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InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007

What the gently caress? That's not Tom Baker!

Edit: RAARGH 9000 MOTHERFUCKING AERO

InitialDave fucked around with this message at Feb 26, 2012 around 20:57

# ? Feb 26, 2012 20:33

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# ? May 24, 2013 09:31

Payndz: Sep 22, 2006; I'm Peter Graves, and I was wondering if you could direct me to the natatorium. Thank you. I'm Peter Graves.

I would love it if Jeremy and James did a potted history of some aspect of motoring every week. Every time they do one (how modern controls developed/communist cars/Saab) it's gold.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 21:14

echoplex: Mar 5, 2008; Stainless Style

Yeah, Enthusiast Top Gear is much more fun than Arsehole Top Gear. James doesn't get to do enough history about cars.

I've nearly been hit by Siralun's Rolls-Royce twice in my life, one of those times being at the BBC. Glad to see it menaces other people and not just me.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 21:26

Residency Evil: Jul 28, 2003; 4/5 godo BRAINS

Any idea how long this series is? I'm getting worried.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 21:31

Evanauto: Jul 27, 2007; For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God.

Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed among cocktails.
Pray for me now, and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon.
Amen.

Residency Evil posted:

Any idea how long this series is? I'm getting worried.

Two more for a total of seven.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 22:01

Alighieri: Dec 10, 2005

He looks so happy.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 22:23

Tomarse: Mar 7, 2001; Grr

My saab 99 turbo has 2 EXTRA buttons

# ? Feb 26, 2012 22:29

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007

Tomarse posted:

My saab 99 turbo has 2 EXTRA buttons

Read all about it!

# ? Feb 26, 2012 22:40

Knobjockey: Jul 21, 2003; Crush your enemies.
Bang! and the alien is gone.
Hear the lamentation of Dr. Vahlen.

I'm going to press the extra button darling!
Must you dear? You remember what happened last time... to mummy.

What do they/it do? Why do you need two? Google mode = reticent.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 23:19

neckbeard: Jan 25, 2004; Oh Bambi, I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy...

The race at the beginning was fluff, wish they would have used that time for the Saab segment, that was gold.

# ? Feb 26, 2012 23:58

mod sassinator: Dec 13, 2006

Yeah Saab segment was fantastic. I'd rather just watch more of James and Jeremy driving around reminiscing about old cars.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 01:11

sbaldrick: Jul 19, 2006; Driven by Hate

I was sure I had seen the race at the beginning, it was on one of the dvd.

I love the Jeremy and James do some kind of history segments. I get the feeling they they like each other way better then they like Hammond.

I can't get into TGUS.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 01:13

destructo: Apr 29, 2006

sbaldrick posted:

I love the Jeremy and James do some kind of history segments. I get the feeling they they like each other way better then they like Hammond.

I loved how during the Saab segments, it was (at least it seemed like) they were just shooting the poo poo while driving around in the countryside. Not the most exciting episode, but definitely a great one.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 01:24

Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008

Am I having extreme dejavu, or did they cut up an old top gear episode and a Jeremy Clarkson special into that Saab review?

# ? Feb 27, 2012 01:36

nmfree: Aug 15, 2001; The Greater Goon: Breaking Hearts and Chains since 2006

# ? Feb 27, 2012 01:50

Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008

I was specifically talking about the part where James and Jeremy compare the Saab to a jet.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 01:54

mod sassinator: Dec 13, 2006

sbaldrick posted:

I can't get into TGUS.

I read the first two episodes of this new 3rd season were actually leftovers filmed from season 2. Fingers crossed the real new episodes will jump up a bit in quality. The last two episodes were good but not great.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 03:12

mod sassinator: Dec 13, 2006

It doesn't have James, but Clarkson's old hot hatches special is really good if you liked the Saab segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRZpBakWJuE

# ? Feb 27, 2012 03:14

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; I got the wim-wams
somethin' terrible!

You can always trust that there'll be a hottie up front.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 03:33

jojoinnit: Dec 13, 2010; I failed the Digg Button Challenge�

Girls not bad either yeah.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 03:35

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; I got the wim-wams
somethin' terrible!

jojoinnit posted:

Girls not bad either yeah.

I knew that was coming.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 03:54

Zorak: Nov 7, 2005

A thing I noticed during this week's TGUK was that the audience seemed to be... a lot more into it? Usually you can tell that they're just layering a bunch of canned responses because, well, really, but this week the audience legitimately was laughing a lot and having more fun this week than on average.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 04:07

KKKLIP ART: Sep 3, 2004; VTEC
VTEC
VTEC
VTEC
VTEC

I know some people havent been too keen on the star in a reasonably priced car segments for this series, but I have enjoyed all of them lately. Sure, some of them use it to hock whatever movies they have coming out, but it has been way more entertaining lately.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 04:08

Petekill: May 14, 2005; Where's Hammond?
Well I'll call him!

Perfect timing on the Saab tribute, I just sold my 9-3 a couple hours ago. Godspeed my little Swede. I wish the Saab tribute would have talked more about the crazy Aero models and Saab's rally history, but I still enjoyed it immensely. That 99 Turbo is gorgeous.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 04:10

Jut: May 15, 2005; Great Leader shall defeat all the untrained and pathetic rebel infidels! See how he rolls his eyes at their impudence! With his might as a prophet of God, we shall let the desert stain red with the blood of these lowly dogs! For every one of us killed by NATO, we shall kill 100 with our sleepers!

KKKLIP ART posted:

I know some people havent been too keen on the star in a reasonably priced car segments for this series, but I have enjoyed all of them lately. Sure, some of them use it to hock whatever movies they have coming out, but it has been way more entertaining lately.

I've been rewatching season 1 and the SIRPC is much more tolerable then than now. Less "pimp my product" and actually more car discussion. Harry Enfield and JK actually had a good car conversation and seemed interested in the show. The guests this season seemed bored to be there.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 05:19

whiskas: May 30, 2005

Jut posted:

The guests this season seemed bored to be there.

That's because the studio they are working for is forcing them to be there so they can market their movie.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 06:00

the poi: Oct 24, 2004; turbo volvo, wooooo!

Knobjockey posted:

I'm going to press the extra button darling!
Must you dear? You remember what happened last time... to mummy.

What do they/it do? Why do you need two? Google mode = reticent.

Apparently it's an extra button. Like literally, it's an extra button. You can use it to switch extra stuff on and off. Saab--clever, but no one realizes it.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 06:24

Alex_DeLarge: Sep 28, 2001; Newcastles at Noon

Loved the Saab tribute. The dead pixels on the SID made me laugh more than it should:

And I too went from a Saab 9³ to a 5 series.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 07:36

japtor: Oct 28, 2005; WELL ARNT I JUST MR. LA DE FUCKEN DA. oh yea and i suck cocks too

"shuffle shuffle shuffle shuffle"

# ? Feb 27, 2012 08:05

Tomarse: Mar 7, 2001; Grr

the poi posted:

Apparently it's an extra button. Like literally, it's an extra button. You can use it to switch extra stuff on and off. Saab--clever, but no one realizes it.

Yep, its just an optional switch that fits into the standard dashboard cutouts that you can wire up whatever you like .
I imagine on the top gear 99 it controlled the pair of cibies that it had mounted on the front bumper.
Mine manually overrides the 5th cold start injector and the cooling fan.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 08:45

Knobjockey: Jul 21, 2003; Crush your enemies.
Bang! and the alien is gone.
Hear the lamentation of Dr. Vahlen.

Thanks guys.

Enjoyed the saab section for the unforced blokey chat.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 09:24

Sprat Sandwich: Mar 20, 2009

That girl behind Hammond during the news

Also he didn't give himself pleasure while driving, what's up with that?

And I had no idea Saab was being finally completely shut down, I thought someone had bought them (again). That sucks.

Sucks even more for all the E30 maniacs going nnnNNOOOOO!

# ? Feb 27, 2012 09:50

nmfree: Aug 15, 2001; The Greater Goon: Breaking Hearts and Chains since 2006

japtor posted:

"shuffle shuffle shuffle shuffle"

I'm greatly disappointed that they didn't do the third challenge, where Richard would "perform an act on himself" while driving.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 09:52

japtor: Oct 28, 2005; WELL ARNT I JUST MR. LA DE FUCKEN DA. oh yea and i suck cocks too

Just imagine this but with Hammond, and "himself" instead of a water bottle, challenge complete!

# ? Feb 27, 2012 10:09

Sprat Sandwich: Mar 20, 2009

Maybe he was going to apply teeth whitening products.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 10:27

HauntedRobot: Jun 22, 2002; an excellent mod
a simple map to my heart
now give me tilt shift

This is from a few pages back but about LEDs flashing on the slowmo shots, people were saying "they dim LEDs by pulsing them"

While it's true you can DIM LEDs by pulsing them on and off, for headlights and brakelights it's actually done to make them brighter. They basically shove a higher voltage through them which makes them glow brighter than 100% brightness*, but that generates extra heat which would make them fail much quicker. So they pulse them with long gaps in between each pulse to allow them to cool down, and it's all done so quickly you get the benefit of the extra light without being able to see the flicker.

*In reality, this is such a common design talking about 100% brightness is handwaving, they pretty much expect you to run them that way, and give you a little chart showing brightness against voltage and thermal characteristics.

LED TALK.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 13:07

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...
YA GET ME???

I absolutely despise that dr who bloke and I'm not sure why. I went to make a tea when he was on.

# ? Feb 27, 2012 14:22

Jut: May 15, 2005; Great Leader shall defeat all the untrained and pathetic rebel infidels! See how he rolls his eyes at their impudence! With his might as a prophet of God, we shall let the desert stain red with the blood of these lowly dogs! For every one of us killed by NATO, we shall kill 100 with our sleepers!

Wait, I swear I've seen the jetpack vs rally car thing before:S

# ? Feb 27, 2012 14:42

CornHolio: May 20, 2001

I loved that Saab part. I want them to do a segment like that for every car company, even the terrible ones.

So far they've done, let's see... Saab, Maserati (when reviewing the Enzo knockoff), Lancia, um... any more?

# ? Feb 27, 2012 14:54

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# ? May 24, 2013 09:31

Sprat Sandwich: Mar 20, 2009

CornHolio posted:

I loved that Saab part. I want them to do a segment like that for every car company, even the terrible ones.

So far they've done, let's see... Saab, Maserati (when reviewing the Enzo knockoff), Lancia, um... any more?

British Leyland

# ? Feb 27, 2012 15:14

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