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« on: December 27, 2009, 20:15:15 »
is anyone watching
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Re: top gear
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2009, 20:34:37 »
It's on but the Little Guy is too busy playing with everything Santa brought him and I can't hear the telly.  We're recording it though.

The comments about Clarkson's RR caused me to fall about laughing.  RRB, his missus and I have 4 between us and 3 of them are off the road at the moment.
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Re: top gear
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2009, 21:02:00 »
Yep, I was watching and I've decided on my ideal truck for the same route...

300 TDI Disco with 245/70 R16s, winch, spotlights and a load of bashplates!  :lol:
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Re: top gear
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2009, 21:05:31 »
wouldn't frist gear low range and diff lock been better for going down that hill?
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Re: top gear
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2009, 21:07:08 »
Not in the sand, you sometimes need more power available to you to accelerate if tyhe tyres start to dig.
Been there in the sahara in a series 3  :dance:
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Re: top gear
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2009, 21:09:51 »
What a laugh again, what a job they have. Brilliant
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Re: top gear
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2009, 21:14:40 »
enjoyed that no end. good old rangy
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Re: top gear
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2009, 21:17:46 »
spot on ...again , good old clarkson he dont care who he insults :D :D :D


The Fj looked the nuts with the mods......shame they never done em properly :lol:
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Re: top gear
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2009, 21:26:10 »
MINT..   :clap:

What a job  :D  and you get paid to do it aswell...
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Re: top gear
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2009, 21:26:37 »
one of their best so far  :dance: hope they do another one soon. shame the land cruiser rolled  :doh:  as it look good on them rims
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Re: top gear
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2009, 21:34:23 »
Another excellent show. Had me grinning and laughing out loud all the way through. Apart from the road of death which seemed the only genuinely scary part of it especially where Jeremy passes on the outside :shock: Shame about the usual staged parts like the <ahem> gorge that they probably could of all easily driven through had they wanted to but it was still a laugh to watch.

Is there some kind of online application form to join the team [-o<
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Re: top gear
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2009, 21:40:41 »
Very entertaining :afro:
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Re: top gear
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2009, 21:55:54 »
Quote from: GORDON N on December 27, 2009, 21:26:37
one of their best so far  :dance: hope they do another one soon. shame the land cruiser rolled  :doh:  as it look good on them rims

No way were the producers going to let anyone try to drive it down there in 2WD and no clutch. That would have been the end of the Hamster. Hence the staged accident.
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Re: top gear
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2009, 22:05:03 »
 :D When the barge came into view, and i saw the cars, I knew the winner then  :D :D  Had to be the green oval  :D :D  I have two, so would be disapointed!!  Series and a rangie !!  Good show and good laugh!! :clap: :clap:
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Re: top gear
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2009, 22:11:38 »
was nice to see the green ovel come through but shame it was not hammond in one !
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Re: top gear
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2009, 23:05:45 »
Well lets hear it for the Zuk............

Bog standard and made it all the way.
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Re: top gear
« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2009, 23:32:54 »
Well done for the zuki.


Any one else shudder at the useage of the winches.

Nice yota too, shame about the rrc ;)
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Re: top gear
« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2009, 23:59:43 »
Excellent show..
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Re: top gear
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2009, 00:27:45 »
Was a good show i agree they could of easlier have got over that lil ditch lol......Brilliant show tho
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Re: top gear
« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2009, 12:03:27 »
Err it was all staged....
if you think it was a real test you seriously should stick to WWF....
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Re: top gear
« Reply #20 on: December 28, 2009, 12:29:40 »
Really?  Your kidding???  The didn't send 3 TV presenters in scrap 4x4's over the top of the bolivia without training, oxygen, and little more than roll cages and winches on reciever hitches?


Na that wasn't staged, that's REAL men!!
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Re: top gear
« Reply #21 on: December 28, 2009, 12:39:18 »
Does anybody have a recording they can burn to a disk?

I am in Aberdeen for a couple of weeks - I will happily pay if I can get it to take home with me.
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Re: top gear
« Reply #22 on: December 28, 2009, 12:45:48 »
Quote from: Mutz on December 27, 2009, 23:05:45
Well lets hear it for the Zuk............

Bog standard and made it all the way.

Yes I notice that.  Still, can't beat a Rangie.

2 words to add, Darien Gap ;)
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Re: top gear
« Reply #23 on: December 28, 2009, 18:03:24 »
Quote from: Smego on December 28, 2009, 12:03:27
Err it was all staged....
if you think it was a real test you seriously should stick to WWF....


I wonder how many times the rangie was fixed but they never showed it! The holes cut in the bonnet would not have kept it cool enough... It was an OK show and the offroading looked fun but Topgear is becoming too staged, too fake, you could almost see the production pushing the Toyota down hill at the end!
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Re: top gear
« Reply #24 on: December 28, 2009, 19:37:03 »
Quote from: waveydavey on December 28, 2009, 12:39:18
Does anybody have a recording they can burn to a disk?

I am in Aberdeen for a couple of weeks - I will happily pay if I can get it to take home with me.


can you not download it from iplayer to disk and burn it?  In linux I'm using get_iplayer proggie to grab the standard flash version.
Code: [Select]
get_iplayer --modes flashstd1 --get 605
It's about ~270mb size in fair quality.

or
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get_iplayer --modes flashvhigh --get 605 for a ~840Mb flash file of pretty good quality.
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Re: top gear
« Reply #25 on: December 28, 2009, 19:44:27 »
Either way, it's on BBC2 again now...........
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Re: top gear
« Reply #26 on: December 28, 2009, 20:44:26 »
get YouTube FLV Downloader its free then just go to the web site and it will download it from bbc iplayer and then u got it
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Re: top gear
« Reply #27 on: December 28, 2009, 21:06:55 »
More evidence to prove that the suzuki sj is the best 4x4 ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D :D
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Re: top gear
« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2009, 21:14:48 »
Quote from: aaron on December 28, 2009, 21:06:55
More evidence to prove that the suzuki sj is the best 4x4 ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D :D

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Re: top gear
« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2009, 21:16:55 »
I was one of the first to post a reply on this thread, then watched the recording back later when my son had gone to bed.  I spent the whole programme wondering just how many support vehicles they had out of camera.  They had no luggage - there was a shot of something yellow in the boot of Clarkson's RR and the other two had nothing with them - I have seen RRB take a boot full of recovery kit just for a day around North Notts.  On one shot where the Hamster was catching the other two up, you could see the support car in the dust cloud behind his 'Donkey'.  Still very entertaining, though - it's amazing just how much hammer those trucks took and still came back for more.
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