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Old 20-09-2007, 19:23
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While I agree that most mags you can guarantee when you open them you will findn an Evo, an Impreza and a Skyline and the odd FD, there are cheap Imprezas and Evos out there and even cheap non GTR Skylines but generally these are driven by chavs, but alas the cars the general public want to see. As for Top Gear I'll have to disagree as while years ago TG was a consumer programme now it's just pure entertainment we all tune in to watch the race the likes of the Bugatti Veyron across Europe or make a car into a boat and sail it across the channel etc.
As for the other cars in the top 50 there were 510 and 610 Bluebird SSS, 240Z and 280Z but no 260Z which I would of had instead of the 280Z. Silvia CSP311 and Silvia S10, Nissan Fairlady, Honda Prelude why? Mazda RX 2, 3 ,4 and 7, Mazda Luce R180, various Celica's, Toyota S800 and Honda S800 Mitsubishi Celeste, Isuzu 117, 1966 Skyline GT-R as well as Skyline C110/240K and C210 to name but a few.
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Old 21-09-2007, 07:56
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I think it's a sign of the times, speaking from a motorsports point of view people would rather watch something flashy on TV rather than have a go at it at grassroots level.

Who needs magazines when you have forums??
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Old 21-09-2007, 08:16
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you don't actually think that the races across europe they have are real do you ? lol, so when they record it they have hundreds of camera men sat at the side of the road filming and when clarkson races may and the hamster, to a certain destinarion, they arrive within minutes of each other, what a coincidence , i admit top gear is entertaining, but very far fetched.
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Old 21-09-2007, 09:15
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Top Gear is bollocks really. Agree with Shaun, its far fetched and also rehearsed.

What its led to is some people who have watched it over the last few years thinking they now know about cars. People at work would come up to me and ask me what I think of the new Z06, and then say its a shame its has leaf springs on the rear. Its then clear that they don't know what they're talking about because although they're leaf springs its still an independant rear end, and has been independant on the corvette since the dawn of time. Its just a different type of spring for fek sake.

The show has led to a new breed of people who think they are into cars. When really they know just as little as Clarkson. Clarkson actually knows shit all about cars in reality.
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Old 21-09-2007, 12:06
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Top Gear is just a case of "Boys and their toys".
Pretty daft sometimes and sometimes mildly entertaining, but not to be taken seriously .
As Martin says, none of the presenters know anything about the mechanical side of cars.
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Old 21-09-2007, 12:10
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The only one who actually has a brain is James May. The other 2 are just trying to win viewers
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i dont bother with any of those crap mags anymore............ all i read is ppc, theyre a bit obssed with v8's but of thier features 99% are home build projects everything from volvo estates to home build old beemers, its a bloody good mag, and most cars in their are worth about 4k at the most!
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The Asain American car-mag scene is OK...
Don't get me wrong I love the eye candy in one of my reads, Super Street... just Jap, loud and truly mental... but they do a feature (every month) called 'Back in the Day' this months was a '74 Corolla with the orginal lump pushing 190bhp very respectable for 1200cc. The same umbrella company run a magazine called 'Project Car' and their sole aim is to build on a budget, issue one was a 180sx, the pictures, the articles and lay out were so helpful it was unreal...
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