Channel 5 - Classic Car Rescue

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

What a load of staged cock.

[Indy Jess John]

On 24/09/2012 20:28, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> What a load of staged cock.

I recorded it and have just finished watching it. Staged cock is a good
description. I won't bother with the rest of the series.

What a load of cowboys. I pity the mug who ends up with that car.

Jim

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Quite. It was full of factual errors in the commentary - let alone all
the bollocks talked on screen.

And who in their right mind re-sprays the car before doing the mechanical
work?

--
*All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand *

Dave Plowman da...@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

[AC]

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> What a load of staged cock.
>

Heh, if you reckon that, find the bald blokes last series "Chop Shop".
You can find it on youtube. Its fucking hilarious. Its almost a classic.

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AC

[Halmyre]

On Sep 25, 12:37 am, "Dave Plowman (News)" <d...@davenoise.co.uk>
wrote:

> Quite. It was full of factual errors in the commentary  - let alone all
> the bollocks talked on screen.
>

The main one being that the XK engine was a road car engine developed
for racing, not the other way around.

Did they have to fit the cheapest and nastiest sunroof they could
find?

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Halmyre

[Paul D Smith]

"Grimly Curmudgeon" <gri...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:t1d16851dipualltl...@4ax.com...

> What a load of staged cock.

Didn't watch to the end but I'll bet the "win this car" was a premium rate
phone-in. That is the real reason for the hour of crap that preceded it!

Paul DS.

[harry]

On Sep 24, 8:28 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a load of staged cock.

Exactly so.
I turned it off after fifteen minutes.

[harry]

On Sep 24, 8:28 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grim...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What a load of staged cock.

Complain about it here:-
http://www.channel5.com/contact-us
I have put a complaint in.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> Quite. It was full of factual errors in the commentary - let alone all
> the bollocks talked on screen.
>
> And who in their right mind re-sprays the car before doing the mechanical
> work?
>

they didnt.

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Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <k3rsn6$kik$3...@news.albasani.net>, The Natural Philosopher

<t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> > Quite. It was full of factual errors in the commentary - let alone
> > all the bollocks talked on screen.
> >
> > And who in their right mind re-sprays the car before doing the
> > mechanical work?
> >
> they didnt.

I'd suggest you actually watch the prog.

--
*What happens if you get scared half to death twice? *

[The Natural Philosopher]

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article <k3rsn6$kik$3...@news.albasani.net>, The Natural Philosopher
> <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>>> Quite. It was full of factual errors in the commentary - let alone
>>> all the bollocks talked on screen.
>>>
>>> And who in their right mind re-sprays the car before doing the
>>> mechanical work?
>>>
>> they didnt.
>
> I'd suggest you actually watch the prog.
>

I did.

[Indy Jess John]

It was. �1.53 a minute.

I resisted the temptation. I felt a big enough mug watching it to the
end, without helping to pay for it on my phone bill.

Jim

[Indy Jess John]

On 25/09/2012 00:29, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> Quite. It was full of factual errors in the commentary - let alone all
> the bollocks talked on screen.

Were there E-Types factory fitted with Strombergs like their one was?
It is many years since I looked under the bonnet of one, but I thought
they were SUs. Mind you, that was a RHD. Perhaps the Yank spec was
different.

Jim

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <gtf8s.12466$eq1....@fx06.am4>,

It was a US spec car - the twin Strombergs rather than triple SUs - gave
better emission figures. At the expense of performance.

That car with auto transmission would have a top speed of under 120 mph.
0-60 about 11 seconds. A far cry from a decent UK manual.

BTW, the 150mph quoted as the E type top speed was only ever achieved with
the original road test car which was fitted with a D type engine.
Production versions were more like 135 mph. It wasn't until the V12
arrived that a production E-Type could make 150 mph.

--
*If at first you don't succeed, avoid skydiving.*

[Halmyre]

On Sep 25, 11:09 am, Indy Jess John <jimwar...@OMITblueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:
> On 25/09/2012 09:07, Paul D Smith wrote:> "Grimly Curmudgeon"<grim...@gmail.com>  wrote in message

> >news:t1d16851dipualltl...@4ax.com...
> >> What a load of staged cock.
>
> > Didn't watch to the end but I'll bet the "win this car" was a premium rate
> > phone-in.  That is the real reason for the hour of crap that preceded it!
>
> > Paul DS.
>
> It was.   1.53 a minute.
>
> I resisted the temptation.  I felt a big enough mug watching it to the
> end, without helping to pay for it on my phone bill.
>

There's also the danger that you might actually win the wretched
thing.

--
Halmyre

[Indy Jess John]

That thought crossed my mind too.

[Geoff Mackenzie]

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
news:52d4b4b...@davenoise.co.uk...

BTW, the 150mph quoted as the E type top speed was only ever achieved with
the original road test car which was fitted with a D type engine.
Production versions were more like 135 mph. It wasn't until the V12
arrived that a production E-Type could make 150 mph.

--

There's been a lot of debate over the years about the exact provenance of
that engine, but it was certainly blueprinted and very carefully assembled.
But the real trick, which nobody spotted at the time, was that the car was
fitted with Dunlop Green Spot racing tyres which deform at speed thereby
increasing the rolling radius - hence the famous 150mph which was only
slightly more than the magazines were able to achieve on more ordinary road
tyres.

I agree that the programme was crap - I thought it must have been made about
1980 in view of the apparent availability of cheap E-Types and the prices
quoted for the various "refurbishments" and I was astonished to find it was
actually current.

Geoff MacK

[Sla#s]

Know what you mean I wanted too but I was like a rabbit caught in
headlights... I just couldn't believe what I was watching!

Goes to show - "Buyer Beware!" - there as some mega gash bastards around !

Slatts

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <k41gou$sc$1...@localhost.localdomain>,

Anyone thinking of buying a 40 years old car should get skilled help.

I didn't think the prog guilty of actually bodging things. But if you win
it for the price of a phone call, it would easily cover that in scrap
value.

--
*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver,purple

[campingstoveman]

I watched it this morning, I thought it was a bad comedy show.

Martin P

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[harry]

On Sep 29, 9:34 am, "campingstoveman" <martin.per...@btopenworld.com>
wrote:

> I watched it this morning, I thought it was a bad comedy show.
>
> Martin P
>

> "harry" <harry130...@btinternet.com> wrote in message

>
> news:0e836e00-b0e4-4904...@s14g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 24, 8:28 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What a load of staged cock.
>

> Complain about it here:-http://www.channel5.com/contact-us

> I have put a complaint in.

Well done. Expect to get a whinging reply.