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Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May host the best automotive television show in the world.

View Poll Results: Which car to save?
James Dean's Lotus 10 (the silver unpainted car) [10/24] 42 30.66%
Adams Probe 16 from the movie "Clockwork Orange" (the yellow car) [10/31] 59 43.07%
Keith Moon's Chrysler (the black car) [11/07] 16 11.68%
The Royal Range Rover [11/14] 9 6.57%
Paddy Hopkirk's Mini [12/05] 11 8.03%
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Old November 9th, 2004, 09:48 PM   #1
 
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When i saw the first video on James Dean's car i was like this has to be the ont get saved

Then i saw the on on the yellow car (forgot what it was) and i heard it was one of three and I changed my vote to that one

the Chrysler is a pos
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Poll added. I voted Lotus. I don't like the yellow car really.
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But the rareness demands you to
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The yellow one! Because of Clockwork Orange mainly images/smilies/smile.gif
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The Adams Probe 16. Just because it's a super rare car.
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the crysler ofcourse, just because it looks great! and i love its history (except for that craze "the who" drummer part images/smilies/wink.gif )
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yellow one, just looks so special and futuristic!
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The yellow one. Because of its rarity. But is it true that most of the car was made out of wood?
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Gotta be the Clockwork Orange car. images/smilies/smile.gif
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Had to vote for james dean's car, just cuz everybody else seemed to favor the yellow car 8)
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I'll wait and see what James has to say about all the cars.
And I'll vote then.
For now I think that JD's Lotus is worthy.
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The Lotus, they aout to scrap the Range Rover images/smilies/twisted.gif
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i wanna vote for the probe.. but i cant make my choice until i see the info on the mini.. still waiting for that new episode
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You'll have a lot longer to wait, there's no restoration segment in this week's Top Gear and there's no Top Gear next week. images/smilies/sad.gif
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why have you seen the newest TG?
and why isnt there TG next week?
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1. Because I live in the UK and it was on TV yesterday.
2. Because it's the snooker finals, and in Britain snooker takes priority on the BBC.
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isnt snooker basically billiards/pool?
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^ Bigger table, more balls.
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^ images/smilies/lol.gif so true!
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