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May 20th, 2008, 10:10 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude  Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 01:15 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,641
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 229   |  An interview with Andy Wilman about TG Australia Via e-mail: Quote:
  
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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May 20th, 2008, 10:32 AM
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| Mantastic!  Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 09:15 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 9,760
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 65 | Feeling a lot more positive about TGA after reading that. Also amuses me that clearly not a single Australian member reads The Australian...
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May 20th, 2008, 10:35 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 01:15 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,641
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 229 | Quote:
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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May 20th, 2008, 12:52 PM
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Car: Ford Focus LX Rep Power: 11 | Quote:
But it just FinalGear members who don't read it. The rest of the population doesn't either. Apparently The Australian even publishes Clarkson's columns, but thats still not enough to make me pick up a copy. 
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May 20th, 2008, 04:08 PM
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Car: Peugeot 205 GTI Mi16 LFS Status:  Rep Power: 16   | The Australian comes in a format that is too cumbersome for my commute to work/uni, so i just boycott newspapers (the alternative here is the worst paper in the world, the courier mail). Nice article though, it looks like they're actually trying with this TGA malarky. I'm still a little hesistant about watching three "typically" Australian men "having a laugh", despite warnings that it would be occer-free. On a more positive note, i did enjoy the early beyond 2000. 
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May 22nd, 2008, 10:57 AM
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Car: 2008 Mazda2 Neo, 2005 Honda Jazz VTi Rep Power: 19 | The funny part is that we get The Australian at my work, along with the Australian Financial Review, every day. I never saw The Australian Magazine on May 2, though.  That said, I concur with those that are feeling more confident about TGA now. If Andy and the bloke from Beyond 2000 can keep the quality up, and their presenters are 3 likeable guys, then ... yeah ... could be OK. Possibly even good ... 
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May 28th, 2008, 10:49 PM
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Car: 2004 MCS, 2006 GTI Rep Power: 15 | I read this article the other day and agree that it gave me some peace of mind that the producers know it will be a tough gig to create a new TG 'franchise'.
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May 29th, 2008, 01:07 AM
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Car: None, but soon enough Rep Power: 60  | Hah! They mention Tim Allen! Boy do they need him to be the third guy of the US TG3. Right, back to your regular Aussie programming. |
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May 29th, 2008, 06:54 AM
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| Previously Known As Jamesd  Joined: May 2nd, 2006 Last Online: 03:27 PM Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 1,940
Car: '95 BMW 5er E34 M60B30, '85 Nissan Bluebird (Hack) Rep Power: 22 | That is very reassuring. Can't wait to see what happens.
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May 29th, 2008, 09:09 AM
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| D:  Joined: Oct 7th, 2006 Last Online: 03:34 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 4,034
Car: '08 Honda Accord Euro Rep Power: 41 | Quote:
 It's more of an OMG prisus and evil 4x4 paper
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May 29th, 2008, 09:19 AM
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| Joined: Dec 14th, 2006 Last Online: 08:53 PM Location: Prague, Czech Republic Age: 24 Posts: 208
Car: Fabia RS Rep Power: 11 | So the failed attempt at making a US show that they mention in the article is something different than 'Gear'? |
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May 29th, 2008, 09:26 AM
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Rep Power: 22 | Good to know Andy Wilman as an active role in TGA. There is hope...
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