Love it when I catch it. My fav has to be when they are testing the Ariel Atom and the guy is driving the course with no windscreen - you can see the g's and wind pushing back the skin on his face.
If I had $50K and a mid life crisis, I might just buy an Ariel Atom. After all, it's really a Honda.
I really liked that show. I don't think it is on discovery any more so there is no way to watch it. I like it when they test european cars I will never see in the US.
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
5th gear is my fav -- I love seeing UK-spec cars. And when Tiff gets a hold of it, he flails the crap out of whatever it is (I recall the Mercedes Van - essentially the Dodge Sprinter being jumped on a road course).
Problem is, I haven't seen a new episode on the "Speed" channel for more than a year. They had a marathon New Years Day '05 of all of the new ones for the year. Big mistake for me, because I saw them all, and nothing new since.
it would have to be a honda diesel then. the toyota was.
that's the only way it could survive the part i remember best: when they drove it out and parked it on the tidal flat and then filmed the tide coming in, completely submerging it!
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