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mdxtasy

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Test Drive on Speed
« on: August 12, 2006, 09:13:43 am »
Who watches Test Drive on the Speed Channel?

I PVR'd the one where Kendall rips around in the M cars.  Oh man, I'm in love with the Z4M Coupe.  It's like one big commercial....but when you're talking M cars, I'm listening.

The ripped around in Z4M Coupe/Roaster, M5, and M6.  Drove along US roads, German autobahn, Austrian alps...it was fantastic.

One scene was a bit disturbing....Hans Stuck was rolling in the M6 down the autobahn testing the top speed.  He's flying at 190mph in the left lane but had to slam on the brakes as a left lane hog didn't move over.  I think he caught a napping driver when he barreled in on him at almost 200mph.  Good thing was he didn't pass on the right.  :thumbup:

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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2006, 09:17:33 am »
I like test drive, except I never really get to see it. I don't know when it usually comes on. I've seen the MB SL test and the Dodge Charger test before. It's not a bad show.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2006, 09:24:57 am »
I never Test DRIVE on SPEED...it dulls my SUPER_POWERS!!!!!.................Hi babe dy'a come her often..howzzaboutta Kryptonite Panty_Remover fer starters....... UP  UP an AWAY WI YE!!!! :o
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2006, 03:09:54 pm »
It was really entertaining watching Hans Stuck getting sideways and then madly correcting the car on every "hairpin" turn in the Alps.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2006, 03:11:34 pm »
Quote from: msian on August 14, 2006, 03:09:54 pm
It was really entertaining watching Hans Stuck getting sideways and then madly correcting the car on every "hairpin" turn in the Alps.

:iagree:

DSC off and away you go.  Saw an M6 in black this morning....mean machine.  Saw the 650i yesterday....tres cool.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2006, 04:24:18 pm »
I got a kick out of the one where Kendall was tearing around the track in a Vette with Jeff Gordon. However, like you say, it's a big commercial so it gets old pretty quick.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2006, 08:53:25 pm »
Test drive?…….Speed?... …
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Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2007, 02:18:54 am »
This is one of the worst car shows on television.

It is basically an hour long commercial providing almost no criticism.  Just a heads up to those viewers out there who think they're getting a credible review... you're not.

I just heard that Tommy guy proclaiming how the "New All Wheel Drive Ford Fusion's" all wheel drive system helps you when you come in too hot into the corners.

All this show is good for is some nice video clips... Just keep mute the commentary  :banghead:.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2007, 03:31:21 am »
It's not an indepth review of any car they test....and I don't think it's meant to be.  I equate it to something along the lines of what it's like to be a bunch of tire kickers out for a spin. 
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2007, 05:15:25 am »
I don’t mind the show from an entertainment prospective, defiantly not intended as a shopping tool.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2007, 08:03:02 am »
Speed has a show that is not about Nascar? :rofl:
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2007, 08:18:16 am »
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2007, 02:54:53 am »
Quote from: Snowman on May 04, 2007, 05:15:25 am
I don’t mind the show from an entertainment prospective, defiantly not intended as a shopping tool.

That's all it is. 
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2007, 04:56:35 am »
Quote from: MdX5 on August 14, 2006, 03:11:34 pm
Quote from: msian on August 14, 2006, 03:09:54 pm
It was really entertaining watching Hans Stuck getting sideways and then madly correcting the car on every "hairpin" turn in the Alps.

:iagree:

Saw an M6 in black this morning....mean machine.  Saw the 650i yesterday....tres cool.

A friend of mine is getting a ride in an M6 tomorrow :(

Saw an Audi TT and 630i convertible today in the mall near my parents condo. Knees got a little limp.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2007, 09:13:19 am »
630?  Oh....an inline 6 in the 6 series.....
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2007, 08:02:43 pm »
Watched it today and it was like one big infomercial for the Ford Fusion.  Very biased and one sided.  Only pointed out everything that Ford told them was a feauture.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2007, 08:11:33 pm »
I stopped watching Speed when they decided to feature NASCAR every minute!
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2007, 08:29:04 pm »
Crappy show with the occasional "I wish I was on that junket" moment .. :rofl:
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2007, 11:58:57 pm »
Quote from: Wetson on May 06, 2007, 08:02:43 pm
Watched it today and it was like one big infomercial for the Ford Fusion.  Very biased and one sided.  Only pointed out everything that Ford told them was a feauture.

That's how every episode is, no matter what car they test. It's like a TV version of the "articles" in the Sunday Wheels/Driving/Motoring section of the newspaper - take the company press kit and make a story out of it.
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Re: Test Drive on Speed
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2007, 01:29:40 am »
it's decent entertainment... i didn't mind watching the bugatti hitting 254mph at all.
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