Clarkson's got rid of the GT

they had a DB5 on Top Gear recently. Not only did it spend the entire time breaking down (despite being an modern updated version) it was slower than a Range Rover around the track, making it the slowest car ever tested

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it was the e-type that was modernised. the db5 was standard.

Dave, for such a religious viewer, you astound me! :O

Even if the DB5 was standard, that totally put me off it. Slow, unreliable, and not really that good looking either

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> Even if the DB5 was standard, that totally put me
> off it. Slow, unreliable, and not really that good
> looking either
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Are you on another planet man? for starters, the car is 40 odd years old, so its gonna have niggles and its one of the best looking cars EVER (obviously my opinion)

Well for £125,000 I think i'd rather have the Ariel Atom, Holden Morano, and have £80,000 spare, rather than having a slow car thats going to break down

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2005 07:20PM by DaveEllis.

for me, an M3 and a Juno SS3 for track days

M3's a great car but you'd look a bit of a prick driving it unfortunatly - the whole BMW bad reputation thing. The CSL is an amazing car, Shame its a BMW too.

RX7 aint bad though.

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> Juno SS3 for track days

f'king right :p

well, as long as it doesn't break down of course

Atom for track days
Atom for the road
Atom for work



OK, seriously...
Atom for track days
DB9 for the road
Holden for work

[/snaps into reality]

the csl is good, but the tranny has a habit of popping out of gear occasionally. and gav, the juno pi**es all over the atom

I would give my right arm for an Atom.

Not literally but I'd still give an awful lot

Plus, Taku wants one!





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But it's nowhere near as cool mate

The Juno looks like a modern racer designed by someone stuck drawing 50's concept cars.

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Posted by: BigD (IP Logged)
Date: July 6, 2005 11:40PM

the csl is good, but the tranny has a habit of popping out of gear occasionally. and gav, the juno pi**es all over the atom

Juno is a racing car. Too much downforce, not enough raw driving.

CSL is better than good, its stunning. But its a BMW, so the dealers are crap and you have to drive around knowing people are looking at you thinking "what a prick" :P

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/29/2012 06:20PM by Habi.

In the UK BMW drivers had bad reputations for being @#$%& :P

There fantastic cars, no doubt. the M series, and the CSL are fantastic. And the CSL is brilliant value for money for what almost boreders on being a track day car! Just the reputation is what hurts them in the UK I love BMWs (altho the new styling is a bit weird, not sure if i like it), if i had the money i might have bought one....but then I'd get a Monaro for cheaper

Altho if you want a car that does every day stuff and is a sports car, the Vauxhall/Holden Monaro blows any other car completelty away IMO

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/29/2012 06:26PM by Habi.

Monaro isnt exotic Thats the point. Its incredibly cheap, comes with a big muscly V8 (i prfer a rough V8 over a smooth V6 Turbo), and it handels brilliantly. And because its built by Holden and not Vauxhall, the build quality is consierably better than other Vauxhalls (Except the VX220 which is built by Lotus).

Monaro really is a muscle car in a 4 Door Saloon clothing

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/29/2012 06:25PM by Habi.

Apparently Jeremy has now been banned from driving for a minimum of 2 months by his doctor, due to a slipped disc.

All the footage has been captured for this series, so all that's left is studio work, so he should be able to cope well enough for TG.

Hmm... maybe it's not the best job in the world afterall



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