cazorp
September 27th, 2007, 23:53
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In the latest issue of the swedish car magazine "Auto Motor & Sport" a good number of cars compete against each other, on the "no speed limit" Isle of Man, tester is no one less than Jeremy Clarksson and 'The Stig' among others, the purpose is to solve which car is the best (for living on Isle of Man, which Clarksson does);
Competitors are;
Murcielago LP640
997 GT3
Audi R8
BMW M3
Ariel Atom
Ferrari 599GTB
Caparo T1
Megane R26
Jaguar XKR
Ford GT (Clarkssons previously owned)
Aston Vantage
And Clarksson declares the winner to be...... :goldcup:
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"To own a car means far more than how much mechanical grip you've got when you screw up in the wet. Audi R8 is the best car because it makes you stand out from the crowd WITHOUT makin you look like a pornstar with complex. What you all forget is that you have to be able to park outside the diner and then enter the car without soiling the interiour with ketchup! R8 is fast, as fast as most of the cars, and faster than some of them, but it is still useful. Important when you spend half of your time in traffic jam. The roads on Isle of Man is a playground for cars like this, but a part from a few weeks of the TT-races, it isn't a race track. If you are obsessed of putting down low track times, you're better of with a cheap diesel plus a formula car for the track to play with.. When it comes to living here and it pours down and are only one good restaurant on the island which you have to drive to, then you need a REAL car. I also happens to know that The Stig wants an R8 - thats as good as any recommendation for me.. "
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"There's actually only one car here who deserves mine and your attention - Audi R8. It is almost as I stare as my new Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and wonder if I can have my money back! You know the rule for being a supercar: It must draw attention, like a Murcielago Roadster (you would get less attention riding naked on an ostridge) and it has to be unpractically hopeless. If you can park it without squashing a kid or two, or exit the car without getting your testicles stuck in the 6-point belt, then it is beyond. It must leak oil, refuse to start sometimes and definately succeed in scaring the marrows out of your bones in every corner. Those are the rules, but it isn't the first time that Audi has rewritten the rules. First of all, the R8 hasn't been designed by someone with ADHD, it is discrete, but still unique. If you enter the car you still have your genitals intact, and you can park it (most of the times) without any incidents. It starts direct, faster than you will, and it won't rattle, leak in water or fall apart. And yet it is a supercar, easy on the foot, exactly as fast, but in a relaxed manner. It has the best quattro system so far, with a big advantage for the rear wheels. Something that helps it to its dominance on the Isle of Man.
Game Over for the old guards."
If Clarksson picks the R8 over Murcielagos and Ferraris, then it reeeally has to be something special if you ask me :R8kiss:
In the latest issue of the swedish car magazine "Auto Motor & Sport" a good number of cars compete against each other, on the "no speed limit" Isle of Man, tester is no one less than Jeremy Clarksson and 'The Stig' among others, the purpose is to solve which car is the best (for living on Isle of Man, which Clarksson does);
Competitors are;
Murcielago LP640
997 GT3
Audi R8
BMW M3
Ariel Atom
Ferrari 599GTB
Caparo T1
Megane R26
Jaguar XKR
Ford GT (Clarkssons previously owned)
Aston Vantage
And Clarksson declares the winner to be...... :goldcup:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7250/topgearams2yv5.jpg
"To own a car means far more than how much mechanical grip you've got when you screw up in the wet. Audi R8 is the best car because it makes you stand out from the crowd WITHOUT makin you look like a pornstar with complex. What you all forget is that you have to be able to park outside the diner and then enter the car without soiling the interiour with ketchup! R8 is fast, as fast as most of the cars, and faster than some of them, but it is still useful. Important when you spend half of your time in traffic jam. The roads on Isle of Man is a playground for cars like this, but a part from a few weeks of the TT-races, it isn't a race track. If you are obsessed of putting down low track times, you're better of with a cheap diesel plus a formula car for the track to play with.. When it comes to living here and it pours down and are only one good restaurant on the island which you have to drive to, then you need a REAL car. I also happens to know that The Stig wants an R8 - thats as good as any recommendation for me.. "
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/56/topgearams3cr9.jpg
"There's actually only one car here who deserves mine and your attention - Audi R8. It is almost as I stare as my new Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and wonder if I can have my money back! You know the rule for being a supercar: It must draw attention, like a Murcielago Roadster (you would get less attention riding naked on an ostridge) and it has to be unpractically hopeless. If you can park it without squashing a kid or two, or exit the car without getting your testicles stuck in the 6-point belt, then it is beyond. It must leak oil, refuse to start sometimes and definately succeed in scaring the marrows out of your bones in every corner. Those are the rules, but it isn't the first time that Audi has rewritten the rules. First of all, the R8 hasn't been designed by someone with ADHD, it is discrete, but still unique. If you enter the car you still have your genitals intact, and you can park it (most of the times) without any incidents. It starts direct, faster than you will, and it won't rattle, leak in water or fall apart. And yet it is a supercar, easy on the foot, exactly as fast, but in a relaxed manner. It has the best quattro system so far, with a big advantage for the rear wheels. Something that helps it to its dominance on the Isle of Man.
Game Over for the old guards."
If Clarksson picks the R8 over Murcielagos and Ferraris, then it reeeally has to be something special if you ask me :R8kiss: