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| TG Aus Pre-Episode Discussions Talk about Top Gear Australia episodes before they air. |
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| Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 06:04 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,192
Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 41 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Episode 1 of 8: Quote:
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| Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 06:04 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,192
Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 41 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Not much to say but yay! Hopefully this is the first of many Top Gear Australia pre-ep threads ![]() Any predictions as to which soft-roader will be their favourite? I'm guessing the all-competent X-Trail unless that Rav4 has the 200-killaWASP V6 under its hood ![]() |
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| Joined: Dec 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Posts: 2,006
Car: '02 Nissan X-Trail, '06 Honda Civic EXi Rep Power: 58 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I sure hoped the X Trail would have looked better than that, but all the Jap-Jeeps are looking bulgy and overblown these days. I'm glad they stopped bringing it when it turned into that ugly thing. edit: But isn't the Subie a tough nut? I'd have guessed it would be more pricey but would be better across the board... |
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| Joined: Aug 24th, 2008 Last Online: January 2nd, 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 39
Car: Mazda 3 MPS Rep Power: 2 ![]() | You bloody beauty SL65, nice work! I cannot wait.
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| Lexus? Oh shi- | Crikey! Looks quite decent actually, looking forward to it especially after all the doubt and questions about the fate of TG:Aus. |
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| Previously Known As Mianz Joined: Oct 18th, 2006 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 350
Car: Holden Statesman WH V8 GEN III Rep Power: 12 ![]() ![]() ![]() | you are a bloody legend mate. thanks
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| Joined: Apr 10th, 2008 Last Online: January 5th, 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 345
Rep Power: 7 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | The X-Trail has a Victorian Numper plate on it.
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| Previously Known As SLR 722 | Thanks for the post SL ![]() Hurry up and be the 29th of september already!!!
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| Joined: Aug 4th, 2008 Last Online: December 21st, 2008 Location: QLD Australia Posts: 12
Car: Toyota Supra Rep Power: 0 ![]() | latest fifth gear didnt like the forester except it was the shitty auto so hopefully they got all manuals or at least decent semi autos like i think the xtrail has id say its the RAV wins |
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| Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 05:52 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,633
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Woo - here's to the first of many, many of these threads. Really looking forward to this.
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| Joined: Mar 28th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Age: 24 Posts: 1,295
Car: 1992 E36 BMW 318i Rep Power: 24 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Genuinely excited about this as TGAu looks extremely promising! The hosts seem great!
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Anyone else notice that the car is pointed the wrong way around (It also appears to be on eastlink before it opened)
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| Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 06:04 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,192
Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 41 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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| Joined: Mar 29th, 2005 Last Online: December 16th, 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 21
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | Looking forward to it, just concerned about few things... Hope the show 1. Doesn't try and cater to RR vogue/ML/X5 buying mum - who gives a ... 2. Snobby nsw/vic stock brokers who only drive their show off car on sundays... w*****s 3. On the nsw/vic point - forget that people DON'T ONLY live in these two states (or out back roads, yes there are other cities... except in SA, obviously). Regardless of population centre, most people watching won't give a F which is better to drive to your holiday home at Mt Buller (get a landcruiser). 4. With the exotic car tests, is cars that are actually importableable and carry a warranty - "is you can afford it you can afford to fix it" = BS if you're paying that much for a car 5. Hope it can avoid the so over done mag tests of: ford v holden (ooohhhhh they have just released series-III of watever with 5kw more and new bonnet scoops...), ute vs suv vs station wagon etc. Quote:
2. Tests in UK vs Oz = diff conditions, diff concerns, diff $$ing comp to competition 3. Don't like 'em but subi's never die
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| Joined: Mar 29th, 2005 Last Online: December 16th, 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 21
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | Really do hope time isn't wasted on exotic cars that aren't evening going to be/likely sold here properly - eg Ford GT, was really only made lhd, have to get another company to make conversion, can count on one hand how many is Oz and less than one hand how many will see regular driving Pagani Zonda, yes great car, yes seen it already in numerous other tests, 4 in Oz so far and two not road registered... test of it = irrelevant, watch UK TG from years ago.
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| Joined: Jul 30th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 17
Rep Power: 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() | Man, I'm gonna have to torrent this one too. I hope I have time to watch. I may have to watch Doctor Who less. |
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| Joined: Jul 12th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 768
Car: 2008 Mazda2 Neo, 2005 Honda Jazz VTi Rep Power: 25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Seems like a good mix of aspirational and attainable vehicles. The original TG seems to have largely ignored the latter for the last couple of years unless it can be incorporated into some sort of dramatic short film (e.g. Fiat 500 in Budapest). So to see a straightforward comparo of 3 mumsy cars is actually quite refreshing. That said, it's good that TG Aus seems to have some automotive pr0n and some good old fashioned cocking about too. If 1x01 is anything to judge by, then the mix sounds like it could be just right ... Bring on 29/9! Makes sense. Every time there's a Mitsubishi being reviewed in a car mag, it's got SA plates on it - probably for the same reason (Mitusbishi's Australian HQ is still based in Adelaide, even though they don't make anything here anymore). It still looks weird when you're reading something like Wheels or Motor and you see a car with SA plates on it though, go figure ...
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| Previously Known As aussiekorean Joined: Feb 19th, 2008 Last Online: 12:44 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 378
Car: (I want a) Holden Monaro Rep Power: 17 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Can't wait for it. Looking good for a first ep. I wonder how Warren went in the moke with the shark.
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| Joined: Dec 30th, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 955
Car: 2008 Toyota Yaris 1.3L 5 Door Auto Rep Power: 13 ![]() | i can't wait for it, i just hope it is as good as all they hype..... |
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