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Just broken the UK Flying Mile record.
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#mancrush
His wings don't look big enough
Speeding on a public beach? Maniac. Won't he think of the children. The lives that could have been lost just so he could "make progress". Who needs such a car. How dare he. Modern cars are too powerful, this proves it. Imagine the environmental damage this stunt caused. I hope he's happy with himself.
He should be the next Bond.
He should have done it in a proper car instead of some footballers chariot then he might have gone a bit quicker.
Hmmm - surely the car did the UK flying mile record and it involved very little skill on his part.
Yeah, like it's just a matter of setting the cruise control and waiting for the mile to pass by.
Yep the car did most of the work but still takes some f###ing big balls to do what he did and he is the coolest m/****er around 8)
Yep the car did most of the work but still takes some f###ing big balls to do what he did and he is the coolest m/****er around
180.361 mph it's not that fast. I'm sure there will be plenty motorcyclists and probably car drivers who have done faster flying miles than that on public roads. There is a decent stretch of motorway near Lockerbie that would be half decent for it. Some might say that it's a great place to get your car flat out.
^ that. The look on the wife's face when he's on the telly. It is not a look I get.
Which is fair enough tbh.. 😉
There have been a couple of folk caught doing 172mph in the UK, so I very much doubt that 180mph is the fastest flying mile.
191mph in 1977 according to this http://www.bluebird-electric.net/british_land_speed_record.htm
Tarmac and sand are two very different surfaces though
Not a good advert as he is a Jaguar ambassador, wonder what JLR have to say about this???
Good in the wire. No-where near in anything else I've seen.
Flying mile? Meh.
No-where near in anything else I've seen
I take it you never saw Luther then?
Someone needs to polish his helmet.
doing his top gear CV?
There was a program where he went to learn to rally drive with some iconic driver, or actually his son.
He was pretty poor imho, too much testosterone meant he didn't accept the instruction very well and kept crashing.
Liked him in Luther, etc, but he seemed a bit of a dick behind the wheel.
but he seemed a bit of a dick behind the wheel.
Sounds perfect for top gear
Over rated Actor drives car quickly shokka 🙄
Is it cos he is..
Great ginger beer too.
He'd make a great Bond.
Brian Johnson, Idris Elba and Guy Martin for Top Gear?
MoreCashThanDash - MemberHe'd make a great Bond.
10 years ago he would have
Good actor that's all I am going to say
I've driven faster than that <waves willy at Idris Elba> 😯 🙄
retro83 - Member10 years ago he would have
He's only a couple of years older than Daniel Craig was in Casino Royale (Roger Moore was 57 when he got debonded)
There was a program where he went to learn to rally drive with some iconic driver, or actually his son.He was pretty poor imho, too much testosterone meant he didn't accept the instruction very well and kept crashing.
Liked him in Luther, etc, but he seemed a bit of a dick behind the wheel.
I'm guessing that'll be the programme he made called King Of Speed, where he badly screwed up driving a 6R4 under the tutelage of (I think) David Llewellin. I'm not saying I'd have done any better but, you know, if I'd made a TV programme about it, I hope my ego would be sufficiently under control as to not subtitle it King Of ****ing Speed.
180mph on a beach? Give me the kit and I'll have a crack tomorrow. No kudos from me.
EDIT - Thinking about it, it might be how crap he was driving an old Beemer in the dirt being taught by Ari Vatenan and/or his lad. Same programme, he was crap* at that too.
* By which I mean average, the understanding being that I couldn't claim to be any better.
68 mph faster than a lorry mechanic on a push bike. Whoop de ****ing doo.
* By which I mean average, the understanding being that I couldn't claim to be any better.
I wouldn't be so sure - his ego didn't seem to let him take any tutelage from the guy, he just kept 'pushing on' until he crashed, rather than being a little humble to start with and actually learning the required technique. His tutor looked quite exasperated at time.
He does come across as incredibly self-regarding.
I'd be very surprised if he wasn't the next Bond though, and so would the bookies...
http://www.oddschecker.com/novelty/james-bond/next-james-bond
There was a wee flurry for Chiwetel Ejiofor, that'd be great.