James May's Cars of the People
Discussion
tali1 said:
Whilst the Calibre was the final edition ,the XR4X4 wasn't for the Sierra -it was afaik the Azura.
I have seen some Sapphires around on M-plates. Indeed, my first car was an M reg Sapphire 2.0i GLS, which went like stink and looked great in shiny Ford black. Right up until the valeter wrote it off just before delivery. I suspect they had just been hanging around some seaside docks or deserted runway since 1992 though. Zad said:
tali1 said:
Whilst the Calibre was the final edition ,the XR4X4 wasn't for the Sierra -it was afaik the Azura.
I have seen some Sapphires around on M-plates. Indeed, my first car was an M reg Sapphire 2.0i GLS, which went like stink and looked great in shiny Ford black. Right up until the valeter wrote it off just before delivery. I suspect they had just been hanging around some seaside docks or deserted runway since 1992 though. http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/rsocbb/showthread.ph...
MK2 Mondeo on 02 -(when mk3 are from x reg)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8002/7597049800_67a0...
hal3210 said:
The whole programme seemed a complete shambles to me. The time dragged horrendously and so many things jangled with me - why play the Minder theme music for several minutes during a piece about the Silver Shadow? We all know the legendary Arthur Daley is synonymous with the Jaguar XJ / Daimler. Okay, Arthur actually drove a ghastly yellow Shadow 2 in the 1988 Christmas Special but I very much doubt that May or his researchers knew this! Maybe the Minder music was actually intended for the piece on the white Terry McCann style Capri but was played 5 minutes too early! I was expecting a reference to The Professionals when the Capri was featured too! And, as previously mentioned here, the old chestnut of a Countach being a pain to drive has been done to death by him and JC before.
Being a real train spotter here but wasn't the Big Bumper Golf GTI actually introduced in 1990? May was talking about the Golf from the 80s when driving a facelift 1990 onwards model car! It seems strange to me that he's always knocking the Germans yet cheerfully drives past a broken down MGB with steam gushing from under the bonnet in a Japanese car (the car that basically nicked the whole concept of the MGB from the MGB!)
I thought May was a bit arrogant with those fleet managers - they clearly remembered the days when L and GL made the world of difference to reps and a Maestro as a company car could make a grown man cry! I got the impression May didn't really comprehend that culture at all. It also jangled that he said he was p*ssed off twice, I thought he was lucky to be fronting the show. That nonsense with photocopiers was rubbish and a complete time waster, I only hope those guys didn't get toner on the seats of those very rare Sierras and Cavaliers. The Cavalier Calibre was seriously rare when new so I doubt more than a handful exist now.
Anyway, the only great thing about the programme was that it reminded me of the 1994 series from A to B which featured highly amusing footage of company car drives - my favourite (that still sticks in the mind 20 years later) was the Maestro driver who cried when he got it as a company car and he actually took his tie off when entering motorway service cafes as he didn't want anyone else to realise he was a salesman! That show was a great insight into the culture and I'll definitely watch it again on You Tube. I'm just glad May hasn't filmed anymore of his series.
Wow! You sound like lots of fun....Being a real train spotter here but wasn't the Big Bumper Golf GTI actually introduced in 1990? May was talking about the Golf from the 80s when driving a facelift 1990 onwards model car! It seems strange to me that he's always knocking the Germans yet cheerfully drives past a broken down MGB with steam gushing from under the bonnet in a Japanese car (the car that basically nicked the whole concept of the MGB from the MGB!)
I thought May was a bit arrogant with those fleet managers - they clearly remembered the days when L and GL made the world of difference to reps and a Maestro as a company car could make a grown man cry! I got the impression May didn't really comprehend that culture at all. It also jangled that he said he was p*ssed off twice, I thought he was lucky to be fronting the show. That nonsense with photocopiers was rubbish and a complete time waster, I only hope those guys didn't get toner on the seats of those very rare Sierras and Cavaliers. The Cavalier Calibre was seriously rare when new so I doubt more than a handful exist now.
Anyway, the only great thing about the programme was that it reminded me of the 1994 series from A to B which featured highly amusing footage of company car drives - my favourite (that still sticks in the mind 20 years later) was the Maestro driver who cried when he got it as a company car and he actually took his tie off when entering motorway service cafes as he didn't want anyone else to realise he was a salesman! That show was a great insight into the culture and I'll definitely watch it again on You Tube. I'm just glad May hasn't filmed anymore of his series.
DervVW said:
No... it didn't bother me, but I didn't know the deeper meaning.
There's no "deeper meaning". It was a Pop Culture reference to a famous news clip. As I mentioned earlier:
"Colin Baker for Thames news, Westminster, soaked with cold feet & an aching heart, married, several children, pissed off, really dreadfully pissed off."
http://youtu.be/u3M-BS47UHQ
JonRB said:
DervVW said:
No... it didn't bother me, but I didn't know the deeper meaning.
There's no "deeper meaning". It was a Pop Culture reference to a famous news clip. As I mentioned earlier:
"Colin Baker for Thames news, Westminster, soaked with cold feet & an aching heart, married, several children, pissed off, really dreadfully pissed off."
http://youtu.be/u3M-BS47UHQ
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