Top Gear : S8 EP6 : 16th July, 2006 - Discussion

[nickthaskater]

Originally Posted by RAMMIUS Can somebody give more details about the F1 test ??? Numbers ?

They ran the reasonably priced Chevy in a straight line and clocked it at 70-something mph, then they had an extremely brief clip of the F1 car running in the same straight line, and it ended up doing 80-something mph (surface was too slick to put power down), and that was the end of the segment.

[RAMMIUS]

say what ? and they put that on the show ? wtf

I hope TG doesn`t go the same path as 5th Gear

[Svensson]

^ As Hammond said, at first they wanted to throw the footage away and forget about it, but then they discovered that there was no indoor speed record for cars and that they had just set the world record at 81 mph...

[nickthaskater]

Yea I understand keeping it due to setting a record (as lame as it may have been), but they could've at least done some doughnuts or something...

[DeMoN]

cant wait to see this, but being in Bolivia means I have to lol. Goddamn internet connection.

[Global Warming]

Originally Posted by nickthaskater Originally Posted by RAMMIUS Can somebody give more details about the F1 test ??? Numbers ? They ran the reasonably priced Chevy in a straight line and clocked it at 70-something mph, then they had an extremely brief clip of the F1 car running in the same straight line, and it ended up doing 80-something mph (surface was too slick to put power down), and that was the end of the segment.

Yeha that was also what was so stupid. Why use a RWD car that rev to 1900 RPM on a slick surface? They should have used like an Evo or STi something that can put its power down on all 4 wheels and creates it’s at low revs. An STI would have set an even higher record.