redtop return to topgear! yay

[nova_saloon]

And they blew it up! :( and it was a nice astra gsi as well

[stupot89]

what year was it?

[Mike]

Another shonky GM off the roads then :) must catch up on this then.

[blue_peg_16v]

hopefully a 1.8 but looking at the gash mods it deserved it lol

[Jack]

Hmm, didn't see THAT coming lol

Amused at how a ~20 year old poverty spec french diesel came so close to the British "sports cars" times on the track though.

[mk1nova_rich]

Hmm, didn't see THAT coming lol

Amused at how a ~20 year old poverty spec french diesel came so close to the British "sports cars" times on the track though.

5 door DERV lol they didnt use a GTi cos they knew it would cane them

[blue_peg_16v]

id of give him a gti and pulled 2 leads off so iy only ran on 2 lol

[Jack]

^ still would have beaten them no doubt

[simonm]

i started to get a little excited when i seen that astra and it looked nice to and then they blew it up little disgusted they didnt blow up any of those other hatches

[Pistol Pete]

i started to get a little excited when i seen that astra and it looked nice to and then they blew it up little disgusted they didnt blow up any of those other hatches

lol would have kind of ruined the point of the film!!

[simonm]

i meant the like of the escort and 205 and not the good old vuaxhall its a pitty

[Lee]

I bet the back end was falling off it anyway lol

[Rysee]

I wonder if it handles better now

[blue_peg_16v]

wonder if mk3 oc will be writing in to complain lol

[claire6069]

/\ lol really wouldnt surprise me!!!

[moffat]

i never saw that coming then was completly shocked, such a waste of a good car imo, my favourite colour aswell.

[stt]

it would of been a C18XE anyway on an M plate

[paul james]

Mk3 is an ugly Astra anyway, now it would have been a crime if it was a mk1 or 2 Astra (or a Nova for that matter)

[Rysee]

It.s the 2nd worst shape Astra but I still want one.

Spectral blue? Mmm

[AlexW]

It was ****ed/gay.

Get over it.

[Danny s-p]

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/astartopgear.png

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/astratopgear2.png

for those that did not see it

[Steve]

I had to laugh when I saw the venoms lol that and the halfords rattle can paint on the dash!!

[Jim Mcrae]

I do have a soft sport for the Mk3, but does anyoneremeber jezzza tipping that nova GTE?


I may be wrong but someone on telly killed a GTE?

[nova_saloon]

yes deffo not the best looking astra, but it was a nice one, shame

[Jack]

I do have a soft sport for the Mk3, but does anyoneremeber jezzza tipping that nova GTE?
Yep, trying to drive it on 2 wheels iirc as per a stunt driver...?

As for the astra, should they not have used either a Mk1 or a Mk2 if they're talking about hot hatches that killed off the older cars? But then I suppose they couldn't have blown one of those up. Nobody gives a fcuk about crappy Mk3s :d

When I saw the Mk1 Golf I thought there's no way they're going to scratch that, its worth too much lol

[bazil]

Clear glass but prove it's a 1.8




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The vehicle details for M415 ERH are:

Date of Liability 01 06 2010
Date of First Registration 20 08 1994
Year of Manufacture 1994
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1799CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
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6 Months Rate £112.75
12 Months Rate £205.00

[claire6069]

/\ thanks :) will settle an argument me and porter had as i was adamant it would be an ecowreck and he was adamant not, once again the ginner is right lol

[Lewis.]

damn missed TG last night, anyone know what day/time/channel its repeated?

[Steve]

you can watch it online at bbc i-player

[NavNova]

I was sad to see them destroy the AX GT, I always liked them wee cars.

[mowgli]

I was sad to see them destroy the AX GT, I always liked them wee cars.

they destroyed themselves anyway......

[Lee]

damn missed TG last night, anyone know what day/time/channel its repeated?

It'll be on bbc3 on friday or saturday iirc

[nova_saloon]

they destroyed themselves anyway......

lol so true

[astraluke]

the astra was probably part of scrappage or something, they did show an airfield full of scrappage cars during "the news" :thumb:

[blue_peg_16v]

its repeated tomorrow on bbc2 at 8pm

[stt]

/\ thanks :) will settle an argument me and porter had as i was adamant it would be an ecowreck and he was adamant not, once again the ginner is right lol

it wasnt an ecotec, the late 1.8 gsi's were c18xe not a x18xe!

so sadly ginner is wrong!

lol

[bazil]

Probably a untaxed seized car as per my last post it's classed as untaxed,
like that seized White evo on tog gear a while back

[Lewis.]

It'll be on bbc3 on friday or saturday iirc

thanks :thumb:

[claire6069]

it wasnt an ecotec, the late 1.8 gsi's were c18xe not a x18xe!

so sadly ginner is wrong!

lol

lol it werent a redtop which is what the argument was so it looks like i was half wrong lol however i thought the c18xe was the early 1.8 gsi engine and the x18xe the later engine??