From: Tom De Moor on
In article <MPG.22dc8bf0ca724c3b98a00a(a)news.individual.net>,
carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com says...
>
> > > Shame..they were bigging up Alfas.
> > >
> >
> > Hehe yea, how much did it make you want one ;-) ?
> >
> >
> Actually, despite how bad it was, Clarkson's 75 made me want one again.
>
>

Was it bad?

To all those who imagine the 75, purposefully destroyed by JC, to be
bad, just this: would *you* hand over your car to JC so that he can
"test" it and "form an opinion about it"??

Will the forum-member hand with the Rover Vitesse hand his car to JC to
have it abused the way Top Gear seems normal? Will his doors keep on?
Will he like his car to be filled with water? Will PeteM hand this
turbo-Range over to JC unless it is bought and paid for?

I've seen how the Bentley was trashed, I remember a AMG-Mercedes with
bald tires at the South France racetrack after 30 miles of "JC-
testing"... Well: very difficult to blown up tires for no reason what so
ever. I am a bit surprised that Bentley even allowed it.

As for some "TG-jokes": how would you react if someone drove into the
rear of your car when you are waiting at a roundabout? When Nobby Nobson
slams his door in your side and comes laughing at you? Don't know about
you but I flick from a semi-normal person to wanting to kill for far
less.

The 75? A great car, the last of the real Alfa's and thanks to its build
qualities I (as well as my little brother as we both crashed one) am
still alive. On track and with only minor stuff done to it: very
entertaining and capabel machine. In my over-and-done-with street
racerdays: underestimated and never beaten.

Tom - former owner of not 1, not 2 but 3 AR's 75 and still likes them-
De Moor

From: Mike P on

"Conor" <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6df8omF2a8jjU9(a)mid.individual.net...
> In article <6dd0jbF20lv0U1(a)mid.individual.net>, DanB says...
>> "Conor" <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:6dco7fF1vkacU2(a)mid.individual.net...
>> > In article <1ijochc.11p5fz4d2f126N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH
>> > says...
>> >> I'm watching probably the greatest game of tennis ever played.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Shame..they were bigging up Alfas.
>> >
>>
>> Hehe yea, how much did it make you want one ;-) ?
>>
>>
> Having had a Giulietta and, shock horror, an Arna for all of a week
> before the OSR wheel fell off, not at all.
>
An Arna? Wasn't that the horrid Nissan Sunny with a flat-4? I've never seen
one in the UK, saw one in Greece once though. Awful.

My 33 1.7 was great to drive apart from being desperately uncomfortable.

Mike P


From: Adrian on
"Mike P" <privacy(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> An Arna? Wasn't that the horrid Nissan Sunny with a flat-4? I've never
> seen one in the UK, saw one in Greece once though. Awful.

Yep, also badged as Nissan Cherry Europe.
From: Adrian on
Tom De Moor <viperengine(a)removethis.gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

> To all those who imagine the 75, purposefully destroyed by JC, to be
> bad, just this: would *you* hand over your car to JC so that he can
> "test" it and "form an opinion about it"??

I was reading elsewhere about the Fiat Coupe they did the other week - a
BBC researcher bought it semi-anonymously.

> I am a bit surprised that Bentley even allowed it.

Didn't they borrow the Hamilton Le Mans-winning C-type a few years ago on
the explicit promise they wouldn't thrash it - then promptly did so?
From: Geoff on
In article <6dguenF2edcgU3(a)mid.individual.net>,
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom De Moor <viperengine(a)removethis.gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding
> much like they were saying:
>
> > To all those who imagine the 75, purposefully destroyed by JC, to be
> > bad, just this: would *you* hand over your car to JC so that he can
> > "test" it and "form an opinion about it"??
>
> I was reading elsewhere about the Fiat Coupe they did the other week - a
> BBC researcher bought it semi-anonymously.

They may have brought them cheap but how much did they spend getting
them road worthy ? Anyone notice the 75 had brand new Goodyear F1's on
it ?

It's all done for telly, it's all done for effect, pity they didn't have
the balls to really roll the 75.

Anyone else notice that with the lack of the Stig JC's oversteering
skills seemed to have got a lot worse......

>
> > I am a bit surprised that Bentley even allowed it.
>
> Didn't they borrow the Hamilton Le Mans-winning C-type a few years ago on
> the explicit promise they wouldn't thrash it - then promptly did so?

They have a terrible reputation for the way they treat cars, but with
such high viewing figures it's still very cheap advertising for the
manufacturers.

--

Cheers, Geoff.
www.anoraks.uk.net
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