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STOP PRESS! Hamster can't even do a J-Turn?
Just watched "Top Gear - Ashes to Ashes" on the BBC's Children in Need where Hammond convinces Gene Hunt to let him "fire up the Quattro". Sadly the production values were nowhere near TG standards and there's a really appalling cut near the end that clearly shows that the guy doing the handbrake and J-turns is taller and has much shorter hair than the Hamster.
Now either Hammond can't do a J-turn or a handbrake turn (unlikely as I can do both and I don't work on TG obviously) or Health and Safety, insurance or some other issue got in the way. One things for certain though - he can't act for toffee!!!  Perhaps someone with better skills and kit than I can post relevant pics or video to illustrate my point. I could only be sure by running my Sky+ at half speed and freezing the frame. PS If you are a UK forum member why not give Children in Need a call - 03457 332233 - and give 'em a couple of quid? I know we're all feeling the pinch right now but one pint less this weekend won't hurt will it? Sermon over and thanks on their behalf.
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November 14th, 2008, 11:13 PM
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I know Gene Hunt ain't allowed to drive the Quattro, so I suspect H&S may have had a say. The mini-ep thing was fun, especially since it was for charity, but since it was all in-character (and therefore set in the 80s) why the hell did they fill it in a car park full of Yarises, an XC-90 and some modern Transits? Oh, and the dirty great caravan out the back?
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November 14th, 2008, 11:15 PM
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I recorded this and am in the process of encoding it.
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Yeah his acting is shocking.
I can tell you that from the stunts at MPH he can definitely do handbrake turns. Dunno about Js though. Edit: http://dodownload.filefront.com/1235...1b46e85649feea
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It's a while since I've seen it, and I've never looked closely to see if they're using alternative drivers, but didn't they have to do Js in the limo challenge?
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Yeah but I wouldn't really call them J turns.
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quite frankly i wouldn't mind getting in a car with Keeley Hawes.
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So has Richard named his ole fella "The Stig" now? It's not really fair because he'd be copying me... /chicken shit lol
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i think it's something to do with insurance ... given he had that big crash, the quote must be very high
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I never thought it was him in the first place. I just assumed they had a stunt driver do it. For health and safety reasons of course. But Richard can't do that precision driving stuff.
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Understeer is when you're going along the road and you turn a corner, the car goes straight on - you hit a tree ...and you die. Now oversteer is when you drive down the same bit of road come to a corner, the back comes round - you hit a tree..... and you die. The thing to remember is that oversteer is best, because then you don't see the tree that kills you! Hammond That's a ticket to a festival of plastic death! May Your opinion differs from mine, therefore you are wrong! Clarkson "..." Stig |
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STOP PRESS! Hamster can't even do a J-Turn?
