08SGT1977 Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/moslive/article...-Shelby-GT.html the author was not impressed... apologies if this is old news... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Yeah, I read this before and didn't even bother to post it. I think this guy is definitely bias towards Mini's and against American Iron!!! He probably hates the US too, like so many other Europeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 What a moron. Typical British B.S. trying to come of smarter than he actually is. I guess fact checking for this guy is irrelevant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatirider2 Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 I think I'll write the author and wish him a happy 4th of July, all the Brits love to be reminded of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyburd33 Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 I think I'll write the author and wish him a happy 4th of July, all the Brits love to be reminded of that one. Maybe you can also include lessons on how to take care of thier teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 What a pompous ASS, pure 'rubbish' :jackinbox: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvin C Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 the author was not impressed... Part of the problem may have been a very basic misunderstanding on the part of our right-handed Brit friend. If you look at the second photo, it is captioned as the "six-way power driver's seat"...except it actually shows the passenger seat. Stay out of the hedges, chaps! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawkpilot Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Friggin' Dingleberry. He should be fired for that blasphemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWEDEMAN Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Read his article on the Citroen C5. There is a link on the same page as the Shelby GT article. He REALLY does hate Americans and loves the French more than he loves his own country! This bloke either wants major attention or he drinks way too many pints in the pub! Scum bag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWEDEMAN Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Maybe you can also include lessons on how to take care of thier teeth. Hahahahahah! Now that post is a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350steps Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 "T"hey look gorgeous but try restoring one and you find out how shoddily built they really were. The panel fit is a joke, for a start – you could fit your hand in between some of the gaps." Gee...for a moment I thought he was referring to Triumphs, MGs, Jaguars, Austin Healeys, and most other British built sport cars ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWEDEMAN Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 "T"hey look gorgeous but try restoring one and you find out how shoddily built they really were. The panel fit is a joke, for a start – you could fit your hand in between some of the gaps." Gee...for a moment I thought he was referring to Triumphs, MGs, Jaguars, Austin Healeys, and most other British built sport cars ............ Now that is funny! Also try restoring the original electrical systems in TR's, MG's, Jag's, Healey's, Rolls Royce's ( I inherited 1967 Silver Shadow) and etc... even the best electrians in the business would rather run than rework those little nightmares. I did drive the "Roller" for a while as I was only 25 at the time, the car got HUGE attention with the ladies but it was $300 per hour to work on the it and only one guy in town besides the dealer would do it. Ya those British cars are just diamonds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of GT Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Well, I'm sure that most of you have heard this one before, but.... "Do you know why the Brits drink warm beer?" Because they own Lucas refrigerator's that use Smith controls and are built by British Leyland! :beerchug: Cheers mates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Lucas Lighting......................................Prince of Darkness! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofastguy Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hard to believe he's a GT350 owner...unless of course he's one of the grouches from SAAC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Well, I'm sure that most of you have heard this one before, but.... "Do you know why the Brits drink warm beer?" Because they own Lucas refrigerator's that use Smith controls and are built by British Leyland! :beerchug: Cheers mates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of GT Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Lucas electrical systems/components were the primary automotive electrical components used in all British manufacturered cars up until those companies were bought up by Ford, BMW, etc, etc. Lucas electrical components are probably the worst electrical components ever designed/manufacturered for cars because they were so unreliable. As Rosssvt has posted, Lucas' nickname in the car manufacturering world was "Lucas, Prince of Darkness" because most British cars headlamps would go out or never work. Smith is a British company that manufacturered automotive gages, and their gages are known for their inaccuracy and poor workmanship too. Some of the early Cobra's came to America with Smith gages in them until the American owner would remove and replace them with Stewart-Warner gages. British Leyland was England's largest car company, but the BL workers were always in a consistant labor dispute with management for decades, and if the workers were not on strike, they were doing their job at less than half ass so almost every car they built was of poor quality, unreliable, and would break down at any moment. If you combine the overall poor quality of these British companies and their products, the joke is that the British end up drinking warm beer because their refrigerators are always broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azquadz Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 The author who wrote this article is simply a TURD NUGGET! :bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT/SC#0471 Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Maybe you can also include lessons on how to take care of thier teeth. Well if you saw the women there you would'nt brush your teeth either!! Now the Irish lasses, thats another story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 this guy is a rope licker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbydream1 Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hard to believe he's a GT350 owner...unless of course he's one of the grouches from SAAC... Yes he owns one just like the one Frank Bullitt drove through the streets of San Francisco! What a moron. I think the only thing "too lardy" is that lump of matter between his ears. What a rube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT2666 Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Well as a writer he looks the bussiness, its when you start to read it that the trouble starts, Pure rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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