Anyone else notice the continuity errors with the Renualt? Black recarro seats changing into the originals and back again on the laps.
Just me? Does this make me sad? Or is it sadder posting about it on a forum?
yes, all of the above
haha i noticed and commented on it too!
i predicted most of the lap times
They could have done so much better if they just started by ripping everything out.
what do you think they will do with all the bits, £2000 worth of suspension £3000 brake package! £600 alloys + tyres i wouldn't mind getting some of that as rejects
they got bits out some cars they built years ago. there's your answer 
nothing! they seem to keep all the cars they've built/wrecked lol
was I wrong in thinking the car in the studio at the end was a VW? not the renult?
Having heard top gear tonight, on Friday as part of Children in Need and last week on their american road trip, I still prefer the old music to the new. Am I the only one? Who prefers the original top gear theme tune?
Ttop Gear is like a train wreck to watch --- high time the grossly over paid Clarkson was put out to grass his ego is out of control.
For the money they had to spend, all they needed to do (imo) is strip out as much of the interior as poss, strap on a supercharger and give it new
rubber and suspension
OK, here's a question, why did fitting "better" brakes and larger rims slow the car down by a couple of seconds a lap?
I guess the bigger wheels had a larger diameter and so upped the gearing, slower off the mark and out of corners??
Top gear IMHO is a laugh to watch but no longer for petrol heads, it's more a three comedians show with cars as a sideline. Still, good fodder
for Dave, otherwise would have to watch daytime with my cuppa!
That and increased weight, sprung and sprung rotating weight as well which about the worst kind you can think of adding.
The whole having to improve brakes when you up power is an utter crock.
i love Top Gear and find it very entertaining. However the Renault bit made them look like total idiots and wasted a good lump of the programme - did
they not have anything better to report on so had to dig out an old idea?
i found it a bit infuriation that they had such a budget and couldnt do anything with it. Seeing as trackdays are so common these days why cant they
do a semi-serious feature of taking a more credible car and turning it into a serious toy for not a lot of money.
I would of liked a more geeky episode where they actually made a car go faster by discussing power:weight, suspension design, engine porting etc
etc!!!
The "we're stupid so this won't work" has worn a bit thin. Why not actually use TG to look at what makes a car go fast??
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Originally posted by smart51
OK, here's a question, why did fitting "better" brakes and larger rims slow the car down by a couple of seconds a lap?
which might well have given them effectively worse brakes. quote:
Originally posted by Duncan_P
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Originally posted by smart51
OK, here's a question, why did fitting "better" brakes and larger rims slow the car down by a couple of seconds a lap?
I did wonder this as well for a bit.
The total wheel diameter looked about the same as the new tyres were lower profile so im not sure how much difference this would make. Which let me to think that either....
The brakes weren't bedded in properly, quite likely knowing those 3
Or they didn't put them on/bleed them correctly (also possible) again giving them worse brakes than they started with.
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Originally posted by iank
The whole having to improve brakes when you up power is an utter crock.
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
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Originally posted by iank
The whole having to improve brakes when you up power is an utter crock.
Why do you think that? The brakes on some productions cars are barely adequate for the cars standard performance.
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
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Originally posted by iank
The whole having to improve brakes when you up power is an utter crock.
Why do you think that? The brakes on some productions cars are barely adequate for the cars standard performance.