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IN THE FACE!
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
Just take the body kits off and hoon the MR2s...

I'd rather watch a car I could actually afford get hooned, and then day dream about doing it myself, its hard for me to mentally place my self in a real super-car.
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SeanKHotay
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
Maybe Ferrari will let them use MG undercarriages...
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Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
Talented entertainers to Top Gear: Stop using Jeremy Clarkson.
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Tanshanomi
03/06/09

@Sportwagons - now with vitamin F: That's a totally different deal. They don't represent him to be a talented entertainer, and the appearance and presentation is so drastically different as to prevent any chance of confusing the two.
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Boosted Lego Wagon
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
This isn't their only problem. I heard the Campaign for Equal Heights wants Top Gear to start using an actual Dwarf in place of Richard Hammond, and a genuine Politically Incorrect Wookie in place of Jeremy Clarkson.
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1300ccsoffury
03/06/09

@boosted-lego-wagon: And a Standard Poodle for James May.
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mikedrawcar
03/06/09

@boosted-lego-wagon: COTD!
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tenbeers
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
In my bleary pre-coffee stupor, I read the URL to the original story as Jive.com.au. I then spent several minutes giggling to myself imagining such a thing.
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Syrax
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
Top Gear to Ferrari:

"Okay, you'll give them, we'll hoon'em!"
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elwood
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
So what legal recompense does a company have against something like this? Clearly they should have some sort of defense against their products being represented by fakes (and not explicitly labeled as such), but things like this happen in movies all the time with stunt cars.
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pauljones
03/06/09

@elwood:

I suppose they might be able to make a defamation argument on some sort, but I doubt that it would hold much water.
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Justin Sanderson
03/06/09

@elwood: Most of the rest of the World does not treat/abuse the legal system like the US and UK. Especially Italy. Asking Top Gear to desist is the Italian way to go about it.
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pauljones
03/06/09

@Justin Sanderson:

Failing that, a gun shot to the face is also an effective way to get a message across.
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engineerd
03/06/09

In reply to Ferrari To Top Gear: Stop Using Fake Ferraris
Where can I buy one of their fake Ferraris? Just to keep Ferrari from telling me to nut up, I would call it a Feryota and tell everyone it's a star of the stage and internet blogs.
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Syrax
03/06/09

@engineerd thinks cannoli is deserving of a star: A Fierrari is always at the corner. A MR-360 might be harder to find.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
At long last, have they no shame?

I'll have to stop asking rhetorical questions, someday.
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Brady Butterfield
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
Top Gear really is a bunch of douche bags, even if they love the ZR1. I thought I would get to work on these this morning.

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beercheck
02/13/09

@Brady Butterfield: Wow. You didn't really leave us much to work with.
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Bumblebee
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
What is Top Gear Live?
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Graverobber
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
I think the bigger shock would be learning that;

Clarkson really isn't a pompous ass, and secretly craves eating Sonic and sightseeing in a PT Cruiser around downtown Dallas.

Hammond is really the brains of the operation.

and

May is really Max Mosley is disguise.
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GDUB
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
The real story would have been if the tree stooges who are top gear were in fact just vessels for our new alien overlords Kodos and Kang.
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layabout
02/13/09

@GDUB: So you've outed them,feel good now do you,do you?
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roaduscarnivorous
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
who cares? and they're really gonna lug 3 ferraris all over the world?
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LTDScott
02/13/09

Who cares? @roaduscarnivorous: My thoughts exactly. Hell I would have been just as impressed watching MR2s doing the same thing, but then again I'm not a Ferrari nut swinger.
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muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper
02/13/09

In reply to Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders
here is one MR2 Ferrari:

and the real mccoy:

i think its pretty close, but i aint a ferrari lover!
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muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper
02/13/09

@muhnkee_2:

the MR2 above is made here:

[www.mr2bodykit.co.uk]

the dimensions are as follows

Mr2 Ferrari Ferrari

Length: 4327mm 4477mm

Width: 1925mm 1922mm

Height: 1235mm 1235mm
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layabout
02/13/09

@muhnkee_2: The biggest give away is the engine cover,other than that looks wise the clones are good. I still wouldn't buy one though,but then i wouldn't buy a 360 either.
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