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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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Its just getting more ludicrous each week. I mean whats next: Clarkson in the all new Ferarri 599 GTB races against Hammond and May who have there own spacecraft and they have to get to the moon first. SUrely a victory for Hamster and Slow, but wait.....the car has beat them there first using the traction control which proves that rockets are rubbish! If you want to do interstellar travel, use the car!
Thank heavens for 5th Gear. A serious motoring program.....where they drive round a circuit in REVERSE!! WTF!! Having said that it appears that was only a small blip on the radar as 5th Gear is usually a decent program. Shame about the 15 mins of adverts....
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by S2KayGT,Jun 4 2006, 10:48 PM
Oooooh .. get you!!
Heh
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:38 PM
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Did you all see May's boots when he was sat on the pit wall with JS?

knee high black leather cowboy boot type things
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,Jun 5 2006, 12:00 AM
Its just getting more ludicrous each week. I mean whats next: Clarkson in the all new Ferarri 599 GTB races against Hammond and May who have there own spacecraft and they have to get to the moon first. SUrely a victory for Hamster and Slow, but wait.....the car has beat them there first using the traction control which proves that rockets are rubbish! If you want to do interstellar travel, use the car!
Thank heavens for 5th Gear. A serious motoring program.....where they drive round a circuit in REVERSE!! WTF!! Having said that it appears that was only a small blip on the radar as 5th Gear is usually a decent program. Shame about the 15 mins of adverts....
But it seems we are in a minority here.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Hale,Jun 5 2006, 08:38 AM
Did you all see May's boots when he was sat on the pit wall with JS?

knee high black leather cowboy boot type things
yes.. I noticed that, but could not work out what they were.. or if it was just a joke?

prodrive was interesting bit of work..

though I wonder how the ALS system was sorted for use on a road car..since the rally versions more or less chuck fuel directly into the turbo where it explodes..
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Hale,Jun 5 2006, 07:38 AM
Did you all see May's boots when he was sat on the pit wall with JS?

knee high black leather cowboy boot type things
I thought there was something odd about them, but I couldn't put my finger on it

Another quality episode of Top Gear. Beats anything else on TV, including fifth gear with co-host "The Ego" (aka Jason Plato) Loved the Prodrive P2, however I did feel the styling was a bit dis-joited in places. Almost like they just bolted loads on bits on for fun.

Nice to see old Jackie Stewart still has the racing drivers touch. Not sure about all that tartan though.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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The football was fun but pointless, although a good opportunity to watch some very skillful driving. Totally pointless though.

Spotted the star trek bootees

TG seems like a mini-meet to me; 3 car blokes sat around having a chat, with the occasional feature!
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by The Woman,Jun 5 2006, 06:40 AM
But it seems we are in a minority here.
You might not be - time for a poll?
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by billy_i_vtec,Jun 4 2006, 10:54 PM
bit of a bummer that that's top gear off the telly for the next five weeks because of the world cup. don't get me wrong i'm looking forward to the world cup as much as anyone but surely the bbc could manage to schedule top gear in their too?! harrumph.
Hey don;t knock it...3pm next Saturday we are gifted clear roads and all those Vauxhall driving gimps with their flags will be off the road.



I can;t wait for the matches to begin....so I can go driving
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 01:45 AM
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Wasn't the best episode but ok.

I actually thought the car football was a good feature, i mean what else are you going to use those cars for?

Also wouldn't say no to that Prodrive P2
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