oh sweet jesus that bit at the end was brilliant.
t'was a good ep too.
t'was a good ep too.
noice 
What happens is that the manufacturer will produce the parts themselves for a number of years (or via contract), even after the car is no longer being sold. Eventually the contracts will be terminated but then often the plans/molds for those parts will be sold if there is a market for them. You see this with sellers like Year One that offer pretty much every conceivable part that would be necessary during the restoration of an old car. DeLorean also sold all of their old stuff and there's a company that is running as the DeLorean Motor Company in Texas that bought everything from DMC when they went under and still produces the car on an order-by-order basis (or at least they did last I heard) and also restores cars. You can get modern engines in them and everything, too.Toilet Sex wrote:
i think Mercedes actually store parts of old models, not sure about other makers though
Only for a very rare and old car do you have to worry about finding parts, but if there is a market for those parts, there is always a source - it just depends on what the cost is going to be.
Exactly. Sourcing new parts for my 25-year-old BMW is actually quite easy, as I guess stocks are still around, and due to the decent demand, they keep producing 'em.CapnNismo wrote:
What happens is that the manufacturer will produce the parts themselves for a number of years (or via contract), even after the car is no longer being sold. Eventually the contracts will be terminated but then often the plans/molds for those parts will be sold if there is a market for them. You see this with sellers like Year One that offer pretty much every conceivable part that would be necessary during the restoration of an old car. DeLorean also sold all of their old stuff and there's a company that is running as the DeLorean Motor Company in Texas that bought everything from DMC when they went under and still produces the car on an order-by-order basis (or at least they did last I heard) and also restores cars. You can get modern engines in them and everything, too.Toilet Sex wrote:
i think Mercedes actually store parts of old models, not sure about other makers though
Only for a very rare and old car do you have to worry about finding parts, but if there is a market for those parts, there is always a source - it just depends on what the cost is going to be.
I like pie.
again, a really solid episode. ending was
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
Chinese stig was shit
Bit of a wank episode tbh
wasnt brilliant
but then again, there have been shitter
but then again, there have been shitter
noice
Top Gearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
got in late for it, half way in now... absolutely terrible so far
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yeah was kinda shit.Toilet Sex wrote:
got in late for it, half way in now... absolutely terrible so far
wasnt bad at all
i wish the XFR had a nicer back end, beautiful from the front
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Better than last weeks, could be because i'm hanging out of my arse and it distracted me
i still havent seen last weeks, why was it so bad?
this is better than last weeks? jesus, how bad was it?
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Forced, premeditated shit humour, moreso than usual though.jord wrote:
i still havent seen last weeks, why was it so bad?
Complete cringe
I mean it had some really funny bits but meh...
the chase scene looks really good.
the chase scene looks really good.
a few points:
When May rocked up in the Hyundai i40, I got a tad excited, then disappointed. Though the rest of that segment was actually pretty neato.
The news was shit because of Richard.
SIARPC was pretty decent actually.
Jeremy and Richards filming bit was a bit boring.
Average ep.
When May rocked up in the Hyundai i40, I got a tad excited, then disappointed. Though the rest of that segment was actually pretty neato.
The news was shit because of Richard.
SIARPC was pretty decent actually.
Jeremy and Richards filming bit was a bit boring.
Average ep.
noice
Ryan Reynolds... mmmmmmm
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
Stupid 'filming' is stupid
PrivateVendetta wrote:
Stupid 'filming' is stupid
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he's definitely not being sarcastic
nope
definitely not
nope
definitely not
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
the sound of the FF is ridiculous, one of the best sounding cars
shame it's also ugly and looks like a breadvan
shame it's also ugly and looks like a breadvan
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Any good? Spoilers please, at work ATM.
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.