a day and most of that is throwing a car around a track. Which I'm sure everyone knows is a hell of a lot of work. I'm amazed they get any big names at all who aren't car freaks. That sounds way better than a standard presser or a Leno appearance. A lot more work, yea, but way loving cooler.
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holocaust bloopers posted:That sounds way better than a standard presser or a Leno appearance. A lot more work, yea, but way loving cooler. Seriously. It's an easy sell for most stars. Also, the whole "Americans can't drive manual" is more "Americans can't drive a manual with their left hand". There's just as many Brits who have never driven a car before, period. All that said, SIARPC is hit or miss. For instance, I hated the one with will.i.am, but for every boring or awful one like that, there's another that's hilarious or at least interesting.
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holocaust bloopers posted:That sounds way better than a standard presser or a Leno appearance. A lot more work, yea, but way loving cooler. A Leno appearance would be great, for a chance to visit his garage and ride a couple of his bikes and drive a couple of his cars. A few minutes on the turbine bike would be enough to get me there.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Seriously. It's an easy sell for most stars. Man, if you can't laugh at the Brian Johnson or Rowan Atkinson or Leno interviews as much as at any other segment in the show, I don't even know what to tell you.
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Data Graham posted:Man, if you can't laugh at the Brian Johnson or Rowan Atkinson or Leno interviews as much as at any other segment in the show, I don't even know what to tell you. Like I said. For every bad one there's a great one. The Rowan Atkinson being particularly great. "Bob." And I love how they bring Brian Johnson back in random episodes.
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Brian Johnson is like the cool uncle everyone wishes they had. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZcgCiS1M3s KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 08:20 on Feb 14, 2015 |
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Flint Ironstag posted:A Leno appearance would be great, for a chance to visit his garage and ride a couple of his bikes and drive a couple of his cars. A few minutes on the turbine bike would be enough to get me there. Tsuru fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Feb 14, 2015 |
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:
Hogwash. Anyone who has comfortably driven a stick before can do so with the other hand.
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Yes, but not nearly as well as with the usual hand.
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angryhampster posted:Hogwash. Anyone who has comfortably driven a stick before can do so with the other hand. I learned to drive on a manual, and have continued driving manuals for years, but the concept of trying to do it all with my non-dominant hand is too weird. I mean it could obviously be done, but it would be so jumpy and awkward.
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Ten years ago I went on holiday in a country that drives on the wrong side, hopped in a hired 4x4 and drove both on and off road all day, no issues. It's real easy imo. After I'd taken 2 seconds to verify the pedals weren't mirrored or something stupid 
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:I learned to drive on a manual, and have continued driving manuals for years, but the concept of trying to do it all with my non-dominant hand is too weird. I mean it could obviously be done, but it would be so jumpy and awkward. I did it in Australia without issue a few years ago. It comes naturally.
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angryhampster posted:I did it in Australia without issue a few years ago. It comes naturally. Yep after 5 minutes it wasn't noticeable to me (going from RHD to LHD).
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dissss posted:Yep after 5 minutes it wasn't noticeable to me (going from RHD to LHD). I'm guessing it's probably a bigger adjustment going the other way round, because most people's dominant hand is their right hand. It still shouldn't be a huge deal, though.
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I went from driving my mates tiny RHD Rover 25 to an equally poo poo but massive LHD Renault Master while in Spain with no problems, it's not like the gearbox is backwards it's just on the other side? Did forget to take the handbrake off once because it wasn't in the right place though.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:I went from driving my mates tiny RHD Rover 25 to an equally poo poo but massive LHD Renault Master while in Spain with no problems, it's not like the gearbox is backwards it's just on the other side? I've never driven a RHD manual, but to me it would actually make a bit more sense if the gearbox were mirrored, so that first is always "towards you and forward" instead of "left and forward," but that's just me. I'm sure I could get used to it either way.
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To be honest, the only problem is knocking your elbow on the doorcard every so often when muscle memory takes over.
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InitialDave posted:To be honest, the only problem is knocking your elbow on the doorcard every so often when muscle memory takes over. My Dad said shifting a RHD was fine, but goddamn did he ever turn the windshield wipers on by accident a lot (the gearbox is not mirrored, but the location of the turn signal sure is!).
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PT6A posted:My Dad said shifting a RHD was fine, but goddamn did he ever turn the windshield wipers on by accident a lot (the gearbox is not mirrored, but the location of the turn signal sure is!).
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PT6A posted:My Dad said shifting a RHD was fine, but goddamn did he ever turn the windshield wipers on by accident a lot (the gearbox is not mirrored, but the location of the turn signal sure is!). Actually this depends on the car - in my RHD market it's about 60-40 which side the stalk will be on (Japan/Korea being on one side, Euro models being on the other)
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Yeah when I drove a rhd car I kept turning on the wipers. It had a sequential box so I don't know how I'd do with the regular shift pattern, although being left handed should help.
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The signal really varies which side it's on in Europe? Every car I've driven in the US has had the signal stalk be on the left side.
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Cojawfee posted:The signal really varies which side it's on in Europe? Every car I've driven in the US has had the signal stalk be on the left side. Not on LHD cars but it does on RHD models. The difference is the Japanese move the stalks to the correct side on their LHD models, whereas Euro manufacturers are too lazy to bother and leave them around the LHD way even on RHD cars. The complicate things some 'Japanese' cars like the Euro Civic hatch are actually made in the UK so the RHD models have their stalks around the LHD (wrong) way
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dissss posted:Not on LHD cars but it does on RHD models. This, in aus my WRX has them on the right, but my dad's VW has them on the left both cars being RHD. I've driven plent of LHD cars in europe and Africa, the gears is easy to get used to, indicators not so much. The biggest for me is the spacial awareness, for the first hr of driving I'm usually in the middle of the road as you are used to placing the opposite side of the car to the driver to the curb (ie keep as far left on a RHD). Then you're wired to try and keep left on a left hand drive and end up driving on the cats eyes.
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dissss posted:The complicate things some 'Japanese' cars like the Euro Civic hatch are actually made in the UK so the RHD models have their stalks around the LHD (wrong) way Dunno if it's still the case, but the first diesel Subaru Legacy's that made it here were Euro spec, so had indicators on the left, unlike every other Legacy in the country.
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Ecstatic posted:I've driven plent of LHD cars in europe and Africa, the gears is easy to get used to, indicators not so much. Somebody aggressively cuts you up and you find yourself washing your windscreen at them.
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Overall that was a pretty great episode. The long boring drag up the dam was made worth it by seeing hammond being legitimately terrified and swearing.
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I laughed pretty hard at this week's SIARPC segment. Will Smith was actually genuinely funny Also, anyone else notice the Lap Time board after they sent the new AMG around? T1g4h fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Hearing Clarkson say the words to Gettin Jiggy Wit It was amazing.
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