04-18-2004, 07:48 PM
|
#1
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Santiago, Chile
Posts: 2,558
|
Clarkson on the Aston Martin DB9
We cant see him till may , but we can read what he thinks about this gr8 car
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...076890,00.html
"If you want a “fast” car, buy a Ferrari. If you want a “Volkswagen”, buy a Bentley Continental GT. If you want a “perfect” car, you simply have to have a DB9."
LOL
__________________
"It changes direction like a fly, grips like a barnacle and goes like a jet fighter on combat power" ( Lambo Gallardo ) .JC.
|
|
|
|
04-18-2004, 10:09 PM
|
#2
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Detroit
Posts: 9,929
|
absolutely great way to describe it... i love his UK bias towared that Aston martins  ...... to a lesser amount, the Jaguars
|
|
|
|
|
04-18-2004, 10:21 PM
|
#3
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,914
|
Thanks PATo355!!!! I've been waiting for this for a looooooooong time 
What a sexy car... :shock: :shock: :shock:
|
|
|
|
|
04-18-2004, 11:06 PM
|
#4
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Santiago, Chile
Posts: 2,558
|
|
Originally Posted by AlienDB7
Thanks PATo355!!!! I've been waiting for this for a looooooooong time
What a sexy car... :shock: :shock: :shock: |
Its going to be reviewed in the show , so we must wait , just 3 weeks to go
__________________
"It changes direction like a fly, grips like a barnacle and goes like a jet fighter on combat power" ( Lambo Gallardo ) .JC.
|
|
|
|
|
04-18-2004, 11:34 PM
|
#5
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands
Posts: 781
|
Clarkie's way with words is unsurpassed and his columns are a real treat to read, over and over again.
His opinion on the other hand is to be taken with a pinch of salt.
I think we all can remember his ranting about those, in his opinion, awfull shift pedals on the steering column during his coverage of the Vanquish for TopGear TV.
__________________
Niets of niemand zegt dat het echt moet
En toch, of juist daarom,wil je het beleven....
Weblog
|
|
|
|
|
04-18-2004, 11:45 PM
|
#6
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA/ Bloomington, IN, USA
Posts: 2,624
|
I still can't wait for the proper Manual version, the Auto is well and good, but it's not the same.
__________________
me-- "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Sometimes I feel like the moon is made of cheese"
my Hindibonics-speaking Indian roommate--"Dawgs, do you have any idea how much bacteria that would take?"
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 12:24 AM
|
#7
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Santiago, Chile
Posts: 2,558
|
Yes i didnt find a complaint about the paddle shifts in this one ... so i think he liked it
__________________
"It changes direction like a fly, grips like a barnacle and goes like a jet fighter on combat power" ( Lambo Gallardo ) .JC.
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 12:52 AM
|
#8
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands
Posts: 781
|
Pat0355,
let's wait untill they review the car on TopGear TV.
I'm pretty sure Clarkie will continue to rant about the paddle shift system with, probabely, Richard disagreeing with him. Making it a sketch for 2, just like the Noble vs Morgan discussion :fadein:
__________________
Niets of niemand zegt dat het echt moet
En toch, of juist daarom,wil je het beleven....
Weblog
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 01:14 AM
|
#9
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Kuching, Malaysia.
Posts: 345
|
Clarkson does have a pen for humour, and his witty delivery is something that can alleviate a boring day.
but yes, his opinions are just that, opinions. NOt necessarily based in fact and figures, just on his gut instinct. LIke all mankind, sometimes instinct can be wrong.
__________________
^Home.
///M
God's gift to the driver.
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 01:15 AM
|
#10
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: France
Posts: 5,373
|
I like his way to describe a car, Clarkson is really special 
|
Advertising men will tell you that when it comes to cars they need to attach a single word to the brand. So if you want a “safe” car you buy a Volvo. If you want a “reliable” car, you buy a Volkswagen. And if you have a small “penis” you buy a BMW
|
|
When you turn the wheel in a Ferrari it communicates with the front tyres using telepathy. The whole car lets you know that it could flow from bend to bend whether you were there or not. In the DB9, however, you are made to feel like part of the equation. You have to manhandle the nose into the apex, so when you kiss it perfectly, and you will, because this car handles like a dream, you feel like it was all down to you. That makes you feel good.
|
Thank you PATo355 
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 02:35 AM
|
#11
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands
Posts: 781
|
__________________
Niets of niemand zegt dat het echt moet
En toch, of juist daarom,wil je het beleven....
Weblog
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 10:56 AM
|
#12
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: London
Posts: 843
|
I agree that he does write opinions rather than factual reviews, but then again there are so many magazines and presenters that will you tell you the exact the review and figures of a car, whereas Clarkson will just give a more light-hearted amusing and completely subjective rewiew in a way that only he can manage. Do you know any other writer than can create similes as good as him??
__________________
"It's not long before Marco arrives, but he's at least five minutes behind an epic wall of noise that's been bouncing off the rock faces like a sonic pinball. Onlookers, of which there are many, seem relieved when the livid red Ferrari skims into view, happier still when they see it's driven by a friendly Italian, and not, as the thunderous sound effects suggested, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Evo #059
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 11:04 AM
|
#13
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands
Posts: 781
|
Nope,
that's why I one of the first things I do every sundaymorning is surf to TimesOnline in order to read his column
__________________
Niets of niemand zegt dat het echt moet
En toch, of juist daarom,wil je het beleven....
Weblog
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 11:17 AM
|
#14
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 225
|
for a completeley subjective opinion i don't think clarkson is the right person....
|
|
|
|
|
04-19-2004, 01:00 PM
|
#15
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lat: -31 56.84 505 Long. 116.00.09 5 Australia
Posts: 2,855
|
his opinions are based on where the cars coem from - his own country!
no matter what they do or anything, he would love the DB9, his opinions aren't based on facts or anything, they are based on where the car has came from.
i still cannot believe, despite listing the ferrari as practley a ferfect car despite a "digitial clock" and then him saying that the DB7 was a better car??
and in the "shootout" video he even listed it as "more fun" (of all things!!) then a ferrari... mmm...
don't get me started on his anti BMW comments 
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
