TOP GEAR this coming Sunday

TOP GEAR this coming Sunday

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V8HSV

Original Poster:

2,457 posts

259 months

Monday 1st December 2003
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Mark said that TG will be featuring one of his cars against the Vauxhall this w/e - should be intersting.

uk hsv

1,692 posts

260 months

Monday 1st December 2003
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Which Vauxhall? not the new Monaro!

ps. are you still on for the meet next Saturday? if so maybe a HSV convoy up from south!

uk hsv

jagsy

1,462 posts

258 months

Monday 1st December 2003
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If its the one that was being filmed when I bought the car from Mark, its the Kermit green LSV R300.

V8HSV

Original Poster:

2,457 posts

259 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2003
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jagsy is correct, it's the green un...

sjc

14,306 posts

277 months

Sunday 7th December 2003
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Well a good and fair appraisal of the Monaro then but WTF was that about with what I assume to be Marks car? A 5 sec snip against a XKR? Longer time was given to real ale drinkers and that poxy Toyota truck.

esheep

2 posts

251 months

Monday 8th December 2003
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Well, all I can say is now I don't just want a HSV, I NEED a HSV!
PS: anyone know any second hand uk dealers?

LuS1fer

41,718 posts

252 months

Monday 8th December 2003
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Now what was that he said "The car has no styling..."

MInd you, that came from a man pretending to like the Max Power cars and you could see by his face he was lying.

Anyway, all very well saying it came down the board but it was only a couple of tenths of a second behind the Golf R32 in the dry which is pretty good.

MInd you...he's right about the styling. He he. (Insert your own "wink" icon here as I can't be bothered).

LuS1fer

41,718 posts

252 months

Monday 8th December 2003
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Oh yes, that was the thing that was nagging at the back of my mind.

Clarkson loved the car and wasn't overly impressed by the 1:33 round the track (albeit in the wet) but wait, isn't this the car that was featured in EVO?

Don't I recall seeing it retailed at £38000?

Had 370bhp?

Had the uprated HSV suspension and brakes?

Therefore should be considerably faster round the track than a "cooking" Monaro? And handle much better?

Therefore isn't the new Vauxhall Monaro or anything like it? Bit misleading. Not that facts ever got in the way of Clarkson's views.

jagsy

1,462 posts

258 months

Tuesday 9th December 2003
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I think it was fair, but I didn't like the score board at the end.

As for time round the track, hmmm 1.33 in the wet less 2/3 secs for dry???

The red car on the track was (I think) the HSV version - but not the LSV version. This was the one I wanted to see how fast????