AnArtist1 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 That is an awesome looking car. Sorry to mention this but...(don't know how to add a picture) http://www.carpages.co.uk/mg_rover/mg_rover_new_rover_75_v8_07_03_04.asp?switched=on&echo=251549718 Is someone nicking Audi designs? And its ROVER!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 What's a Rover? I've seen it before. They probably don't have a design department anymore, hence the ripoff. Oh well, imitation is the best compliment no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Please right-click and Save As - you'll enjoy it more and so will my poor server (on my company's connection). If it's slow to download, you're all killing my bandwidth, so please cancel it and try again a bit later. Please do not distribute this URL, I've had my stuff posted all over the net before and it got so many hits, it killed my network's bandwidth for days, which didn't make me popular as we kind of rely on it for our work. This is meant for you TS guys only! Video 2:15, 21MB Oh, and don't me for the sound - you've been warned now that the sound is terrible because the microphone wasn't shielded well enough. No complaints please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Cool vid Chris! What car did you use as video car btw? Gimme a nudge if you want the linky taken out again, some time in the future. PS: pity about the crappy sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 [ QUOTE ] What car did you use as video car btw? [/ QUOTE ] RS 6 Avant and some velcro cable wraps. Sophisticated eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Think they'd ( ) call this evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] What car did you use as video car btw? [/ QUOTE ] RS 6 Avant and some velcro cable wraps. Sophisticated eh? [/ QUOTE ] Ah, just remembered that pic now... Well, it did the trick very well. I particularly like the bit where you see the bushes etc. fade into a blur with the speed of sound... I suspected it was an RS6, but it couldn't be your car. Do your mates all drive RS6's or was it the dealer being helpful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Think they'd ( ) call this evidence [/ QUOTE ] It looks much faster than it was. Somtething to do with frame rates and video conversions I think. Anyway, it's just from some video tape I found laying on the floor somewhere, I've no idea who it belongs to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 [ QUOTE ] I suspected it was an RS6, but it couldn't be your car. Do your mates all drive RS6's or was it the dealer being helpful? [/ QUOTE ] That's my business partner's Avant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Think they'd ( ) call this evidence [/ QUOTE ] It looks much faster than it was. Somtething to do with frame rates and video conversions I think. Anyway, it's just from some video tape I found laying on the floor somewhere, I've no idea who it belongs to... [/ QUOTE ] I knew that M'lud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I had a call from my dealer's A8 advocate. Apparently an SWB is coming into the UK soon. I've been told that Rowan Atkinson is first on the list, then it's going to be handed over to the journos. I might be able to get a few hours with it after Rowan (I think I can call him that now!) on the 24th of June on the same kind of deal -a driver brings it up to Lincoln, gives me the keys for a few hours and I go play. I hope this comes off, then I can finally make my mind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 [ QUOTE ] on the 24th of June on the same kind of deal -a driver brings it up to Lincoln, gives me the keys for a few hours and I go play. [/ QUOTE ] 24th, 24th, 24th? Arh! Here'tis, Yep, my diaries clear that day (well it is now ) Where you gonna meet me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I think I'm going to have to get my plane warmed up to join you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnArtist1 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Maybe Mr Atkinson is writing 'another' artcile for EVO? Before the journos do!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Maybe Mr Atkinson is writing 'another' artcile for EVO? [/ QUOTE ] Hadn't thought of that, I just figured he was a car nut who fancied an early go in a bit of a new motor. Must get my writeup in early and get you guys another TS exclusive review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 That's a coincidence, my agenda is clear as well that day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 That leaves 1 spare seat then! If you wanna bring'along someone else Chris S8 Sven I can collect you from the airport (the least I could do to repay you). Course it'd mean a lowly 3.7 A8, but I've a full blind set, so no one need know it's you sluming it in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loddrik Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Chris, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? I ask as you don't look that old in your gallery pic and you seem to have a liking for BIG cars, which is unusual in younger people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I ALWAYS liked big, powerful cars, and so do many of my mates. Nuffink to do with age IMO. Think that this myth came to life because most kids can't afford a powerful luxury car like this... Think about the comment of that twat, quoted in the Porsche forum, who said a 911 is an 'old man's car' exactly for that reason... BS IMO, some like small cars, others like big cars. Just preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Chris, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? I ask as you don't look that old in your gallery pic and you seem to have a liking for BIG cars, which is unusual in younger people. [/ QUOTE ] As I write this, I'm 31, but I'm 32 in a couple of weeks The big car thing is partly because of me being in business - I quit my job 9 years ago with an ex-Avis Cavalier TDI on tick, and after 100,000 miles burning oil (and the midnight oil, often), I upgraded to a Vectra and went for the jugular with a V6 2.5 SRi. After I stuffed that into a telegraph pole, sideways (somebody pulled out on me on a bend) and very badly bent it, I figured an AWD car might be good, hence the Audis. All the cars I've had have been perfectly acceptable to turn up to customer's sites in. Even the RS 6 is OK to take customers out in, which I can't say I think would be true of a Porker or 2nd hand 'rarri. I have been thinking long and hard about getting a cheaper work car and an Elise or VX220 Turbo, but I realised that inevitably, when I was in one car I'd wish I was in the other for some reason, so I'm thinking of sticking with the one car for all jobs philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 [ QUOTE ] I ALWAYS liked big, powerful cars, and so do many of my mates. Nuffink to do with age IMO. Think that this myth came to life because most kids can't afford a powerful luxury car like this... Think about the comment of that twat, quoted in the Porsche forum, who said a 911 is an 'old man's car' exactly for that reason... BS IMO, some like small cars, others like big cars. Just preference. [/ QUOTE ] I think if you like cars, you like cars (big and small). And as Sven says, group 20 insurance and the cost to buy them may preclude the young. Course, some of us drive a big cars to compensate for our little schmakles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Course, some of us drive a big cars to compensate for our little schmakles [/ QUOTE ] Oh no, the big car driver's secret is out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audia8s2 Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Still, blinds in the back, black heated Leather, large rear seats, surely this more than makes up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 GF almost PHSL when she read this.... Quote: "if they only knew" So there goes the 'compensation' myth down the drain... I'll omit her other comment, but it had something to do with "not enough room in a little car" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Still, blinds in the back, black heated Leather, large rear seats, surely this more than makes up for it. [/ QUOTE ] Personally, I'd rather have a bigger pekker. I can get all of the hot black leather I can use down at Miss Whiplash's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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