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Margot deffo had fun on that one. Loved the dam winching too.
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"I had a candy apple red IROC Z Camaro. Apparently you don't have those here." "No we don't, we have, what's the word, taste" I laughed way too loud at that, and must send a link of that bit of video to a friend who recently introduced his Red IROC to someone named Ellis Juan.
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Feb 16, 2015 01:58
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Will Smith was hilariously unprepared. He was just bullshitting his way through that entire interview.
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Data Graham posted:Will Smith was hilariously unprepared. He was just bullshitting his way through that entire interview. Innate charisma is a wonderful thing. Sparkly eyes and a nice smile help too. It was good though. Too bad that movie will probably end up being garbage that's quickly forgotten.
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I was surprised that they didn't like the idea of a RHD Mustang. I'd take most any RHD-only car of interest in LHD. I wonder if right-handed people in RHD countries are a bit more ambidextrous than the rest of us - not just because of the shifter, but the whole center stack. I wonder how a LHD Mustang would sell in the UK compared to a RHD, or in Japan/Australia/etc. Also surprised by their remarks about American firemen - I've served as a firefighter before and have never seen anyone ride outside the cab, except maybe a quick lift 50 yards down the road to another vehicle. All departments I know of stopped doing this decades ago. Hammond's Defender stunt was the first time I've been nervous for anyone in Top Gear. In theory it'd be easy enough to check that everything was safe, but nevertheless commendibly ballsy of him to do that after his previous injury on the show. I would not want to plummet down that slope in a 60+ year old car. I really enjoyed this and the last episode.
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blk posted:Also surprised by their remarks about American firemen - I've served as a firefighter before and have never seen anyone ride outside the cab, except maybe a quick lift 50 yards down the road to another vehicle. All departments I know of stopped doing this decades ago.
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Feb 16, 2015 06:04
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To be fair, this is my department's main pumper truck: And it's not at all uncommon for us to load 2 guys in the cab and then 2 or 3 more on the rear facing bench seat right behind the cab, in front of the controls, on the way to a call.
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Feb 16, 2015 06:09
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blk posted:Hammond's Defender stunt was the first time I've been nervous for anyone in Top Gear. In theory it'd be easy enough to check that everything was safe, but nevertheless commendibly ballsy of him to do that after his previous injury on the show. I would not want to plummet down that slope in a 60+ year old car. Well his accident was caused by something going wrong at high speed, this probably seemed like the best stunt for Hammond to try given that fact  Edit: Having just googled "british fire truck", they look like they're styled after the fire truck toys we all played with as kids.
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Feb 16, 2015 06:17
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blk posted:I wonder how a LHD Mustang would sell in the UK compared to a RHD, or in Japan/Australia/etc. Generally the authorities limit the number allowed on the roads because having the steering wheel on the wrong side is downright dangerous.
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Feb 16, 2015 06:18
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Someone in the music department of Top Gear must really love Command and Conquer 3
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I dug the Interstellar soundtrack in the BMW film.
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blk posted:I was surprised that they didn't like the idea of a RHD Mustang. I'd take most any RHD-only car of interest in LHD. I wonder if right-handed people in RHD countries are a bit more ambidextrous than the rest of us - not just because of the shifter, but the whole center stack. I wonder how a LHD Mustang would sell in the UK compared to a RHD, or in Japan/Australia/etc. Pretty sure LHD imports are banned now. There might be an exception on vintage cars, and existing ones on the road grandfathered in. But now any import generally has to be converted to RHD to be licensed. e: Which I've heard is at least $20k for the job, engineering approval etc. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 16, 2015 08:18
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Yeah, one of the good things about the UK is that even though they've tightened it up a bit, it's still relatively easy to get oddball stuff registered, but it's still a niche market, and the costs involved make the cars more expensive than in the US.
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T1g4h posted:To be fair, this is my department's main pumper truck: What's the bumper designed for like that? I love US firetrucks, like they said on TG, "you end up with a firetruck" when you design a vehicle to fight fires. The US ones just tend to be a bit more flamboyant in the best way they can. (chrome, graphics, design etc. Just overall "polish" and a bit of pride instead of tax-funded utility vehicle #34250974398567439856743890) On the Land Rover thing, it was tense for sure and it was well done. I'm still a little disappointed. I don't understand making a tribute to a vehicle line (and honestly, its owners), who have done amazing things, by taking a corny fake ad to sell the thing. There are so many actually real expeditions that have cemented the Series/Defender vehicles in history that were a lot more dangerous. I understand why they chose to do this, but I wish it was a time when TG would've been more sentimental. Instead the sentimental segment went to the BMW i8, weirdly. SIARPC was more entertaining than I was expecting. I agree with Will Smith being completely caught off guard with Argentina etc, heh. Chile magnets.
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Feb 16, 2015 09:17
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tuna posted:What's the bumper designed for like that? Honest answer? I have no idea. I like to think it's so we can ram cars out of the way for not moving over and giving right of way, but I don't actually know why it's set up like that.
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T1g4h posted:Honest answer? I have no idea. I like to think it's so we can ram cars out of the way for not moving over and giving right of way, but I don't actually know why it's set up like that. I looked into it a bit, it's usually because you can open it up and inside are several lengths of pre-connected hoses. It also has a hitch on the front for whatever specific needs your area has (snowplow?). Of course it could be something completely unrelated but I'm betting on that area being storage for something of the kind, rather than ramming poo poo (which would look quite different imo). If you find out let me know, I'm probably way off
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tuna posted:I looked into it a bit, it's usually because you can open it up and inside are several lengths of pre-connected hoses. It also has a hitch on the front for whatever specific needs your area has (snowplow?). Of course it could be something completely unrelated but I'm betting on that area being storage for something of the kind, rather than ramming poo poo (which would look quite different imo). I'm 90% certain you're correct, the ramming is merely wishful thinking on my part considering how often people just refuse to get over Also, considering just how much hose we keep on that truck, it definitely would not surprise me to find out there's even more in that bumper. I do know it makes a great makeshift bench for catching your breath after a particularly nasty structure fire though!
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Feb 16, 2015 09:53
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If the winch was powered by a separate engine, what made the stunt different than using any other car?
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T1g4h posted:I'm 90% certain you're correct, the ramming is merely wishful thinking on my part considering how often people just refuse to get over Each truck seems so individual, I hope you do find out, it'll probably be something unique to your department. For instance, this station decided it needed a Cummins diesel on their bumper.  Top gear does not know what the hell they are talking about. US fire trucks are the best.
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Drint Blasters posted:Someone in the music department of Top Gear must really love Command and Conquer 3 They've used that a lot, haven't they? I remember a lot of the Halo soundtrack showing up a few seasons ago as well.
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Could anyone tell what Clarkson did to gently caress up the charging on the hybrid? I couldn't tell if he simply hadn't plugged it in properly or hadn't actually turned on the charging station.tuna posted:Top gear does not know what the hell they are talking about. US fire trucks are the best. Plus fire engines are just so individually tailored to any specific site's needs that it's impossible to make generalisations by country. Unless they're Russians, who prefer to shoot the fire to death.   Russian fire crews don't extinguish fires - they pacify them. Then specially trained teams of firefighters use flame resistant batons to knock the fire to the ground and vigorously suppress it into unconsciousness before dragging it back to the station for 'questioning'. 
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Aren't there ones (in eastern europe or the ME), that use a giant turbine to flow water/blow it out as well? They're the best.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Could anyone tell what Clarkson did to gently caress up the charging on the hybrid? I couldn't tell if he simply hadn't plugged it in properly or hadn't actually turned on the charging station. It looked to me like he was supposed to pre-pay for charging time, but hadn't actually done that properly for whatever reason. I may be completely wrong though Another great episode, I was actually pretty keen on that i8 until they mentioned the actual fuel economy stats which are worse than my Golf 
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Gorilla Salad posted:Could anyone tell what Clarkson did to gently caress up the charging on the hybrid? I couldn't tell if he simply hadn't plugged it in properly or hadn't actually turned on the charging station. They have a number in them you can call for them to do remote diagnostics if there's a real problem, too. It's just the usual TG "Clarkson is an orangutan who doesn't do technology" and "make up an artificial problem to demonstrate that electric cars don't work properly" schtick, don't worry about it.
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I haven't bothered to look it up, but I'm sure the 130 mpg number is the equivalent when running on all electric charged from a station. Driving like a maniac while simultaneously charging the batteries with a 3 cylinder, I'd say 31 mpg is pretty good. I wanted to see the i8 go around the track.
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I thought as much. Clarkson's reputation around electric vehicles precedes him. Which brings me to my next question: Running the car in sport mode "which charges the battery constantly" is the least economical way to travel, right? Because you're taking power away from the petrol motor to charge the electric one. Well, I suppose he could have driven the entire way in first gear with the handbrake on.
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FogHelmut posted:
Just don't try to open the hood. http://youtu.be/jTNKiTrX0Vk
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Two non-Clarkson reviews that give a combined economy of 28mpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/review/1086862_2015-bmw-i8-preview_green_7 http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/2015-bmw-i8/ The Will Smith interview seemed quite short: no mention of any of his cars apart from his first one.
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yaffle posted:Just don't try to open the hood. "There's no reason to open the hood unless it's in the shop". Isn't that the wiper fluid container down there?
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yaffle posted:Just don't try to open the hood. Holy poo poo. That's clearly designed by someone who's never been away from a drawing board.
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Feb 16, 2015 14:42
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Even the manual door opener right at the start. "Yeah, just about every single person breaks this" Then it's poorly loving designed! "This is the backup for if the electricals go down and you're trapped inside. You know, the emergency escape door release. So we made it really loving easy to break. For a joke!" Every single thing in that video makes me angry. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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tuna posted:Each truck seems so individual, I hope you do find out, it'll probably be something unique to your department. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvzlEbbDts tuna posted:I love US firetrucks, like they said on TG, "you end up with a firetruck" when you design a vehicle to fight fires. The US ones just tend to be a bit more flamboyant in the best way they can. (chrome, graphics, design etc. Just overall "polish" and a bit of pride instead of tax-funded utility vehicle #34250974398567439856743890) MadScientistWorking fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 16, 2015 15:51
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I could watch interviews with Clarkson critiquing car-related rap lyrics all day
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Two Finger posted:They've used that a lot, haven't they? I remember a lot of the Halo soundtrack showing up a few seasons ago as well.
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Clarkson said early lyrics. I was disappointed as I grew up with fresh prince of belair and dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince. I haven't heard or watched anything Will Smith has done since the original MIB Suprised when Will Smith said his actual first car was a candy apple red iroc, as that's in the lyrics to "who stole my car?" 'my car looked like it was a lego explosion...' quote:I remember my first car, never forget it
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Ola posted:"There's no reason to open the hood unless it's in the shop". Isn't that the wiper fluid container down there? Could be the coolant reservoir, didn't get a close enough look but it looks like the coolant reservoir from a mk3 golf. That whole thing looks like its made of glass based on that vehicle. Touch anything and it breaks.
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yaffle posted:Just don't try to open the hood. Why the gently caress would you build a car like that? MadScientistWorking posted:The best fire trucks are always airport ones. They always look like a piece of military equipment and less something used to fight fires.
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yaffle posted:Just don't try to open the hood. That is hilariously complicated.
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holocaust bloopers posted:That is hilariously complicated. Even by German standards...
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