Some bloody do-gooder group are trying to get Top Gear banned.
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My favourite line is "If we must have Jeremy Clarkson on the television, let's give him something useful to do, such as trying out public
transport or road-testing new bicycles. Perhaps he would like to drive a bus; he'd find it just as much fun as a Ferrari"!!!
Pete
I do believe they have compared your average car to public transport, like that ferrari they took to the alps and the aston to monaco?? public
transport sucks - i have to use it to get to work, so i know!
it has been in the paper the last couple of days - makes me laugh.
Ned.
There are dark forces at work here
Anyone know why 'Ultimate Force' never finished?
Is there a group of people who hate any TV program that is escapist?
Cheers
Mark
For the record I have never seen any of Michael Palin's around the garden in 20 minute type programs. Bores me just talking about
it.
bit late for april fools isnt it? this can't surely be serious... can it?
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Originally posted by marktigere1For the record I have never seen any of Michael Palin's around the garden in 20 minute type programs. Bores me just talking about it.
To give them your thoughts and views the telephone number is
For further information and interviews media repesentatives should contact Steve Hounsham, Transport 2000 Press Office, on 020 7613 0743 extn 106 or
07984 773468 or Stephen Joseph on 020 7613 0743 extn 105 or 07939 584790.
I just can't believe that article is serious:
"If we must have Jeremy Clarkson on the television, let's give him something useful to do, such as trying out public transport or
road-testing new bicycles."
and
"a replacement show called Third Gear, which would promote sensible driving in sensible vehicles"
Sounds like really interesting televeision.
Cheers,
Matt.
Proposing to ban any programme, is usually a surefire way of improving the ratings.
How did JC work this one, then??
Ok who what's to start a pool on who started this little group of nut....er.....fanatics?
I think my vote is on either Osama Bin Ladin or David Beckham
One's a raving lunatic and the other is devoid of any sort of personality
have a look on piston heads about this one,its caused a bit of a noise by the sounds of it
i have never seen them being dangerous when they on the road
so it shows safe driving but i could be wrong
Tri
What kind of fools do those ????? take us for.
I've seen silance of the lambs, but I don't go out catching younger wimen, starving them and then skin them in order to wear thier skin.
I've seen Van Hagen disecting human bodies on TV, but I don't go out body snatching so I can do the same.
I've seen Top Gear and have no intrest in finding out how fast I need to go before a gatso won't flash me.
[Edited on 13/4/05 by clbarclay]
Only 12 year olds, cavs and Nova boys watch it thses days anyway.
If they ban top gear then they would have to ban ALL motorsport from the tv inc F1 unless everybody went round the track at no more than 70MPH!
Also it annoys me when people say stuff like "Oh why don't they test normal cars instead of al these super expensive cars!
IT'S CALLED 'TOP GEAR'
Righ..calm down.....calm down.......
[Edited on 13/4/05 by donut]
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Only 12 year olds, cavs and Nova boys watch it thses days anyway.
im getting my revenge soon
close to putting my 1977 250cc two stroke triple on the road...... burns oil just for fun!
atb
steve
There are cars that do 70mph on the F1 circuit they don't however always manage to do all the laps though. They are called ***r**i.:.
Thank God.
Glad to see idiocy is not restricted to this side of the pond....
Brian
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Only 12 year olds, cavs and Nova boys watch it thses days anyway.
) Ok - I feel a Rant coming on..................
"Would the last person to leave the country please turn out the lights!"
I've said it before and I'll say it again - Gravity is a myth - this country sucks!
Imagine if you will.......... <Dramatic fade>
The year is 2020, the place Britain (the Great was removed in 2015 because it was felt that it may offend poorer nations), United states of Europe.
President Chirac is running for re-election, his manifesto details new laws constraining all Caucasians from free speech in public to prevent the
unnecessary offence to 'visiting' foreign nationals who may not understand our language. The car has long since been banned and ownership
decreed a mortal sin by Pope GW Bush the Second. After the Car ban caused the Ford/Vauxhall Nova riots in 2012 (also known as the Burberry Riots TM.)
It was decided to reassign all 'safety cameras ' to new duties. It is now the sole preserve of safety cameras to issue jay walking tickets
to those unwise enough to cross the road other than at a designated "Culturally diverse animal Crossing" (the term pelican had to be dropped
for fear of enacting the new species hatred law of 2007). The only jobs available are in the legal profession as all other industries have been sued
out of existence by foreign based Super companies (who legally have to swear fealty daily to Uberfuhrer Gates).
Philip schofield is currently living in exile after being vilified for appearing on television not wearing a coat whilst standing in the rain, a
serious offence under the mis-direction of the public act 2006. If he ever returns to britian (the capital b has had to dropped since i started
writing this due to new legislation preventing discrimination against lower case [sorry typographically disadvantaged] letters.) he will undoubtedly
face a very long stay in azkahban - the new super prison sited on the old city of bradford.
Racial disharmony has been eradicated, this was largely helped by the mass migration of all British nationals to Canada or New Zealand.
many a true word spoken in jest dave,but i think thats the way it is going
Have a look at this article...
BBC
I'm sure people will make sure the watch this show... NOT!
First time I read it I thought it was a very clever p*ss-take, but then I saw that the author was from the pressure group who started the whole
kerfuffle.
DJ
[Edited on 14/4/05 by David Jenkins]
I have nothing against environmentally friendly motoring and considerate driving, but thats taking the pi55, and is not interesting TV.
Top Gear is meant to be about exotic cars that few people can afford. 5th gear is a bit more realistic in the cars they test.
On the subject of environmental motoring...anyone heard the green parties manifesto....
David
To quote Jimmy Carr...
"It's not us that will suffer from the environmental damage we are doing, It is our children and our childrens children that will
suffer...............which is a relief"
I like the poster - "Kill your speed not a child"
I suggest another - "Teach your kids the bloody green cross code!"
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Originally posted by flak monkey
Top Gear is meant to be about exotic cars that few people can afford. 5th gear is a bit more realistic in the cars they test.
I like the Transport 2000 idea that one of the presenters could join a protest where 3500 people lie down in the middle of the road.
Hmm, 3500 protesters... in the middle of the road... anyone got a monster truck?
Pete
Third Gear!
I suppose thats about as far through the gears as you'll get if these eejits
get their way!
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Originally posted by scoobyis2cool
Hmm, 3500 protesters... in the middle of the road... anyone got a monster truck?
Pete
why should a small number of nuttas spoil my fun?
i hate footbal,tennis and soaps,do i call them to be banned?
there is an off button or another channel to watch or go out and get a life.
oops sorry they cant go out as there is no public transport going where they want to go,if there was it would end at midnight and be full of chavvy
scumbags waiting to mug/stab you
I think we are living in more of a dictatorship than a democracy now.
Cheers
Mark
Look on the bright side if BBC get rid of top gear just tune into channel 4. Bound to end up on there sooner or latter if BBC axe it.
Better than a monster truck, how about a tank, if the portesters try to run away you always have a big gun on top.
This paragraph in the BBC article just made me laugh, just imagine Mr. Clarkson doing this...
"Third Gear would give the Top Gear guys the chance to adopt a new image: greener, more caring, willing to slow down for old ladies crossing the
road and perhaps even to stop to help the odd cyclist mend a puncture. "
The name is stupid as well!
Andy.
[Edited on 14/4/05 by andylancaster3000]
[Edited on 14/4/05 by andylancaster3000]
Are they taking the wee here or what?
"So, here's the running order for the imaginary first two editions of Third Gear, the first to be broadcast on 5 June, World Environment
Day, with the follow up a week later during Green Transport Week/Bike Week.
Jeremy Clarkson would "test drive" a range of new "shopper" bicycles and assesses the advantages of front basket over rear rack.
He takes a trip to his local organic food store and stocks up on green lentils, brown rice and mung beans before stacking them carefully on his bike
for the journey home along traffic-calmed Liverpool Road in north London. Once he arrives, he measures the amount of lentils, rice and beans left in
the bags before cooking himself a nutritious meal. "
Andy
Two things I thought when I read an article in the paper about this:
The complaint comes from Transport 2000 - that means they are five years out of date so not worth listening to.
JC testing push bikes and public transport would be great - he would absolutely slate the public transport and no-one would ever want to try it again.
I think he did do something about a push bike once - it had a jet engine fitted on the pannier rack
I watched an old edition of top gear on sky the other night, They reviewed a 'green' car. Can't remember the make but it was a
combination jobby with an electric motor and a petrol one. JC tested it and found it was less economical than a standard VW lupo....
So there you go - they do cover 'green' cars - but they're crap!
If oyu ever saw Clarksons chat show andylancaster3000, you would know that clarksonand food (even healthy food) go very well together like making
muesli or what to do with spagetti jars. JC was even showed you how to make christmas dinner and serve it.
Regards that green cars, IC/electric ones like JC tested still get all there energy from petrol (or deisel) and a 1ton car and 1ton green car take the
same amount of energy to move.
You want green then you can go for hydrogen or battery, of which batteries are very inefficent, and both ultimately get there energy from a nuclear or
gas/oil power stations (oh and about 2% wind etc.).
Final option is plant oil or ethenol (fermentate plants), both produce CO2, but at least the plants grown for fuel take the CO2 back in.
As an aside current biodeisel is about 5% bio, 95% fosil fuel.
[Edited on 15/4/05 by clbarclay]
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Originally posted by clbarclay
What kind of fools do those ????? take us for.
I've seen silance of the lambs, but I don't go out catching younger wimen, starving them and then skin them in order to wear thier skin.
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I've seen Van Hagen disecting human bodies on TV, but I don't go out body snatching so I can do the same.
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I've seen Top Gear and have no intrest in finding out how fast I need to go before a gatso won't flash me.
For the record I run 100% Biodiesel and its fantastic. (I've bored people with this fact before so I shall be brief)
5% blend is whats available at the pumps which is also available in France. Actually, you cannot get 100% dino diesel in France I believe.
Basically if you use manufactured Bio at EN14216 standard then its better for the engine than ULSD.
Also, Biodiesel is NOT vegetable oil. If you chuck veg oil in your diesel with no pre-heating you'll stuff the injection pump.
Cheers
Mark