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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 17:19

i do hope so, secondhand performance cars for sensible money - they've done a bit of the "old vs new" drag races in previous episodes/series but it needs to be expanded on, all this porsche for 1500 stuff is entertaining but not realistic, the (really) old top gear used to mix the fanciful with the ordinary


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 17:01
I've sent an email, see if I get a reply.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 16:40

now that i would like to see, you should send the top gear team a message and suggest it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/haveyoursay/index.shtml



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 16:38
They could do a bit on second hand cars from the 80's and 90's for under 10k and 5k..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 16:25

overall a bit of a poor episode imo, must be difficult to think of new stuff to cover


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 16:19
Prefered the bit with the buggies..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 15:08
Yeeeessss, thank god, the petrol won

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31-July-2005 at 14:29
Tonights episode should be interesting, pitting a 5-series diesel against a 5-series petrol

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 19:37

Originally posted by StoneM535 StoneM535 wrote:

Thanksvery much, Its actually virtually as standard except for the huge 850CSi BBS's

Monday's Croft pics here

The wheels set it off, very nice indeed

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 17:45
Thanksvery much, Its actually virtually as standard except for the huge 850CSi BBS's

Monday's Croft pics here
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 17:36

nice car btw, subtle tweaks and a lovely colour make it look contemporary 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 17:33

i agree, the vuk rips are hefty in size but excellent in quality, heres an example from the week before  



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 17:25
thats what i did using azureus and it took about an hour for 350Meg and the quality is absolutely fine.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 17:13

good option for payg dial-up users, alternatively you can download all the episodes if youve got either a quick broadband connection or an unmetered dial-up and a lot of patience...

http://www.torrentspy.com/search.asp?query=top+gear

to download these youll need a bittorrent client first, i suggest www.bittornado.com



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-July-2005 at 17:08
I've downloaded the entire episode of topgear from last week. If anyone wants it i'll stick it on a CD for them and post it for a couple of quid to cover costs. PM me if interested.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-July-2005 at 18:35

on a related Top Gear note, does anyone remember the cheap porsche segment last series where they bought a 924, a 944 and a 928?

a bit of background on how Jezza came by his purchase....

http://www.928.org.uk/mambo/content/view/69/43/


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-July-2005 at 06:01
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before everyone starts there is no doubt that the E30 M3 is a true M car
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-July-2005 at 17:20
Originally posted by whitey whitey wrote:


After my experiences with my own e39 and other late BM's, I'd save my money and get one of the last 3.8 e34 M5's (the last pure M car??) and a late e38 for the weekly trawl through the traffic.



everyone to their own
whitey don't know what your experience of the E39 was like but it must've been bad.

Having previously owned a late E34 M5 which was absolutely out of this world and now moved onto the E39 M5, apart from the later being more refined I feel that it doesn't detract anything from the car to make it a true M car.
2 cars which in my opinion richly deserve the tag of a true M car and I'm sure given time the latest generation will be accepted as one too

before everyone starts there is no doubt that the E30 M3 is a true M car



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-July-2005 at 17:02
Originally posted by whitey whitey wrote:

After my experiences with my own e39 and other late BM's, I'd save my money and get one of the last 3.8 e34 M5's (the last pure M car??) and a late e38 for the weekly trawl through the traffic.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-July-2005 at 15:54

Watched it again tonight. Still mightily unimpressed.

Whats the point of being able to adjust the fierceness of the gear change?? Just make it a b****y manual and I'll change it as fiercly as I want! And when are they going to give up on this i Drive menu nonsense? No wonder people crash. They are too busy trying to find the radio station they want. Whereas I just push number 4 on the head unit for Kiss fm or number 6 for heart, Mr. 60k next to me crashes trying to do the same function.

After my experiences with my own e39 and other late BM's, I'd save my money and get one of the last 3.8 e34 M5's (the last pure M car??) and a late e38 for the weekly trawl through the traffic.

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