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From: Tom De Moor on 8 Jul 2008 06:28 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 8 Jul 2008 06:25 "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 8 Jul 2008 06:33 "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 8 Jul 2008 06:39 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 8 Jul 2008 07:03
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 |