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Top Gear
Anyone watch Top Gear last night?? I loved the wheels on the TT they had anyone know what they were and how much and if they do um for my a3 (8P)?
Boydie said:still a gorgeous car and id have the TT over the both of them!
john2garden said:Its such a crap programme now it is un true.
How can driving to Edinburgh then playing 3 holes equate to a car test? They were talking on a CB radio to each other comparing what each car had, whats all that about. They did not show the size of the boot or the size of the back two seats properly either. If someone was thinking of buying one of these cars that test last night would not have helped them one little bit.
A 'car test' should include everything that affects day to day driving such as driving position, layout of controls, steering weight, interior space, build quality, ease of driving in traffic etc etc. Not just a lap round the track to see how fast it is. I don't know about you but I do not drive round a track in my car, so how the hell that is significant I do not know.
Then there was James May driving a Veyron at 250 mph, I cannot afford a Bburago Veyron let alone a real one so what is the point in showing that?
That programme just gets worse every week, they should change its name to 'The Jeremy James and Richard show' because it really has naff all about cars.
Worst thing is every other channel is trying to copy its layout which means they are all ***** now.
treblesykes said:"The Brera is better built though" better built than what? A five year olds airfix?
treblesykes said:"The Brera is better built though" better built than what? A five year olds airfix?
SamDude said:Better built than the last model?
Does that actually mean much?
AndyMac said:It's the best thing on TV as far as I'm concerned and certainly the only thing on that makes me laugh out loud these days.
bowfer said:Have you owned one,or are you jumping on the 'Alfa are rubbish' bandwagon ?
AL_B said:Veyron though, f### me what a car. What a test track too!! 5 miles of straight!!!!
AL
SamDude said:Jumping on the bandwagon...
I nearly bought an Alfa 156 6/7 years ago, but went for the Audi A4 instead.
AndyMac said:Dan I suggest you stop watching it if it's so boring.
mark88 said:Those wheels are standard on the 3.2, although I think those on TG has the two-tone option.
I thought TG last night was much much better than the previous weeks.
john2garden said:Its such a crap programme now it is un true.
How can driving to Edinburgh then playing 3 holes equate to a car test? They were talking on a CB radio to each other comparing what each car had, whats all that about. They did not show the size of the boot or the size of the back two seats properly either. If someone was thinking of buying one of these cars that test last night would not have helped them one little bit.
A 'car test' should include everything that affects day to day driving such as driving position, layout of controls, steering weight, interior space, build quality, ease of driving in traffic etc etc. Not just a lap round the track to see how fast it is. I don't know about you but I do not drive round a track in my car, so how the hell that is significant I do not know.
Then there was James May driving a Veyron at 250 mph, I cannot afford a Bburago Veyron let alone a real one so what is the point in showing that?
That programme just gets worse every week, they should change its name to 'The Jeremy James and Richard show' because it really has naff all about cars.
Worst thing is every other channel is trying to copy its layout which means they are all ***** now.
bowfer said:Agreed,but the trees scared me.
Where I live,trees = deer.
Speeding through the middle of trees is a BIG no no up here !
AndyMac said:"They did not show the size of the boot"
john2garden - you need to watch "does my boot look big in this" it's on channel 5 I think at 3am, - a very comprehensive guide to boot sizes through the ages and very useful for someone buying a new car but can't be ***** to actually go and test drive it themselves.
It's sister programme "Criminally Stupid" is also a must if you just don't have the time to sit in a car before you buy it.
bowfer said:Does anyone bother with 5th gear any more ??
I gave up when they 'raced' a Golf Gti and something else around a racetrack in reverse gear only.
About as funny as watching someone with a puffer jacket board your bus.
Wasn't she in one of those gender swap programmes once ?AL_B said:But Vicky is NOT attractive no matter what 100's of car geeks say...
Absolutely right. Top Gear is now just about the only reason for owning a TV these days. In a way, it's very little to do with cars and more just about pure entertainment on a Sunday night.AndyMac said:It's the best thing on TV as far as I'm concerned and certainly the only thing on that makes me laugh out loud these days.
AndyMac said:I work for a 3000 employee IT company in the UK and most have company cars, the 156 was dropped from the company car scheme a few years back due to the unreliability (and that was up against some pretty stiff competition). Never heard of any other car being so unreliable that it deserved dropping.
I think we all know someone with a nightmare car of any make, but the Alfa's faults were major leaving people stranded by the side of the road, one even caught fire. Kind of puts the rattles and excessive coolant usage into perspective on some Audi's. I've run 2 audi's for over 10 years and neither has ever left me stranded.
My mates GTv just simply blew up and required a new engine. It's a reputation well deserved and will take many years of reliability to repair.