RX-8 Test Drive on Top Gear Tomorrow Night

[fdman]

Dear Guys and Gals,

Just thought you may be interested to know that Jeremy Clarkson
.....................( Yes I know.......I know.......however ) is test driving
the Rx-8 on " Top Gear " on BBC2 at 8pm tomorrow night (2nd).
Mr C has been very complimentary about the RX-8 in print. I place
more credence on Andrew\'s ( Jimmys) reviews of his new beautiful RX-8 beastie, but it is great that the car will be getting such exposure. Will be watching like a hawk.

fdman

[Glenn Butcher]

Can anyone tape this for me?  would love to see it.

[Paul-Tll]

I wonder if they will get one in the studio,will the club ever get an
Invite to join the back ground \'anoraks\' at the same time?
could be a laugh!
What was that something about the tips being made of-  \'Weetabix\'. -Jeremy?
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
Paul..

[Martiny]

Yes?? Where was the RX-8?
I wasted a hour watching that tw4t for nothing! I even phoned an RX-8 hopeful to tell her to watch. Only good thing is, I confirmed for myself why I never watch it.  I also wasted one hour of video tape too.:confused: :confused: :confused:

[fdman]

Dear All,
My apologies,but I obtained my information from the \'GUARDIAN\'
television review in the saturday edition. Is this another famed GRAUNIAD misprint or are there \'dark forces\' at work?
After one hour of my life wasted watching the permed one -(peering out from behind the sofa).............I am in need of trauma counselling........................apologies again.
fdman

[johnf]

Not just the Guardian - Radio Times said the same

[Martiny]

Apology accepted, you meant well. Next time, I\'ll tape it, then I can fast forward most of the cr4p!.

To think I could have spent that hour cleaning my wheels!

:-)))


Mind you, my wife said "Can we take the RX-7 to Isle of Mann sometime".    :-)))

So, maybe it was worth it!!

[johnf]

Now there\'s a thought as a destination for a club meeting.

After all their flag with three legs could resemble a rotor.

[johnf]

Just dropped Top Gear an email to let them know what I think of there advertised scheduling and asked why they cut the RX8 feature.

Don\'t suppose it\'ll do any good just made me feel better :mad:

[scooby_si]

calm down John u mustn\'t get the green eyed monster just kuz they were driving boxsters & stuff lol
Si

[chrisBoid]

Perhaps they didn\'t get time to test drive it, or wanted to do a bigger feature than they first anticipated  Or like the MkV Golf, perhaps something broke on the car meaning they couldn\'t test drive it

[iaint]

Originally posted by chrisBoid
Perhaps they didn\'t get time to test drive it, or wanted to do a bigger feature than they first anticipated  Or like the MkV Golf, perhaps something broke on the car meaning they couldn\'t test drive it

Normally, if something broke, Clarkson would be pretty sarky about it.  Then again, maybe he rates it so much he wants to do it justice!

Anyone got any bets on what time the new Stig posts on their track?

Iain

[MikeLMR]

low to mid 1:3X:XX\'s I think . (slightly slower than an s2000)

are we going to take a sweepstake ? ... winner gets errrrrrrrrrrr ummmmmmmmm the satisfaction of winning

[GaryS]

Is it really a new Stig ?

I wonder how much damage Perry McCarthy did to his career over the LeMan winning D-type jag.

[Yvonne]

I watched it too and thoroughly enjoyed it despite the evident lack of RX8.
I am definately taking my RX8 to the Isle of Man asap.


Someone told me last week that they had seen the RX8 being reviewed on Top Gear the week before last.  Can anyone confirm/deny this?

all the best
Y