Top Gear

[Colin 009]

Did anyone see Top Gear and the Aston Martin DRB, awesome

Fast car around the track :(biglove):

[turtle]

Indeed Colin nice bit of kit, but its time didn't count as you and I can't buy the car  

[datalas]

Indeed Colin nice bit of kit, but its time didn't count as you and I can't buy the car  

Be fair Phil,  Dazza, yourself and I would be hard pressed to buy a robin reliant, doesn't mean it isn't a car ;)

I like the looked of the RS though :D

[Digsit]

No need for ICE when you have a sound track like that eh? :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

[thermidorthelobster]

I was busy watching "10 Greatest Tanks of All Time" on 5 - and I think that any of them would have quite literally stomped all over the Aston.

Tanks, they're the way forward you know.  I'm thinking of getting Abby one to replace her Rover 220.  The downside is that fuel economy is even worse than the 101 - one was clocking in at 4 gallons per mile!

[thermidorthelobster]

...oh, and one of the US ones (can't remember which - might have been Abrams) which uses a jet engine, uses 8 gallons of fuel just to get the engine started  :x

[Digsit]

...uses 8 gallons of fuel just to get the engine started  :x

'Bout the same as the Aston then :lol:

[Mace]

And you didn't mention the D Dimbleby interview about his Defender  :shock:

[V8MoneyPit]

I'm waiting for the barrage of complaints about the irresponsible behaviour of our Jeremy in the race to Oslo  :lol: The Merc looks stunning, sounds even better and goes better still.... but driving for 12 hours at high speed (some of it openly illegal)..... it's just asking for the 'thats not right' brigade to pipe up!

But me? I say 'Clarkson for President'  :twisted:  :lol:

[lowey]

hours at high speed (some of it openly illegal)..... it's just asking for the 'thats not right' brigade to pipe up!

As a member of the 'thats not right brigade' and piping up! i.e. IAM & ROSPA advanced drivers association observer I was appalled at the seemingly dangerous risk that JC exposed himself to in the course of his journalistic career. Throwing health & safety to one side and relying on Maggie's speeches to keep him awake.

Heaven help us, Maggie's speeches used send me to sleep. To use maggie to keep you awake well that is insane.

I did notice during his commentary he removed both hands from the steering wheel when he was at high speed and saw the steering wheel twitch.

If anyone recorded it look for that twitch.

As an observer for advanced driving I would NEVER recommend anybody to listen to Maggie Thatchers speeches when doing a 1300 mile point to point at high speed.

Hope that helps.

[lowey]

It would have been better if JC went by public transport & the other two took the merc and shared the driving. :)

[V8MoneyPit]

Now, JC on public transport..... that would be worth seeing  :lol:

Like you, I couldn't believe the hands off the wheel thing and what about the head down and eyes closed bit???  :shock:

[Andy.]

And you didn't mention the D Dimbleby interview about his Defender  :shock:

Very funny telling JC how many times it's broken down on him  :lol:

And did'nt he drive well, lifted off on one corner  :lol:

[Jake]

I saw the DB9 racer at Goodwood.
Sounds better in the flesh!!
 :D

[skatergirl]

i want that car [-o<

[strapping young lad]

i swear i saw an ad where if you bought the top gear magazine you got a free book?

is this true?

[landyman Ash]

My Dad is in the Aston Owners club (AMOC) and they went to Pro-drive to see it being made and tested.  He got some great photos although he was resticted what he could take.

I'll try and get them off him.

Sad thing was there where 20 places and only 15 went  

Cant see that happening in Land Rovers.  Imagaine if the RR sport was done like that and there were 20 places to see it in the factory...

....we'd have a fight on our hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

[V8MoneyPit]

Not quite the same thing, but one of our customers was the financial director at AM so I got to take my son around the factory at the time the Vanquish was being developed. Another nice piece of kit.

Seeing the way the V8 bruisers were built was quite something. The pride of every single worker just shone out. If there was even the slightest blemish, it would go back to the person who did that part originally for correction. And the great thing was, they wanted them to come back if there was a fault. They were 100% committed to getting it right. Pride in workmanship, sadly, appears to be more and more uncommon in other companies.

[landyman Ash]

They were 100% committed to getting it right. Pride in workmanship, sadly, appears to be more and more uncommon in other companies.

With out a doubt.  The guy that builts the V12 engines signs each one!  My dads was buily by a guy called Robert.  Now thats service!!!!!!!!  :shock:

[Xtremeteam]

after watchin topgear 2 night with sabine in the tranny round the ring,i feel some fun coming on,what about a mc trip to the ring with our landys 2 see what lap times we could put in,Im at the front in the racer with henry in his disco    :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted: