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morghen

Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania
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924guy

Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 2088 Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Katrina- yes
Rednecks- sometimes
Miami- yes
the rest was exaggerated.. greatly at times.. but it was funny, mostly. allot of the trouble they got in, they asked for.. especially the Alabama bit.. insult nascar in the south is like insulting the queen, but worse... only bad things can happen if you do it..
the track they were at isnt far from me, and yes it does actually have right turns  _________________ Eric
78 924
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924RACR

Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 9108 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome, love it... good thing they weren't shopping for cars in Detroit! LOL _________________ Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
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Rich H
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 2665 Location: Preston, Lancs, UK
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Remember Top Gear is entertianment involving cars only and must be treated as such. Quite a bit of it is staged or just plain silly, but its entertaining
Find the amphibious cars episode for a prime example...  _________________ 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 - Work in progress...
1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
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Smoothie

Joined: 01 Jan 2003 Posts: 8032 Location: DE (the one near MD, PA, NJ)
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Well Im boycotting - once again they've attacked things near and dear to our hearts. Earlier it was the cheap Porsches, now our 150hp American high performance muscle cars, our beloved gun culture, trailer hitch mounted swing-out barbeque grills, our highly resourceful problem-solving truckers ("lorry drivers"), innocent and equally resourceful rednecks just defending their way of life, etc. The comments about the jacket found in the trunk were especially discourteous - that cars' previous owner may not have killed someone, stuffed them in the trunk and left the victims' jacket there. For all they know that jacket might have belonged to the driver (who had been carjacked, his gun/s and cigars stolen, and the unfortunate soul tied up, gagged, and dumped still live in a gator infested swamp or creek - possibly the one right there at Moroso motorsports park).
Git 'chur grills here -
<click> _________________ "..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."
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Vince Ponz

Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Pure Showbiz. If you believe it you are an idiot. _________________ "Never let them see you sweat"
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Khal

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4872 Location: Sunny and lovely interior BC, Canada
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely hilarious!
I stand by my previous thread... _________________ '80 924 Turbo |
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D Hook

Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3158 Location: Omaha, NE
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: WOW !! |
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| morghen wrote: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgaRdX5RQNA&mode=related&search=
i spoted this movie on youtube....and...it.....it.......is it realy that bad over there guys ?
PS: you must wach it all...all 6 parts...i'm sorry but it seems horrible.
there is a summary i think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMVWRcrRkY |
+1 with Vince. _________________ '80 924 n/a SOLD |
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morghen

Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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sure its just showbiz...and the trouble....they were asking for it anyway...nobody gets that angry here unless you insult football(soccer) teams that they love crazy guys those who are ready to fight for something like this. _________________ Supercharger and EFI kits
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D Hook

Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3158 Location: Omaha, NE
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: |
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I think they get angry because some schmuck with a camera who's trying to get ratings for their tv show goes out of their way to show someone else in the worst possible light and then it's watched by people in other countries, who assume that it's the truth and post messages on boards asking if it's real.
Happens every single day here in the US.
You know that Borat was just a movie for entertainment too, right?  _________________ '80 924 n/a SOLD |
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morghen

Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| D Hook wrote: | You know that Borat was just a movie for entertainment too, right?  |
yea and some parts of it were filmed in romania  _________________ Supercharger and EFI kits
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flosho

Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 3160 Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:20 am Post subject: |
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Well if they dont like it in America, don't come here!
I love this country.
And there will always be a few idiots, in every village(country). _________________ [This Space For Rent] |
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Mike924

Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 2601 Location: IoW UK
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| D Hook wrote: | I think they get angry because some schmuck with a camera who's trying to get ratings for their tv show goes out of their way to show someone else in the worst possible light and then it's watched by people in other countries, who assume that it's the truth and post messages on boards asking if it's real.  |
Either that or they were in-bred, red-neck hicks...
I know you have to take anything on Top Gear with a huge pinch of salt, but I don't think that part was staged. It was genuinely scary.
Did I hear a banjo just then?  _________________ 1985 Porsche 924 'Lux', Kalahari Beige (my ex)
1993 Porsche 968 Coupe, Midnight Blue, 6 spd
'There is no substitute for a little grease under your fingernails.' - Chrenan, 924board.org |
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Paul

Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 9491 Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Watch it, I grew up in the hills, and was using a rifle by age seven to put somethng in the pot for dinner. You should see the pattern I can group at 600 yards with my varmit rifle....
Had those guys shown up on our mountain, they may have never been seen again. (they got lost somewhere). Only kidding, we always treated strangers very well..... _________________ White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
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968rz

Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 537 Location: S. E. Wisconsin
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| Paul wrote: | | Only kidding, we always treated strangers very well..... |
Unless they are from Illinois  _________________ Rick
79 924 coupe Petrol Blue 3spd auto (wife's DD)
93 968 coupe Amazon Green 4spd Tip (my DD) |
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