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I nearly wet myself last night watching that. You gotta say, they have some serious cojones to drive around with 'manlove', 'Nascar is cr@p' and 'C&W sucks' on ya cars in hicksville
I was on the same flight as the 3 of them coming back from Miami and all Clarkson kept saying was NO CHEESE !!!! everytime he was offered any food. Then he would go into a tirade about how all he was asked in the US was 'Do you waaaant cheese with thaaaat?'
Yep totally agree once the tyre was blown Hamster was never going to save it!
I think that the story suggests that if he could see the tyre beginning to let go (and it was showing signs that it would let go for quite some time before it actually did), then he could have taken action to safely stop the car. But I think that it was not possible for him to see the tyre clearly from the seat. Also, there was a very strong cross wind and the runway is cambered, so there was a lot of steering input just to keep the car in a straight line at 300mph. Rather a lot to be thinking about!
And yes it was good to see Top Gear back on the box - loved the whole bit about road repairs and Clarkson's "motivational" speeches (and his total disregard for health and safety!)
I thought that pulling the 'chute would have been helpful, but in the 0.4s of 'reaction time' I imagine his instince was to try and correct, how the hell could anyone expect him to think 'pull the chute' in that time!!
Having BTDT now I know that in hindsight it's very easy to say what you should have done in the fraction of a second before it's too late!
Was good to see TG back, and the Hamster, on our screens!
I thought that shunt would be bigger!!! If you've seen footage of T/F cars going over on dragstrips you'll know what I mean. As for the front tyre, I'd guess it was a Funny Car front tyre which should easily be capable of 330mph (given that they are not overloaded, which I don't think they are seeing as the wheelbase is quite long and all the weight is in the rear). But it exploded and the rest is history! Story goes that Colin Fallowes is blaming Hamster for not pulling the chute (which would have dragged the car into a straight line in theory) ...but that might just be a story and nothing more.
1. How on earth did that thing stay up for so long when it initially swerved off course ? I thought it would have started to roll immediately it started sideways...
2. How lucky was the hamster that it didn't burst into flames ?
3. How embarrassed is the supplier of front tyres on that thing ?
Absolutely true. But ask any of those Chav Ricer Barry Boys to explain the intricacies of variable vane turbocharging, Torsen differentials or the importance of well matched springs and dampers; then watch their in-bred faces contort blankly.
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I know that in hindsight it's very easy to say what you should have done in the fraction of a second before it's too late!
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