07-08-2005, 08:42 AM | #1 |
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Clarkson return his GT
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07-08-2005, 09:35 AM | #2 |
Doctor Mudgeon
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So Clarkson's beef with the car has nothing to do with the actual car's reliability, but with a third-party alarm installation that was obviously botched? I expected to read about some kind of horrible suspension failure, or maybe an engine issue. Still sucks, though.
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07-08-2005, 09:36 AM | #3 |
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"...I have never profited from my position as a motoring journalist. And I never will."
So he doesn't think being famous had anything to do with Ford taking the car back? |
07-08-2005, 10:15 AM | #4 | |
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...or the DB9 loaner. Because, you know, any of us would get that treatment. I am with blee on this one. What a sissy. His dream car of 35 years and returns it for a faulty alram? Dude, rip it out! Who gives a f***?! Pay some shitty garage to disable it for good and install lo-jack ro whatever. Jackass. |
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07-08-2005, 11:35 AM | #6 | |
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07-08-2005, 11:36 AM | #7 |
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Hmm...no comment re: Ford.
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07-08-2005, 11:36 AM | #8 |
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What a poseur.
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07-08-2005, 11:39 AM | #9 | |
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(Amazingly, he had not a single comment about this anytime during last Sunday's show) |
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07-08-2005, 11:46 AM | #10 |
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I doubt that a U.S.-spec alarm system would be fully operable in the UK, so it sounds like it was installed in all of the 28 UK cars by Roush or Ford UK or something. What a great way to ruin a car like that.
What was that about British engineering again? |
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