928 GTS on Top Gear TV program
04-26-2007, 02:05 PM
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That is a cloud of oil smoke. As far as I know, clutches don't burn blue. GTS's do burn oil when under torque - that is where the oil consumption complaints come from. .
04-26-2007, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian928
It has been posted before, I even think the owner commented on it. Apparently, Geremy was unfamiliar with the dogleg shift and took off in 2nd in that clip. The blue smoke from the rear of the car is from the clutch burning!
Considering that he mentioned the dogleg shift in the clip, I don't think he started in 2nd.
04-26-2007, 03:45 PM
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I like the sc'd cars, however, having Jeremy Clarkson talk about one, could be a not great idea. I take it you don't read or watch TopGear. My reasoning comes from this bit, about an Exige, from an article he wrote last year:
"It isn't how they drive that's changed, either. It's what they drive. Now, for every nondescript Kojak-style saloon, you'll see two Evos or Subarus. And almost every car has been modded in some way. My favourite was an orange Lotus Exige parked at the pumps in the middle of Death Valley.
"Yeah," said the rather serious-looking driver when I approached, "I've given it two degrees more camber on the back, fitted a 25 per cent softer compound on the front, uprated the supercharger..."
"So," I said after I'd had enough, "you've ruined it".
He was genuinely taken aback. I believe there's a sense over there that car makers are pretty incompetent. And that if GM, Chrysler and Ford can't make a car properly, then what chance do those funny little trolls in Europe have? Never mind the l'il yella fellas from under the rising sun.
I tried to explain to our American friend that the Exige was put on sale after much development work and that if a two-degree shift in rear camber would make it handle better, then he could be assured that it'd be sold that way in the first place. "
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This is not to say the supercharged cars are not great, just to say that Clarkson may have a quite unexpected opinion of them, if you are unfamiliar with his reviews. Of course, I could be completely wrong. It'd make for great television either way.
"It isn't how they drive that's changed, either. It's what they drive. Now, for every nondescript Kojak-style saloon, you'll see two Evos or Subarus. And almost every car has been modded in some way. My favourite was an orange Lotus Exige parked at the pumps in the middle of Death Valley.
"Yeah," said the rather serious-looking driver when I approached, "I've given it two degrees more camber on the back, fitted a 25 per cent softer compound on the front, uprated the supercharger..."
"So," I said after I'd had enough, "you've ruined it".
He was genuinely taken aback. I believe there's a sense over there that car makers are pretty incompetent. And that if GM, Chrysler and Ford can't make a car properly, then what chance do those funny little trolls in Europe have? Never mind the l'il yella fellas from under the rising sun.
I tried to explain to our American friend that the Exige was put on sale after much development work and that if a two-degree shift in rear camber would make it handle better, then he could be assured that it'd be sold that way in the first place. "
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This is not to say the supercharged cars are not great, just to say that Clarkson may have a quite unexpected opinion of them, if you are unfamiliar with his reviews. Of course, I could be completely wrong. It'd make for great television either way.
04-26-2007, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron_H
Would someone please tell me what "alumi-knee-um" is???
04-26-2007, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron_H
Would someone please tell me what "alumi-knee-um" is???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990, but three years later recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant. Hence their periodic table includes both, but places aluminium first.[20] IUPAC officially prefers the use of aluminium in its internal publications, although several IUPAC publications use the spelling aluminum.
Still never get tired of it.
04-26-2007, 07:45 PM
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Mr Clarkson is notorious for America-bashing. Check this one out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
04-26-2007, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dpritch
I like the sc'd cars, however, having Jeremy Clarkson talk about one, could be a not great idea. I take it you don't read or watch TopGear. My reasoning comes from this bit, about an Exige, from an article he wrote last year:
"It isn't how they drive that's changed, either. It's what they drive. Now, for every nondescript Kojak-style saloon, you'll see two Evos or Subarus. And almost every car has been modded in some way. My favourite was an orange Lotus Exige parked at the pumps in the middle of Death Valley.
"Yeah," said the rather serious-looking driver when I approached, "I've given it two degrees more camber on the back, fitted a 25 per cent softer compound on the front, uprated the supercharger..."
"So," I said after I'd had enough, "you've ruined it".
He was genuinely taken aback. I believe there's a sense over there that car makers are pretty incompetent. And that if GM, Chrysler and Ford can't make a car properly, then what chance do those funny little trolls in Europe have? Never mind the l'il yella fellas from under the rising sun.
I tried to explain to our American friend that the Exige was put on sale after much development work and that if a two-degree shift in rear camber would make it handle better, then he could be assured that it'd be sold that way in the first place. "
============================================
This is not to say the supercharged cars are not great, just to say that Clarkson may have a quite unexpected opinion of them, if you are unfamiliar with his reviews. Of course, I could be completely wrong. It'd make for great television either way.
"It isn't how they drive that's changed, either. It's what they drive. Now, for every nondescript Kojak-style saloon, you'll see two Evos or Subarus. And almost every car has been modded in some way. My favourite was an orange Lotus Exige parked at the pumps in the middle of Death Valley.
"Yeah," said the rather serious-looking driver when I approached, "I've given it two degrees more camber on the back, fitted a 25 per cent softer compound on the front, uprated the supercharger..."
"So," I said after I'd had enough, "you've ruined it".
He was genuinely taken aback. I believe there's a sense over there that car makers are pretty incompetent. And that if GM, Chrysler and Ford can't make a car properly, then what chance do those funny little trolls in Europe have? Never mind the l'il yella fellas from under the rising sun.
I tried to explain to our American friend that the Exige was put on sale after much development work and that if a two-degree shift in rear camber would make it handle better, then he could be assured that it'd be sold that way in the first place. "
============================================
This is not to say the supercharged cars are not great, just to say that Clarkson may have a quite unexpected opinion of them, if you are unfamiliar with his reviews. Of course, I could be completely wrong. It'd make for great television either way.
04-26-2007, 08:35 PM
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OK, well we in Ameri-cur (as he would say) prefer alumi-numb, and we have more and bigger guns so Ameri-curns must be most righter-est of all, correct? 