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Old 03-03-2007, 09:53 PM   #31
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I think it's great - an Australian car mixing it with the best European brands and getting good reviews (I haven't seen the latest ep though)
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Old 03-03-2007, 10:11 PM   #32
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Anyone notice the promo for Top Gear on SBS recently? - its sponsored by Ford.

I wonder how well that - the VE on Top Gear - will go down with Ford Marketing.
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Old 03-03-2007, 11:46 PM   #33
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Anyone notice the promo for Top Gear on SBS recently? - its sponsored by Ford.

I wonder how well that - the VE on Top Gear - will go down with Ford Marketing.
I dont think the Ford vs Vauxhaul (holden) rivalry over there is as epic as here in Australia..
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Old 04-03-2007, 12:03 AM   #34
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Oh it is...maybe not quite as much as over here, but not far off.....
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Old 04-03-2007, 12:04 AM   #35
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Has anyone else noticed the irony of the name? V XR8 ???
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Old 04-03-2007, 06:07 PM   #36
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Nope...

Vauxhall has had alot of VXR cars.

VXR + Clubsport R8 = VXR8 works for me.
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Old 04-03-2007, 07:05 PM   #37
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cool looking forward to this ep.... what they should have done was strap that to the rocket they made......KABLAMO!!! :P

top gear wont test the FPV because they cant buy it..though it would change their mind about FORD's
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Old 04-03-2007, 07:39 PM   #38
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I look forward to finding this ep on YouTube
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Old 05-03-2007, 09:29 AM   #39
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Old 05-03-2007, 09:40 AM   #40
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I dont think I'd like to see Clarkson review any Australian Fords. To him they'd be cheap, heavy, slow, petrol guzzling family saloons with no fruit. Compared to the Jag's and stuff they generally review.
I don't think so. They loved the Monaro despite referring to the interior as "rubbish" and the car being cheap. They also love how it has plenty of equipment but the entire car isn't run by computers (eg, BMW i-drive). I reckon the FPV range would be regarded the same. Sure the V8s might be a little bit slower, but the FPV is regarded as a drivers car. It handles well, and brakes well
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Old 05-03-2007, 10:07 AM   #41
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So is it season 9 - episode 5 ?
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Old 05-03-2007, 10:09 AM   #42
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It will be season 9 - episode 6. In episode 5, they were testing tractors. Expect episode 6 to be on torrent sites by this arvo
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this just goes to prove that Holdens 2billion dollar baby is just a vauxhall re-badged. Holden only just recently said they were rebadging it to pontiac for states export (i see it as having about as much impact as the monaro did when they sent that over, about 2/3rds of the cars were still sitting in yards a couple of years after it was released there!), to my knowladge nothing was said about europe.

You know inane posts like that make Ford diehards look foolish.
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Old 05-03-2007, 11:02 AM   #44
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torrents have already been put up ... all going well ill be watching in a couple of hrs. for those that dont know try finalgear.com for all your top gear info

or use this torrent...
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Old 05-03-2007, 11:09 AM   #45
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torrents have already been put up ... all going well ill be watching in a couple of hrs. for those that dont know try finalgear.com for all your top gear info
Where? they only have S9 EP5 up.
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Old 05-03-2007, 11:33 AM   #46
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Where? they only have S9 EP5 up.
I just edited my post... follow the link to torrent goodness
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Old 05-03-2007, 11:38 AM   #47
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Try this and search for top gear. Will be on todays new posts.

http://www.eztvefnet.org/
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Old 05-03-2007, 11:42 AM   #48
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this just goes to prove that Holdens 2billion dollar baby is just a vauxhall re-badged. Holden only just recently said they were rebadging it to pontiac for states export (i see it as having about as much impact as the monaro did when they sent that over, about 2/3rds of the cars were still sitting in yards a couple of years after it was released there!), to my knowladge nothing was said about europe.
The GTO was well recieved in the US, (despite some of the crap we were fed in the papers here) the target market for this type of car is small by US standards but there are no cars sitting around in storage yards! I spoke with a Pontiac dealer when I was there last year and he confirmed that the market there for that type of car was proving very tough as the 05 - 06 Mustang was doing exceptionally well compared with the previous model. The sticker price for the last of the GTO's (6.0lt) was $39,990 the problem with that is you could have a simular spec Mustang over there for a touch over $30,000, or for another $15,000 over the GTO price you could get your *** into a M3. As for the frontal treatment, sure it may not have been to our taste but it blended perfectly with the rest of the Pontiac range.

We all know the boys on Top Gear loved the 285kw GTO and it still sets the pace for performance for the money over there, and I would think the boys would love the F6 just as much, its unique, its aussie and it goes very hard for a showroom car. If HSV can get a car over there at a competitive price than WTF is wrong with Ford?
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700MB! Damn....I thought they were around the 450 mark?
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The VUK rip is 423 mb, but has not been released yet..
No action on the 700mb one though, looks like ill have to wait for the smaller rip.
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That Finalgear site is crazy, it even has a count down telling you how long ago the last top gear episode was.....

3 Hours and 49 minutes apparently....LOL
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The VUK rip is 423 mb, but has not been released yet..
No action on the 700mb one though, looks like ill have to wait for the smaller rip.
its coming in at around 20k at the moment for me 7 seeds and 46 peers... be patient though
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Off this site http://www.eztvefnet.org/ i have it coming down fairly quick over 100kb/s and am at about 80% downloaded. The download is only 350mb too.
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Off this site http://www.eztvefnet.org/ i have it coming down fairly quick over 100kb/s and am at about 80% downloaded. The download is only 350mb too.
the only one i found was 700Mb and its the same RiVeR file that im downloading... link??>?
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That Finalgear site is crazy, it even has a count down telling you how long ago the last top gear episode was.....

3 Hours and 49 minutes apparently....LOL
it usually counts down to the next episode but the next one isnt untill sometime after the european summer so....
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Whoops sorry try this one http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1050358/11277360/
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I'm surprised Clarkson liked it, normally he likes fairly clean looking cars, which the HSV isn't.
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I'm surprised Clarkson liked it, normally he likes fairly clean looking cars, which the HSV isn't.
havent seen it yet so SSHHH!!!
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