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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:19 AM
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Top Gear trio spotted in NYC
So what's a little spur-of-the-moment 400 mile road trip anyway? I got nuthin' else going on today.

So anyway, when I get there, how long before I find them? Five minutes? Ten if there's a lot of traffic? :shrug:

:evilgrin:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:43 AM
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1. If the Stig is with them,
then your son will find them faster :P
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:45 AM
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2. Haven't you heard?
There ain't no Stig at the moment. Ben Collins fessed up (wrote a book), which is against his contract, so he was fired. They're kind of still in limbo about what they're going to do for this coming set of episodes (to be aired in December according to some folk, January according to others).

Hmm...maybe my kid will have his chance now? :evilgrin:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 12:06 PM
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3. I'm a year behind you "True Fans" tm
because I'm too lazy to hunt down the new seasons online. I'm paying for BBCA anyway on DishNetwork, so I let the DVR catch what they air :)
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 12:11 PM
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4. Good news
BBCA heard fans' complaints and are going to air the next season uncut. So enjoy! :toast:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 12:14 PM
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5. Okay, great :)
They're currently airing the "Lost Episodes", whatever that means. I mean, if the BBCA studios are that disorganized that they lose episodes within a season, then they shouldn't be on the air at all.

:P
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:05 PM
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7. The current "Lost Episodes" is actually all of Series 5 (from 2004). Oh, and
do NOT miss the next episode. My favorite Top Gear "bit" ever. They try to pick a good car out of the (then) current crop of cars from the Pacific Rim. Hilarious. Unless of course *that* part is the 15 minute chunk they cut out this week.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 12:21 PM
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6. plenty of time...don't rush
you guys should have no problems with traffic in NYC ;) :rofl:
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:16 PM
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9. Great!
I'll leave in about an hour or so. Any good places for dinner in NYC? I've heard something about...um...Olluve Giardin? Is that right?
:rofl:
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:43 PM
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11. gosh Yeah
I think I heard something about it --- authentic cuisine, right?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:06 PM
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8. Might as well have one more funny, epic trip to the US
before Top Gear USA comes out with their three talentless hacks and makes a mockery of the whole thing.

They were in (I believe) VA a few days ago.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:19 PM
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10. 'Zactly
I'm already pissed off that every news item about TG being in America has to have the disclaimer "NOT TG USA, but the original TG guys..." etc. x(

I can only hope that TG USA dies a quick and painless death and is written off as a bad job. So we can get back to the only TG team that matters!

Oh--and upon trolling the interwebs today looking for info about their road trip, I learned that the drove up the East Coast from VA to NY, and en route made a stop in Intercourse, PA. Of course.
:rofl:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 02:07 PM
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12. I was watching some older auto clips on YouTube
And one of them had Tim Allen (Home Improvement) on Leno's show. I thought to myself, he's not doing anything. He's a proper car nut, he can be funny when he wants, why not ask him to do the show? I'd add Christian Slater and Adam Carolla. Both also not doing much, both excellent drivers and certified car nuts.

Moe, Larry and Curly would be better than the idiots they have for Top Gear USA.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 02:18 PM
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14. They should come to Wisconsin in the middle of winter...
Ideas for what to do with $2000 dollar cars... Ice racing, driving through a blizzard... In Milwaukee
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 02:50 PM
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16. I wish they'd have ended this trip at the Jersey Shore.
Oh, the mockery!

:rofl:
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 02:07 PM
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13. I love Top Gear
wonder what "fun" challenge they're having them do in the US? I still love their Race across London & the 1 gas tank challenges.

and then there are Hammond's pet car, May's grand piano..... :rofl:

dg
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 02:48 PM
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15. Driving a Ferrari 458 Italia, Mercedes SLS AMG and Porsche 911 GT3
from VA (they did some raceday racing at Virginia Intl Raceway with some of the locals) to New York. Probably without attempting to get killed by rednecks.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 03:43 PM
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17. Did they enter "guido" territory at the Jersey Shore?
Edited on Sat Sep-18-10 03:43 PM by MorningGlow
That would be...:scared: I'm Italian American and it would scare ME! (As it is, it just irritates the hell out of me.)

TG in NYC:



On edit: Whoops I didn't see your post upthread! :blush:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:08 PM
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18. GMTA. Imagine Clarkson encountering that Snooki.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:09 PM
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19. Christ, we'd never hear the end of it
They think little enough of Murkins as it is! :eyes:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:20 PM
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20. James May has a conversation with The Situation.
"Excuse me, are you still speaking English?"
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:35 PM
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21. !!!
Okay, I just spewed water on my screen!
:rofl:
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 05:43 PM
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25. ...
:spray: :rofl:

dg
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:50 PM
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22. Oliver is no match for the Dacia Sandero
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 05:06 PM
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23. OLIVEEEERRRRR!!!!
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 05:41 PM
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24. I *LOVE* Oliver!
such a cute car!!

dg
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:19 PM
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26. GREAT NEWS!
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