smart51
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 09:42 AM |
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Top Gear "Geoff" roadworthyness?
I can't believe no-one has started a thread on this yet, so I will. I know they used a TVR chassis to get around IVA (did anyone say side
impact protection?) but surely "Geoff" cannot have been roadworthy. They got an MOT on all those sharp edges?
Genuinely funny though 
[Edited on 23-11-2009 by smart51]
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Steve G
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 09:47 AM |
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MOT's dont check for sharp edges!! They took it to MIRA and it "passed" there - what more do you want? LOL
Havent laughed out loud at a tv programme in ages. TG gets more and more stupid by the week but is better for it.
[Edited on 23/11/09 by Steve G]
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vinny1275
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 09:52 AM |
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I mentioned to Swmbo about how there didn't seem to be any side impact protection on the chassis! Was hilarious, but I don't know how they
don't get pulled over - it was the same with the boats and chop-top espace I think tho - there must be some way of getting around some of it.
Their Limos had to be SVA'd tho, I remember that.....
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:00 AM |
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could they have been registered as "floats"? Geoff certainly looked like one!
Craig
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AdamR
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:00 AM |
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Gotta say that I found the whole thing completely stupid and irritating. There has been some incredible humor/films/challenges/races etc on Top Gear
over the years but this predictable drivel proves they have just about run out of inspiration. 
If they had turned down the slapstick-act-like-dumb-idiots knob just a little then it could have been a good item.
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tegwin
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamR
Gotta say that I found the whole thing completely stupid and irritating. There has been some incredible humor/films/challenges/races etc on Top Gear
over the years but this predictable drivel proves they have just about run out of inspiration.
If they had turned down the slapstick-act-like-dumb-idiots knob just a little then it could have been a good item.
Its an entertainment program....if you dont like.. dont watch it!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve G
MOT's dont check for sharp edges!!
A car will fail an MOT if it has sharp edges exposed from e.g. rusty bodywork.
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oadamo
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:10 AM |
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anyone got a link to a vid i missed it 
adam
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scootz
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:19 AM |
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I would say that the whole thing was just one continuous rolling traffic offence!
Taking it on the dual carriage-way knowing full well the impact it would have on traffic was a cut and dried dangerous driving charge. I can only
assume they had asked for the BiB's permission and were suitably accompanied.
I thought it was one of the most desperate pieces on TG yet (but not quite as desperate as Hammonds hair... WTF!?).
I only watch it to see what gems James May comes out with now!
It's Evolution Baby!
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:29 AM |
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James May definately got the biggest cheer at top gear live. The others are too annoying.
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oadamo
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:38 AM |
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found it how did they gat around useing the milk floats reg and that car.
adam
[Edited on 23/11/09 by oadamo]
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carpmart
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:43 AM |
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TG is all getting a bit yawn inducing now!
Stupid stunts, poor presenting and next to no real content, but its like a car crash, you have to look! 
You only live once - make the most of it!
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F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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UncleFista
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:47 AM |
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Well, bollox to you all I love it
If I want car consumer advice I'll watch Watchdog or Fifth Gear, for entertainment I'll watch Top Gear.
AFAIC it gets funnier every series
If it bothers you that much, switch off the TV ! If you search the torrent sites there are some old TG episodes available, you know, the ones with
Angela Ripon and Noel Edmonds extolling the virtues of wind-up windows and wing mirrors I know which incarnation I prefer.
[Edited on 23/11/09 by UncleFista]
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 11:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by oadamo
anyone got a link to a vid i missed it
adam
look on I player its bound to be up by this afternoon
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 11:28 AM |
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So they have cheesed the morris owners club off....and had a good go at the TVR Oc as well.
Its all in good fun......fook life is too bloody serious as it is.
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Rosco
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 12:06 PM |
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They came dangerously close to talking about kit cars. Wasn't that a GTM Libra they showed outside the 'TG Technology Centre', and
it looked like the chassis of a kit car in the back of the workshop - maybe a Ginetta?
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02GF74
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 12:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
TG is all getting a bit yawn inducing now!
Stupid stunts, poor presenting and next to no real content, but its like a car crash, you have to look!
mindless idiotic bolx but entertaining - but still a shiny star amdist the other idiotic get-me-out-of-x-factor-dancing-on-
britains-got-no-big-brother bolox. 
I seem to recall is was more of a car consumer programme that would evaluate cars that joe public could afford and inform of us what is new in the
motor industry, sadly none of that goes on anymore but self indugence and commenting how small the little guy is.
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TimC
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 12:12 PM |
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I must say I was very frustrated by TG about a year ago; annoyed that a car program was being 'ruined' by silly stunts.
At some stage I had a kind of epiphany and chilled out about it. I laughed a lot last night. I now realise that proper information on fast cars
comes from EVO or other sources and that TG is just a laugh. "Star in a....." bores the life out of me as do some of the other features
but 'Geoff' was FUNNY.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 12:17 PM |
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Projecting edges do come under MOT regs under condition of vehicle --- but it is basic commonsense rules that apply ie no sharp edges that could
catch on somebodies clothing.
It is deliberately worded a bit ambiguously to allow for all the nasty sharpbits on some very old vehicles.
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Toltec
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 12:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Rosco
They came dangerously close to talking about kit cars. Wasn't that a GTM Libra they showed outside the 'TG Technology Centre', and
it looked like the chassis of a kit car in the back of the workshop - maybe a Ginetta?
According to
this
post on PH there will be a kit car on TG next Sunday.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 12:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
but not quite as desperate as Hammonds hair... WTF!?
Heh, my wife even commented that the scruffy sod should get a haircut!
I did think that the £5k mentioned for an extremely battered Chimaera was a bit on the steep side, you can get quite usable examples for not much
more.
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hoots_min
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 01:32 PM |
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funny - yes. but why couldn't they have just used the chimaera body, spent a bit of cash getting that fixed up and take the big engine lump out
and fit a couple of electric motors. Stick all the batteries up front to give similar weight distribution, still got a boot and best of all: no where
for Hammond to sit with his all too familiar reactions and captions.
Top Gear has started to look all a bit staged - Geoff rolling down the hill, pushed back 'into' the fans - but can't dispute that it
was laugh out loud funny.
Today is a good day: I achieved new heights of ineptitude.
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 01:51 PM |
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if you don't like TG, you know what to do...
 
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 01:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hoots_min
Top Gear has started to look all a bit staged
name a comedy program that isn't though lol
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D Beddows
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 01:58 PM |
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It is funny...... and I do think the lighthearted/comedy approach is excellent - but it is getting to be about the time for some new ideas.......It
has made James May a star which is a good thing as his Toy Story programs are excellent - but Top Gear just keep doing the same sketches over and over
which is not such a good thing.....
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