Clarkson: Racist

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Mr_B

10,480 posts

244 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Wouldn't surprise me none if TG ends on being on Sky soon.

It's a crime to stone a Lotus Esprit. Any Brits want to rescue it, Telegraph reports the left the cars at the side of the road and headed home.

Fizpop

332 posts

170 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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The cars had already been modded when left. Looks like the Pork has been turned into a pickup, the Mustang had been Mad Maxed up with an external cage (looks pretty cool actually) and the Lotus was towing what looks like half a caravan.

You can almost hear the story line, Hammond points out Jez's plate is somewhat risible - hilarity ensues.

The Argies had told TG that they wouldn't get into that town days ago, TG replied that they'd end it early outside the town. This'll air and it'll end with them diving for the border in the same style as when those rednecks got miffed.

This'll blow over, TG is a massive cash cow and if the bbc axes it, someone else will snap the format up.

getawayturtle

3,560 posts

175 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Mr_B said:
Wouldn't surprise me none if TG ends on being on Sky soon.

It's a crime to stone a Lotus Esprit. Any Brits want to rescue it, Telegraph reports the left the cars at the side of the road and headed home.
I imagine they'd all be torched by now. Despite reportedly being outside a police checkpoint.

Beati Dogu

8,896 posts

140 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Borghetto said:
I know it's Argie territory
It's not actually.

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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getawayturtle said:
Ayahuasca said:
It was absolutely deliberate. Anyone who thinks otherwise is naive.
Yes they must have deliberately given the 928 that numberplate 23 years ago. Crafty DVLA.
Don't be dense.

TG researcher trawls through database of number plates looking for something jokey that happens to be attached to an interesting car. Finds the 928. Job jobbed, except the Argies are more touchy and volatile than TG expected, which should not really have been unexpected.

FredericRobinson

3,722 posts

233 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Beati Dogu said:
It's not actually.
The Embassy is though

Mr_B

10,480 posts

244 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Ayahuasca said:
getawayturtle said:
Ayahuasca said:
It was absolutely deliberate. Anyone who thinks otherwise is naive.
Yes they must have deliberately given the 928 that numberplate 23 years ago. Crafty DVLA.
Don't be dense.

TG researcher trawls through database of number plates looking for something jokey that happens to be attached to an interesting car. Finds the 928. Job jobbed, except the Argies are more touchy and volatile than TG expected, which should not really have been unexpected.
Don't you have to search a reg against the make it's attached to though ? If you put your car reg in against a different make, nothing comes up unless you match both ?
Assuming that incorrect and they could enter some plates and find a interesting match , how do you then locate the car and buy it ? Would take some rather detailed info from the DVLA , no ?

Anyway, seems the Argentinians are a touchy lot. Shame the reaction is one of violence. They were a bit less reactionary to a less than subtle dig at the UK with an athlete run all over a British war memorial in the Falklands as a pre Olympics stunt for TV.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-1794...

getawayturtle

3,560 posts

175 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Ayahuasca said:
Don't be dense.

TG researcher trawls through database of number plates looking for something jokey that happens to be attached to an interesting car. Finds the 928. Job jobbed, except the Argies are more touchy and volatile than TG expected, which should not really have been unexpected.
Just like that!

I shall just agree to disagree, I can't see it myself. Seems like extreme lengths to go to for what a set of phony £20 plates could do.

KTF

9,809 posts

151 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Remember, everything you see on topgear is staged, even the publicity.

The backstory is almost irrelevant, look how much attention they got for the upcoming series yesterday/today.

Plus there is now a nice 'hook' to get people to watch as they want to see the natives kicking off, etc.

Halb

53,012 posts

184 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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FredericRobinson said:
Beati Dogu said:
It's not actually.
The Embassy is though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission#Extraterritoriality
Contrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and are not sovereign territory of the represented state.

Learned that when QI when Fry asked where the US soil on UK sol is.

Debaser

5,992 posts

262 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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I think the number plates were a coincidence. They would have done something a lot less tenuous if they planned to offend people with references to the war.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

285 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Mrs Karcher will be loving this, she can the BBC to her hate mail list.

Walford

2,259 posts

167 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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If they had put motoring journalists on the visa application they should be jailed

should have bin 3 tw@ts

Mr_B

10,480 posts

244 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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jmorgan said:
Mrs Karcher will be loving this, she can the BBC to her hate mail list.

and then go jet wash her car presumably ?

Chim

7,259 posts

178 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Walford said:
If they had put motoring journalists on the visa application they should be jailed

should have bin 3 tw@ts
Think you might actually find that they are the 3 most influential motoring journalist on the planet

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Chim said:
Think you might actually find that they are the 3 most influential motoring journalist on the planet
rofl What you are basically saying is that more people decide what car to buy based on Top Gear compared to any other source of information, from What Car?, Auto Express and Parkers, forums such as this to personal recommendations from friends and family.... Sure if you are nine years old or the Sultan of Brunei they probably hold some degree of influence but back in the real world...

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 3rd October 19:30

RemyMartin

6,759 posts

206 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Walford said:
If they had put motoring journalists on the visa application they should be jailed

should have bin 3 tw@ts
You should be jailed for incorrect spelling of the word 'been'

Halb

53,012 posts

184 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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And you should be gaoled, you foreigner!

lord trumpton

7,406 posts

127 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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I feel it was deliberate and if I'm honest; a fking disgrace.

No matter what the intent lots of people lost their lives in that war and to go over and gloat about it, no matter ho subtly is in very bad taste.


Impasse

15,099 posts

242 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Blib said:
Has anyone yet commented on the prefix letter, 'H' ?
Apparently Steps fans are outraged.