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Old 07-02-2005, 09:20 PM   #1
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Default Top Gear in America!?!?!?

Yeah, I know there's a topic about this already, but by gum...I saw a TG episode on the Discovery channel today...it was the one where James May test drove the Maserati Quattroporte...old...but hell, it's Top Gear on this side of the pond!!
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Old 07-02-2005, 09:49 PM   #2
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~ its about time, id say !!!!
was it the full 1 hour show, or a shortend version like the BBC world TG episodes?
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Old 07-02-2005, 11:38 PM   #3
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its an hour but because of commercials its edited to be 44mins long instead of the full hour
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Old 07-03-2005, 12:22 AM   #4
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yup...but it was still a great thing to see on American TV...hope they keep it up and fuck off with the commercials (that'll be the day)
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Old 07-03-2005, 02:42 AM   #5
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yeah I am watching the Exige/Bowler one right now and damn this is great I never thought I would see the day but it has arrived!

EDIT: haha the masser ep is the same as the Exige and Bowler.
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Old 07-03-2005, 02:53 AM   #6
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lol nice, i saw the same one today. i was over at a friends house when it came on and she couldnt understand why i was so exited to see some stupid car show on TV. even though i had pretty much seen all the clips (except the one with the crazy off roading yellow SUV thing dont remember what it was called) it was still nice to be able to watch on regular TV.

edit: excuse the retarded question but is that yellow thing called the bowler?? if so ops:
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Old 07-03-2005, 01:24 PM   #7
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The Bowler Wildcat is basically a ready-made Paris-Dakar offroad racer. The fact that you can buy one and have it be road legal is pretty awesome...and they're amazingly quick and powerful for what is in essence an SUV.
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Old 07-03-2005, 01:43 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Vansquish
The Bowler Wildcat is basically a ready-made Paris-Dakar offroad racer. The fact that you can buy one and have it be road legal is pretty awesome...and they're amazingly quick and powerful for what is in essence an SUV.
i see, i have never heard of one of those things (obviously ) but damn that thing looks like a lot of fun to drive around off-road, pretty much can take whatever you throw at it. 8)
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Old 07-06-2005, 10:28 PM   #9
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You notice they refilmed the Power Board. Chopped out the news and star in car. It looks like it was capped in RealPlayer.
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Old 07-07-2005, 05:41 PM   #10
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The show was actually a mix. Clips from old shows were combined with newly shot American friendly scenes in the studio. At the end of the day I like the native version better though.
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