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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Marks DTM Calib on 12 July 2011, 06:55:35
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Further caravan destruction so gets my vote!
(http://i.thelocalpeople.co.uk/275788/Article/images/12781689/2952154.png)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Gear-trio-pull-latest-stunt-Great-Central-Railway/story-12781689-detail/story.html
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Set in programme guide! :y
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Should be a laugh ;D
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i didnt really watch top gear much but seem to have been watching loads lately. :) and eastenders, coronation st and now eastenders :-[
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i didnt really watch top gear much but seem to have been watching loads lately. :) and eastenders, coronation st and now eastenders :-[
Eastenders twice? Richie you need help man! ;D
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i didnt really watch top gear much but seem to have been watching loads lately. :) and eastenders, coronation st and now eastenders :-[
Eastenders twice? Richie you need help man! ;D
have to sit through it on sundays repeats as well. :-X ;D
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Excellent idea. Get them off the roads. Individual carriage per party with all mod cons. Sleeping catered for, loos catered for. Kitchen catered for. And will be in better nic than half the rolling stock currently in use no doubt.
Well done top gear! Clarkson for Prime minister. ;D
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Excellent idea. Get them off the roads. Individual carriage per party with all mod cons. Sleeping catered for, loos catered for. Kitchen catered for. And will be in better nic than half the rolling stock currently in use no doubt.
Well done top gear! Clarkson for Prime minister. ;D
he'd get my vote ! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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i notice hes threatening to quit now.
http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/clarkson-in-top-gear-quit-threat
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I hope he does quit, absolute tosser. As for the poor old caravanners, it is about time people stopped jumping on the bandwagon about caravanners as most of us drive sensibly and maintain both our cars and caravans to a high standard. What really makes me mad are the horseboxes and old lorries being driven around by mothers and their daughters off to some gymkanah which seem to attract no critisim at all >:(. Don,t even get me started on foreign lorry drivers ::).
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Excellent idea. Get them off the roads. Individual carriage per party with all mod cons. Sleeping catered for, loos catered for. Kitchen catered for. And will be in better nic than half the rolling stock currently in use no doubt.
Well done top gear! Clarkson for Prime minister. ;D
he'd get my vote ! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Not mine
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What really makes me mad are the horseboxes and old lorries being driven around by mothers and their daughters off to some gymkanah
but on the bright side they are mostly good looking and as they go so slow you can get a good look
as fat birds dont ride horses.
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What really makes me mad are the horseboxes and old lorries being driven around by mothers and their daughters off to some gymkanah
but on the bright side they are mostly good looking and as they go so slow you can get a good look
as fat birds dont ride horses.
Oh really,
You should see some of the fat ones riding horses around my way. It is shocking how the poor horse has to carry their weight, i should make a call to the RSPCA. Another thing why don't they have to clear up after their horse has crapped all over the pavement either,must be a health hazard.
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i'm sorry but top gear is about as entertaining as watching paint dry, i get some of last years series on bbc entertainment and think wtf has that got to do with cars, the last show was build your own camper van and ofcourse jeremy's was over the top, hammond's burnt to the ground and captain slow's was rediculous, i have a great admiration for what the bbc do but this is just clutching at straws, it has very little to do with cars, personally i always found fifth gear more to do with cars than entertainment.
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What a shame they didn't tow them on a road, cause a great big traffic jam and really upset the (impatient/red mist) drivers who don't like caravans.
I would have watched that :D
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Conkers anyone...? Old news, but a giggle non the less.
... in case some of our resident Pikeys missed this Top Gear classic. ::)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtztZz7A4xA&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/media]
;D
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I'm a road hooligan & i love caravans.
Pick the bones out of that! ;D
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i'm sorry but top gear is about as entertaining as watching paint dry, i get some of last years series on bbc entertainment and think wtf has that got to do with cars, the last show was build your own camper van and ofcourse jeremy's was over the top, hammond's burnt to the ground and captain slow's was rediculous, i have a great admiration for what the bbc do but this is just clutching at straws, it has very little to do with cars, personally i always found fifth gear more to do with cars than entertainment.
er, think you're missing the point mate....its got nothing to do with cars. how many of us could hop down to the local ferrari dealership and buy the latest one clarksons just spun the tread off?
its purely an enertainment show, featuring some very nice, but completly out of joe averages reach cars.
keep it coming i say, i love it :y :y :y
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People who own/tow caravans should have to pay road tax for them at least as much as the car that's towing it - seems fair to me ;)
I have never understood the mentally of what I would imagine are mostly home owners (apart from gypsies) who choose to go away at the weekend and live in a tin box with basic and cramped facilities. I can't fathom the economics of it either when you weigh up the cost of a caravan, it's maintenance and up keep and all the paraphernalia that goes with them plus the site costs - just think how many decent proper holidays you could have with the money. Additionally, you don't have an eyesore parked on your frontage for 50 weeks of the year either - I rest my case. :y
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People who own/tow caravans should have to pay road tax for them at least as much as the car that's towing it - seems fair to me ;)
I have never understood the mentally of what I would imagine are mostly home owners (apart from gypsies) who choose to go away at the weekend and live in a tin box with basic and cramped facilities. I can't fathom the economics of it either when you weigh up the cost of a caravan, it's maintenance and up keep and all the paraphernalia that goes with them plus the site costs - just think how many decent proper holidays you could have with the money. Additionally, you don't have an eyesore parked on your frontage for 50 weeks of the year either - I rest my case. :y
and your case is rubbish .. as is 90% of your whole post ... :)
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Its a fair case, caravans do take up as much room as a car if not more, can weigh considerable amount. Yet are un-taxed...
I'd vote for a green tax, as they make the towing car get crap mpg, as do the chain of cars behind them....
I love camping, but with that you just load the boot up and drive at full speed there.
I've towed a caravan before helping family members out, its not a nice experience. For me part of the journey is the drive, you can't enjoy it with a bloody big burger van acting like a parachute behind you. Typically places you go (Cumbria, Wales ect) you get stuck behind the buggers for mile upon mile >:(
I'd like to see a bit more of this!
(http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2010/caravan-blaze-4.jpg)
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Its a fair case, caravans do take up as much room as a car if not more, can weigh considerable amount. Yet are un-taxed...
I'd vote for a green tax, as they make the towing car get crap mpg, as do the chain of cars behind them....
I love camping, but with that you just load the boot up and drive at full speed there.
I've towed a caravan before helping family members out, its not a nice experience. For me part of the journey is the drive, you can't enjoy it with a bloody big burger van acting like a parachute behind you. Typically places you go (Cumbria, Wales ect) you get stuck behind the buggers for mile upon mile >:(
I'd like to see a bit more of this!
(http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2010/caravan-blaze-4.jpg)
That would be wonderful, if it was true ;)
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Its a fair case, caravans do take up as much room as a car if not more, can weigh considerable amount. Yet are un-taxed...
I'd vote for a green tax, as they make the towing car get crap mpg, as do the chain of cars behind them....
I love camping, but with that you just load the boot up and drive at full speed there.
I've towed a caravan before helping family members out, its not a nice experience. For me part of the journey is the drive, you can't enjoy it with a bloody big burger van acting like a parachute behind you. Typically places you go (Cumbria, Wales ect) you get stuck behind the buggers for mile upon mile >:(
I'd like to see a bit more of this!
(http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2010/caravan-blaze-4.jpg)
That would be wonderful, if it was true ;)
Its perfectly true, trip to Wales i've done and Isle of Man this year in Yorkshire Dales, bloody things everywhere >:(
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They stop you breaking the speed limit do they? ;D
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I'd have been happy doing the limit! Poxy plastic box was doing 40mph in 60 zone :(
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I recently went to darkest Wales, the only time I held traffic up was when I came up behind a tractor or lorry.
On most of the roads in Wales it's difficult to obtain 50 safely even driving solo, let alone 60.
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I recently went to darkest Wales, the only time I held traffic up was when I came up behind a tractor or lorry.
On most of the roads in Wales it's difficult to obtain 50 safely even driving solo, let alone 60.
On a bike that is easily and safely achieved. I'd also say that in a car without a caravan you safely do that too. Fact caravans are considerably wider, makes driving down narrow roads, which can easily be taken at 60, much slow for burger vans....
Braking distances are increased massively, so they have to drive slower. Ruining a good run and nice views of the road :(
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lol this thread makes me smile, i love the fight between caravaners and non-vaners!
only think i dont like, is when the caravans weaving all over the road due to the idiot towing it.
ive been looking at getting a old caravan for a laugh, i normaly end up spending a grand on a cottage in cornwall for week, so will find a dry old van get it serviced and see if its fun or too much hassle!
i would rather drive down at midnight tbh, mostly for when i get stuck in a ditch down some tiny lane pmsl
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It Is funny. ESP when that poor deluded smile disapears of their face when, finally, in front of the bloody things and gently slowing down to 20 mph below their speed. Ooh that really gets their goat. All that momentum lost... YEEES ANNOYING ISNT IT! ;D.
Funny how irritated people get when treated as they treat others I find. Hmm? :P
Tax and Mot on that pikey palace please. And a "bloody inconvenient tax" on top of that. ;)
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Well who watched tops last night,I thought it was quite funny ;D
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It Is funny. ESP when that poor deluded smile disapears of their face when, finally, in front of the bloody things and gently slowing down to 20 mph below their speed. Ooh that really gets their goat. All that momentum lost... YEEES ANNOYING ISNT IT! ;D.
Funny how irritated people get when treated as they treat others I find. Hmm? :P
Tax and Mot on that pikey palace please. And a "bloody inconvenient tax" on top of that. ;)
I bloody knew you were local, took me ages to get back to 70mph. ;D ;D ;D
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Well who watched tops last night,I thought it was quite funny ;D
Had me laughing my socks off quite a bit.. Somehow Rowan Atkinson doesn't sound like I imagined ("Bob" ;D ;D).
I'll take one of those 9L V16 engines, though, please.
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I watched it this morning and did smile at the antics. Having complained on here recently that they were recycling old ideas, the train thing was a hoot. Hats off to the "gentlemen" who played their part - it must have been terrifying.
If you look hard, there are actually back-handed complements to what it really takes to design and run a railway.
I guess I was just in the right mood at the right time having been incensed that the PVR recorded golf in place of MotoGP earlier yesterday. >:( >:(
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Well who watched tops last night,I thought it was quite funny ;D
Had me laughing my socks off quite a bit.. Somehow Rowan Atkinson doesn't sound like I imagined ("Bob" ;D ;D).
I'll take one of those 9L V16 engines, though, please.
He can drive though,that time of his will take some beating :y
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Great episode - hilarious and entertaining. :y
TG knockers should accept it for what it is.......a very clever and imaginative entertainment show. If you don't like it, don't watch it. Tune in to 5th Gear as I do if you want to see a more serious motoring show. ;)
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Too right Bob. It's a laugh. Just happens to have cars in it. :y
And broken caravans. :y. :P
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I loved the moment when D123 (class 45 45125) took out the 'cattle class' van!
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.... when D123 (class 45 45125) took .....
Anorak Coat ------> Door! ::) ::) ::)
PS It was 'scum class' ;) ;) :y
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Fifth Gear isn't a patch on top Gear in any way, I just find it completely boring and the presenters are just Top Gear wannabies. I find Tiff Needell particularly irritating. The way they try to create "chemistry" between him and Plato is just tragic
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.... when D123 (class 45 45125) took .....
Anorak Coat ------> Door! ::) ::) ::)
PS It was 'scum class' ;) ;) :y
lol, I have had a 'go' on that one :y
I should add that knowing how very tight the rules and regs are on preserved railways that I was VERY surprised at some of the things they were doing e.g.
Driving at speed upto a gronk
Running at 25mph with caravans mounted on p-way trolley wheels with no brakes.
Driving at more than 25mph (although parts of the GCR are rated to higher speeds) using 'strange' traction.
Carrying passengers !
Still, very funny!
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.... when D123 (class 45 45125) took .....
Anorak Coat ------> Door! ::) ::) ::)
PS It was 'scum class' ;) ;) :y
lol, I have had a 'go' on that one :y
I should add that knowing how very tight the rules and regs are on preserved railways that I was VERY surprised at some of the things they were doing e.g.
Driving at speed upto a gronk
Running at 25mph with caravans mounted on p-way trolley wheels with no brakes.
Driving at more than 25mph (although parts of the GCR are rated to higher speeds) using 'strange' traction.
Carrying passengers !
Still, very funny!
I agree. With my tv hat on, that all equates to how much it cost to produce Mark.
There will probably be some spin-off benefits for those who "let it happen" by virtue of the publicity too.
Good luck to them.
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I'd have been happy doing the limit! Poxy plastic box was doing 40mph in 60 zone :(
I was stuck behind one through Wales
Ended up flashing them - they panicked and stopped - then the whole queue overtook.
I drove through next layby and got waves from the cars behind.
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I drove through next layby and got waves from the cars behind.
One, two or five-fingered? ;)
I have to say the issues I encountered in my recent trip to Cornwall were not caravans per-se but those who have clearly recently downgraded from a proper car to a "soft roader" or a 1 litre Korean sit-up-and-beg toilet cubicle on wheels, and haven't yet realised that they don't have the performance required to pass caravans on hills in a timely fashion. >:(
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I drove through next layby and got waves from the cars behind.
One, two or five-fingered? ;)
I have to say the issues I encountered in my recent trip to Cornwall were not caravans per-se but those who have clearly recently downgraded from a proper car to a "soft roader" or a 1 litre Korean sit-up-and-beg toilet cubicle on wheels, and haven't yet realised that they don't have the performance required to pass caravans on hills in a timely fashion. >:(
Nice ones - I cleared the bad name one!