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Top Gear is a serious automotive journalist show - not for entertainment purposes. All their lap times are audited by a third party Accounting firm for accuracy. Not.
TG can post and show anything they want. It's a TV show - I wouldn't put their lap times in stone, as they can vary with the weather. Also, their competitions are staged (!) a bit - but it comes together very well. (The GT500 has a top speed of the Land Rover filming it! ) |
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This is the BEST review I've seen so far. they are honest and I know exactly what they mean when they say the Hyundai is sloppy. its a great car on paper but when you drive it. the car is sloppy. The Elise is HARD CORE... a RAW car and thats exactly it. perfect. I would love to see them review the Cayman S. especially the New Cayman S and see what they have to say. Edit: Darn just looked up the Cayman S review... not as descriptive as the Elise/FRS/Genesis one. Last edited by EBMCS03; 02-12-2013 at 02:14 AM. |
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all im guna say is if the track was completely dry and you put some quality rubber on there(which im pretty sure all of us who will be tracking will be doing asap).. that would have been under 1:30..which is seriously quick for a car that so many people love to call "slow"
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Hah. I hate Houston, because it has too much traffic to even drive around.
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People who are into the numbers of a car and dog the GT86/FRS/BRZ, forget that the car has a low center of gravity, light weight, good weight distribution (53F/47B) and a good suspension set up. This is how the car beat other cars with more horsepower. I really don't give a sh*t what they think anyway. Every time I get behind the wheel of my FRS, I have a smile just like Jeremy's.
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Nice go go go
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love when hes "reading and drifting"
awesome review!!
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Car is fun but needs some work to be faster to dial out that over steer.
Sure it's fun to chase the tail around but it's not composed. That's the problem, do you neutralize and balance the car by adding a front sway bar and sticky tires or just let it be a crazy tail wagging animal.
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Jeremy pretty much made it made it clear that there is practically no difference between the 2.
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But at the limited they both just slide all over the place. Fun of course just not fast,
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The same contrast was seen even back in the hoary early days when the Best Motoring track video of the twins came out, there was a 40 page thread about it. As to Clarkson's views - great entertainer, but I'll take the word of a 4-time World Challenge GT series champion and 2-time Le Mans class winner over Jeremy's when it comes to the subtleties of car handling. Last edited by Sport-Tech; 02-12-2013 at 05:24 PM. |
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