One thing TG hasn't dialed it in yet at is the actual road review segment. The cinematography was gorgeous as always (and a bit trippy too) and I was actually surprised when the ZR1 reared its head. I also knew instantly that Clarkson would backtrack on his California love confession, but as The Stig's times proved, in the right hands it was amazing on a track.
Everything else in the episode I could basically take or leave. Lots of bad acting in the project film, and for some reason Michael Sheen came off as almost as big a dick as Dick King Jay Kay.
@Rust-MyEnemy: You're not getting rich that way.
I knew a guy who obsessively bought Triumph Dolomite Sprints so that the two mint condition cars he had would be worth more.
He's still not a millionaire, still buying Dolly Sprints, still not getting it.
If anybody puts that engine in a soccer mom Volvo I will loose fait in ummanity! This kind of engine belongs in a real car like a Chevell or a 60's Camaro or even an S-10. No swedish crap could handle that manly muscle! It would be like building a Go Kart with a GSX-R engine out of a fridge cardboard box!
I can see how that accident happened...it is very important to get the power down coming out of 8, since 9 is just shy of flat out...but there is very little runoff (about 3 ft) on the outside of 8...so a little too much gas, and an attempted steering correction puts you right in the blue guardrail
@CTS-V: Idiots are the ones who pay lots of money for fast cars who never use them. Much respect from me, I've spun my car many times on the track because I actually push it to it's limits
Glickenhaus can have his shmancy pretend race car. This guy RULES in my book.
"Oh, that ZR1? I crashed it. But here's a new one!"
THAT'S the life I want to live. And I realize it would probably be a short life.
Also, Ben, this line is incredible: "Asking a tipster for details on a race car is like asking for directions while your wife and her mother and her father are in the car." Ha!
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Everything else in the episode I could basically take or leave. Lots of bad acting in the project film, and for some reason Michael Sheen came off as almost as big a dick as Dick King Jay Kay.
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And Geoff. Makes me wonder why Geo didn't launch an FF.
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I knew a guy who obsessively bought Triumph Dolomite Sprints so that the two mint condition cars he had would be worth more.
He's still not a millionaire, still buying Dolly Sprints, still not getting it.
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Enjoy this supercharged big-block in a lovely... Volvo station wagon.
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Re-entry's a bitch.
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Skip to 8:45 for the track re-entry fail.
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That Vette driver was taking more different lines than Wall Street in the '80s. I can't say I'm surprised he stuffed it.
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"Oh, that ZR1? I crashed it. But here's a new one!"
THAT'S the life I want to live. And I realize it would probably be a short life.
Also, Ben, this line is incredible: "Asking a tipster for details on a race car is like asking for directions while your wife and her mother and her father are in the car." Ha!