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Top Gear Lotus Exige Supercharged Vs Mustang Gt
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http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/05-26-06...vsMustangGT.htm
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coolsvt,May 26 2006, 11:47 PM Wrote:http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/05-26-06...vsMustangGT.htm
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That's a fair comparison.

A $60G sports car against a $27G muscle car, that's comparing apples to apples. You can't even FIT 4 people in the Lotus let alone seat them.

I think limey boy forgets what it's like to have 3 friends, or proper dental care for that matter.
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#3
Agree. For another 10k, put in a twin turbo package in the mustang and watch the Lotus employees cry.
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#4
Yeh..what a stupid comparison,,,

just another way for top gear to trash N/A cars
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#5
converting the currencies, that's a $67,000 car vs a $45,000 car.. which isn't really apples to apples, but i think it proves the point he was making.

Big and brash vs small and refined. which one won? I don't think it was strictly about cost, and he admitted it (the outcome wasn't a surprise).

Top Gear will always be ragging on american cars.. I don't blame them.. we get a good amount of crap here... if I had the choices in cars they had, I'd be ragging on american cars too.

But it's totally different in the UK.. you have to remember that a car is a luxury there... at over $2/L for gas, they know the privelege of driving, while here, it's more a birth-right..

But there are some american cars that they love... the Focus ST, the GT, etc... granted, all top dollar machines tho.

I still love Top Gear.. it's great entertainment, and what they have to say about american manufacturers isn't all incorrect.

BTW, found an article of Clarkson testdriving the Mustang GT --> click here

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#6
From puppet's link...

Quote:The only worry is that if I did buy a Mustang, I’d get the car over here and on a wet November night realise that, actually, what I wanted to bring home was San Francisco.

Ghey... :lol:
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#7
haha that was just a chance to bash ford :) the only thing better about the mustang was the driver (maybe). absolutely no chance from the start
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naz,May 27 2006, 09:39 AM Wrote:haha that was just a chance to bash ford :) the only thing better about the mustang was the driver (maybe).  absolutely no chance from the start
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They actually like ford... just not american fords...
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That's a sweet Lotus. The comparison was a little lopsided, but ultimately it just showed the track prowess of a track-geared car.

I don't have the $67,000 kicking around for that car... but I wish they'd have them over here, regardless :)
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EDIT: can you actually see out the back of that thing?
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naz,May 27 2006, 10:25 AM Wrote:EDIT: can you actually see out the back of that thing?
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Do you really need to? ;)
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OAC_Sparky,May 27 2006, 10:47 AM Wrote:
naz,May 27 2006, 10:25 AM Wrote:EDIT: can you actually see out the back of that thing?
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Do you really need to? ;)
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NO
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microbunny,May 27 2006, 07:36 PM Wrote:
OAC_Sparky,May 27 2006, 10:47 AM Wrote:
naz,May 27 2006, 10:25 AM Wrote:EDIT: can you actually see out the back of that thing?
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Do you really need to? ;)
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NO
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What if there's a cop? Or a sexy broad? Or a sexy broad cop with DD breasts and legs longer than Manhattan?!? QUICK, TURN BACK!!! :lol:
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Oscar The Grouch,May 27 2006, 07:40 PM Wrote:
microbunny,May 27 2006, 07:36 PM Wrote:
OAC_Sparky,May 27 2006, 10:47 AM Wrote:
naz,May 27 2006, 10:25 AM Wrote:EDIT: can you actually see out the back of that thing?
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Do you really need to? ;)
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NO
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What if there's a cop? Or a sexy broad? Or a sexy broad cop with DD breasts and legs longer than Manhattan?!? QUICK, TURN BACK!!! :lol:
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meh...

but shes a cop... :(
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#15
I like hot cocks
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nass,May 27 2006, 08:00 PM Wrote:I like hot cocks
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dooooood! :lol: :lol:
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darkpuppet,May 27 2006, 10:53 PM Wrote:
nass,May 27 2006, 08:00 PM Wrote:I like hot cocks
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dooooood! :lol: :lol:
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I saw that. 2 minutes for post interference!!!!
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microbunny,May 27 2006, 11:36 PM Wrote:
OAC_Sparky,May 27 2006, 10:47 AM Wrote:
naz,May 27 2006, 10:25 AM Wrote:EDIT: can you actually see out the back of that thing?
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Do you really need to? ;)
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NO
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i supposed if all your time is spent on the track? i can't see directly behind when i'm on my bike, and i am almost thinking of getting a mirror to stick on my helmet as ugly as that would be, just to get rear view..
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#19
frickin' eagle eyes... I've been caught...

ok.. go watch Top Gear.. then bed.. l8r
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heeeey wait a sec..... I actually thought I wrote that for a second.


nice ninja skills there puppetson
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