James May on Diesels

[AC43]

Just posted on Twitter;

"Reporters outside my house: if you're going to hang around on small streets with your car engines idling all day, don't buy a bloody diesel."

Just sayin'

[0llie]

It did make me laugh when the newsreader read the tweet

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Someone needs to start dishing out £20 fixed penalties for that.

[Ares]

May needs to tread carefully. In the nanny BBC/Lefty state we live in, that could get him sacked too.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Ares said:

May needs to tread carefully. In the nanny BBC/Lefty state we live in, that could get him sacked too.

all 3 of them are out of contract for TG i believe

[IanCress]

I completely agree with him. There's nothing worse than someone idling what sounds like a tractor outside your house when you've got the windows open.

[a.christie]

Now watch the BBC licence fee rise to compensate for loss of revenue.

[Motorrad]

a.christie said:

Now watch the BBC licence fee rise to compensate for loss of revenue.

The fantastic thing about the TV license is that you don't have to buy one.

[McSam]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Ares said:

May needs to tread carefully. In the nanny BBC/Lefty state we live in, that could get him sacked too.

all 3 of them are out of contract for TG i believe

Sort of. They all expire at the end of the month, with Clarkson the only one confirmed as not being renewed.

May is very entertaining on Twitter. His bio has already been changed to "Former TV presenter"

[clonmult]

Motorrad said:

a.christie said:

Now watch the BBC licence fee rise to compensate for loss of revenue.

The fantastic thing about the TV license is that you don't have to buy one.

If you own a TV that is capable of receiving broadcasts, you do ....

[Ares]

Motorrad said:

a.christie said:

Now watch the BBC licence fee rise to compensate for loss of revenue.

The fantastic thing about the TV license is that you don't have to buy one.

Indeed. Thank god we're not becoming North Korea.

[McSam]

clonmult said:

Motorrad said:

a.christie said:

Now watch the BBC licence fee rise to compensate for loss of revenue.

The fantastic thing about the TV license is that you don't have to buy one.

If you own a TV that is capable of receiving broadcasts, you do ....

Completely false. We had a nice long thread about this in the Lounge recently. I suggest you go and read it before presenting "facts"...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Motorrad]

clonmult said:

If you own a TV that is capable of receiving broadcasts, you do ....

Nope, only if you watch live broadcasts.

Why anyone would bother watching live TV these days is beyond me. However that's academic in my case as I live in a country that doesn't require you to pay to do so.

[Dave Hedgehog]

clonmult said:

Motorrad said:

a.christie said:

Now watch the BBC licence fee rise to compensate for loss of revenue.

The fantastic thing about the TV license is that you don't have to buy one.

If you own a TV that is capable of receiving broadcasts, you do ....

utterly wrong

you only need a license if you watch or record live broadcast (UK) TV, that includes live net stream's

you do not need it for catchup tv or any other form of media

[Krikkit]

McSam said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Ares said:

May needs to tread carefully. In the nanny BBC/Lefty state we live in, that could get him sacked too.

all 3 of them are out of contract for TG i believe

Sort of. They all expire at the end of the month, with Clarkson the only one confirmed as not being renewed.

May is very entertaining on Twitter. His bio has already been changed to "Former TV presenter"

I can't imagine any of them continuing with TG after this series is done, I'm looking forward to the next few programs really.

[a.christie]

Perhaps Quentin Willson will be back.After all the BBC do have a habit of re-employing presenters. Personally I would like to see someone like Anthony Davidson or Ben Collins in the "hot"seat.

[Dave Hedgehog]

a.christie said:

Perhaps Quentin Willson will be back.After all the BBC do have a habit of re-employing presenters. Personally I would like to see someone like Anthony Davidson or Ben Collins in the "hot"seat.

Quentin Willson, David Dickinson and Ann Widdecombe

They would have gone with james cordon but fortunately his extradition to the US has gone through and we are shot of the prick

[justanother5tar]

The only things I watch(ed) on the BBC were Top Gear and Family Guy. fked that up haven't they.

I'd rather not pay TV licence and just be able to delete all the BBC st from my TV's/set top boxes.

[Roger Irrelevant]

AC43 said:

Just posted on Twitter;

"Reporters outside my house: if you're going to hang around on small streets with your car engines idling all day, don't buy a bloody diesel."

Just sayin'

Hang on, if there's one thing I've learned from the 'drive petrol not diesel' thread it's that modern diesels are whisper smooth and not clattery or agricultural in the slightest. James May must be mistaken.

[Conscript]

Ares said:

May needs to tread carefully. In the nanny BBC/Lefty state we live in, that could get him sacked too.

Being sacked for a sustained assault on a work colleague is hardly a signifier of a nanny state - just a normal, civilised one.

I like JC and Top Gear, but that behaviour is inexcusable at the best of times - especially if, as we are lead to believe, it was over something as trivial as poor catering.

Edited by Conscript on Wednesday 25th March 16:53