top gear's star in a crap car....

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top gear's star in a crap car....

Post by Dean » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:09 pm

I noticed that amongst the pages of cars owned by Jerry springers arch enemy is a Citroen XM, he may be an American but what can i say, the guy has taste ;)

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Re: top gear's star in a crap car....

Post by Dieselman » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:50 pm

Sorry to dissapoint Dean, but it's an SM, not an XM, though jay loves it.

http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_wit ... sm/125002/
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Post by Dean » Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:05 pm

Damn, i must have xm on the brain :oops: , i watched that vid right though and it just makes me want an sm even more though, the shape of the body and that chrome gear lever gate 8-) its such a lovely car, why cant there be dozens of sm's floating about on ebay for £300 :(

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Post by citroenxm » Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:57 am

What a great vid ! And HEY No over big headed american, I can cope with that presenter he did not come across as big headed, over the top at all!!!

Why chant they all be like that! Great Vid for promoting the SM... Nice!


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Re: top gear's star in a crap car....

Post by Dieselman » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:03 pm

Did anyone notice that both SM's in the video were European spec as opposed to US spec. All US spec SM have simple round headlamps and no glass cowl over the front, due to DOT lighting regs.

If you want an SM, you'd better have a long garage..they are 17.5 feet long.
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Re: top gear's star in a crap car....

Post by XMV6 sadist » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:50 pm

Hi Dean

Strange Dean. Clarkson definitely said XM. Perhaps it was a Freudian slip by him. He has mentioned them before as (that overused phrase) future classics.

Also quite a bit in the news saying that the end of an era Aston Martin last item might be an oblique referral to the end of TG

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Post by Dean » Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:26 pm

Well i thought he did, but he did sort of stumble as he said it so i guess i was wrong, well i was obviously :D .
It would be a shame if topgear was shutting up shop, its not a motoring program in the sense of the noel edmunds days but as an entertainment show it is just superb in my view, its nice to have someone on telly who isnt scared to be a bit politicaly incorrect and generaly stick two fingers up and Golden Brown and his governments stupid ideas even if he is a bit of a d**k.

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Re: top gear's star in a crap car....

Post by Ciaran » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:38 pm

I watched it and was convinced he said 'XM' too.... maybe I just have it on the brain as well :lol:

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Post by Dieselman » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:18 pm

Ciaran wrote: maybe I just have it on the brain as well :lol:
You have, but he did indeed say XM... :oops:

50 minutes in...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... w_series)/
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Re: top gear's star in a crap car....

Post by Dean » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:47 pm

I still think your right though........he must have said Sm although it sound slike xm, damn citroen and their similar names now i will never know :lol: .
He does seem to be a genuinly nice guy though and likes to get his hands dirty, most celebs lets face it are as mad as a jar of badgers but i couldnt see a jar or a badger anywhere in his workshop, and what a workshop :shock: 8-)

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