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jamesaug said:
Quite simply the guy/ or gal that owned it/ lent the car to TG didn't want to have it raped around the track... a simillar thing occured with the MC12 in an earlier series however they managed to get around it by having the owner and not the ''regular'' stig drive the car...I suspect thats why it was markedly quicker than the enzo..a more powerfull, faster and better sprung car on a virtually identical chassis...A friend of mine actually owns the countach that Top Gear used in the studio for that shoot and he refused to let JC brutalise the car on the airstrip.. in fact the TG boys have a history of causing damage to rare/priceless exotics..!
Feb 28, 2007 5:08:01 PM
Feb 28, 2007 5:18:40 PM
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easy_rider911 said:
Actually, Porsche Cars GB has a fleet of press vehicles that they routinely let magazine journalists and TV shows test out. These cars are kept at PCGB Reading and are serviced and maintained by Porsche Centre Reading. I would be very surprised indeed if Top Gear had to borrow a private individual's 997TT. I would normally expect PCGB to let Top Gear use one of their press fleet. A 997TT is hardly a rare vehicle.
Feb 28, 2007 5:26:59 PM
Feb 28, 2007 6:00:05 PM
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Exactly - I simply for the life of me couldn't understand why Top Gear didn't take the 997TT round its airfield track.
But then, Top Gear always does things I never understand when it comes to Porsche. For instance, have you noticed how every single bloody time a Porsche is supposed to go round the track, it's always f*cking raining? It's almost as if they want the conditions to be as unfavourable as possible.
Top Gear still hasn't put the new 997 GT3 to the test around its track either...simply pathetic if you ask me.
But then, Top Gear is an Emmy award winning 'entertainment' show and not a serious car enthusiasts programme. Plus Jeremy Clarkson truly hates Porsche, German automobile manufacturers (because of their assistance to the Nazis in WW2) and the kind of people that buy Porsches...
Feb 28, 2007 8:37:41 PM
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Jeremy Clarkson truly hates ... German automobile manufacturers (because of their assistance to the Nazis in WW2)...
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He just has a thing about Porsche.... I think they are simply too perfect for him.
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Crash said:
.....I think such overly biased behaviour, as displayed by JC, is actually hindering the show from becoming more than mere entertainment - an informative and UNBIASED car show,
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Crash said:
.....I think such overly biased behaviour, as displayed by JC, is actually hindering the show from becoming more than mere entertainment - an informative and UNBIASED car show,
The ironic part of this story is that before JC came along, Top Gear already was an unbiased car show, and I personally found it more entertaining then, instead of nauseating.
A lot of TG's current viewers probably do not realize that Tiff Needell used to one of its presenters.
Mar 1, 2007 10:29:30 AM
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easy_rider911 said:
Jeremy Clarkson truly hates ... German automobile manufacturers (because of their assistance to the Nazis in WW2)...
Not strictly true. He loves Mercs, promotes them all the time and even gave more time to the Brabus tuned SL than he did to the 997 TT He also raved about the MkV Golf GTi when it was launched if you remember. He just has a thing about Porsche.... I think they are simply too perfect for him.
Mar 1, 2007 11:08:41 AM
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easy_rider911 said:
Germany has gone out of its way to apologise and atone for what it did in WW2. Other countries (like Japan) still don't teach their own school children about the terrible atrocities their military committed in WW2 or against the Chinese when they invaded Manchuria in 1931. Neither the Japanese Government nor the Japanese Emperor has ever formally apologised for their war crimes against the British in WW2 in Burma.
Mar 6, 2007 9:40:55 AM
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