Porsche GT2 - Top Gear reliability?
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Seeing as Porsche owners keep having a pop at TVR owners - "first name terms with the AA man", "keep the AA van behind at all costs" blah blah blah...
Who saw Top Gear tonight? Porsche 911 GT2 broke down - ahh, everyone join in and say ahh for the poor ickle Porsche.... (fan belt if anyone asks)
Still just goes to show that a £114K motor car has problems also. Maybe that might shut a few people up about TVRs now..?
Cheers,
Paul
(PS anyone remember when Performance Car magazine broke the gearbox of a Griff 5.0?)
Who saw Top Gear tonight? Porsche 911 GT2 broke down - ahh, everyone join in and say ahh for the poor ickle Porsche.... (fan belt if anyone asks)
Still just goes to show that a £114K motor car has problems also. Maybe that might shut a few people up about TVRs now..?
Cheers,
Paul
(PS anyone remember when Performance Car magazine broke the gearbox of a Griff 5.0?)
Dont think so - most people will be surprised that the Porsche broke down.
If it was a Tiv, then they wouldn't be surprised at all.
Thats the difference, Porsche have an excellent reputation that will take a lot more than a thrown fan belt to kill.
TVR have a reputation that appears to be getting worse, when it should be getting better.
Lets hope that the Tamora does a better job that the Tuscan in this respect.
If it was a Tiv, then they wouldn't be surprised at all.
Thats the difference, Porsche have an excellent reputation that will take a lot more than a thrown fan belt to kill.
TVR have a reputation that appears to be getting worse, when it should be getting better.
Lets hope that the Tamora does a better job that the Tuscan in this respect.
I saw an amusing thing last week on the way home from work. I drove past a recovery truck with an S reg 911 on it. It lookeed to me as if it had suffered an engine fire. The area where spoiler normally was was all charred and melted And the bonnet, if their still called that above engine had a dirty great hole in it. How I chuckled as I wizzed past in my unreliable Tiv.
Tiff described this as a "freak incident".
Mmmm.
Last time I remember a car breaking down on Top Gear was, let me see, Tiff
driving a Boxster, when the gear lever broke.
Unbiased reporting anyone ? Not that I would suggest that Tiff loves BMs and Porsches, and Top Gear is sponsored by Ford (did you believe how long they spent on a Focus last week, and the Land Rover yesterday).
Mmmm.
Last time I remember a car breaking down on Top Gear was, let me see, Tiff
driving a Boxster, when the gear lever broke.
Unbiased reporting anyone ? Not that I would suggest that Tiff loves BMs and Porsches, and Top Gear is sponsored by Ford (did you believe how long they spent on a Focus last week, and the Land Rover yesterday).
If it goes to C5 it will probably end up with noody lasses draped across every motor, now theres a thought.
Like you mention hopefully it would lose the political correctness. If I want to see standard everyday euroboxes reviewed I will watch Drivel, but Top Gear used to be about different cars that people wanted to see being thrashed around in plumes of tyre smoke a la Needell, but not in the Max Power or Carnage fashion. As the BBC is funded by the public, and that sort of behaviour is seen as irresponsible nowadays, maybe moving channels wouldn't be such a bad move for the petrolheads out there.
(Is this a wind up into which I have been well and sucked in?)
Colin
Like you mention hopefully it would lose the political correctness. If I want to see standard everyday euroboxes reviewed I will watch Drivel, but Top Gear used to be about different cars that people wanted to see being thrashed around in plumes of tyre smoke a la Needell, but not in the Max Power or Carnage fashion. As the BBC is funded by the public, and that sort of behaviour is seen as irresponsible nowadays, maybe moving channels wouldn't be such a bad move for the petrolheads out there.
(Is this a wind up into which I have been well and sucked in?)
Colin
Foggy,
Not sure if it is a wind-up, but it is certain that Top Gear format is to be killed off. The BBC have admitted to that part. They are proposing that the next set of "Top Gear" branded programmes will be Used Car buying? Didnt Channel 4 do that one already?
Woops my mistake - dont bother inventing a new format when you can steal one....
Cheers,
Paul
Not sure if it is a wind-up, but it is certain that Top Gear format is to be killed off. The BBC have admitted to that part. They are proposing that the next set of "Top Gear" branded programmes will be Used Car buying? Didnt Channel 4 do that one already?
Woops my mistake - dont bother inventing a new format when you can steal one....
Cheers,
Paul
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