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  1. Re:Thermodynamics by jez9999 · · Score: 1 · on Piezo Crystals Harness Sound To Generate Hydrogen

    And, finally, delivering.

  2. Re:So these guys keep wanting to prove my point! by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 1 · on Gran Turismo 5 Delayed

    Apples to oranges. Road and Track is a magazine, Top Gear is TV.

    http://www.roadandtrack.com/ - http://www.topgear.com/uk/

    You should have said Road and Track and Car.

    I've played all the Gran Turismo for PS1 and 2, Forza 2 & 3 and I'd say its more accurate to say Forza is the spiritual successor to GT. I've checked out the previews for GT5 (I don't own a PS3) and I think GT lost its way. The poster above did a really good job explaining why Forza is better now.

  3. Re:How about a different test? by edxwelch · · Score: 1 · on '09 Malibu Vs. '59 Bel Air Crash Test

    Top gear did a test to see how fast you could get out, submerging a Vauxhall Belmont in water and the electrics did give out immediately
    http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/car-underwater-1
    And I'm sorry but the rest of your speculations sound pretty unlikely to me.

  4. Re:Worst of both worlds by Rogerborg · · Score: 1 · on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City

    750 miles in 14 hours at 67 mpg (US gallons). Bitch.

  5. Re:Here's a thought... by MartinSchou · · Score: 2, Informative · on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider

    Ah - found the videos for the big London race: Top Gear London Race - car vs bike vs boat vs public transport

    Couldn't find the one from the marathon run though

  6. Re:Doesnt sound like much? by Canazza · · Score: 1 · on Illusion Cloak Makes One Object Look Like Another

    Bottom video :D

  7. Scam Alert: English use English Units by Lord+of+the+Fries · · Score: 1 · on NASA Tests Heaviest Chute Drop Ever

    I thought this too (that the English don't use English units).

    But now I've become a Top Gear addict. And Jeremy definitely talks in miles per hour. And Hammond does vehicle weights in pounds.

    I seen it on youtube. It must be so.

  8. Re:For low values of success by Fred_A · · Score: 1 · on Dirac 1.0.0 Released

    Someone's evidentially not been watching Top Gear, which features some of the best camera work on TV and film.

    Yes, well, you know, to some of us a show about cars is about as exciting as a show about computers would be to the general public (look ! it's got wheels ! and seats ! whoohoo ! -- yawn)

  9. Re:For low values of success by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Dirac 1.0.0 Released

    Someone's evidentially not been watching Top Gear, which features some of the best camera work on TV and film.

    No no, you're right. One show out of the hundreds that the BBC produces invalidates his whole fucking point.

  10. Re:For low values of success by ttlgDaveh · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Dirac 1.0.0 Released

    Someone's evidentially not been watching Top Gear, which features some of the best camera work on TV and film.

  11. Gee Wiz... what a way to die by PCeye · · Score: 1 · on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars

    "The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from water that is poured into the car's tank. The generator then releases electrons that produce electric power to run the car. Genepax, the company that invented the technology, aims to collaborate with Japanese manufacturers to mass produce it."

    Oh great...TWO ways to die in a Gee Wiz... in a crash, AND in a hydrogen carbecue!

    http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1832/

  12. Re:That sound you hear... by dwater · · Score: 1 · on Virgin Media CEO Says Net Neutrality Is Already Gone

    I want one of those Ariel Atom....though :

    "
    Price? Ariel is aiming to keep the Atom 500 'below six figures' but admits that won't be easy when even the car's sequential paddle-shift gearbox costs £15,000 on its own. A production run of some 20 cars is planned, with the first 500s arriving in the late spring ('when the roads get a bit drier', according to Saunders)."

    "Six figured would start at 10,000ukp, so that might make the cut for my bike race, and, it has to be said, win it...easily, probably.

    0-60 in 2.5 seconds is quite nice :D

  13. Re:Build a smaller one that works by dwater · · Score: 1 · on X-Wing Rocket Launches, Disintegrates

    ...and here's the same guy trying for an horizontal lift off (with [real]video, maybe) :

    http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2007/01/stories/09/1.html

    ...or is he trying to get to Australia by a more direct route?

  14. Re:not evil? how about global warming? by RESPAWN · · Score: 1 · on A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders
    OK, so how often do you actually drive around with 9 people in your large van/SUV/people carrier? If you're that worried about fuel savings, why not trade in your large vehicle and get a smaller, more fuel efficient car. I'll bet that a Prius would carry your typical five people plus luggage pretty easily.

    Leaving that aside, could you drive your people carrier to, say, the North Pole. (OK, these guys did it so that's a bad example.) Could you drive your car to, say, Japan?

    Whichever way you slice it, it's more juice than I'm going to burn in two years. Bet you could burn less in a Civic Hybrid.

    C'mon! Either be a true environmentalist or just willingly admit that you're a red-blooded American who likes his large vehicles just like the rest of us. I'll bet you'd have your own jet too, if you could afford it. Or do you just plan to never venture outside of North and/or South America in your lifetime?

    I guess we could save some C02 by reverting to sailing ships. They are green, but they also travel at about 1/6th the speed of your car.

    I say, enjoy your large vehicle and don't worry about how much you or anybody else is polluting. That's what our kids are for!

    (For the record, I drive a Civic that averages about 33 mpg during regular driving. I don't drive it to save on emissions, though. I drive it because I'm cheap.)

    ***Note: for any mods with a stick, this post was mostly meant in jest. Mod me down if you want -- I've got the karma to burn -- but I'd also suggest reviewing the guidlines where they suggest not modding down somebody just because you don't agree with them. :-D
  15. lightweight cars a great idea? by phedre · · Score: 2, Informative · on Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank

    Remember this relatively recent slashdot article? I couldn't find the article quick enough but I did find the article it was about. http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1832/ Yup, that would be the fabulous electric car that is so LIGHTWEIGHT that it's not classified as a car anymore.

    And no, I didn't catch the answer to your question, I just love watching that car crumple in such amazing ways.

  16. Informative? Hardly. by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Small Electric Car May Usher In Big Changes

    The Top Gear test was performed on a G-Wiz, and has nothing to do with the Norwegian cars being discussed. The G-Wiz basically an electric scooter with a metal enclosure, has a top speed of 40MPH, and isn't intended for highway use.

    According to the article, the Think cars have a top speed of 62MPH (which their agreement with Tesla hopes to raise to 85-90MPH. It will very much be a highway car, and therefore subject to American and European safety standards. Lumping the Think and the G-Wiz together as "these cars" is like lumping your pet rabbit and your sister-in-law together under "these animals". Did that analogy make sense? No? That's my point: it's nonsensical. If Chewbacca lives on Krykkit, you must acquit.

  17. Re:It's a cardboard diversion by arivanov · · Score: 1 · on Google Maps Shows Chinese Nuclear Sub Prototype

    Indians are clearly ahead here: http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1832/

  18. Re:Rather get one of the scion models or even a ya by Archimonde · · Score: 1 · on Smart Car Coming To the US In Jan. 2008

    On what roads? Romania?

    Take a look here:
    http://www.topgear.com/content/carsurvey/2006/
    and
    http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/

    See how Mercedes fares versus Toyota.
    Mercedes is a long way from what it used to be.

  19. Re:Why is the IDrive confusing? by ozbird · · Score: 1, Informative · on Death of the Button? Analog vs. Digital

    Only if your voice is within the expected parameters.

    I recently got a Motorola phone, which has a voice control facility (e.g. via the SoundPilot Bluetooth gadget they bundled with it.) It lets you train your voice for numbers, which I did. However, to actually dial using numbers, you need to go into the voice control system and give the command "digit dial". When several attempts and yarmouthing fails, you just press the friggin' buttons like nature intended.

    Note to UI devices: Just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should; K.I.S.S.

    <flame>That said the iDrive is probably perfect for BMWs: "Bad Motorist, Wanker". Pissing about for 15 minutes in the carpark playing with their iKnob to select the ride comfort, air freshener scent or whatever to impress the "Blonde, Moronic Woman" in the passenger seat would be right up their alley. (Ob. Top Gear.)

  20. Re:They still don't get it by Gandalf_Greyhame · · Score: 1 · on Near-Future Fords to Feature Windows Automotive

    I don't really believe that the GTO, or 'Monaro' as it is called here, was ever supposed to BE a car rich in features. Merely a coupe with a 5.7L V8 under the hood. It is a beautiful car, in a simplistic way, with pretty good handling and a bit of go to it. http://www.topgear.com/ has a review on it. Just look up 'Vauxhaul Monaro.' I swear that car changes it's name more often than P.Diddy (only name I could think of at the time of writing)

    But enough of that. I am definitely a nerd. It is 1:15AM local time on New Years Day, and I am posting on Slashdot...

  21. Re:corners by damiam · · Score: 1 · on Electric Car Faster Than A Ferrari or Porsche
    Let's see it go around corners faster than a Ferarri.

    It does. The gas-powered Ariel Atom beat several Ferraris around the Top Gear test track. It's really not that hard to believe; the Atom's light weight gives it a big handling advantage over bigger cars like the Ferraris.

  22. This is CARBAGE.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative · on VW Beetle Fitted with a Jet Engine

    This is nothing NEW!! Jet engines all the time in TopGear..

    http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections /carbage/pages/0412/

  23. Re:No... by RedWizzard · · Score: 1 · on Kids Build Soybean Fueled Sports Car
    Once again, are we seeing the fabled instance of revolutionary technology coming not from the big corporations, but from some unlikely garage.
    No. While this is an amazing thing for these kids to do, I'm sure it's far from revolutionary.
    Right. There's nothing new about diesel sportscars. Audi's latest Le Man's car is a diesel.
  24. Re:Now it should be obvious, but... by Paul+Jakma · · Score: 1 · on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris

    Your memory is wrong. The Atom was the second fastest car ever around Top Gear's track, faster than the Carrera GT - only the Ferrari Enzo could beat the Atom.


    Given that there are very few Enzo's on this earth, and that only a very few could afford them anyway, where a mere mortal could afford
    an Ariel Atom, I'd say that makes the fact the Enzo is 0.5s faster round a track than the Atom quite irrelevant really. :) A mere mortal also is
    unlikely to be able to take either the Enzo or the Atom to its limit, and hence never will be able to tell the Enzo is 0.5s faster - unlike the Stig :). 0.5s slower at about order of 1/10th the price? I'd say the point that cars dont need to be massively expensive to be as fast, nay faster, than a Porsche Carrera GT is proven.


  25. Re:Bring a whole new meaning to.. by perly-king-69 · · Score: 1 · on Fiat Joins Microsoft in a Wireless Partnership
    This survey and the following years' make interesting reading.

    Fiat and Alfa are the bottom of the surveys. The surveys are from around 40,000 owners of cars between 1 and 4 years old. Maybe you're just lucky?!

  26. Re:Bring a whole new meaning to.. by perly-king-69 · · Score: 1 · on Fiat Joins Microsoft in a Wireless Partnership
    This survey and the following years' make interesting reading.

    Fiat and Alfa are the bottom of the surveys. The surveys are from around 40,000 owners of cars between 1 and 4 years old. Maybe you're just lucky?!

  27. Lightning proof fashion statement by doodlelogic · · Score: 1 · on Next Generation Stun Guns?

    There's a new merc that's a Faraday Cage, see this review from BBC's Top Gear.

    On the show one of the presenters had a German powerplant blast him with a few minutes worth of lightning. It was pretty cool, but I can't find the pictures.

  28. Re:the world's first underwater sports car by Usquebaugh · · Score: 1 · on Personal Submarine for 845k

    Only 7, are you sure? I seem to remember more than 7 racing in the GT championship. Any how, active aero was the big thing for me, the thing generates it's own downforce. Ala Brabham in the mid 70s before it was banned after one race. Come to think of it the same guy designed both cars. His excuse for the Brabham was it was just a large cooling fan...that happened to suck the car down on it's springs :-) Enough rambling I also want his other road car the Rocket by the Light car Comp.