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okenobi
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Try the Australian take on the same ep. It's 90 minutes and cut quite differently, like a proper special, not just a VT in a normal show.
Much better!
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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trigen_killer
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Location: North Wales UK
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I must admit that I am often cringing at least as much as I am laughing and gasping/gaping in awe these days. Going back to the Skoda Yeti, frankly I am horrified at the tattoo stunt and the tattoo artist flaming stabbed himself with a used needle  The XJ220 van, awesome and a major surprise. The "Australian" dual control cars- tbh, a little sad and pathetic really- I wanted the Aussies to win. I think that the reason I continue to enjoy the program is that I don't expect any better these days, but I do sometimes wonder if they'll ever sink so low that the only way must be up or out. They do have some truly awesome- and hardly at all cheesy- specials, and I have seen the Botswana one at least six times and am almost prepared to watch it again the next time it is on. The team have some some absolutely amazing experiences, no matter how much that we see is set up/scripted (or not) _________________My lowest spec operational system- AT desktop case, 200W AT PSU, Jetway TX98B Socket 7, Intel Pentium 75Mhz, 2x16MB EDO RAM, 270MB Quantum Maverick HDD, ATI Rage II+ graphics, Soundblaster 16 CT2230, MS-DOS/Win 3.11 My Flickr
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ProfessorF
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Some brief internet sleuthing tells me the Transit was a test mule for the XJ220 - it could be driven in daily traffic without being spotted. It's an XJ220 with a Transit body. It was built to get real road miles onto the XJ220, and was, apparently, taken home at the weekends by one of the techs.
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paulzolo
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Spreadie
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I got the impression that Jezza was making a point of testing the boundaries after the Andy Gray/Richard Keys thing. He has been quite outspoken in his disgust at the sacking of Gray.
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pcernie
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I really can't see the Beeb supporting them over that publicly  , though aren't the Beeb supposed to vet most things before broadcast these days after Brand/Wossy? _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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okenobi
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Amnesia10
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Need a help moving a sofa any chance of using your van?  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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belchingmatt
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iPlayer has Top Gear listed in with the factual programs. That's as much a [LIFTED] joke as the episode itself.
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dogbert10
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Problem is that if you put your foot down, you may find what was in the back of the van isn't in the back of the van anymore and is lying in the road somewhere...
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brataccas
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this is how my old comic books portrayed mexicans, sleeping against a wall with a big sombero? hat and a towel thing over them sleeping in the hot sun,  _________________
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soddit112
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i bet if theyd compared the car to Speedy Gonzales no-one wouldve batted an eyelid 
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timark_uk
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That's because they didn't slag off the car, they slagged of the entire nation of people, using stereotypes as their weapon of choice. Mark
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