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Old 03-16-2008, 09:04 PM
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Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) disses Diesel owners, new device

Save pump jockeys from putting the wrong fuel in your car.

Very funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSw-Y4ZJwg

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Old 03-16-2008, 09:10 PM
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Awsome!

They hate diesel on that show, Clarkson calls it the devils fuel.

"Anouncing to the world, I'm a tight wad I drive a diesel!"
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Old 03-16-2008, 09:11 PM
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I think I would have to beat it to death too. That's funny.
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Old 03-16-2008, 10:16 PM
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he liked the audi diesel
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Old 03-16-2008, 11:09 PM
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doesn't bother me if he hates diesel, he doesn't know a brake booster from an alternator
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Old 03-16-2008, 11:10 PM
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he liked the audi diesel
and the chick that tore up the nernberg (sp?) ring in the diesel van
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Old 03-16-2008, 11:52 PM
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Hahaha, I had seen that product before but never thought Jeremy Clarkson would get ahold of one.
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:47 AM
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I don't think people really watch Top Gear for all the "car-knowledge" type stuff... they (and I'm including ME) watch (and love) it because the hosts are hilarious.
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Old 03-17-2008, 09:14 AM
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and the chick that tore up the nernberg (sp?) ring in the diesel van
That would be Sabine Schmitz, and it's the Nürburgring in Nürburg (NOT Nuremburg, as is often mistaken).
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Old 03-17-2008, 11:31 AM
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I don't think people really watch Top Gear for all the "car-knowledge" type stuff... they (and I'm including ME) watch (and love) it because the hosts are hilarious.
Its entertainment, and I love British humour! If you want tests and data read Car & Driver.
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Old 03-17-2008, 12:00 PM
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Fifth gear (the other show) usually gives more specs and specific tests etc....but I will say that its far more boring than Top Gear. Top gear is awesome!
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Old 03-17-2008, 09:22 PM
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I don't think people really watch Top Gear for all the "car-knowledge" type stuff... they (and I'm including ME) watch (and love) it because the hosts are hilarious.
Exactly...It's so addictive because it's hilarious. The show would most likely be doing terribly if it wasn't as funny as it is. I mean, watch most of their "Top Gear Challenges." Building their own amphibious cars and driving them across the English Channel? How absurd and hilarious can they get? And the S-Class Cottage. Other than the destruction of a perfectly good 140 interior, that one was pretty good.
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Old 03-17-2008, 09:33 PM
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I liked the drive across Africa, in which the W123 pwned all!

The moral of the story is if you ever need a car to drive across Africa, and cannot get a Toyota Land Cruiser, use a W123.
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Old 03-18-2008, 02:59 AM
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I liked the drive across Africa, in which the W123 pwned all!

The moral of the story is if you ever need a car to drive across Africa, and cannot get a Toyota Land Cruiser, use a W123.
Yeah, but it was a g@$$er

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