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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Top Gear has had its fair share of mishaps. There was that time the Stig took the Koenigsegg CCX on an off-track excursion, and of course Hammond's horrific crash in the jet dragster. The latest incident involves the one and only Nissan GT-R press car in Great Britain. Apparently it was involved in a fender bender in the Isle of Man after a photoshoot for Top Gear magazine. It seems that the GT-R wasn't damaged too badly, despite the pic of its naked arse above, and the same exact car ran up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed only a couple days later.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/22/top-gea...gt-r-press-car/
Top Gear crashes England's only Nissan GT-R press car-gtrtopgearcrash.jpg

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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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I guess it doesn't come with PDC or a backup camera!
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Brit_in_NJ' post='630441' date='Jul 23 2008, 01:11 PM
I guess it doesn't come with PDC or a backup camera!
Appears not! heheheh

Just was riding in a brand-new McLaren SLR (which doesn't have PDC either) last night and my friend backed into a wall... needless to say, he was pissed!
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 09:03 AM
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man that sucks
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 09:30 AM
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Wow. They must be pretty expensive over there if only one person has bought one in all of England. I wonder if it was the Queen, Richard Branson, or Paul McCartney's ex.
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='630439' date='Jul 22 2008, 10:04 PM
Top Gear has had its fair share of mishaps. There was that time the Stig took the Koenigsegg CCX on an off-track excursion, and of course Hammond's horrific crash in the jet dragster. The latest incident involves the one and only Nissan GT-R press car in Great Britain. Apparently it was involved in a fender bender in the Isle of Man after a photoshoot for Top Gear magazine. It seems that the GT-R wasn't damaged too badly, despite the pic of its naked arse above, and the same exact car ran up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed only a couple days later.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/22/top-gea...gt-r-press-car/
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http://tribes.cartribe.co.uk/kickapps/_Top...91385/7276.html
This is EXACTLY why there are so few women being hired as test drivers!!! (Pulling on Kevlar in anticipation of Mel's arrival!!)
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