[09x08] May 29th, 2006

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Into the second half of the series with episode eight of thirteen!


Are old Mercedes really the best cars ever built? Vicki puts an old clich? to an extreme test on tonight?s show. Using a baseball bat, a staged ?accident?, a four-foot-deep flood and a monster truck, she dishes out some serious punishment to a poor old Merc. Will it still work when she?s finished with it? You may be surprised?

Meanwhile, Tom is in Japan visiting the world?s maddest motorway services. Daikoku Fotu in Tokyo is a normal service station by day, but by night hosts a huge unofficial car party. People dance in the car park, vans full of speakers battle it out to see who?s loudest, and the street-racers see who can make the most smoke by spinning their tyres. The police eventually turn up to shut the party down ? will Tom get caught?


Nick Freeman is a hugely successful defence lawyer who?s been dubbed Mr Loophole because of his extraordinary ability to find a flaw in the law. Nick has represented many of the rich and famous including footballers David Beckham and Lee Bowyer and the demand for his talents has made him his millions . We look at a day in the life of the loophole lawyer to try and uncover some of the secrets behind his success.


UPDATE 23/5/06:

Is the high price of fuel causing a growth in diesel smuggling? It is widely know that European fuel is much cheaper than the stuff sold on UK forecourts and the rumours are that foreign lorry drivers are now selling diesel from their tanks to British motorists. Jon Bentley goes undercover to see if you really can buy bootleg diesel.

We'll be revealing the tricks and secrets used to create some of the most spectacular stunts from the new Mission Impossible Film, M:I:III. We've got some exclusive behind the scenes footage from the blockbuster and we'll be taking a closer look at the chases, crashes and bangs that make MI3 this summer's must see movie.



UPDATE 25/5/06:

And judging by the preview we saw on the last episode, Tiff tests the Ferrari 599 :D
 
Vicki in the old Mercedes could actually quite an interesting segment if its done right. Lets hope it can be better than Top Gears go at the Hilux a few years ago...

Tom's segment sounds cool :D I've downloaded video clips of all that illegal motorway stuff. Seems pretty hectic to me.

Lawyer segment sounds boring :sleep:
 
Disappointing - Vicki's 'kill the Merc' is just a copy of the TG Hilux segment - I just wish FG would be more original

Once again Tom's segment should be excellent - he really is the standout on the show.

As for the lawyer story :yawn:

Wonder what Tiff and Jason are up to in this episode?
 
Using a baseball bat, a staged ?accident?, a four-foot-deep flood and a monster truck

for the baseball bat apart from the windows and lamps nothing will go wrong
as well as the staged accident .
For the flood after a bit of drying it should go on.
But I'm seriously wondering how even a MB will survive after the passing of a monster truck! (it's specially aimed to crush cars )

the Hilux segment was more credible even if the challenges were crazy they were still conceivable.

Tom in Japan for an illegal event sounds greats! :thumbsup:

lawyer part YAWN :sleeping:
 
yep. a bit of a copy, but hope they make it right!

jason's bit will be quite interesting.

the rest i seriously think fits more in the news than in this kind of tv shows, but apparently between this and jon bentley's segment, they always want to control our emotions so that we don't get too carried away with supercars... ehm i suppose.. :?
 
Updated listings - See first post

btw: Heres the Merc they will be destroying. Its only a small pic I was able to get off the website:
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That means FG got the scoop on the 599...I hope it's Tiff driving it...

~nj?
 
Updated listings - See first post again

Pics of the lawyer dude:
http://img57.imageshack.**/img57/5962/vlcsnap15072724hn.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.**/img93/4110/vlcsnap15070516di.jpg
Tom pimping in motorway service station:
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http://img80.imageshack.**/img80/8835/vlcsnap15140992ag.jpg
Benz bashing:
http://img93.imageshack.**/img93/1538/vlcsnap15077734mo.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.**/img80/7527/vlcsnap15078736rv.jpg
Monster truck:
http://img80.imageshack.**/img80/3182/vlcsnap15079173kp.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.**/img93/4282/vlcsnap15080384fn.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.**/img93/6113/vlcsnap15081370eq.jpg

Its gone from a small episode to a BIG episode in the past few days! Not sure if everything listed will air...

I'm soooo looking forward to watching Tiff review the 599 :D Good on FG for getting an early review of it :thumbsup: Thats exactly what they need to be doing in give TG some competition.
 
Why are they taking such an old Merc. The W124 was one of the best ever built, the succesors W201 and W202 don't even need a bat to break, they do it by themselves :D

cheers
seb
 
Tiff in the 599 Fiorano should be incredible, and I'm sure Vicki will be cute as usual. :)
 
Is the high price of fuel causing a growth in diesel smuggling? It is widely know that European fuel is much cheaper than the stuff sold on UK forecourts and the rumours are that foreign lorry drivers are now selling diesel from their tanks to British motorists. Jon Bentley goes undercover to see if you really can buy bootleg diesel.

Jon Bentley UNDERCOVER yeah baby! 8) :lol:
 
wheres the specific epi thread?

itd b nice 2 kno wht some people who watched it think

and 599 = beautiful
 
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