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Yeah there are some but not on the rallies that i go to unfortunately :p : dont think ive ever seen one on a BTRDA or MSA gravel event. Nesbitt and Higgins did use one in Ireland couple of years ago and were competiveQuote:
306 Cosworth
Yes we do MMSP have two or three available to hire, Phil Morrow drove one on a Scottish round earlier in the year, and I suspect there will be a Lancer WRC05 at Rallyday again this year.
Apprently they're more expensive to hire than an S11 Impreza from McKinstrys!Quote:
Originally Posted by St3ve
The whingers are out again I see!
Top Gear rapped for alcohol use
Motoring show Top Gear has been criticised by the BBC Trust after viewers complained about "highly irresponsible" footage.
The Polar Special featured hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking while driving as they tried to reach the Magnetic North Pole last year.
The trust said the scene "could be seen to glamorise the misuse of alcohol".
The show's executive producer said they were beyond the jurisdiction of drink driving laws in international waters.
'Editorial purpose'
The trust was also told that the neither presenter was shown "drunk or out of control of the vehicle".
The BBC Trust said the scene "was not editorially justified in the context of a family show pre-watershed".
However, it added that at present in the UK, "it is legal to drink a small amount of alcohol and still drive".
In the same show complaints were also made about scenes showing frostbitten genitalia.
The trust said there was "a clear editorial purpose for the inclusion of an image of a frostbitten penis, which had been shown for "a medical rather than a sexual purpose".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...nt/7485313.stm
Published: 2008/07/02 11:25:37 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
The whingers are out again I see!
Top Gear rapped for alcohol use
Motoring show Top Gear has been criticised by the BBC Trust after viewers complained about "highly irresponsible" footage.
The Polar Special featured hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking while driving as they tried to reach the Magnetic North Pole last year.
The trust said the scene "could be seen to glamorise the misuse of alcohol".
The show's executive producer said they were beyond the jurisdiction of drink driving laws in international waters.
'Editorial purpose'
The trust was also told that the neither presenter was shown "drunk or out of control of the vehicle".
The BBC Trust said the scene "was not editorially justified in the context of a family show pre-watershed".
However, it added that at present in the UK, "it is legal to drink a small amount of alcohol and still drive".
In the same show complaints were also made about scenes showing frostbitten genitalia.
The trust said there was "a clear editorial purpose for the inclusion of an image of a frostbitten penis, which had been shown for "a medical rather than a sexual purpose".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...nt/7485313.stm
Published: 2008/07/02 11:25:37 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
I'm sure all the kids will be drink driving across polar landscape now that, 'king of cool', Jeremy Clarkson has done it :rolleyes:
Yup, I think that just about sums it up.Quote:
from yesterday's Media Guardian:
[Jon] Holmes, who can now be heard on BBC 6Music, told delegates at the Radio Academy in Glasgow that most people who complain are, er... nutters. "Just write back: Dear nutter, piss off," he advised.
Haha spot on Dave :up:
I'm rather disappointed that the BBC bosses have apologised for this. There was nothing to apologise for IMO. If you can't work out the difference between the driving conditions in the North Pole and driving on the A167 in County Durham then you shouldn't be allowed to stay up past 8pm anyway.
The stupid thing is they weren't even advocating being drunk and driving. If they were driving on the ice drunk I could understand but they weren't. They pointed out it was all legal and it is clear that it was done for effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Not joking or anything but I wonder if these complaints always come from the same pocket of people? I don't think the sort of people who watch Top Gear normally are the sort of people who would feel that they did anything wrong.....
:beer: Cant believe some people have complained bout that they wernt even drunk and yeah its not like they had any traffic or pedestrians to avoid if ya dont like it dont watch it :p