MorrisItalSLX Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 The Grand Tour smashing up an Allegro estate. 56742648_10156504262577087_8734649241546260480_o.jpg57284394_10156504263312087_288157108304609280_o.jpg56775672_10214090754893875_654624110504050688_n.jpg The joke was that May and Clarkson's Dad's had Fords, which are really great, and Hammond's Dad had an Allegro, which are shit... I just don't get how it's supposed to be entertaining? That scene made me cringe, what a waste of a very clean Allegro. Totally ruined what was otherwise a very good episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 You driving with your eyes closed again Top tip, and this is rich comi know g that from me, Drive Slower. Look more.that must of been the Audi drivers excuse !! I did not see him either ... Amishtat and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 ^^ Utter wanker. paulplom and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I'd have found the temptation to hit that hard in the b-pillar overwhelming.. myglaren, Jerzy Woking, Jazoli and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 The Grand Tour smashing up an Allegro estate. 56742648_10156504262577087_8734649241546260480_o.jpg57284394_10156504263312087_288157108304609280_o.jpg56775672_10214090754893875_654624110504050688_n.jpg The joke was that May and Clarkson's Dad's had Fords, which are really great, and Hammond's Dad had an Allegro, which are shit... I just don't get how it's supposed to be entertaining?I thought it was great, one less pos on the roads, I mean an allegro estate, what a steaming turd, why is no one moaning about him smashing up a Picnic? If BL had of made cars as well made as the picnic they might still be trading today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 We had a bright green Allegro estate , one car that I miss from my childhood XFO350T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 It's entertainment, they bought it and can do as they wish with it. Yes it's a shame but that's life unfortunately. Really enjoyed that episode though, does make you wonder about Fords future. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Some stupid old duffer with one of those shit arsed little dogs that have a protuding bottom jaw actually waited for us to catch him up, then his dog tried to take a chunk out of Barbara_Lee_Cartland's face. He may have been in his seventies, but he still got a volley full of expletives. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 The Grand Tour smashing up an Allegro estate. 56742648_10156504262577087_8734649241546260480_o.jpg57284394_10156504263312087_288157108304609280_o.jpg56775672_10214090754893875_654624110504050688_n.jpg The joke was that May and Clarkson's Dad's had Fords, which are really great, and Hammond's Dad had an Allegro, which are shit... I just don't get how it's supposed to be entertaining?Entertaining would be smashing a Pagini Zonda to bits. Supernaut, purplebargeken, GrumpiusMaximus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazfr69 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Those three buffoons smashing up cars was one of the things that put me off the OG Top Gear, a programme ostensibly about loving cars. I think it was the Marina episode that finally turned me away from it. Twats. barefoot, Shirley Knott, Jerzy Woking and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Seconded. Every time they had a car I found interesting you just knew it was going to be fucked up pretty quickly while they have a joint wank over some horseshit two hundred grand sports car. myglaren, Bazfr69, MrBiscuits and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Your car, your rules though...that's how it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazfr69 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Doesn’t mean it’s an enjoyable viewing experience, certainly not one I intend to revisit It’s the millionaires version of ‘will it blend?’ inconsistant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Fucking unbelievable. Took two of my sons to the cinema earlier. Went to pay for my Pic n Mix - only to be told they don’t accept £50 notes. Had to give her two twenties and a tenner instead. GrumpyCat, Wack, paulplom and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Liked, but I'm not sure that it is a joke paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Billy Connolly is quite firm on the matter, excreting is pleasurable. The excretion is fine. I didn't think the additional erection report was necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Diagnosis my family didn't want to hear delivered Friday, parents told me yesterday when they visited. Nan has the start of Alzheimers and dementia. Arses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Diagnosis my family didn't want to hear delivered Friday, parents told me yesterday when they visited. Nan has the start of Alzheimers and dementia. Arses.Ah shit, sorry to hear that. Take time to talk to the experts and the help from the charities. There are s9me things that can be done to help to a degree and prepare for the future. We went through it with my Nan and it was the support that made it bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Ah shit, sorry to hear that. Take time to talk to the experts and the help from the charities. There are s9me things that can be done to help to a degree and prepare for the future. We went through it with my Nan and it was the support that made it bearable. My granddad (with this nan) and my other nan both had dementia, the family really was hoping not to go through it all again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Christ. What Unicorn based shit can they fleece kids (or my wallet rather) with next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I sold a load of kids tomy toy trains on ebay, she's had them a week now wants to return them, only she just wants to send 1/2 of them and get 1/2 a refund , only if I do that Ebay will refund all the postage both ways So she gets to cherry pick the best ones pay 1/2 the money and get free post , like fuck , all or nothing myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Tell her to go fuck herself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 That’s EBay for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 ^^^ludicrous! If it comes to it it will be an interesting test case to see exactly how pro buyer they are, regardless of the situation at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1am Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Buyers can't pick and choose and Ebay should support you in this. I've found when issuing a return label (following unjustified complaints and demands for more stuff free of charge to "compensate" them) I never hear from them again. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfred Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Daughter has managed to break the screen on her laptop. Oh well, that’ll be a wee job for Tuesday after work when the replacement part arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just been out to a movie. That was actually fine. Didn't even have the usual idiots talking on their phones through half of it. The grump is regarding the latest company car to join the household (mercifully not mine or I'd go insane), an Audi A6 with some numbers and letters after it, no idea and frankly couldn't care less. They're all horrible bloody uncomfortable things I try to spend as little time in as possible. Was seriously bloody glad we needed two cars to get to Scotiacon last November as the thought of spending a five to seven hour trip in whatever German torture chamber on wheels we had at the time was enough to bring me to tears. Thankfully we had enough people to need two cars, so got to take the Xantia instead. The A6 is full of stupid, pointless tech that serves no useful purpose...as with many "premium" cars these days. The kicker though? The flipping DOOR HANDLES are electronic (yes, both interior and exterior). Like an electronic boot release...and we all know how reliable those are long term. Apparently it's to make the action of opening the door feel smoother...just feels cheap and nasty to me! The fact that a computer has control over whether I can open my door makes me deeply, deeply uncomfortable. Not just because I know how reliable these things are, but because what happens if you have a flat battery? I've played the game of trying to get to the utterly flat battery in the boot of a car where the only way to open the boot is electrically operated before. It's royally annoying. Annoying is one thing...but what the actual hell do I do in the event of, oh...I don't know...a major car accident where the battery has wound up a couple of hundred yards away from the car? It actually made me feel unsafe. Not that the emergency brake assist always threatening to get us run over didn't already do that (we've had it trigger utterly randomly mid-overtake in the outside lane of the M6 before - thank goodness there was nobody behind us). Totally aside from that, it's just such a blatant example of what's wrong with cars these days - it's just utterly pointless technology being crammed in there for absolutely no good reason. How much extra must that lot weigh? I thought we were striving to get every millimetre per gallon of fuel these days...this doesn't seem to be the way to do it! Really hope I can avoid having to travel in that thing again before it geta replaced by something probably equally hateful in four months... Rusty_Rocket, capsuleboy, aerodynamically_challenged and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 My son in law currently has an A5, newish but not new - he wouldn'y buy a new car.I found it quite comfortable and pleasant, although it was admittedly overloaded with lots of lights.Isn't keyless entry as I first thought. Just as well.My daughter hates it when she has to take it, prefers to Zoom zoom in her MX-5 or her Mk II Escort cabriolet. Bling-free area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just been out to a movie. That was actually fine. Didn't even have the usual idiots talking on their phones through half of it. The grump is regarding the latest company car to join the household (mercifully not mine or I'd go insane), an Audi A6 with some numbers and letters after it, no idea and frankly couldn't care less. They're all horrible bloody uncomfortable things I try to spend as little time in as possible. Was seriously bloody glad we needed two cars to get to Scotiacon last November as the thought of spending a five to seven hour trip in whatever German torture chamber on wheels we had at the time was enough to bring me to tears. Thankfully we had enough people to need two cars, so got to take the Xantia instead. The A6 is full of stupid, pointless tech that serves no useful purpose...as with many "premium" cars these days. The kicker though? The flipping DOOR HANDLES are electronic (yes, both interior and exterior). Like an electronic boot release...and we all know how reliable those are long term. Apparently it's to make the action of opening the door feel smoother...just feels cheap and nasty to me! The fact that a computer has control over whether I can open my door makes me deeply, deeply uncomfortable. Not just because I know how reliable these things are, but because what happens if you have a flat battery? I've played the game of trying to get to the utterly flat battery in the boot of a car where the only way to open the boot is electrically operated before. It's royally annoying. Annoying is one thing...but what the actual hell do I do in the event of, oh...I don't know...a major car accident where the battery has wound up a couple of hundred yards away from the car? It actually made me feel unsafe. Not that the emergency brake assist always threatening to get us run over didn't already do that (we've had it trigger utterly randomly mid-overtake in the outside lane of the M6 before - thank goodness there was nobody behind us). Totally aside from that, it's just such a blatant example of what's wrong with cars these days - it's just utterly pointless technology being crammed in there for absolutely no good reason. How much extra must that lot weigh? I thought we were striving to get every millimetre per gallon of fuel these days...this doesn't seem to be the way to do it! Really hope I can avoid having to travel in that thing again before it geta replaced by something probably equally hateful in four months...They are not uncomfortable at all, in any way, I am regularly a passanger in one and its a really nice place to sit and travel in, nothing wrong with the spec either, some people are just stuck in the 70's it seems Cheggers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 One of the big issues I have is that the seats are very firm. Fine if you happen to be exactly the same shape as the Industry Standard Human that they have shaped them to fit. I'm not - so I tend to find any VW group car made this century to be horribly uncomfortable. The other issue I have is that my back is stuffed, and something which makes it hurt more than anything in the world is cars with bone-jarringly harsh ride. Which every single one of these company cars has. Especially being a company car they're specced up to the hilt with all the "styling" packs which seem to invariably feature 57" wheels and "sports" suspension...so the wheels may as well be off a train bolted straight to the seats. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had to move one a couple of cars ago across the drive. I actually had to request help as I couldn't figure out how to get it to move. Turns out you need to have the seatbelt on before it will release the parking brake. I'm 34...and that made me feel about 90. I also felt like I was in a bloody submarine given how little you could see out of it. Sigmund Fraud, paulplom, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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