Top Gear FTW: Spoilers (Pun intended, but really, spoilers)

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:19 pm 0

Spoongod wrote:The thing about handling in a car is that if your drive within your cars limits you shouldn't crash. Therefore, if you're the sort of person who's likely to thrash your car about and you buy a car with incredible understeer, you're very silly. It's silly to thrash about on public roads anyway, but to do so in a car that will get you killed is really foolish, IMO.

Trouble is this is england, cloudbursts occur in a matter of minutes and a car that badly setup being driven in torrential rain for the first time = accident waiting to happen! It's irresponsible to sell a car with that much power with such dangerous handling, man that's no better than an Astra 16v GTi from 1988!

In an emergency situation there's no time to think "oh shit let me swerve gently round this prick in the lorry piling into a car/barrier infront of me because Vauxhall chassis are shit" and turn the wheel in panic and fuck all will happen out of the blue you get hit by a nob in his shiney new Â£22k Vectramobile *meh*.

The only stupid people are one's who think that kind of understeer is "safe"...and funnily enough only Vauxhall seem to so they're the pricks really because they still make the same shit fast cars they have since the Astra GTIs of the mid 80s

IMHO the same wheel's that steer the car should NOT be the ones powered by the engine too. This is fine for a 70bhp shopping trolley, but a 161mph car? unless you have a chassis designer from MENSA...oh my giddy aunt

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:47 pm 0

Hahaha, I just saw it and the caravan holiday was the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

Also in the first quarter of the episode I couldn't keep my eyes of the girl sitting behind Clarkson. Had to rewind to see what they were talking about on different occasions, becuz she took my attention away.

Space Cowboy · Post by **Space Cowboy** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:50 pm 0

DutchLlama wrote:Also in the first quarter of the episode I couldn't keep my eyes of the girl sitting behind Clarkson.

So not just me then.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:57 pm 0

Spoongod wrote:So it's Mazdas all round?

I've had a 6 for a while - the instant I drove the thing I fell in love. The handling's just incredible - it feels like a tiny car as soon as you get some speed into it. And extremely cheap too.

I can well believe that chassis would handle 250bhp without too much trouble. And 4-wheel too.... yes please. Bet it doesn't come without the sunroof though which would probably screw it up for me.

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:01 pm 0

Dio wrote:
Spoongod wrote:So it's Mazdas all round?
I've had a 6 for a while - the instant I drove the thing I fell in love. The handling's just incredible - it feels like a tiny car as soon as you get some speed into it. I can well believe that chassis would handle 250bhp without too much trouble. And 4-wheel too.... yes please. Bet it doesn't come without the sunroof though which would probably screw it up for me. And extremely cheap too.

But it would be like having a bearded lady as a girlfriend.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:07 pm 0

If you're that arsed about the front grille

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DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:09 pm 0

Dio wrote:If you're that arsed about the front grille .

At least when you're driving it you won't see the front grille.

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:14 am 0

Nah, the new Vectra is a cleverly designed anti-chav device.

The first time they attempt to hoon around a corner in the wet, they get <removed> from the population... much as tended to happen with the first revision of the mk2 MR2.

Only with the front wheels...

And a shit car...

Natch.

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:33 am 0

Stuart B wrote:Nah, the new Vectra is a cleverly designed anti-chav device.

The first time they attempt to hoon around a corner in the wet, they get <removed> from the population... much as tended to happen with the first revision of the mk2 MR2.

Only with the front wheels...

And a shit car...

Natch.

Oh, I like the mention of the MR2. I like Mk2s but they a bit 'balls out' IMO. I remember when I was younger being driven around in one. 20mph felt like lightspeed.

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:36 am 0

Three guesses for what I'm looking around for at the moment

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:43 am 0

Stuart B wrote:Three guesses for what I'm looking around for at the moment

AlbertKatraz · Post by **AlbertKatraz** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:59 am 0

Dio wrote:
Spoongod wrote:So it's Mazdas all round?
I've had a 6 for a while - the instant I drove the thing I fell in love. The handling's just incredible - it feels like a tiny car as soon as you get some speed into it. And extremely cheap too.

I can well believe that chassis would handle 250bhp without too much trouble. And 4-wheel too.... yes please. Bet it doesn't come without the sunroof though which would probably screw it up for me.

I hired this in Ireland when I was there and it put me off a bit:

Why the fuck they couldn't put some wheel trims on it I'll never know. I did ask but apparently that's standard practice.

The rest of the car was just as much of a treat and just as black as the outside. And plastic.

Really nasty plastic.

Drove alright though but I still prefer my old Mondeo TBH.

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:59 am 0

hehe, might go and have a looky at this one if any money comes through:

Yum!

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:05 am 0

Spoongod wrote:

Might be just me, but the new Mustangs look like that.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:12 am 0

AlbertKatraz wrote:Drove alright though but I still prefer my old Mondeo TBH.

Well, if you like sailing...