Going to 'Top Gear'
Going to 'Top Gear'
Going with Shabs to Dunsfold today for the filming of this Sundays Top Gear hopefully we can get to the front of the audience
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
stu wrote:Slap Clarkson for me
Now that's a good idea ! I hate the way he sucks breath through his teeth
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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Re: Going to 'Top Gear'
[quote="garythefish"] Going with Shabs to Dunsfold today for the filming of this Sundays Top Gear
Ask the STIG if he's up for one of your cruises!
GG
Ask the STIG if he's up for one of your cruises!
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Have fun you guys. It'll be terrific, I'm sure.
C
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With an M??
The World's gone mad
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Re: Going to 'Top Gear'
I was going to wear my "I am the Stig" T shirt but thought better of itGreen Genie wrote:
Ask the STIG if he's up for one of your cruises!
GG
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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Nice one - I've been applying for tickets for years now - been requesting 20 a time so I can take forum members out on mass - a function the website allows you to do I must add - I only read the small print this week where I see the maximum permitted per person is 4.
damn you Applause Store!
I hope you both enjoy the day out.
damn you Applause Store!
I hope you both enjoy the day out.
I have details of the BBC contact, I'll pass them to you and maybe you can strike up a deal with her for more tickets?
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
I've been trying for ages to get tickets! I'd be up for it if you manage to get tickets.
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I've heard it's a long day - what on earth do they need 8 hours for a 1 hour recording.henrycrun wrote:See if you can escape within 8 hours. Good luck!
I went to see The Apprentice - You're Fired show and after watching the episode, the cast/guests did 99% of the show in one take, live edit. A few links had to be redone at the end - 3 hours in total including all the waiting time.
I did sit next to Lorraine Kelly...a lot smaller in real life and cracking set of bristols...ummmmm
'll be shown
You lucky thing, Gazza! Don't forget to wave - or wink or something, if you want to be more subtle....
And don't forget to alert us when you find out when it'll be shown!
burmagirl
And don't forget to alert us when you find out when it'll be shown!
burmagirl
Re: 'll be shown
...errr, won't it be on this coming Sunday at 8pm?!burmagirl wrote:You lucky thing, Gazza! Don't forget to wave - or wink or something, if you want to be more subtle....
And don't forget to alert us when you find out when it'll be shown!
burmagirl
Re: 'll be shown
How blonde is that??myredzed wrote:...errr, won't it be on this coming Sunday at 8pm?!burmagirl wrote:You lucky thing, Gazza! Don't forget to wave - or wink or something, if you want to be more subtle....
And don't forget to alert us when you find out when it'll be shown!
burmagirl
Sorry Burmagirl just couldn't resist it.
Gary
If you go dressed in your jodphurs you may be asked to stand in the front!
Also talk in a posh voice and say "Good heavens man you only have one horse power under you at a time."
Give our regards to Shabs and paul and wish them all the best for thier big day, unfortunatly Donna and I can't make it as we are working.
regards
Alex
If you go dressed in your jodphurs you may be asked to stand in the front!
Also talk in a posh voice and say "Good heavens man you only have one horse power under you at a time."
Give our regards to Shabs and paul and wish them all the best for thier big day, unfortunatly Donna and I can't make it as we are working.
regards
Alex
Z3's, one of the little pleasures in life.
The summary........
We were told to arrive no later than 1.30pm and to wait in the carpark until called by a member of the production crew. At 2.30pm we were called together and given the pep talk and led down to the 'Studio' which was an Industrial size unit. I was quite surprised how many people were there, we were told 800 in attendance .
The Director took the stage first and gave another pep talk and explained that if they could give tickets to all those that have applied, it would take 64 years to complete the show. It is the show with the highest number of ticket requests so if you have applied for tickets and haven't heard from them, you know why.
JC, RH and JM arrived on stage and gave a few stories and showed some outtakes from previous shows to give us a clue what to expect. the show didnt seem to be scripted, obviously they knew the substance of the show , Lights,Camera, Action, off we go straight into filming.
Not too many re takes surprisingly. 'Stars in a reasonably priced car' were 2 Dragons from BBC's Dragons Den program, Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis. The interview with these two lasted about 40 minutes (seemed more like 2 hours), I assume it was to get enough chat and then cut it into 5 minutes.
The Stig wasn't in the studio. Filming finished around 6pm and the Presenters buggered off.
Would I do it again?..........................Probably not although I wouldn't have missed this opportunity.
Lastly a big Thanks to Shabs for sharing her two Guest List tickets with me.
We were told to arrive no later than 1.30pm and to wait in the carpark until called by a member of the production crew. At 2.30pm we were called together and given the pep talk and led down to the 'Studio' which was an Industrial size unit. I was quite surprised how many people were there, we were told 800 in attendance .
The Director took the stage first and gave another pep talk and explained that if they could give tickets to all those that have applied, it would take 64 years to complete the show. It is the show with the highest number of ticket requests so if you have applied for tickets and haven't heard from them, you know why.
JC, RH and JM arrived on stage and gave a few stories and showed some outtakes from previous shows to give us a clue what to expect. the show didnt seem to be scripted, obviously they knew the substance of the show , Lights,Camera, Action, off we go straight into filming.
Not too many re takes surprisingly. 'Stars in a reasonably priced car' were 2 Dragons from BBC's Dragons Den program, Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis. The interview with these two lasted about 40 minutes (seemed more like 2 hours), I assume it was to get enough chat and then cut it into 5 minutes.
The Stig wasn't in the studio. Filming finished around 6pm and the Presenters buggered off.
Would I do it again?..........................Probably not although I wouldn't have missed this opportunity.
Lastly a big Thanks to Shabs for sharing her two Guest List tickets with me.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Probably not, my Tits aren't big enough
Maybe the Boom Camera got me
Maybe the Boom Camera got me
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
They'd have given me my own showcalbens wrote: Maybe you should have gone in your Jods like Alex said but he forgot to add don't forget the liver sausage, I bet we'd have seen you for sure then
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Liver sausage
Liver sausage, liver sausage, and I didn't like to say anything as I thought it was natural.
I can feel a lot better about myself now and not have that inferior complex
Alex
I can feel a lot better about myself now and not have that inferior complex
Alex
Z3's, one of the little pleasures in life.
Bex likes to think Liver Sausage , it's not as scarey
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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Knowing Clarkson they probably slagged off BMWs during the show....
BMW Z3, the only way to build a true roadster
- The most powerful letter in the world.
- The most powerful letter in the world.
Cloz wrote:There is something that will never change is my love for Z3
smartypants wrote:Conor?
With an M??
The World's gone mad
smartypants wrote:The Z3 rear is a great thing to behold
He gave the M3 CSL one of it's best ever reviews and recently awarded the 135i M 5/5 in the Sunday Times.///M_aniac wrote:Knowing Clarkson they probably slagged off BMWs during the show....
When you actually analyse his reviews across the entire BMW range, I don't think Mr C is anymore disparaging to BMWs than he is to any other marque (for example he HATED the 997 GT2 in last week's Sunday Times....)
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He must be mellowing then Giles. He used to criticise them so much but thats going back to the Tiff days probably.
BMW Z3, the only way to build a true roadster
- The most powerful letter in the world.
- The most powerful letter in the world.
Cloz wrote:There is something that will never change is my love for Z3
smartypants wrote:Conor?
With an M??
The World's gone mad
smartypants wrote:The Z3 rear is a great thing to behold
JC was saying that most Car manufacturers had at least one ugly Car in their range, BMW's being the X3.
The Manufacturer without an ugly car in their range (according to JC) was Vauhall, even the Agila
Clarksons 'I found this on the Internet' was the pic of the Guy with his todger up the exhaust of a Range Rover.
The Manufacturer without an ugly car in their range (according to JC) was Vauhall, even the Agila
Clarksons 'I found this on the Internet' was the pic of the Guy with his todger up the exhaust of a Range Rover.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Spotted myself and Shabs three times in the last few seconds of the show, standing behind the Terios
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Bex, I would be very surprised if anyone spotted Shabs and I, with 798 other people jossling for position. I only just managed to spot myself because I knew where I was standing. The only shot where I was clearly visible is through the the front window of the Terios when Hammond and May were ending the show.
We thought we had managed to get an excellent spot by the Cool Wall, but they didn't place anything on the Cool Wall this week
We thought we had managed to get an excellent spot by the Cool Wall, but they didn't place anything on the Cool Wall this week
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
I'll watch the re run this week, I missed the first half.
This one?
This one?
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Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Although I did enjoy it, I wouldn't go again
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Trust someone to notice hergaryw wrote:But did anyone else spot the lass in the green top
garyw
Just happened to be standing in direct shot of the camera, very convenient. Not that im complaining though!
Glad they honoured the Swindon Councillor for wanting to scrap speed cameras, loved the throne. James Mays comment was funny "push the car into Devizes if you have a crash"