Absolutely right CG! But it does irritate me when one can see that something could be so much better. TG could be really good if it was just a bit less childish. It's like the FL2 - damn good car, but if it had low range it would be brilliant! (Oops, sorry, wrong thread... )

pab wrote:

It's like the FL2 - damn good car, but if it had low range it would be a RRS! (Oops, sorry, wrong thread... )

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D4 rather than RRS for me. But both are too expensive and too unreliable!

chicken george wrote:

top gear is good not great. but compared to endless shows about hotels, diner parties, department stores. or that daily mail esq dating show on Saturday nights its bloody brilliant.

never mind the endless cairokee, britains full of tossers, type shows

Exactly! +1 to that opinion!

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pjb wrote:

Loved the Bentley bit, as said above impressed with Bentley for letting them take it on a rally stage.

Maybe they didnt get asked or know, but they do now.
Just shows though how good the car was and no bits fell off either, unlike the real rally cars.
Bet the paintwork was trashed though
I often wonder who will have the misfortune to buy any of the cars they have used afterwards?

Someone buying a used one from a dealer Mona Geeza!

Although I would imagine that would be kept by Bentley and either destroyed or used as a pool car hack.

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taztastic wrote:

It was the Hafren stage and ended at the Sweet Lamb spectator area.

Next time the rally is on, might be a good day out with the cameras

Bill Turner sent me a pm with loads info per Rallys.
I'll forward it on to you for future reference  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

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There was an excellent Top Gear on this week. Unfortunately it was the mid-week repeat, not the Sunday show which was absolute rubbish apart from Hamilton's lap. Comparing the old and new episodes (the old was the one featuring the search for the world's best road in Romania) shows just how poor the series has become. Wasting 10 minutes smashing up 10 perfectly good Kias was bad enough, but using it as an excuse to draw yet another phallus... Not to mention the pathetic handbrake jokes. Come on, grow up and give us some of what TG used to be!

I enjoyed last nights TG, especially testing the Kia. Kia are great cars as JC showed, and tough too! It was sad seeing all the Cee'ds and Sportages being wrecked, but highly entertaining.

I do wonder about the wrecking of those Kias. I guess Kia must "sponsor" TG and hence the use of the Cee'd as the "reasonably priced car" but does this account for JC's view of the Cee'd in as much as he has nothing bad to say about it? i.e. he is not allowed to criticise it. John
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chicken george wrote:

benefit to brand awareness etc priceless

I assume when they filmed the rugby back in in October the pitch was about to be relaid for the six nations, but even so I can't imagine the Twickenham ground staff were too chuffed ! They must have had to pick up shards of glass and bodywork for days afterwards. _________________
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