Derek Bell on The Classic Car Show yesterday

[Lorneg]

With apologies if someone else has already noted this, but when talking about his Porsche 962,

'A great car is like a great wife, you only notice how good she was when you can no longer get in her'

Probably not a word perfect quote, but somehow it appealed to the intellectual side of my brain and the childish side both at the same time!

[corvus]

It sums up the Classic Car Show for me - disappointing. The fact we never got to see footage of Bell in the Porsche, not the eye opening one liner.
I've lost count of the times I've watched that Porsche 956 doing the Mulsanne straight, and it always looks ridiculously fast.
The only glimmer is Bruno Senna driving some tasty cars properly.

[Dave Hedgehog]

corvus said:

It sums up the Classic Car Show for me - disappointing. The fact we never got to see footage of Bell in the Porsche, not the eye opening one liner.
I've lost count of the times I've watched that Porsche 956 doing the Mulsanne straight, and it always looks ridiculously fast.
The only glimmer is Bruno Senna driving some tasty cars properly.

the jag LW was superb, everything else about the program was utter ass gravy, the presenters are just dire, a tramp, she hulk / posh totty, and QW is just one of the biggest s to every walk the planet

[anonymous-user]

I noticed that too!
A good car show, the best at the moment IMHO.
Some proper car stuff, nothing like 'The Last Of The Summer Wine with cars' that's now no more anyway!

[TR4man]

Lorneg said:

'A great car is like a great wife, you only notice how good she was when you can no longer get in her'

!

That made me smirk as well.

Can't make my mind up as to whether it was deliberate or a slip of the tongue

[datum77]

Not a brilliant show and spoilt by that obnoxious self-important tt QW. God help us all if he gets to be offered THAT job. She is good, but not outstanding.

[lowdrag]

Do as I do - record it, then you can skip 90% and only watch what you want. I did watch her driving around the circuit in the XK - at about 40 mph it seemed - for 10 seconds, and frankly skipped virtually all of the rest including Mr Scalextric.

[tangerine_sedge]

lowdrag said:

Do as I do - record it, then you can skip 90% and only watch what you want. I did watch her driving around the circuit in the XK - at about 40 mph it seemed - for 10 seconds, and frankly skipped virtually all of the rest including Mr Scalextric.

Did you watch this on your daughters 42" TV?

[Claudia Skies]

lowdrag said:

Do as I do - record it.

^^^ That's the one.

By the way, Derek Bell did his further education at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. Go figure!