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12-10-2008, 08:08 AM
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#51 | | ERIC VFX
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,655 | On the whole, balanced, but the "Most stressful ever" comment and the horror music was over the top dramatic. All made up for with the final line.
Thanks for bringing it.
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12-10-2008, 08:56 AM
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#52 | | Tesla Fan
Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,992 | Quote:
Originally Posted by dpeilow  For historic reference. (I had never seen this before - must have missed that week back in 1997). | Hmm... The mobile phone comparison being used back then... | |
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12-10-2008, 09:18 AM
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#53 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Top Gear, Series 12, Episode 7 (new series) Quote: Episode 7 (new series)
14 Dec 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two
Synopsis:
Motoring news and views from the usual team.
James May travels to California to take a look at what is being hailed as the future of motoring, the hydrogen-powered Honda Clarity. Meanwhile, out on the test track Jeremy Clarkson has a high-voltage encounter with the Tesla, a battery-powered super-car, and Richard Hammond takes an affectionate look back at 50 years of Touring Car racing.
The star in the reasonably priced car is none other than Tom Jones, and there are some festive fun and games in the studio to boot.
| This episode sounds like a keeper. | |
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12-10-2008, 09:29 AM
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#54 | | ERIC VFX
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,655 | Quote: |
the Tesla, a battery-powered super-car | This bodes well.
(I think)
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12-10-2008, 04:07 PM
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#55 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,976 | A couple of times I have had to drive for more than 5 miles with the car's computer showing 5 miles left. This was after several fuel stations unexpectedly being shut. I can tell you, it is very stressful. I can see where he was coming from with this. | |
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12-10-2008, 04:27 PM
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#56 | | ERIC VFX
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,655 | Quote:
Originally Posted by dpeilow A couple of times I have had to drive for more than 5 miles with the car's computer showing 5 miles left. This was after several fuel stations unexpectedly being shut. I can tell you, it is very stressful. I can see where he was coming from with this. | Yeah, we all have stories where we were so out of gas that we were "running on fumes" or shockingly put 17 gallons in a 16.5 gallon gasoline tank. But AFAIK this was sensationalistic boogeyman theater.
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12-11-2008, 01:46 PM
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#57 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 783 | Quote: |
I can tell you, it is very stressful.
| Inhere lies yet another upside to electric cars. Batteries don't like to be empited to absolute 0 charge so carmakers design the system to normally discharge only downto certain level where it starts to show the batteries as empty. But they arent, they could still be holding 20% or even more of charge. Using it will somewhat damage the batteries, but you will come home. Gold reserve  | |
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12-12-2008, 11:49 AM
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#58 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,240 | BBC - Top Gear - The Show - Production Notes Quote: |
Meanwhile, Jeremy will be conducting a curiously quiet power test of the new and much-hyped all-electric supercar, the Tesla.
| Not long to wait | |
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12-12-2008, 12:01 PM
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#59 | | ERIC VFX
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,655 | Quote:
Originally Posted by malcolm Not long to wait | The suspense is killing me!
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12-12-2008, 10:33 PM
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#60 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Quote:
Originally Posted by vfx The suspense is killing me! | Me too... I will be traveling for the next couple of weeks, and hope my hotel room will have a reasonable enough Internet connection that I might be able to catch this! | |
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