SteveG typed:
> Rich B wrote:
>> SteveG typed:
>
>>>
>>> That was a brilliant season opener ... if the rest of the series is
>>> as good then we're in for a treat :-)
>>
>> I wasn't too impressed tbh. The Ferrari Scudario test went on way
>> too long and got (ulp) boring, and the "star in the reasonably
>> priced car" item was hopeless. Neither guest seemed to have any
>> interest in cars, and I had no idea who they were anyway. No
>> banter, no humour, no point. All I could think was "is that the
>> best you can do for the first show of a new season?"
>>
>> On the other hand, the backwards jump in the All-aggro was inspired,
>> and I laughed my head off at the police car item.
>>
>> A fair start, but I hope they sharpen it up a bit next time. Hammond is
>> looking better.
>>
>
> I agree the Ferrari test was too long, but put Clarkson in one and
> he'll talk forever .. even if it's drivel:-)
Clarkson's drivel is usually better than most people's common sense, but
there was too much of it here :-)
>
> The items on fuel economy were good too. I can't wait to see one of my
> clients next week, he's always dripping on about how the Prius is
> going to save the planet.
I'm surprised they didn't say the obvious thing - a vehicle is only going
to
perform well when it is used in the way it was designed. The Pious was
never meant to blast round a racetrack, and you shouldn't criticise it for
not being very good at it. It was being used in the very conditions where
it is most inefficient. You might as well criticise a Series Landy for
being rubbish on motorways. The Beemer, on the other hand, was right at
home. A similar test across central London in heavy traffic would have
produced the opposite results. Clarkson said it was all about *how* you
drive, which isn't quite the same thing.
In the interests of fairness (which I am not inclined to do for the Pious,
but I'll try), a friend has one and gets 53 mpg average in normal
commuting
driving. For a medium-sized saloon car, that isn't bad going, although
it's
hardly going to save the planet. In real-world conditions, I doubt if the
M3 could come close to that.
> I've got some great satellite photos of the
> mine in Canada where they extract the zinc ore from. Talk about an
> ecological disaster!
Now then, you're not allowed to say that. It may be factually true, but
it
doesn't fit with "the truth about global warming", so it's close to
illegal
to say it these days.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the best line in the whole programme - on the
side of May's Lexus: "The Rozzers: Catching Crims and Locking Them Up -
wait
for it, cursive script on a diagonal - In The Community". Brilliant.
Almost as good as that gay paintjob they took through the States.
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Rich B
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