[Mgs] Top Gear BS

[Rick Lindsay]

Gentlemen, please remember that the show is NOT trying to be Consumer Reports (A.K.A. Eastern Block religious group holding cup holders to be sacred.)  They are comedic entertainment and nothing more.  Reading more into that is like actually trusting Consumer Reports to adequately evaluate the fun-factor of an MGB.  Ain't gonna happen.

FWIW, I find the guys hilarious - just because they're so one-sided and 'dishonest'.  It's entertainment; just like CNN and Fox News.  Enjoy it, don't believe it.

rick


--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Top Gear BS
> To: "Aaron Whiteman" <awhitema at panix.com>, "MG Mailing List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 9:27 PM
> Well, Aaron, you may find  it acceptable to excuse their
> dishonesty, but I 
> don't.  They trashed a car based on lies.  I don't
> find that acceptable no 
> matter what their motives.
> 
> Larry Daniels
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aaron Whiteman" <awhitema at panix.com>
> To: "MG Mailing List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Top Gear BS
> 
> 
> On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Larry Daniels wrote:
> 
> > It seems the Top Gear clowns have phonied up a test of
> a Tesla
> > electric car.
> > So much for the integrity of these jackasses and their
> BBC show.
> 
> To their defense, they were only showing that the problem
> with an
> electric car isn't range.  It's recharge.  They
> could have done so
> without the hysterics, but we are talking about *Top Gear*
> here.  They
> consider 10MPG to be "economical".
> 
> My MG will only go 250 miles if I thrash it.  My Subaru can
> go a bit
> further.  The Tesla can do 300 if you don't thrash it.
> 
> That's all well and good, but what happens at the end
> of that 300
> miles.  I've not yet seen the episode, but a quick
> google indicates
> that a recharge takes about 3.5 hours if you have
> industrial service
> (220V, 80A), over a day on more mundane 110V.  It takes
> about 10
> minutes to refill the tank on my dino-juice cars, if the
> pumps run slow.
> 
> This is important when you drive in Eastern Washington, the
> best
> drives take all day and are well in excess of 300 miles.
> 
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