Tuscan on Top Gear
Tuscan on Top Gear
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christiaan

Original Poster:

153 posts

252 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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Well, not too favourable, likenend to Marmite..... I love Marmite!

Tuska

961 posts

253 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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It was bloody quick, 3 secs faster than the morgan impersonater they were comparing it to. Why complain just beacause it wouldn't start? They've clearly not owned one.

christiaan

Original Poster:

153 posts

252 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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Would have liked to have seen the Stig take the "S" around the track instead!

2 Smokin Barrels

31,776 posts

258 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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Tuska said:
Why complain just beacause it wouldn't start? They've clearly not owned one.


..or they clearly have!

mr mack

337 posts

251 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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I love MARMITE!!!!! Can not wait for my 'S' to arrive. Arrival date w/c 4th July....and counting!

Mr M



>> Edited by mr mack on Sunday 12th June 21:03

HeyAndy

423 posts

272 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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I thought some of the points raised in TG were spot on. Why complicate getting in and out of a car? And as for the wipers coming away from the screen? Not good enough....But I'm glad the MK2 did the business round the track.

UncleDave

7,155 posts

254 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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The wipers fair enough, but the complication of opening the doors is a good thing... TVRs are all about the flowing lines, and the door handles would throw it off...
I have to say that I think the doors look excellent with no handles..

Dave.

christiaan

Original Poster:

153 posts

252 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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Well Mr Mack, it will be worth waiting for, I do hope yours arrives as planned, as mine arrived 3 weeks after it's due date, Hey-ho, it's here now, and 1000mile service completed. Let the good times role!
As for the wipers being very poor Andy, I have to disagree, mine are (touching wood) perfect...they don't lift off, and surprisingly, they actually wipe the rain off without smearing!

cliff123

458 posts

265 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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A button on a wing mirror complicated? Complicated, but only for the dumb! It aint complicated. It just not slap bang on the back of the door screaming door handle. But other than that it aint too difficult to operate!

Its also sad that a car specific program has to resort to the success of a cars design and build quality to whether Joe Bloggs can start it in 1 minute. Top gear... best watched with the sound turned off. (with the exception of DB9's through tunnels and the tvr down the striaght )

basil brush

5,521 posts

286 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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Just becase he can't drive it doesn't make the handling bad. I seem to remember him saying similarish things about the Elise S2, until the Lotus driver took him round the track and showed him how it should be done.

Was it only marginally below the Zonda on the lap times?

chris watton

22,547 posts

283 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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What is the procedure for starting the T2 then?

russian rocket

874 posts

259 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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there are so many posts on this site saying how poor the tuscan handles and how a porche/bmw etc will beat you on the twisty stuff, 1.24.8 proves otherwise.

they were quite accurate about it, it is a brute of a car that's why I like it, would love to see what stig would do with an S

cliff123

458 posts

265 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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I dont own a Tuscan 2 (Yet!!!! but the misses is sounding more keen every time we see one). But I believe its just by a start button on the centre consol, assuming you have the immobiliser key fob within the car. (any owners wish to confirm?)

lady topaz

3,855 posts

277 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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Me too!
Wished he hadnt shown so many how to get in the car, as a free form of anti-theft!


judas

6,209 posts

282 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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I can't believe how much time was wasted in the feature labouring the point about the Tuscan's non-standard entry/exit procedures. Who gives a flying whether some random spod from a factory can or cannot get in/out of the Tuscan? If they buy one then they'll be shown - end of story. If anything it makes the car less likely to be the subject of random car theft.



The rest of the feature made some valid points, but to me that just proved the point that they were going to have a go at the car regardless. Still - the lap time showed what the car is really capable of in the hands on someone who knows what they're doing...

russian rocket

874 posts

259 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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cliff123 said:
I dont own a Tuscan 2 (Yet!!!! but the misses is sounding more keen every time we see one). But I believe its just by a start button on the centre consol, assuming you have the immobiliser key fob within the car. (any owners wish to confirm?)


seems to me like a good bit free security so no

anonymous-user

77 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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HeyAndy said:
I thought some of the points raised in TG were spot on. Why complicate getting in and out of a car?



It's not complicated at all. The fact that the way to get in and start the car is not known to every scrote and car thief is bloody positive.

When a decent driver got behind the wheel it pissed round the track much faster than that awful 50's Jag in drag.

Clarkson is a tt and the fact that the dwarf doesn't like TVR's is no surprise. Did you see how close he had to sit to the wheel of the Aston?

2 Smokin Barrels

31,776 posts

258 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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judas said:
I can't believe how much time was wasted in the feature labouring the point about the Tuscan's non-standard entry/exit procedures.


I believe it's called humour.

nelly1

5,662 posts

254 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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How come that Hammond bloke suddenly doesn't like TVR's?
Only a while back he was dribbling over the 350, saying it was miles better than a Noble!

Now "...they all smell like a canoe factory and I'll take the German!"

Bit fickle, Hmmmmmm ?

theblacktuscks

823 posts

276 months

Sunday 12th June 2005
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chris watton said:
What is the procedure for starting the T2 then?


Get in. Push button. Select gear. Pedal to metal.