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October 31st, 2005, 04:09 PM
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| Former BBC TG Webmaster  Joined: Jan 4th, 2005 Last Online: July 25th, 2008 Posts: 277
Rep Power: 16  |  [07x01] November 13th, 2005 In the first of a new series of Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head for the Isle of Man to decide which is best: the new baby Aston Martin - the V8 Vantage, BMW M6 or Porsche 911 Carrera S; car cultures clash when the Austin Healey Sprite takes on a Peugeot 307 in a hill climb challenge and a supercar - the Ascari AKZ1 takes to the track. http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/
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October 31st, 2005, 04:12 PM
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Rep Power: 16 | NB: This is a SIX episode run of Top Gear.
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October 31st, 2005, 04:59 PM
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Rep Power: 0      | I can't wait. This promises to be a good season even though a short one.
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October 31st, 2005, 05:01 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 05:06 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 06:05 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 06:11 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 06:22 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 06:58 PM
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Car: 325i Rep Power: 21 | amv8, m6 and 911 s. holy crap, that should be wicked!!!
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October 31st, 2005, 07:21 PM
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Car: e46 bmw Rep Power: 15 | 6 episodes just mean less filller more craziness.. m6.. oh.. it cant lose.. not this time.. but then again the AMV8.. .. better styled.. plus near equal handling.. hard to guess.. its gonna be good.. a week and 6 days left..
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October 31st, 2005, 07:55 PM
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Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 68 | The Ascari whatnow? ...ah. It's the Ascari KZ-1. I'd never heard of it before...  http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...scari-kz-1.htm |
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October 31st, 2005, 08:46 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | It's gonna be fun to watch but the test will be rubbish for 2 reasons: the Vantage is an Aston and has to win, and the M6 is far to big to be tested against the other cars. It should have been Jag XKR vs M6 vs DB9 or some other GT-cars. Nonetheless, i will enjoy it 
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October 31st, 2005, 08:55 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 09:31 PM
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Car: 1997 Yamaha Seca II, 1976 Honda CB550F Rep Power: 122 | Jeremy and Hammond will going to go for the Aston, James will favor the Porsche, and nobody will like the M6. Of course, they'll introduce some special twist where Jeremy will suddenly announce that he hates the Vantage and will drive off with the M6. Place your bets, fellow forum junkies!
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October 31st, 2005, 10:19 PM
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October 31st, 2005, 10:28 PM
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Car: 1996 Grand Am SE sedan, and dad's 2006 S60 2.5T Rep Power: 41 | actually Jeremy loves the M6, this will be a little interesting.
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October 31st, 2005, 10:32 PM
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Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 55 | Woo! Isle of Man! Fun will ensue. Blaro. How do we know that Hammond will go for the Aston? He is a 911 nut after all. I see the M6 being left in the cold, Jezza and May for the Aston and Hamster for the 997.
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October 31st, 2005, 11:05 PM
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Car: Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1.2 Oh fuck yeah! Rep Power: 14 | Jeremy and Hammond will going to go for the Aston, James will favor the Porsche, actually it could go any way: Clarkson wasn't incredibly bowled over by the aston in the TG Mag road test. He was pretty diaspointed about the acceleration. But he did love the noise and I think the handling impressed - although the ford-esque penny pinching in the interior irked him IIRC May is an aston man - no doubt about it. Although he has a 911, he loves the old V8 vantage and in the november issue of TGM, he went up to bat for the aston Hammond is a 911 man - he did the opposite of may in the same article. however I think they both came away with the aston just clinching it because of the soul.. or something... So here's my predictions: M6 - phenomenal - but the idrive will piss them off as usual Porsche - Best machine Aston - best overal - Noise and soul will win them over.
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