Heads Up TopGear on in 10 mins!

[Lois]

thunderstruck said:

dcb said: On UK motorways, I've never seen a Porsche 911 doing more than 65 mph. Now that's not actually true, is it?

I can vouch that I've driven a porsche 965 turbo faster than that on a UK motorway

[CupraR]

dcb said:

... the lowly Mondeo, which is way fast enough for non-German roads, and would keep up with most traffic on the autobahn as well.

All I can say is that you don't drive fast enough!

[mcflurry]

dcb said:

Dunno what rules Clarkie plays under, but in real life, I'd have used the 45 minute ferry. Saves 290 extra miles.

He could have had his sleep then

[dcb]

CupraR said:

All I can say is that you don't drive fast enough!

Oh I dunno. Personal best 145 mph in the BMW 530.

The Jaguar XJ8, the MR2 and the Lotus Excel I've had them all flat out at their respective top speeds [ 140 mph, 135 mph, 130 mph].

Thousands of miles at over 120 mph.

Swift enough ?

I've still got 7 mph to do on the BMW. One day soon.

[marcos_eirik]

The litle town James and Hamster was stuck in seems to me like Grimstad, a smaal town by the Vestfold coast...

[marcos_eirik]

After more research it appears to be Stavern
(www.op.no/bildeserier/siden_sist/article1558393.ece?start=1)


>> Edited by marcos_eirik on Wednesday 6th July 18:31

[dcb]

marcos_eirik said:

The litle town James and Hamster was stuck in seems to me like Grimstad, a smaal town by the Vestfold coast...

I also wondered why Clarkie went over the Zuider Zee.

Any fule kno it's miles out of his way.

London, Dover, Calais, Brugge, Gent, Antwerp, Eindhoven, Duisburg, Munster, Osnabruck, Bremen, Hamburg, Lubeck, Copenhagen, Goteborg, Oslo for those not on telly in silly cars, surely ?

Tchoh !

[Flat in Fifth]

anonymous said:

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I can vouch that I've driven a VW Type 2 Transporter Devon Eurovette conversion faster than that on a UK motorway............

but not by much, and it was on a downhill stretch, and I had been flat in fourth for the last 100 miles or so.


Edited to add that in theory the repeat is on BBC2 tonight at 7pm. (London situation and scheduling permitting I guess)

That is the TG repeat, not me waddling down the M5 in a Type 2 veedub naturellement mes braves.


>> Edited by Flat in Fifth on Thursday 7th July 13:09

[pwig]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but i just watched the repeat, what was the choon played when going over hte bridge and also later on on the boat? and also when clarky was going through norway.

[pwig]

Anyone?