For all the car enthusiasts on the forum break out the fuzzy dice there's a great program on SBS called Top Gear which is on Monday nights , highly entertaining . Saw it for the first time last Monday , its a British show and by chance they reviewed a Holden Monaro under the Vauxhall badge {?}.
Yeah they where carving up a wide firm beach in review with a new chrysler and a Jag , the manaro had to much torque to get a good start in the sprint test but the 3 main guys loved it for handling etc.....they where surprised a Aussie designed car could be pretty good .
its been on foxtel for years - awesome show - my missus even likes it! - and that is amazing to me, it being a car show!!!! i think there is a related show called 5th gear as well?? nothing like seeing top end half million dollar cars being treated like they have been stolen by joy riders LOL
This show is for people who have no chance to drive let alone own a 'Car',surely a Ferrarri worth half a meg is for the wankers who can't drive.
As for the rest of the paltry cars that they test. Sad! I saw them on one show saying that the Holden GT whatever it was the best that they had seen! Again very sad. Next week beaten by a heap of crap from france.
They are simply twits appealing to their audience. reinforcing their own puerile
attempts at greatness with drivel.
lateralus - they did the cls amg in may this year http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/series_6/prog_1/
i have seen lots of mercs and beemers on that show over time i think - and those big mercs are awesome sounding- i dont watch it religously - but that doesnt matter with foxtel you know you will see most things repeated many times over by chance eventually
u can see what they have covered here http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/archive/
No I used to have a Jaguar XK 120 and a 1937 Chev and many other very fast cars.My last fast car was an LTD fully worked (400Hp+), 0 to 100k in under 6 secs.I blueprinted the motor myself.
I just have to laugh at their presumtion and smug indifference.
fair enough Bert - it just seems a bit of harmless entertainment to me? but i'm no expert on such things - they do seem to speak with great authority on everything - so maybe they are on a rocky pedestal if they are wrong.
speaking of holden monaro's did anyone see the 2004 b grade movie with rebadged gto's - called 'the last ride' with dennis hopper - its basically one big add for gto's/monaros!. the U.S. general was showing signs of its current predicament/desperation even back then.
fair enough Bert - it just seems a bit of harmless entertainment to me? but i'm no expert on such things - they do seem to speak with great authority on everything - so maybe they are on a rocky pedestal if they are wrong.
