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I still liked the sound of the Aston Martin DB9 more but I like the look of the AMV8 more.
 
Just wanted to let you all know that I saw the thread and looked into some stuff.

The link to the "un-official top gear" thread was helpfull.

In fact, I merged the 2 threads into this single thread, which is now placed in TV & Movies forum- After all, this is a TV show we are talking about. :D

Thought you all would like to know about the merger.
Also, if you find anyone looking for the old top gear thread just tell them to come over here.

Hope you all don't mind me getting involved. ;)
Later. :D

btw, I love the show and download clips all the time...
Here's a screen cap I made of the XJR-15 review.

"Worse handling car of all time" (Jeremy Clarkson on the XJR-15 race car)
 

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btw, I love the show and download clips all the time...
Here's a screen cap I made of the XJR-15 review.

"Worse handling car of all time" (Jeremy Clarkson on the XJR-15 race car)
I remember seeing that. That car sounded awesome. :drool:
 
Kent
Just wanted to let you all know that I saw the thread and looked into some stuff.

The link to the "un-official top gear" thread was helpfull.

In fact, I merged the 2 threads into this single thread, which is now placed in TV & Movies forum- After all, this is a TV show we are talking about. :D

Thought you all would like to know about the merger.
Also, if you find anyone looking for the old top gear thread just tell them to come over here.

Hope you all don't mind me getting involved. ;)
Later. :D
Thankls for that 👍, it all got abit confusing having 2 simultaneous thread :crazy:

Well thatw as a turn up for the books! I think he might get a F430 as he has had Ferraris in teh past and likes their 'soul'. But I doubt he'll get a AMV8. It'll be the boxster/911 thing all over again.
I can see it now.... David May-
"But the AMV8 is just a car for people who can't afford a DB9"
JC-
"Quiet Bentley Boy."
 
If you've ever seen the out-takes of the supercar supertest, you'll see that the XJR-15 is SO bad (and it is), that Clarkson manages to crash his into the camera car. While both are driving in a straight line down a straight runway.
 
But the AMV8 still costs a lot more money then a Boxer sounds better and looks better, also its much faster.
 
Seen Manchester Airport? There's a hill in the middle (well, 2/3rds down) of the first runway...
 
I felt the SLR -v- Boat thing was way over stretched... Yeah it was good but it still took up too much time.

Also I did notice with the boat race that when they were in teh racing boat there was land on their right hand side, and when compared to the progress map they showed there shouldn't have been...

DBR9 sounded amazing :drool:

He gets everywhere!

I'm sure you mean James.
My mistake.
 
ExigeExcel
I felt the SLR -v- Boat thing was way over stretched... Yeah it was good but it still took up too much time.

Also I did notice with the boat race that when they were in teh racing boat there was land on their right hand side, and when compared to the progress map they showed there shouldn't have been...

DBR9 sounded amazing :drool:


My mistake.
The race was bound to take up most of the show what do you expect when racing more then 1000 miles buds.
 
Well then they didn't have to do 1000 miles...

I just felt that spending, I think it was, the first 20-25 mins on it, then the last 15 was too much.

And tehy way it ended was abit anti-climax but that was just miusfortune. Even more was that it wasn't a car they hadn't reviwed before., and they didn't test drive the DBR9 or DBRS9. I just think it would have been good for them to comment on a fully blown professonal race car's handling and power etc.
 
I got your comment right here:

Ferrari Enzo Ferrari - 1'19.0
Maserati MC12 - 1'18.9
Aston Martin DBR9 - 1'08.6
 
I knew someone would say that...

But did anyone think it wouldn't be the fastest? Remembering that the MC-12 was a road version.
 
It's halfway between the fastest road car on Earth and an F1 car. And you can buy a slightly slower one for £175,000.
 
Pretty much.

If you want to abort your take-off, you MUST do it before the crest, otherwise you don't have enough runway left to slow down with the syncline.
 
Jeremy always wins. Even when he loses, they work ot some way that he can win.
 
He did say that is was an empty win because of the others misfortune and how he felt getting there.

On another note, I might be going down with a few mates as part of the audience for an episode or two later in the month.
 
Seeing yesterday's show, I remember seeing a McLaren driving on the highway. I think it was Jeremy. He was driving slow at that point.
 
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I think I found the airport where the test track is...
topgeartesttrack8kw.jpg

Can anyone point out any of the corners? There don't seem to be many at there let alone ones that can be related to their track. Aside from maybe the Follow Through.
 
live4speed
He did say that is was an empty win because of the others misfortune and how he felt getting there.

On another note, I might be going down with a few mates as part of the audience for an episode or two later in the month.

Take some tinned custard!
 

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