glrnet Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29474422 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yeah saw that, totally obvious that the programme chose that car because of the number plate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Trying too hard to be controversial, never a good thing... but then Top Gear hasn't been a good thing for ages.... time for some new blood surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Mountain>Molehill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The list of countries they can visit now must be getting pretty slim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 They can not expect folk to believe that number plate wasn't on purpose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I would suggest they got the car, then chose the country. That plate is the original one for that car, if you HPI check it. Also, who cares! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatooandy67 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Mountain>Molehill. ^^^ this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I would suggest they got the car, then chose the country. That plate is the original one for that car, if you HPI check it. Also, who cares! The Argies obviously do 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I would suggest they got the car, then chose the country. That plate is the original one for that car, if you HPI check it. Also, who cares! The Argies obviously do They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwearing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yup, because they got whupped in their own backyard ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I doubt most Argies give a toss about TG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 No such thing as bad publicity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 The Argies are an angry bunch of people. Good thing there's nothing interesting to see in their country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 It seems to me like some people are just looking for any excuse to be offended these days. It's getting tedious. Also the notion of being offended by a number plate (not even a private or transferred one at that) justifying throwing rocks at other cars and even people is just stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveyboy11 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Are these people brain dead? It's a number plate ffs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2orry Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Question is how much did they film and how much will we see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) http://jalopnik.com/...tina-1642056799 http://jalopnik.com/...l-is-1637691675 http://jalopnik.com/...-arg-1642163724 One of those links is a cellphone video of the incident. Edited October 5, 2014 by Randy_Baton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 There's an interesting piece in the Sunday Times today written by JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 That's the most tedious of links to the Falklands. That's like driving a car through Brixton with a number plate that finishes in NGR. Or Americans driving a US top gear car with a plate that referenced the winning of the war of independence. People need to grow a back bone and stop wetting their pants over such tedium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) I'm guessing you mean "tenuous" of links, but I'm inclined to agree anyway. There are few 'celebrities' I like less than Clarkson and his two idiot sidekicks but even I can't get bothered by this. The Argentinian regime invaded the Falklands to detract attention from their problems at home and boost their own popularity. Some would say Thatcher's response was similarly motivated. Either way, it backfired on them because it's now just another part of their history to be ashamed of. Good people died on both sides and I'm afraid the Argentinians have got nobody to blame for that than themselves. Edited October 5, 2014 by sipar69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytespc Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Absolute rubbish produced for the lowest common denominator , if you want to watch a motoring program subscribe to Evo's podcasts...simples Edited October 5, 2014 by bytespc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatooandy67 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 My 2 cents I remember looking forward to seeing new episodes of Top Gear back when it was about cars and car relatedness but now it's just seems to be Jeremy & co acting out & pi$$ing off as many people as possible just to get either a cheap laugh or some adverse publicity What happened? Come on bbc sort it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Meh Still 10000% better than fifth gear, People moan its not about cars anymore etc, but to be really honest i would rather see 3 guys doing some stupid stuff in cars then listen to the monotone likes of chris harris or another of the other online podcasters tell me what the 0-60 and top speed of the new m3 is, if i wanna know that stuff, i can look it up on line in less time than them videos anyway. it does seem everything was fine over there till UK press started posting hey look his plate has FKL in it then in a few days of it being shared on social media that the people of Argentina got upset if they haddnt of had it handed to them by social media i doubt there would be any uproar, Edited October 5, 2014 by StevoD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 My 2 cents I remember looking forward to seeing new episodes of Top Gear back when it was about cars and car relatedness but now it's just seems to be Jeremy & co acting out & pi$$ing off as many people as possible just to get either a cheap laugh or some adverse publicity What happened? Come on bbc sort it out Why would the beeb want to sort it out, the ratings are huge? Meh Still 10000% better than fifth gear, People moan its not about cars anymore etc, but to be really honest i would rather see 3 guys doing some stupid stuff in cars then listen to the monotone likes of chris harris or another of the other online podcasters tell me what the 0-60 and top speed of the new m3 is, if i wanna know that stuff, i can look it up on line in less time than them videos anyway I struggle to comprehend the argument that top gear is not about cars any more, as above, there is always 5th gear if you want to watch a programme about cars, i dont watch 5th gear for similar reasons to Stevo, i dont moan 5th gear should be more entertaining (respectively) like TG, i just dont watch it and if 5th gear had tg's viewer ratings they would be made up, TG does entertainment, 5th gear does cars, its a win win isnt? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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