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  1. September 9th, 2008, 9:42 AM #1
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    Top Gear Australia Official Launch

    SBS invited CarAdvice and selected press to a secret location for “Hummers, Helicopters and Hot Laps” this afternoon, as Top Gear Australia was launched ......

    http://www.caradvice.com.au/16334/to...cial-launch/2/


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    Pictures from TG Aus press launch

    Pictures / short article here:

    http://www.caradvice.com.au/16334/to...ficial-launch/
    http://www.caradvice.com.au/16334/to...cial-launch/2/
    http://www.caradvice.com.au/16334/to...cial-launch/3/


    Including their Stig in a stretch Hummer:

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  3. September 9th, 2008, 9:48 AM #3
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    its a repost ...


    cant believe its all coming together
    few more days
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    how do we differ two stigs now,
    i think ausstie stig is bit bigger
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    I am unbelievably excited by this. It will be awesome!
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    Aussie Stig does look a bit stockier than the original, but...



    ... he's got the Stig attitude alright.
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    Viper007Bond could you merge both threads please
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillizer View Post
    its a repost ...
    You beat me by 58 seconds.
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    just launched on the SBS website

    http://player.sbs.com.au/programs#/p...tralia-Launch/

    its a video from the official launch
    it looks pretty good
    what do you guys think?
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  10. September 13th, 2008, 8:48 AM #10
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    Im really looking forward to it. So far i really like their choice of hosts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AshDav View Post
    just launched on the SBS website

    http://player.sbs.com.au/programs#/p...tralia-Launch/

    its a video from the official launch
    it looks pretty good
    what do you guys think?
    Can't get it to play.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viper007Bond View Post
    You beat me by 58 seconds.

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    looks promising thanks AshDav for the video.
    Viper007Bond its working fine for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viper007Bond View Post
    Can't get it to play.
    I had to disable adblock for things from the SBS site to play, perhaps that's your problem.
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    Found the problem. They f'ing use DoubleClick which I've blocked from my entire network via DNS. $%@^
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