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Garry
 Post subject: Top Gear is back ...
PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:57 pm 
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... this coming weekend ... finally ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Top Gear is back ...
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Can't wait 8)
And i'm pretty curious what "Top Gear takes on its German rival and meets up with an old friend in the process." exactely means... ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Top Gear is back ...
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Old friend - most likely Sabine Schmitz, probably going for D-Motor from DMAX ...

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 Post subject: Re: Top Gear is back ...
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OK, I will not be able to watch it before tonight ...

But from the season preview they gave, it definitely is Sabine Schmitz, so it must be DMotor ... (which, IMNSHO, is only a really bad copy and definitely no rival or even contender ...)

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 Post subject: Re: Top Gear is back ...
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Garry wrote:
OK, I will not be able to watch it before tonight ...

But from the season preview they gave, it definitely is Sabine Schmitz, so it must be DMotor ... (which, IMNSHO, is only a really bad copy and definitely no rival or even contender ...)

But still I think it's the best German "motor tv show".

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 Post subject: Re: Top Gear is back ...
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Well, one of the tests they did was a really nice visualization of the oh-so-hip fuel economy ...

They "raced" a Prius around the Top Gear track ... and an M3 in pursuit ...

After 10 laps, they calculated the fuel use ... the Prius did 17.something MPG, whereas the M3 used 19 MPG ...

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