RIP Red 197 - Thanks to Richard Hammond.
- Thread starter Barney626
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All I can think about is that the front bumper WAS in better condition than mine....
///M
Gold Member
Couldn't agree more. Although the respect I had for them was painfully thin to begin with. May was the only tolerable one for me because he did that show about travelling around posh countryside getting pissed on top quality booze.
Looks like the 'production office' was full of mattresses so the clio may be alright! The Megane though, I'm not sure that's gonna buff out...
They've really lost the plot, Renaultsport has such a following by their target market - why do they think we want to see them destroy the cars we take pride in owning?!
They've really lost the plot, Renaultsport has such a following by their target market - why do they think we want to see them destroy the cars we take pride in owning?!
Chris
Bad cop
Why didn’t they do it to a limited edition corsa, there’s unlimited amounts of them and nobody gives a shit!
I probably would have signed up to Amazon Prime just to watch it too...
Chris
Bad cop
Yiannis197
Paid Member
This is plain ridiculous and disgusting, one more desperate effort to create something genuine from three allegedly petrolheads, why don't they just let it go?
Top Gear guys, have some respect to yourselves, realise that you can not offer anything else and go away. And most importantly, stop destroying cars that a petrolhead loves...
Top Gear guys, have some respect to yourselves, realise that you can not offer anything else and go away. And most importantly, stop destroying cars that a petrolhead loves...
Barney626
Winner - POTM December 2017
Can you imagine the poor bastard who sold them the car having to see his pride and joy getting destroyed...
Am I the only one that isn’t bothered by it?
It’s a normal car, a Clio and a megane.
Not a one of a kind hand built supercar.
It’s a normal car, a Clio and a megane.
Not a one of a kind hand built supercar.
Barney626
Winner - POTM December 2017
However, it looked like a decent specimen. A lot of work had gone into it and the 'joke' would have been just as funny with a standard 1.2 clio...
Just a bit pointless to waste one of the few decent 197s left...
Marsch
Paid Member
I know why they've used Renaults. Five star NCAP! With all other brands the stuntman would be dead.
This, yes its a shame but no different to people breaking them, selling them for parts, chaving them up and writing them off and so on. If anything its made your car more valuable.
Jimmy
Good cop
I think it's more the frustration that it's these three twerps getting paid a lot of money for some tired old rope, and using cheap gags to get 'laughs'. Only someone like Clarkson could punch a BBC exec and then end up getting paid stupid amounts of money to do a 'car' show on another channel.
I didn’t like the fact that it was a perfectly good looking Clio getting sacrificed if I’m honest but it may well have been ready for the knackers yard who knows!
As for all the hate towards the 3 stooges... if I got offered the money they’re on to make crap telly and look a knob doing it then I’d be doing just that! The anger should be directed at the planks who keep hiring them.
As for all the hate towards the 3 stooges... if I got offered the money they’re on to make crap telly and look a knob doing it then I’d be doing just that! The anger should be directed at the planks who keep hiring them.
