Top Gear plan Belfast Italian job

[Ziggy Shadow-Dust]

Has the filming of the stunt been finished? If it has, then "Damn I missed it!"

[Gaza_r]

Word is the Top Gear crew where on the old Delorean test track today...

They're filming at docks on Wednesday.

[Alasondro Alegré]

Yesterday’s stunt involved firing a Renault Twingo runabout at the back of the Stena HSS.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...-14523106.html

[Gaza_r]

Originally Posted by Ziggy Shadow-Dust

Has the filming of the stunt been finished? If it has, then "Damn I missed it!"

No, they're still here they raced two twingos down Moscow Road today.

[Gaza_r]

A guy from a local motoring forum posted these photo's

http://www.reallymeansounds.com/foru...xperience.html

[robybobey]

A bit of info here too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...ack-ferry.html

[WillDAQ]

One angry fan of the car wrote on the Twingo Owners Club forum: 'I hate it when they waste cars for the purpose of entertainment.

'If they had of decided to use a Fiat 500, I would think differently.'

That's hilarious.

[Gaza_r]

Photo's from the drag race along Moscow Road have been posted in the thread

http://www.reallymeansounds.com/foru...xperience.html

[be-ach]

Originally Posted by robybobey

A bit of info here too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...ack-ferry.html

I really shouldn't have read the comments.... I may have signed up to to make an angry retort. What a shit paper though really, just scanning through it makes my blood pressure top out.


EDIT: It was removed, apparently I'm abusive XD

[iam-nobody]

Originally Posted by be-ach

I really shouldn't have read the comments.... I may have signed up to to make an angry retort. What a shit paper though really, just scanning through it makes my blood pressure top out.


EDIT: It was removed, apparently I'm abusive XD

Try not to worry too much about the daily fail

[Alasondro Alegré]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...-14524097.html

I wouldn't post this if it didn't have those pics of the Twingo up in the crane. The article doesn't really add anything.

[Squidge]

Jesus Christ on roller skates!! That is one BIG effin' crane!

[brubaker19]

Top Gear boys in trouble again, it's political correctness gone made

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...-14527959.html

PJ

[pjmartin]

"Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear pals have piled into a turbo-charged row after filming a series of madcap stunts in Belfast.

Criticism has been voiced on the cost of this week’s spectaculars, while the strict secrecy surrounding the expenditure has also been challenged.

It's believed the total bill could be up to £200,000 for stunts such as hoisting a car up a shipyard crane and trying to fire a vehicle off the docks — which may end up as only 10 minutes of airtime.

An environmental group has condemned the “wanton destruction”, but a tourism official has argued that the show's visit is good news for Belfast.

Clarkson, meanwhile, has landed himself in yet another controversy after claiming in a magazine column that TV bosses wanted “black Muslim lesbian” presenters."

This is taken from the Belfast Telegraph, a newspaper in Northern Ireland.

Ps what's wrong with Jeremy speaking the truth

[ninjacoco]

Not sure if the TG Blog post has been linked-to yet, but it looks like Jeremy's off to go find Black Stig!: http://transmission.blogs.topgear.co...ingo-accident/

[ahpadt]

Top Gear fans greet each new season with more eager glee. Top Gear critics have taken to welcoming each new run with more criticism. According to the Belfast Telegraph, the latest "How dare they!" comes from a Minister of Parliament (MP) and Friends of the Earth, who want to run TG up the flagpole for "extravagant costs" and 'wanton destruction" -- those two things coincidentally being two of the things that fans love most.

The show went to Belfast, Ireland to film a few segments that included lofting a car to the top of a gigantic crane, launching a Renault Twingo into the sea, as well as a bit of garden variety drag racing. The MP, Gregory Campbell, is aghast at the apparent cost of such stunts, and even more aghast at the fact that the BBC won't reveal exactly how much the stunts cost. The supposed tally is £200,000 ($315,150 U.S.) for Belfast segments that might make up 10 minutes of the show.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/t...ly-new-stunts/

200 grand!

[iam-nobody]

I guess Gregory Campbell is still in a bad mood about having to pay £2,656 back to the tax payer.