OT - TopGear playing football with cars

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Mark Solesbury

Guest

• May 20, 2005

• #1

Now, forgive me if im wrong..

Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...

is this wrong?

I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
they go and write off loads for fun?

Thoughts?

Mark.

 

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Alex

Guest

• May 20, 2005

• #2

On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>
>Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>
>is this wrong?
>
>I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
>they go and write off loads for fun?
>
>Thoughts?
>

Since it's your licence fee that buys em, i suggest you stop paying
it.

Alex

 

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Mother

Guest

• May 20, 2005

• #3

On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Thoughts?

The BBC are NOT chasing ratings...

(But it is effing good TV).

 

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Mother

Guest

• May 20, 2005

• #4

On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:44:22 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Since it's your licence fee that buys em, i suggest you stop paying
>it.

Wot? So we all then end up paying more to jail someone for not paying
their telly licence?

 

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Tim Hobbs

Guest

• May 21, 2005

• #5

On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>
>Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>
>is this wrong?
>
>I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
>they go and write off loads for fun?
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Mark.
>

Are they brand new, proper showroom cars? Or ex-press hacks,
pre-production testers or other stuff otherwise bound for the crusher?


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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Wolverine

Guest

• May 21, 2005

• #6

They weren't Rovers were they?
Wolverine.

"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>>
>>Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>>
>>is this wrong?
>>
>>I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
>>they go and write off loads for fun?
>>
>>Thoughts?
>>
>>Mark.
>>
>
> Are they brand new, proper showroom cars? Or ex-press hacks,
> pre-production testers or other stuff otherwise bound for the crusher?
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Hobbs
>
> '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
> '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
> '03 Volvo V70

 

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Angus McCoatup©

Guest

• May 21, 2005

• #7

"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Now, forgive me if im wrong..
> >
> >Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
> >
> >is this wrong?
> >
> >I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
> >they go and write off loads for fun?
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >Mark.
> >
>
> Are they brand new, proper showroom cars? Or ex-press hacks,
> pre-production testers or other stuff otherwise bound for the crusher?

some new toyota, yarris sized I think

 

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beamendsltd

Guest

• May 21, 2005

• #8

In message <LLoje.8908$V%[email protected]>
"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>
> Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>
> is this wrong?
>
> I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
> they go and write off loads for fun?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mark.
>
>

I'll bet they were warrantly returns etc that were just going
for scrap and didn't cost the Beeb a penny (free advertising).

Richard
--
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Powered by Risc-OS - you won't get a virus from us!!
Helping keep Land Rovers on and off the road to annoy the Lib Dems

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• May 21, 2005

• #9

so Angus McCoatup© was, like...
> "Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>>>
>>> Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>>>
>>> is this wrong?
>>>
>>> I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a
>>> motor, and they go and write off loads for fun?
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>
>> Are they brand new, proper showroom cars? Or ex-press hacks,
>> pre-production testers or other stuff otherwise bound for the
>> crusher?
>
> some new toyota, yarris sized I think

Best thing for 'em.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

 

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[email protected]

Guest

• May 21, 2005

• #10

On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he
wrote:

>Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>
>Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...

Could have used some big 4X4's with effing great bullbars with
Greenpeace protestors as padding...
--

Wayne Davies, Harrogate 07989 556213

Just another point of view...
www.4x4prejudice.org

 

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Tim Guy

Guest

• May 22, 2005

• #11

"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:LLoje.8908$V%[email protected]...
> Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>
> Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>
> is this wrong?
>
> I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
> they go and write off loads for fun?
>
> Thoughts?
>

Having just seen it.

It looked like absolute top fun!

Brilliant TV

Tim
(400quid Golf Mark II, Oh and a LR 90)

 

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Badger

Guest

• May 22, 2005

• #12

"Tim Guy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:LLoje.8908$V%[email protected]...
>> Now, forgive me if im wrong..
>>
>> Top gear wrecking 10 *brand* new cars to play football with...
>>
>> is this wrong?
>>
>> I can think of plenty of people who cant afford 7 grand for a motor, and
>> they go and write off loads for fun?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> Having just seen it.
>
> It looked like absolute top fun!
>
> Brilliant TV

Absolutely fantastic TV, if you ask me!
Lets face it, we'd have been really upset (justifiably so) if they'd played
the same game with rangie sports now, wouldn't we?
Badger.

 

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jermec

Guest

• May 22, 2005

• #13

"Mother" <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:03:39 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Thoughts?
>
> The BBC are NOT chasing ratings...
>
> (But it is effing good TV).
>

Oh wow. Can I play??

jermec
--
'It's not the despair, I can cope with the despair. It's the hope I can't
stand.'

 

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Ian Rawlings

Guest

• May 22, 2005

• #14

On 2005-05-22, Badger <[email protected]> wrote:

> Lets face it, we'd have been really upset (justifiably so) if they'd
> played the same game with rangie sports now, wouldn't we?

Yep, trying to blow one up with a Challenger 2 was much more
entertaining! I watched that bit three times in a row. Magic.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert

 

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Badger

Guest

• May 23, 2005

• #15

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2005-05-22, Badger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lets face it, we'd have been really upset (justifiably so) if they'd
>> played the same game with rangie sports now, wouldn't we?
>
> Yep, trying to blow one up with a Challenger 2 was much more
> entertaining! I watched that bit three times in a row. Magic.
>

Indeed, but I was a little disappointed that they didn't let the Stig loose
in it, that would have been interesting.
Badger.

 

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[email protected]

Guest

• May 23, 2005

• #16

Badger wrote:
> "Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On 2005-05-22, Badger <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >
> >> Lets face it, we'd have been really upset (justifiably so) if
they'd
> >> played the same game with rangie sports now, wouldn't we?
> >
> > Yep, trying to blow one up with a Challenger 2 was much more
> > entertaining! I watched that bit three times in a row. Magic.
> >
>
> Indeed, but I was a little disappointed that they didn't let the Stig
loose
> in it, that would have been interesting.
> Badger.

Does anyone have the video of the car football?

 

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Mark Solesbury

Guest

• May 23, 2005

• #17

After starting this topic,
Fkcu it,

It was good telly!!

Should not believe what you read in the press.

Written off??

Bit of Tcut, soon polish out.

Mark.

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• May 23, 2005

• #18

so [email protected] was, like...
>
> Does anyone have the video of the car football?

Repeated Tuesday 7pm on BBC2 England, Scotland and NI. Wales (as usual)
gets something else - a programme about an attempted assassination of Hitler
this time. Thank God for Sky.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

 

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Ian Rawlings

Guest

• May 23, 2005

• #19

On 2005-05-23, Mark Solesbury <[email protected]> wrote:

> Written off??
>
> Bit of Tcut, soon polish out.

Yeah, next time the ref should be in the Challenger 2. That'll make
it a bit more entertaining.

As for believing what you read in the press, what a novel concept!

Mind you I read a story today about the 12, 14 and 16 year old sisters
who have all dropped sprogs that they've then named T-Jay, Lita and
Amani, they don't know the fathers and their single mum blames the
school. I feel a cull coming on, I need that Challenger 2.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert

 

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AJG

Guest

• May 23, 2005

• #20

In message <[email protected]>, Tim Guy
<[email protected]> writes
>"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:LLoje.8908$V%[email protected]...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
>Having just seen it.
>
>It looked like absolute top fun!
>
>Brilliant TV
>
Well folks, as they say Land Rovers always get there first!!!!

I have somewhere a copy of a picture one of the original members of the
Land Rover Owners Club lent me showing, IIRC, series ones playing
'football' with an enormous and apparently quite heavy ball. Probably
dated from the late 50s possibly early 60s ...

Now where did Top Gear get the idea I wonder ...
--
AndyG