It's from a 2005 episode where Clarkson tries to drive an NSX on Gran Turismo 4 on a PS3, and then goes out to Laguna Seca to see if he can match his virtual time with the real thing (spoiler: he can't :smile
Good clip, with some nice NSX beauty shots, and Clarkson calls the NSX a "supercar" on several occasions :biggrin:
It's from a 2005 episode where Clarkson tries to drive an NSX on Gran Turismo 4 on a PS3, and then goes out to Laguna Seca to see if he can match his virtual time with the real thing (spoiler: he can't :smile
Good clip, with some nice NSX beauty shots, and Clarkson calls the NSX a "supercar" on several occasions :biggrin:
Is there a link to that episode?
It was a good episode with some decent NSX footage. I wish they had someone like the STIG drive the NSX at Laguna Seca. That would of been interesting.
Stig doesn't talk so we only hear a little bit of his thoughts second hand through Jeremy if we are lucky. Stig did drive the NSX-R around the Top gear track, but in extremely wet conditions. He spun out and almost crashed it into the tires once too.
Stig's comments were very irritating.
To CLR1024;
You are right - not Stig and not Jeremy - I mean Richard Hammond (Hamster) - he did a test of the NSX-R and rediculed it profusely and he drove it like a putz - cause it wasn't a Porsche, Lambo, Ferarri or Aston, etc. Like there was some stigma attached - a total TOAD! Thanks and sorry for the confusion! I corrected my earlier post.
Jeremy's comments are usually pretty good and he never dissed the NSX that I know of.
Ok, I'm raising the NSX flag and am now going to rail on Clarkson!
Those really are some super fried statements about Honda. How old was that video! Man those were some very old models. Anyway, boring- I don't think of my NSX as boring. But I have also never seen the stupid head light washers either; where did those come from - anyone ever seen them? Didn't know that was an option must be just for the British. Now show me a picture of a British car - can't cause there really aren't any. Sure there's some coach work but that's it. They had to quite making cars cause they all sucked so badly they all went out of business or were bought up by Indians or Austrians or Americans. Sad - British just completely screwed up everything but some really nice coach work. Too bad really.
Honda's NSX is boring in the way we pass up maintenance idiosyncracies of other exotics. Yeah it's boring to have an engine that goes 200k miles before it needs a valve job. Yeah it's boring to think that a 270k mile sports car is only on it's 3rd clutch. Boring to think that all I have to do for a long while is change the oil and filters (air and oil). Boring to think that my 43k mile 91 still has it's original pads and rotors on with no sign of needing replacement. I am also so very bored about the thought that my car will never rust - boring to the max is the idea that my transmission is just going to basically keep on shifting on it original syncros for virtually ever.....man are you guys snoring yet????
Now what's not boring is when I stick my foot in it and listen to that VTEC - yeeeeha and I'll be listening to it momentarily on my way home while I worry not about traffic and overheating - boring. But then as I goose it to pass the toads on the highway - not boring! Cool as I enter the turns at high speeds with nary a hint of loose rear ends or squealing tires.
There you have it - raise the flag fellers! :biggrin:
Not true , watch this , Clarkson's a bit of a hypocrite