tazzymtb – Member
cor blimey DD, you’re mr sunshine today..everything ok mr?

Bugger off McTazzer! 😀

Fairy Nuff brakes, I’ll give it a whirl as mrs deadly’s hit the sack. It’ll probably make me angry with tazzy again.

I never understood people who used to write in to the BBC ” Points of View” TV show to complain about a TV program when there is choice.

Maybe I should endure watching football on tele so I can complain about spitting or maybe ( if I really wished to endure suffering) watch Eastenders just so I could complain about how depressing it is.

Hang on, I think I will just switch over.

we’re all waiting for Tony Mason to come back

Didn’t think tonight’s episode was great but still the best hour of telly today!

Car launches will see loads of cars that never get sold as they’ve been used for test purposes. These may have been those or Kia may well have supplied split new cars for them. Even if tonight cost them 100k in cars that’s probably a tiny advertising budget and with the review (seemed to me like a pre-requisite of getting the cars) and the tv time playing rugby I’d say it was money incredibly well spent.

Does Twickenham not get resurfaced regularly anyway? Was probably going to get done for the 6 nations (or something like it) the next day anyway…

Who pays for all those Kias? Are they given/ loaned/ bought? Same thing with that Bentley they rallied the other week – clearly there’s going to be thousands of pounds of damage done, so who foots the bill? Do the car manufacturers just take it as publicity or what?

Bloody cheap advertising really, why do you think it is that in a hell of a lot of TV programmes the phones and laptops are Apple, hour long adverts that people don’t ignore…….like they do with adverts

“It’ll probably make me angry with tazzy again.”

cor blimey, what have I ever done to you?

cor blimey, what have I ever done to you?

Nowhere near enough. 😉

LOL, well in that case sweet cheeks, call me laters

liked the first half of the Kia test with the low-key cameos, nicely underplayed and managed a level of quirk that has been missing. Studio chat seems to be plunging new depths and going for single entendres (handbrake stuff similar to the tractor routine a week or so ago) and the rugby a rehash of the regularly-done car football.

Surprised how upmarket Kia have gone with pricing (be interesting if they can overcome the badge snobbery) and how flappy the bonnet was on the “mexican lotus” 😯

A fiver less than a focus?? I thought they were relatively cheap cars but with a great warranty..
I suppose the parking gizmo has to be paid for eh?

A fiver less than a focus?? I thought they were relatively cheap cars but with a great warranty..
I suppose the parking gizmo has to be paid for eh?

dunno – if hyundai can manage the jump from terrible to acceptable …. why cant kia ….

I had a 00 hyundai lantra – it cost 9995 OTR and it was the 1.6 si model with the spoiler, mica paint and alloy wheels….

IT WAS TERRIBLE (i didnt buy it)

parents bought it from new – and to be fair to them it did what was asked of it – a cheap run around to get to and from work without costing the earth.

i was given it at 8 years old to replace a rusty old (but reliable) escort- the lantra was a terrible place to be for any length of time – traveled to wales in it – swore id never do that again – the back ache the road noise , the rattling, the interior was just awful to look at and felt like it was going to break when you opened the glove box or put on the hand break.(and im no interior snob – i find a land rover defender a perfectly reasonable place to sit)

put me off em big time.

recently took a lift in an I30 at 70mph down the dual caridgeway- its a perfectly reasonable place to be. certainly nicer than my old golf – which in its self was a relitively comfy place to be.

if kia have upped their game to match the prices then i see no reason not to….. other than its a kia 😉

Go Lewis!

I love the F1 SIARPC laps, due to the slower speed you can really see the differences in their driving style.

Compared to Vettel’s lap, Lewis has a really delicate touch of oversteer on corner entry allowing him to get the car turned in that little bit quicker.

One thing that struck me – KIA v Focus – both 17k new.

I literally shouted HOW MUCH?!!!!!

One thing that struck me – KIA v Focus – both 17k new.

I literally shouted HOW MUCH?!!!!!

Not just me then.

Still no idea where people find the money to pay for cars.

Guess they must have a cheaper mortgage or something.

as mrs deadly’s hit the sack. It’ll probably make me angry

I agree getting hit in the sack would make you angry 😉

I really enjoyed last night’s Top Gear. I don’t watch it to be educated…I don’t foresee me buying a new (or nearly new) car in the near future so I’m not fussed about any real road testing. I watch it for a laugh.

Where else could you watch a load of cars tearing up the turf at Twickenham and have a car test for the “Eel and Sodium salesmen” out there…

😀

Becky +1

Except for the buying a car bit.

oh – I thought the handbrake gag was quite amusing. Maybe that says more about my sense of humour than anything, though.

The fact that every single week there is a thread on here about the programme indicates it at least has some last impression on people – when was the last time one of the other “car” programmes was mentioned, other than in context of Top Gear?

oh – and even though the programme is mainly just the three of them fooling around, I would take notice of any actual reviews they do. I would trust what they said. (although I don’t think my new car has never even been mentioned)

Rachel

matthew_h – Member
Relatively (very) cheap advertising

This times a squillion.

I would trust what they said

I wouldn’t. Clarkson especially. He used to contradict other people for the sake of it, now he contradicts himself for the sake of it.

Better than watching most other stuff that comes out of telly.

Was quite incredible that Clarkson actually spoke some sense saying your better spending your money on a GT86 rather than the much faster, more powerful Astra!

Compared to Vettel’s lap, Lewis has a really delicate touch of oversteer on corner entry allowing him to get the car turned in that little bit quicker.

Much as I dislike the stupid bits of the show, seeing racing drivers do their laps is absolutely brilliant. Not only is it a superb display of people being brilliant at what they do, it’s also technically interesting as retro83 says.

It was also very interesting to drive the track on GT5 too. Pretty hard since it’s a lot of very long straights with corners at the ends which you approach flat out.

oh – I thought the handbrake gag was quite amusing. Maybe that says more about my sense of humour than anything, though.

I thought it was puerile and childish. Probably why I liked it.

One thing that struck me – KIA v Focus – both 17k new.

I literally shouted HOW MUCH?!!!!!

Yeah me too.

I bought a brand new (never again) Leon FR for £16,100 five years ago.

They want more money now for a 1.6 Focus. I appreciate there will have been a bit of inflation in the last 5 years but its like the car manufacturers haven’t realised there is a recession on

Made me laugh. A lot. And my son.

richmtb – Member
Yeah me too.

I bought a brand new (never again) Leon FR for £16,100 five years ago.

They want more money now for a 1.6 Focus. I appreciate there will have been a bit of inflation in the last 5 years but its like the car manufacturers haven’t realised there is a recession on

Leon FRs are £20-22k list now!

I suppose nobody pays list, but still, clucking bell!

I watched it last night on iPlayer and enjoyed it.
Rugby looked a laugh – my IT manager was on JC’s team.

but did anyone else think the new focus ST is FUGLY!?

but did anyone else think the new focus ST is FUGLY!?

I wouldn’t go quite that far, but it ain’t pretty! I love the styling of both the Megane and the Astra though.

Imo the astra is a bit marmite (i dont mean it spreads well lol)

i like that vauxhall

REALLY??? My money would be on a 1 series at that price – at least the power goes tot he right place.

And for 3k more you can have 320hp turbo’d 6.

REALLY??? My money would be on a 1 series at that price – at least the power goes tot he right place.

And for 3k more you can have 320hp turbo’d 6

but it is still a BMW.

Could pick up a Skyline R34 GTR for that price!

but it is still a BMW.

Could pick up a Skyline R34 GTR for that price!

Nowt wrong with a beemer – probably some of the best cars on the market, when you consider all aspects. And you deffo can’t pick up a new Skyline for that price either.

Thought the rugby bit was a “bit rubbish”

Nowt wrong with a beemer – probably some of the best cars on the market, when you consider all aspects. And you deffo can’t pick up a new Skyline for that price either

true, they are good, but mostly a bit boring barge in most cases. You are correct that you cant pick up a new R35 GTR for that price but the older R34 GTR you can

R35

R34 (in the gorgeous mellenium jade)

also the R33 GTR

and R32 GTR (Ill stop here)

Sorry, im a Nissan sports car lover!

Sorry, im a Nissan sports car lover!

Would have never noticed! Lovely cars though.

My hand 🙂

^^ I still can’t get over quite how ugly those are. Looks like a big fat clumsy hippo flaring its nostrils.

The angles of the new ST are almost sleek in comparison (almost)

Though the panel gap between the front bumper and bonnet looks a bit stupid.