Quote from Niels Heusinkveld :

Its not likely that the Veyron would set the quickest lap anyway!

I believe that's the reason Bugatti doesnt allow the Veyron to go out at Dunsfold to set a laptime. I believe Bugatti cant accept that

Just bumping this thread coz there's some news i thought you guys might be interested in:

The new series is back in October !

And there's an E-petition to force the government to make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister sign up here http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/PMClarkson/ (British Citizen or resident only though, but over 15,000 have already signed)

Quote from Mazz4200 :

Just bumping this thread coz there's some news i thought you guys might be interested in:

The new series is back in October !

And there's an E-petition to force the government to make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister sign up here http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/PMClarkson/ (British Citizen or resident only though, but over 15,000 have already signed)

I like Jeremy Clarkson as a TV presenter, but I'd rather immigrate than allow that right-wing numpty be Prime Minster. I mean, he doesn't even believe that cars contribute to global warming, hardly the sort of idiot we need in charge.

Quote from DarkTimes :

I like Jeremy Clarkson as a TV presenter, but I'd rather immigrate than allow that right-wing numpty be Prime Minster. I mean, he doesn't even believe that cars contribute to global warming, hardly the sort of idiot we need in charge.

Humans overall barely contribute to global warming. cars, while they do pollute, cause very little difference to global warming. The earth has went through a heat - cool - heat cycle for the past couple of million years. And anyway, cows farting produce a far greater problem than cars, so why not slaughter all of them?

I would love clarkson as a prime minister, it would mean sensible driving laws, at least. Also, by reading all his books, he's very clued up, plus he would tell the truth about stuff.

YAY! JEREMY FOR PM!!!
wait...if he's in politics he cant be bothered with the Show...
NOOOO.... JEREMY FOR TG PRESENTER!

They sometimes crash cars in Topgear. Saw them smashing a lada with a catarpillar and an old 911 just for fun. I don´t like when someone crash vintage cars, it really sucks. But Tiff is the man.

Quote from ethan520 :

It wasn't that the "stig" didn't have downforce, It was because of the setup and the one that ate tyres had a slightly oversterry setup.


Top Gear
A pre-production CCX was featured on the May 7, 2006 episode of BBC motoring programme Top Gear. It was test-driven by Jeremy Clarkson, who praised the car highly but criticised its lack of downforce, which he attributed to the lack of a rear spoiler. He also claimed it was a replacement for smoking, saying it 'is the worlds most expensive nicotine patch'. The first power lap time was 1:20.4 seconds, with The Stig encountering short-shifting problems. Later in the same episode, The Stig lost control of the car during his second attempt to beat the Pagani Zonda F's time (1:18.4 around the Dunsfold Park track); the Stig also went on to suggest that the car would be significantly faster and more stable with a spoiler (according to Clarkson, as the Stig never speaks on camera). Koenigsegg then said that they would put a rear spoiler on the car and bring it back to Top Gear for further testing.
For the May 28, 2006 episode of Top Gear, Koenigsegg had supplied a CCX fitted with a rear wing. The Stig had another attempt, this time setting a new lap record—1:17.6. The carbon-fibre rear wing is available as optional equipment, though it drops the car's top speed to 242 mph from 250 mph.
On the episode of The Stig's crash, Jeremy Clarkson claimed that with the Koenigsegg CCX, he had found a substitute for smoking. He said "Unlike any other supercar [...] this doesn't feel sanitized or tamed". Clarkson continued "It's just completely wild and mad. It's raw, vicious, unbridled power." The Koenigsegg is able to virtually match the performance of the Bugatti Veyron, despite it having approximately 200 bhp less, because it is approximately 700 kg lighter.
In June 2006, Swedish car magazine Bilsport published an on-line article where Koenigsegg press contact Lotta de Salvatore claimed that the improved lap time was not thanks to the rear wing, as the Top Gear presenters claimed. Instead, a better chassis set-up had allowed The Stig to improve the Koenigsegg CCX's lap time by 2.8 seconds.

The reason The Stig went off the first time was that we hadn't had time to set the car up properly, it was oversteering slightly. For the second attempt the CCX had a perfect set-up and better grip. The wing doesn't do any good at the speeds seen on the Top Gear track, only above 300 kph does it start helping. – Lotta de Salvatore, Bilsport



(redicted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigsegg_CCX)

Meh. Chassis setup may have had something to do with it, but I've had a beef with that part of the wikipedia article for a long time. Lotta de Salvatore doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to aerodynamics, and I'm almost positive the correct top speed with the wing is 224, not 242--but for the life of me, I can't find where I heard this. I thought Clarkson said what it was in some episode or another, but I can't find it.

I signed the petition

Quote from DeKo :

Humans overall barely contribute to global warming. cars, while they do pollute, cause very little difference to global warming. The earth has went through a heat - cool - heat cycle for the past couple of million years. And anyway, cows farting produce a far greater problem than cars, so why not slaughter all of them?

cus if you did you'd have no milk, cream, butter or cheese & the great Sunday roast would become extinct. If you think about it cows are essential to the survival of the human race. I suppose we could just change over to goats but i just would'nt fancy eating roast goat for lunch.

Quote from Crazy Harry :

They sometimes crash cars in Topgear. Saw them smashing a lada with a catarpillar and an old 911 just for fun. I don´t like when someone crash vintage cars, it really sucks. But Tiff is the man.

I think most of that, is on Jeremy's OWN Videos, not on Top Gear

Speaking of Top Gear does anyone know when the new season starts? I really can't wait!!!

http://forums.finalgear.com/showthread.php?t=20745

October.

Has anybody watched the Polar Special? I don't have access to BBC 2, but I still have access to the internet :P So I downloaded the special episode in HD And it is awesome. I've already seen it for about 15 times this week (talk about fanatic) and I love the most the part, where JC and JM are in the tent and May unexpectedly pulls out the bottle of wine (or champagne or whatever) and Clarkson says "Noooooo, Jaaameeees". And also the part when JC explains the number twos and bumber dumper Now I realize...sorry for the spoilers if you haven't seen it yet. You should

I watched the Polar Special, yesterday, or the day before, i can't remember. Was hilarious, at the start, when talking about Frostbite on your Genitals, haha 'Better out than in (on excretion)' 'Yea well obviously not if its your willy hanging out'

'CLARKSON YOU UNSUFFERABLE OAF, I'M ON THE THRONE HERE!'