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12-16-2008, 09:00 AM
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#141 | | Tesla Fan
Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,952 | Maybe this will help: Urban Dictionary: taking the mickey Home page | Ofcom
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12-16-2008, 09:17 AM
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#142 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,961 | On Planet Clarkson, the real world has an unlimited supply of hydrocarbons, is a bit too chilly and you can legally outrun bullet trains...
Unfortunately there are a worryingly large number of people that think he has a PhD in everything and is the perfect role model. | |
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12-16-2008, 09:21 AM
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#143 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,961 | Thanks TEG - saved me some typing  | |
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12-16-2008, 10:42 AM
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#144 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Quote:
Originally Posted by vfx  | Or the Anti Finkenbusch... whatever happened to that guy, anyway? | |
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12-16-2008, 10:49 AM
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#145 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 670 | Quote:
Originally Posted by graham Or the Anti Finkenbusch... whatever happened to that guy, anyway? | Shhhhh, I think he's still around here somewhere.... | |
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12-16-2008, 11:28 AM
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#146 | | Super Moderator
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12-16-2008, 02:56 PM
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#147 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,961 | I'm getting quite a few comments on my Youtube TG video page now. If they are representative of the rest of the audience, then I am quite surprise by the number of smart people out there. Perhaps this will backfire on TG afterall - or perhaps it is just the people that can be bothered to search Youtube for the segment... | |
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12-16-2008, 03:53 PM
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#148 | | ERIC VFX
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,631 | Sometimes it a matter of timing, The word is out on the car and if TG had reviewed it early they would have established the negative talking points.
Seriously, 90+ percent of people who drive the car love it and the driver's reviews reflect that. Having that kind of performance out of an eco neutral vehicle embraces the desire to also give it a break.
Tesla has built the car of hope.
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12-16-2008, 03:59 PM
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#149 | | Super Moderator
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12-16-2008, 04:36 PM
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#150 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Wired gets Rachel Konrad's rebuttal: Tesla Cries Foul On Top Gear's Test | Autopia from Wired.com Quote:
As for the breakdowns, well, Clarkson engaged in a bit of hyperbole. At one point in the segment, Clarkson is shownn behind the wheel of a Roadster that comes to a halt because, he said, the engine overheated. That followed a brake failure in the other Roadster.
Konrad says the brake failure was nothing more than a blown fuse that was promptly replaced. "The Roadster was back up and running literally within minutes," she says. "They were never without a car, and the Top Gear testing did not put the Roadster's reliability or safety in question whatsoever."
Konrad didn't know the story behind the overheated engine -- Clarkson did flog the car mercilessly -- so she referred our question to UK sales manager Don Cochrane because he was present for much of the Top Gear filming. We'll let you know what he says.
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