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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:17 pm

Whoohoo! Back on tonight! BBC2 8pm

Apparently theyre going to show the 8 minute video of Hamster's 288mph crash..

Should be interesting!

The accident aside, im chuffed that Top Gear hadnt been slaughtered by the PC Brigade and is making a comeback.

Petrol? Testosterone? Silly Antics in Cars? Oh Yeah. bring it on!!

BikerGran · #2 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:16 pm

I'll be watching that!

Jeremy Clarkson is without doubt a prat but he's a highly amusing prat!

BikerGran · #3 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:01 pm

Wow!

Not only brave enough to drive that thing, but I reckon Richard Hammond was incredibly brave to sit and watch it like that!

Samray · #4 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:03 pm

I might have even more faith in my Arai now.

BikerGran · #5 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:08 pm

Have you got one of those neck things on it?

Falken · #6 Post by **Falken** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:10 pm

The way Hamster has recovereed is nothing short of a miracle.

gempip · #7 Post by **gempip** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:01 pm

Its a funny old world tho, Top Gear and the crowd worships cars that can do nought to sixty in the blink of an eye and clock on at one hundred and seventy plus, but mention a bike that can do the same and its all: "Tut Tut Ban em all"

from the political brigade. You just cant win!

XJR Jason · #8 Post by **XJR Jason** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:10 am

gempip wrote: Its a funny old world tho, Top Gear and the crowd worships cars that can do nought to sixty in the blink of an eye and clock on at one hundred and seventy plus, but mention a bike that can do the same and its all: "Tut Tut Ban em all" from the political brigade. You just cant win!

Yes you can, you just need to be on the bike

Thats why they don't like 'em

Myrkk · #9 Post by **Myrkk** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:25 am

The owner of the car is quoted in the press today as saying that Hammond was partially to blame for the accident.

Quoted from yahoo 'cause I couldn't figure out how to put a link without my login details in it.

In The Sun newspaper, Colin Fallows implied

Hammond was to some extent responsible by "failing to adhere to the briefing".

He said: "Mr Hammond had a puncture and carried on with the tyre deflated", adding he "stood on the brakes" after the blowout.

Mr Fallows added: "Once these cars are in motion you don't touch the brakes. You stay on the prescribed line and should always be aware of the unexpected.

"By failing to adhere to the briefing, what would have been a controllable incident ended in a major accident."

Personally I'd like to put him in that situation and see what his reaction his........... no-one can say they wouldn't stomp on the brakes once the oh sh!t mentality kicked in.

He also seems to be contradicting himself........... "carried on with the tyre deflated" "once these cars are in motion youi don't touch the brakes".............. erm how could he not carry on and not stand on the brake?

Or he may mean something else and I'm being dim.

Falco9 · #10 Post by **Falco9** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:51 pm

Even more interesting is that according to last nights programme, he (Richard Hammond) said he hadn't got any brakes to stomp on, "just an engine kill and parachute release" were the controls he had.

Mind you if he couldn't manage to stop that car perfectly within the 0.4 of a second he had to react at 288mph, he obviously wasn't cut out to be driving it in the first place!!!!!!!

F9

#11 Post by **Kwackerz** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:22 pm

Methinks the owner is just trying to talk himself out of any culpability.

Sadly He just made himself look stupid.

I sat wondering how many runs the tyres have been on and whether there's a limit before they have to be changed. Who made the tyres? Anyone know?

Gio · #12 Post by **Gio** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:47 pm

I missed it

I fell asleep 15 mins before it started.

Moose · #13 Post by **Moose** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:54 pm

Gio wrote:I missed it I fell asleep 15 mins before it started.

Should have canceled the horlicks

Gio · #14 Post by **Gio** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:07 pm

Moose wrote:
Gio wrote:I missed it I fell asleep 15 mins before it started.
Should have canceled the horlicks

I wish, some ditzy nurse decided I needed to sleep

bigun · #15 Post by **bigun** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:25 pm

Aye, the owner of the car is being a bit silly. Reckons the tyre was punctured before he went out. B*llocks! BBC health and safety wouldn't have let him anywhere near the car if that were the case. I think it was just a bit unfortunate (hell of a crash like!). Mind he looks a lot older now doesn't he?