928 GTS on Top Gear TV program
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The American Heritage Dictionary (whoever they are) states that aluminium is a variant of aluminum, so both are correct according to them. Learned something new. I guess I'll have to :
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IIRC (from what I read somehwere I wasn't around when they discovered Al) It started off being called Aluminum, but got changed to Aluminium to follow the convention of other metals like Uranium, Polonium, Titanium, Strontium, Caesium, Unobtanium etc.......
Aka "Ally" on the East side of the pond. Good job that Titanum isn't in regular use by every shade tree mechanic LOL.
Aka "Ally" on the East side of the pond. Good job that Titanum isn't in regular use by every shade tree mechanic LOL.
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Originally Posted by Panzer9
You're right- that's no 2nd gear launch.
That car didn't burn oil - After a long unrepeatable saga it was fitted with the very last GTS engine produced by the factory, under warranty, about 6 months before the top gear review. A desperate shame that the car was totaled in a fire.
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Ron posted
If that is your view then you will have to learn to pronounce in the swiss way. see below
From Military Review;
"After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Switzerland mobilized its forces within 24 hours and fielded 650,000 soldiers in days. The forces were organized into 4 army corps equipped with 1,000 tanks, 1,500 armored personnel carriers, 1,300 105- and 155-millimeter artillery pieces, 1,500 antitank guns, and 2,000 antiaircraft guns. In addition, Switzerland's air forces mobilized 300 aircraft. In total, 10 percent of the population was mobilised & prepared to ardently defend Swiss territories."
I believe they also mobilised one of these; see foto
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p.s. US army is under 0.5 Million soldiers
p.p.s foto is to avoid O.T. accusations......
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we have more and bigger guns so Ameri-curns must be most righter-est ......
From Military Review;
"After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Switzerland mobilized its forces within 24 hours and fielded 650,000 soldiers in days. The forces were organized into 4 army corps equipped with 1,000 tanks, 1,500 armored personnel carriers, 1,300 105- and 155-millimeter artillery pieces, 1,500 antitank guns, and 2,000 antiaircraft guns. In addition, Switzerland's air forces mobilized 300 aircraft. In total, 10 percent of the population was mobilised & prepared to ardently defend Swiss territories."
I believe they also mobilised one of these; see foto
Marton
p.s. US army is under 0.5 Million soldiers
p.p.s foto is to avoid O.T. accusations......
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Originally Posted by jon928se
The last owner of the car told me himself that it was a 2nd gear launch - smoke from the clutch.
Upon review of the video, that does look like clutch smoke. But he mentions the dogleg gearbox while he's driving it, not as a voice over later on to cover up his start. Oh well.
Clarkson mentions the dogleg shifter as very 80's. What other cars had dogleg shifters?
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Originally Posted by Ian S4
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
That was an awesome show, I saw it a few months ago and laughed my *** off.
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Mr Clarkson is notorious for America-bashing. Check this one out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
Yeah, wonder what would happen if we went to England and painted Manchester United sucks on a car......maybe wouldn't get shot, but we wouldn't get away thats for damn sure!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
Yeah, wonder what would happen if we went to England and painted Manchester United sucks on a car......maybe wouldn't get shot, but we wouldn't get away thats for damn sure!
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Originally Posted by nhporsche87
Mr Clarkson is notorious for America-bashing. Check this one out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
Yeah, wonder what would happen if we went to England and painted Manchester United sucks on a car......maybe wouldn't get shot, but we wouldn't get away thats for damn sure!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
Yeah, wonder what would happen if we went to England and painted Manchester United sucks on a car......maybe wouldn't get shot, but we wouldn't get away thats for damn sure!
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Originally Posted by nhporsche87
Yeah, wonder what would happen if we went to England and painted Manchester United sucks on a car......maybe wouldn't get shot, but we wouldn't get away thats for damn sure!
In Manchester you may be deep fried and eaten for lunch.
Wasn't Clarkson's sidekick involved in a serious (fatal?) crash?
Good show; especially liked their 'caravan' episode when they burnt it to the ground.
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