ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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noreserve wrote:The host of that show has to be one of the most annoying people I've come across. Something about him just rubs me the wrong way.
That's his presentation style, he is annoying on purpose just to rub people up the wrong way..but we like him!!
news just in....He's just had a complaint upheld for describing a car as being 'a bit too gay' I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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In his latest video he uses a FFRR to show how bad the H2 and Escalade are by taking them up a mountain! He doesn't like American cars except the Ford GT DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
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| 18th Dec 2006 8:08 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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got that DVD for my birthday... its great !! Unless you like american cars 
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| 18th Dec 2006 8:16 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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Pelyma wrote:In his latest video he uses a FFRR to show how bad the H2 and Escalade are by taking them up a mountain! He doesn't like American cars except the Ford GT
*off topic warning - sorry!* Driving past a prestige car showroom earlier - pressed up against the window was a shiny blue (with white stripes) Ford GT, just like Clarksons. It's for sale - £150, 000 anyone?? 
CY 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:05 pm |
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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
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CY wrote:Ronp,
http://www.autoclips.net/page2.php?parent=...+videos%21
That link should provide you with the Top Gear Discovery video from a couple of years back, and also Fifth Gear's review of the car too.
I'd recommend finalgear.com aslwell, as it gives u a clear DVD quality download of the episode.
CY
That site just looks like a big advertising link con. I can't get to the video it just takes me into 3rd party sites. Anyone else had this problem?
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:46 pm |
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Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Yes me too, Perhaps the video is there somewhere, under a massive pile of crap threads and links Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:50 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Me too, as mentioned earlier try the one from Uncle Gareth [it's on the second down search bar].
http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/videos/ I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:55 pm |
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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 398
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seen the JC one loads of times, haven't seen the fifth gear one though. Does anyone know if it's anywhere else?
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| 19th Dec 2006 1:55 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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was on youtube
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| 19th Dec 2006 2:05 pm |
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noreserve
Member Since: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Pelyma wrote:In his latest video he uses a FFRR to show how bad the H2 and Escalade are by taking them up a mountain! He doesn't like American cars except the Ford GT
Granted, there aren't many American cars that I can recommend either, but I took issue with both of them bashing the Corvette (off-topic, I know). Both of them were obviously anti-American with their complete botch of a review (can you even call it that?) of the vehicle. The C6 will eat their vaunted 911 for lunch at the track. The things they focused on were minor, while completely ignoring the many positive aspects of it. Oh, and the other host drove it around the track about as competently as Jeremy drove the LR3 up the mountain (slightly more on topic - ha ha). That show reminds me too much of our sensationalist media over here. Why can't we have a show that is not over the top, where they actually focus on providing real information that consumers can use versus some media stunt like driving an LR3 (incompetently) up a mountain? I would like to see the Edmunds auto site produce something that would be less showy and more informative for real enthusiasts.
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| 19th Dec 2006 2:56 pm |
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karl
Member Since: 08 Jul 2006
Location: coventry
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oliver77 wrote:seen the JC one loads of times, haven't seen the fifth gear one though. Does anyone know if it's anywhere else?
Pretty much every fifth gear (and top gear since 2004) episode is availiable to download (approx 350Mb) from www.wrxfanatics.com
just register and go to the videos section. D3 TDV8 HSE on order, Should Arrive 2017. If i'm lucky.
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| 19th Dec 2006 3:30 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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karl quote: "My Disco 3 Fund - £4.68
Please feel free to contribute to the fund, or alternatively give me your Disco 3."
Not really getting there, are we karl?? 
At this rate have you worked out when you'll be visiting your LR dealer with 'cash in pocket'  I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 19th Dec 2006 3:53 pm |
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karl
Member Since: 08 Jul 2006
Location: coventry
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well, i figure that by the time i have saved £100, there will be D3's being sold "for spares or repairs", and i will buy one, restore it to its former glory, and drive it as a you would a classic land rover today. Also, i wont pay any tax on it, as it will be a classic vehicle. D3 TDV8 HSE on order, Should Arrive 2017. If i'm lucky.
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| 19th Dec 2006 4:10 pm |
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karl
Member Since: 08 Jul 2006
Location: coventry
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actually, what was i on about? i can honestly say i have never seen any land rover selling for spares or repairs, and certainly none for £100, or else i would have bought it!
thats a testament to the quality of land rovers - they just never die! D3 TDV8 HSE on order, Should Arrive 2017. If i'm lucky.
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| 19th Dec 2006 4:13 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Karl, Old Land Rovers never die, they just go to sleep.
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| 19th Dec 2006 7:14 pm |
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