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From: Adrian on 8 Jul 2008 07:20 Geoff <grt(a)anoraks.uk.DELETE.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > 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. It's one thing with a manufacturer demo. With a historic car like the Hamilton (Duncan, not Lewis...) C-type, it's another altogether.
From: Geoff on 8 Jul 2008 08:05 In article <6dh0rtF2edcgU6(a)mid.individual.net>, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Geoff <grt(a)anoraks.uk.DELETE.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying: > > >> > 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. > > It's one thing with a manufacturer demo. With a historic car like the > Hamilton (Duncan, not Lewis...) C-type, it's another altogether. And when was the last time they did anything with a historic vehicle ? I wonder if Clarkson or Hammond will be at Goodwood this weekend and if they will be allowed to drive anything other then a press demonstrator. -- Cheers, Geoff. www.anoraks.uk.net
From: Steve Firth on 8 Jul 2008 07:57 Burgerman <burgerman(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > Drag racing? It's not much of a sport, they keep falling over with those pencil skirts.
From: Adrian on 8 Jul 2008 08:15 %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) 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. > That one had a different engine though. Sure about that? I always thought the Cherry _Europe_ was the same car as the Arna bar the badges. The Japanese straight-four engined versions were just Cherry (and were truly awful - a friend had one)
From: Tom De Moor on 8 Jul 2008 09:05
In article <grt-713524.12035408072008(a)62.red-83-42-141.dynamicip.rima- tde.net>, grt(a)anoraks.uk.DELETE.net says... > > > 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. > > > That *may* be but I suspect that at Bentley's a sales person is being kicked and yelled at. JC is fading into shavness: is blowing up a tire of a car which represent the best Britain can come up with, a sign of respect to the people who made it? How much repairs are needed to mask that kind of stupidity? Is that the kind of publicity such Bentley requires to sell? Do aneone feel better knowing the Flying B costs 200 UKP and could be smashed by a hammer worth 1 quid? Me thinking TG is out of inspiration: maybe get a Rolls next time, tell how good it is, what it stands for and then drive it through a wall. See the wall wins, what a rubbish car that Rolls... I must be getting old: towing the wrecked ALfa's to a show where people come with better than new ALfa's, polished beyond imagination. Maybe that is considered funny, maybe it is just pathetic or insulting. Tom De Moor |