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B&O on Top Gear

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Chris Townsend Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2014 9:10 PM
Tonight's episode, all things Danish. Opened with Beolab 1's next to a a Beolab 9000. Cool

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Flappo replied on Sun, Feb 16 2014 9:12 PM

then clarkson spent the rest of ther prg slagging the car off for being unreliable

and then james blunt came on

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I haven't got that far yet as i recorded it. Shame about the car, but great to see a Beosound 9000 o the opening shot anyway.

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valve1 replied on Mon, Feb 17 2014 6:43 AM

I also have it recorded and will get to see it during the week. 

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Bv7Mk3 replied on Mon, Feb 17 2014 7:23 AM
Look forward to watching that!

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He had a big collection of Hondas on show from the 60's to the late 70's

Was great to see some of the bikes again!
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Beobuddy replied on Mon, Feb 17 2014 7:25 AM

A very entertaining show again. Nice to see that they mentioned our beloved B&O for their design.

Again another silly challenge but on the other hand an even more impressive end.

 

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jkhamler replied on Mon, Feb 17 2014 9:18 AM

Like his music or not, it's hard to deny that James Blunt is a smart guy with a great sense of humour - check out his responses to the trolls.

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Beobuddy replied on Wed, Feb 19 2014 9:30 AM

For the ones who've missed it. It will be repeated tonight at 23.20 on BBC2 (HD).

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vikinger replied on Wed, Feb 19 2014 10:03 AM

The manufacturer of that £800 000 Danish car took a huge risk letting Top Gear test it. All the testing apparently deliberately done with the traction control turned off. What was that all about? Made as much sense as rolling a Mercedes A Class after turning off the traction control!  And was the car allowed to burn for the benefit of the cameras?

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Mikael replied on Wed, Feb 19 2014 10:34 AM

Its quite often seen that supercars go up in smoke. As the fire starts from within the car, and thereby is shielded by the body, the fire is hard to put out before it really catches on.

The time from smoke to fire is short, and I too would stop immediately if I saw smoke. At that point, the nearest fire truck or extinguisher could be several minutes away, while cameras are in place all around the track.

I really doubt that Top Gear purposely let a 800.000£ car burn to the ground.

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The fact that it was a bit of heroic failure, will only ensue its popularity in Britain at least.

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Simonbeo replied on Wed, Feb 19 2014 11:33 AM

Porsche has halted sales of 911 GT 3 because there have been fires 

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1090400_2014-porsche-911-gt3-sales-halted-due-to-string-of-fires

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Mark replied on Wed, Feb 19 2014 11:46 AM
Top Gear is pure entertainment aimed at world sales and high viewing figures, and the programmes are well scripted before the camera rolls.

Although funny and very watchable it is about as factual as the Chuckle Brothers directing a programme on HiFi systems.

we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.

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