"Top Gear" in Alabama

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

As much as I love the show, a lot of what they do is really fake.. sometimes blatantly. Like the one where he shoots a rocket at the flying car, fake. Episodes where cars crash into something and blow up in huge fireballs, fake.

but entertaining.

That does not sound fake to me.

The cars have got big bottles of petrol inside, and a spark ignition system. They are bound to go up in a huge fireball.

Just like the movies.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

That does not sound fake to me.

The cars have got big bottles of petrol inside, and a spark ignition system. They are bound to go up in a huge fireball.

Just like the movies.

Dead right Joe.

No wonder when a football player plays hurt, to bluff the referee, we call it a "HOLLYWOOD".

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by Trevor

Dead right Joe.

No wonder when a football player plays hurt, to bluff the referee, we call it a "HOLLYWOOD".

I'm surprised to hear you say that, coming from the home of the All Blacks.

We both know that real football players, the ones who play with the oval ball, they only go down if it's a Lady's Choice.

The other types are just poncy prima donna oscar chasers, not real men.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

I'm surprised to hear you say that, coming from the home of the All Blacks.

We both know that real football players, the ones who play with the oval ball, they only go down if it's a Lady's Choice.

The other types are just poncy prima donna oscar chasers, not real men.

Joe, N.B. Football is football.

Rugby is Rugby and they can/do, run with the ball, as long as they remain standing. The round ball lot would be knocked out in a lady's netball match, Aust/N,Z.

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by Trevor

Joe, N.B. Football is football.

Rugby is Rugby and they can/do, run with the ball, as long as they remain standing. The round ball lot would be knocked out in a lady's netball match, Aust/N,Z.

Agreed

[GreenMarine]

Originally Posted by Andy

Don't worry folks, it was staged.

Was it really?? I watched the whole episode last night and I could totally see that happening in some parts in the south... Probably not in Raleigh, NC but in the deeper south I'm almost sure it could happen

As much as I don't like the fact that someone is putting down America, I have to admit, almost everything he has been on about is a valid point... But I absolutely love it when Jeremy goes on about fat Americans and how American cars can't go around turns properly... And ya can't really take what he says to be serious either... I mean he rips on everyone... My absolute favorite ones are the Sat-Nav in the Mercedes that only goes to Poland

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by GreenMarineSVX

Was it really?? I watched the whole episode last night and I could totally see that happening in some parts in the south... Probably not in Raleigh, NC but in the deeper south I'm almost sure it could happen

As much as I don't like the fact that someone is putting down America, I have to admit, almost everything he has been on about is a valid point... But I absolutely love it when Jeremy goes on about fat Americans and how American cars can't go around turns properly... And ya can't really take what he says to be serious either... I mean he rips on everyone... My absolute favorite ones are the Sat-Nav in the Mercedes that only goes to Poland

Where does the fuzzy-headed beanpole get off, dissing on Americans, and stuff??



You do have to take him with a pinch of salt. He goes on about Ferraris being the best thing since fried bread, and American cars being rubbish, but still he owns one of the new Ford GTs that does about 2 miles per gallon.

And he is not wrong about Sat-Nav. I'll give you a laugh. A bunch of us bikers were in Clare in the West of Ireland. One BMW rider had SatNav, and queried it for a route to Sligo, about 70 miles NW of us. It hummed and whirred and burbled for ages, and eventually came back with a route.

It recommended we travel 120 miles East to Dublin, get a ferry to Liverpool England, travel 100 miles North to Scotland, take the ferry from Stranraer to Larne and Belfast, then drive 110 miles West to Sligo.

????




Needless to say, we thought about it and discussed it for a while, before deciding to take a less scenic and shorter route.

So we are mildly sceptical about SatNav

Joe

[NikFu S.]

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[Hocrest]

Yeah, I think their still holding a grudge over that whole Revolutionary War thing

Yeah well, we won, let them keep their silly show

[Andy]

LINKEY

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[ensteele]

Thanks for the link, we want to be able to see it if we are discussing the show.

[Landshark]

Originally Posted by GreenMarineSVX

Was it really?? I watched the whole episode last night and I could totally see that happening in some parts in the south... Probably not in Raleigh, NC but in the deeper south I'm almost sure it could happen

As much as I don't like the fact that someone is putting down America, I have to admit, almost everything he has been on about is a valid point... But I absolutely love it when Jeremy goes on about fat Americans and how American cars can't go around turns properly... And ya can't really take what he says to be serious either... I mean he rips on everyone... My absolute favorite ones are the Sat-Nav in the Mercedes that only goes to Poland

agreed! excellent post, and best wishes.

[b3lha]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

You do have to take him with a pinch of salt. He goes on about Ferraris being the best thing since fried bread, and American cars being rubbish, but still he owns one of the new Ford GTs that does about 2 miles per gallon.

He returned the Ford GT and demanded his money back.

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by b3lha

He returned the Ford GT and demanded his money back.

Are you serious?

[Andy]

It spent most of its time in the workshop so he sent it back. He now has a Lambo convertible.