Top gear !

I am sure they said the car was from 1994. Why does it then have a 1990 plate, which doesn't exactly look like a personalised one.:mmm: I have a feeling someone might have noticed the plate in the UK, where the car came from. Just looking for trouble for me, and seems they got their wish.
 
Anything that annoys the Argies is OK with me

(i have not watched to programe as yet, but remember the furore a few months back)
 
A number plate which (like most "cherished" plates) doesn't actually spell anything somehow spells something to a community in a foreign country, then becomes news after a bit of handbags kicks off? Sounds to me like the Top Gear production team took an unfortunate situation and marketed it to pump the viewing numbers up, bravo.
 
mchacker said:
A number plate which (like most "cherished" plates) doesn't actually spell anything somehow spells something to a community in a foreign country, then becomes news after a bit of handbags kicks off? Sounds to me like the Top Gear production team took an unfortunate situation and marketed it to pump the viewing numbers up, bravo.
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Top Gear use to be one of my favourite shows.
Can't stand it now,too scripted & Clarkson & his 2 minions are just annoying.
 
Was interesting how/why the front plate went missing half way thru the show.

I like Top Gear, not really into cars but I enjoy their childish oafish ability to annoy most folk.
 
Normally they do a little to bit to get a reaction (annoying the locals in Alabama was one I can recall) I think they underestimated how much reaction they got this time. The mob throwing stones etc must have been scary as to drive through even though the 3 main stars wasn't in that convoy.


Stunning place though.
 
not as funny as previous specials. Probably overshadowed by knowing how it ended.
 
Lincoln Quaker said:
Normally they do a little to bit to get a reaction (annoying the locals in Alabama was one I can recall) I think they underestimated how much reaction they got this time. The mob throwing stones etc must have been scary as to drive through even though the 3 main stars wasn't in that convoy.


Stunning place though.
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i agree and the scenery was amazing, looks a beautiful pRt of the world
 
The plate was kosher, car was not re-registered. I don't see why it would cause offence to the Argentinians as they don't recognise the name 'Falklands'...
However, the press got hold of it and with the modern world's communication got over to Argentina pretty swiftly. This then fanned the flames of a very unhappy and non-UK friendly part of Argentina. Argentina on the whole is a very friendly place, apart from the Southern part who bear grudges even better than us Brits! I had a hire car in Germany that had the numbers 3945 on it...however no one made a comment!

To those that have said it's all the same etc. just turn off, there are a few other channels out there full of other mindless drivel.

CK
 
Very heard to believe it was a coincidence. I think TG expected to have a quiet joke and perhaps a bit of a kerfuffle but dramatically underestimated the response.

TG is a funny one. On the one hand, some of the events are well conceived, in very interesting locations and invariably beautifully photographed and scored, but on the other hand you have this public school, Hackett-wearing type of pseudo-blokish idiocy that permeates it. And the gaffes are coming so fast now, that you wonder if there is an end of term who gives a [redacted] feeling from the 3 presenters.
 
I've read the letter from the producer in the link above and I believe it is a genuine oversight. Top Gear do horse around and poke fun but I don't believe for one minute they would try to incite any ill feeling over something in which lots of troops from both sides died.

An unfortunate incident which got blown out of all proportion.
 
Haven't watched it yet, will be watching the first part in a mo. However, i still like Top Gear. Ok, it hasnt been of good as late and they do seem to be forcing things a tad / running out of ideas but its still a decent watch and they have gone to some places which you wouldnt necessarily see on tv. Okay, its not the ideal way to see parts of Burma, India, Vietnam etc but i still find it all entertaining. I'm not a car fan but enjoy the races / challenges, particularly when they have done the pan-European ones.

As for the number plate, wasnt there a controversy involving the Argentine Hockey captain and the Falklands leading up to the 2012 Olympics?
 
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