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Post subject: Watch out Harry Top gear goes to Japan
 Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 11:38 AM
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In last weeks episode, the Top Gear gang went to Japan, to see if a car was faster than the Bullet Train.
The starting point was a small beach on Japan's west coast, while the finish line was a monument to the Buddha of road safety, which is located half-way up Mount Nokogiri-yama.Some 400 miles to the east, Jeremy would be piloting the Nissan GTR along a network of motorways, before having to navigate his way through ,Tokyo's rush hour traffic. Richard and James meanwhile had to negotiate their way onto a series of trains, buses, and even a cable car, to reach their destination. So, while Jeremy was busy trying to break the sound barrier, the other two had to contend with the language barrier instead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cl43b
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Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 02:15 PM
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Hey, thanks for that! BUT, where's my Granpa in the black and silver robo-wheelchair! I need loving!  |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 03:47 PM
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| Harry_Mudd wrote: | | Hey, thanks for that! BUT, where's my Granpa in the black and silver robo-wheelchair! I need loving! |
Well have you ever thought Davros and Jeremy Clarkson could be one and the same..? 
They both love their wheels and POWEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 05:14 PM
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| That is the TRUTH!!! |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 05:34 PM
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| That was a great show wasn't it? Can you believe that a train that is 1 minute overdue is considered late? Over here if it arrives at all you feel lucky. |
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Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 10:33 AM
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| They must have the right kind of leaves, falling on their tracks |
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Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 12:39 PM
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I can vouch for the excellence of trains in Tokyo. The only time they are delayed is if there is a typhoon, earthquake or a suicide. The service here, shames the UK - the inventor of trains.
However, Britain is not the worse place for delays. When I first went to India, I had a 12 hour delay at Jodhpur station, where I had to bed down in my sleeping bag for the night, just in case the train arrived. Dirty, cold and exotic, to say the least. |
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Posted: Jul 21, 2008 - 10:22 AM
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| Harry_Mudd wrote: | I can vouch for the excellence of trains in Tokyo. The only time they are delayed is if there is a typhoon, earthquake or a suicide. The service here, shames the UK - the inventor of trains.
However, Britain is not the worse place for delays. When I first went to India, I had a 12 hour delay at Jodhpur station, where I had to bed down in my sleeping bag for the night, just in case the train arrived. Dirty, cold and exotic, to say the least. |
Sounds just like any U.K Train Station.. |
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Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 09:42 PM
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I just saw this episode, the Atom looks really cool. What I want to know is, if he was going to do a proper test against a motorcycle, why didn't the use a CBR1000 instead of the 650?
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Posted: Jul 26, 2008 - 02:18 AM
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Posted: Jul 26, 2008 - 12:43 PM
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| Paul wrote: | | I've heard rumours of a US Top Gear show. |
They did do a show, where they had to buy and drive beat up old cars through the U.S. They almost got murdered in Alabama, when they painted their cars with slogans that the locals took offence to.
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