Just recieved my copy of the Radio Times for next week, it claims that on next Tuesdays Pulling Power (19th August) on ITV 10:30pm there will be a review of the RX8!!

:D

Cool!

Tivotastic !!!!!:p

Good news, must remember to set the vid to watch it over and over again :D

Good- for those who live in the right TV region!! I'll be watching a documentary on carrot farming.

Hope one of you guys will be good enough to post a review of the review.

Cheers
JH

Hmmm! Carrot farming sounds interesting. When compared with "The Real Coronation Street". Rather have the RX-8 review program.

Anybody know when it's on ITV2, or could one of you wonderful TIVO owners do us a big favour.;)

AGH Its not on Yorkshire ITV?!?! :o

There are lots of episodes on Granada Men & Motors according to TiVo but none on ITV2. Anyone know if one of those will have the RX8 on?

What does the Radio Times say exactly?

Originally posted by Titanium Grey
Anybody know when it's on ITV2, or could one of you wonderful TIVO owners do us a bug favour.;)

Well I'm not sure how a Tivo gives you a bug favour but mine lists the follwing shows;

Episode Num Channel Date Time
Episode 6 GMM Thu 14th Aug 19:00
Episode 6 GMM Fri 15th Aug 13:00
Episode 10 GMM Sat 16th Aug 19:30
UNKNOWN GMM Sun 17th Aug 13:30
Episode 10 GMM Tue 19th Aug 21:30
UNKNOWN ITV1LON Tue 19th Aug 22:30
UNKNOWN ITV1CEN Tue 19th Aug 22:30
UNKNOWN ITV1LON Tue 19th Aug 22:30
UNKNOWN ITV1CEN Tue 19th Aug 22:30
Episode 10 GMM Wed 20th Aug 16:30
Episode 10 GMM Thu 21st Aug 19:00
UNKNOWN ITV1WCY Thu 21st Aug 23:30
UNKNOWN ITV1WE Thu 21st Aug 23:30
UNKNOWN ITV1WCY Thu 21st Aug 23:30
UNKNOWN ITV1WE Thu 21st Aug 23:30
UNKNOWN GMM Fri 22nd Aug 13:00
UNKNOWN GMM Sat 23rd Aug 19:30
UNKNOWN GMM Sun 24th Aug 13:30
UNKNOWN GMM Tue 26th Aug 21:30
UNKNOWN GMM Wed 27th Aug 16:30
UNKNOWN GMM Thu 28th Aug 19:00
UNKNOWN GMM Fri 29th Aug 13:00
UNKNOWN GMM Sat 30th Aug 19:30
UNKNOWN GMM Sun 31st Aug 13:30

Originally posted by mhopley
Well I'm not sure how a Tivo gives you a bug favour

If, like me, you use a Pace Freeview Twin recorder then you'll know all about bugs and it isn't favourable!

ITV Website says:

22:30 Tues 19th ITV1 London
Pulling Power
Michele Newman test-drives the Mazda RX8 coupe and Mike Rutherford watches the latest Peugeot commercial being made

As I'm in yorkshire, can anyone record this?
I didn't get to see the 350z review for the same reasons. :(


I'm sure we'll have plenty of happy forum members if someone posts the video review


Stu C

I assume that you guys know that the "Big Tivo Favour" we're refering to is to record it on your Tivo... and download it onto the PC as an MPEG file and post it on MY FTP server.

Yes, you CAN do that... you first need an ethernet card for the Tivo (Yes, they do exist... and better you can get the channel listing over broadband with it)... and then some slightly modified Tivo software will allow you to download the programs onto your PC...

No, I don't have a Tivo because they stopped selling them before I got round to it, but Yes, I do know people who have then and have done this... Sadly, none of them are in the right TV regeon...

Hi Guys,

My first post! And possibly a helpful one!

If you want to watch another ITV region (to perhaps watch the Rx8 review) and you've got a sky box then your in luck.

Goto Services, Add channels and enter in the following details:
10.832, H, 22, 5/6 - then press search and a list of ITV channels will appear. Select the channels by pressing the yella button and press select when completed.

Repeat the above steps with these other settings:
10.891, H, 22, 5/6
10.906, V, 22, 5/6

This will give all the ITV regions (differing regions per frequency).

When you want to watch the channel, goto Services, Other channels and select the ITV region you want.

Only 2 issues with this.....

1. No personal planner or program listings are available so you'll have to put a post-it note on the telly to remind yourselfs.

2. Sky sometimes resets the additional channels so you might have to go through the setup process again.

I've done it on my Grundig box and it worked perfectly. Tueday 19th here we come!

I hope this helps,

Stuart

Originally posted by dhopkins
ITV Website says:

22:30 Tues 19th ITV1 London
Pulling Power
Michele Newman test-drives the Mazda RX8 coupe and Mike Rutherford watches the latest Peugeot commercial being made

Not wanting to be unkind, but what is Michelle Newman's background?, as after watching a couple of these programs she seems just to be reading from a script and doesnt give the impression she is an enthusiast in the same way as VB-H is.

Maybe Mr Rutherford will have already told her what to say anyway :D

Originally posted by Stuartt
Hi Guys,

My first post! And possibly a helpful one!

If you want to watch another ITV region (to perhaps watch the Rx8 review) and you've got a sky box then your in luck.

Goto Services, Add channels and enter in the following details:
10.832, H, 22, 5/6 - then press search and a list of ITV channels will appear. Select the channels by pressing the yella button and press select when completed.

Repeat the above steps with these other settings:
10.891, H, 22, 5/6
10.906, V, 22, 5/6

This will give all the ITV regions (differing regions per frequency).

When you want to watch the channel, goto Services, Other channels and select the ITV region you want.

Only 2 issues with this.....

1. No personal planner or program listings are available so you'll have to put a post-it note on the telly to remind yourselfs.

2. Sky sometimes resets the additional channels so you might have to go through the setup process again.

I've done it on my Grundig box and it worked perfectly. Tueday 19th here we come!

I hope this helps,

Stuart

Right, I'll be printing this out then!! Off to my sky box I go...

If this works Then you have made me very happy! :D :D :D :D :D (see?)

Stu C

MarkW, you've probably watched Central News where Michelle Newman was a newsreader. She knows as much about cars, as my next door neighbours' cat! I know, from reading Autoexpress, that M Rutherford has driven the car so maybe he has written the script for her, but still she carries no street cred points. And if we're really unlucky, she'll mention Formula Women.


AnilS.


P.S. I'd better get out the video instruction manual, as I'm on holiday next week. Just my luck.

I have Sky plus so if I will record it, I will then probably keep watching it over and over again like I did with the top gear 10 second preview.

Although I have never done it there is a facility of copying it, I could theoretically do this and then put onto a website. Does anyone know how easy this would be?

Ed

I thought that SKY+ specifically made this impossible... but if anyone can tell me how to get an ethernet card in a skyplus and copy the video's to a PC then I know a lot of people who will buy them!!!

I'll try ti get it onto an FTP site or even Kazaa lite as soon as the episode has finished.
Most people will be watching it on the night anyway, but I shall be keeping the Tivo recording and just keep watching and watching.

:D

Originally posted by BlueAdept
I assume that you guys know that the "Big Tivo Favour" we're refering to is to record it on your Tivo... and download it onto the PC as an MPEG file and post it on MY FTP server.

Yes, you CAN do that... you first need an ethernet card for the Tivo (Yes, they do exist... and better you can get the channel listing over broadband with it)... and then some slightly modified Tivo software will allow you to download the programs onto your PC...

No, I don't have a Tivo because they stopped selling them before I got round to it, but Yes, I do know people who have then and have done this... Sadly, none of them are in the right TV regeon...

That's the next mod on my list. I've just finished disk upgrades, to up the tivo to 240GB of space (180 hours !)

But until then I can't get anything out of it. I don't have a capture card on my PC either, so the analogue route won't work either.

If you get the thing as an MPEG then feel free to upload it to my FTP server, I'm happy to mirror it

ftp.fsck.co.uk
U/P = rx8/mazda

You'll need to put it in the "incoming" directory

Damn I have everything, video input, realtime DivX encoding, fast connection (in work) and loads of drive space., the only thing I dont have is the channel. Grrrr! :(

Titanium Grey, if you've got a sky box then goto page 1 of this thread and follow my instructions. We can then all enjoy it and have a "door and a half" wide grin next Wednesday.

No, Freeview only.:(

I've been doing some research on the SKY + to Digital recording and found the following site useful which deals with Tivo as well
For fellow gadget lovers - another forum to take up all that spare time you don't have!

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/f/35/ds.html

Ed

Originally posted by copperband
I've been doing some research on the SKY + to Digital recording and found the following site useful which deals with Tivo as well
For fellow gadget lovers - another forum to take up all that spare time you don't have!

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/f/35/ds.html

Ed

I've been a member of the digitalspy forums for a few years now and it's very good for Sky / TIVO etc. It's also full of people who love Big Brother so beware! :D

Originally posted by Stuartt
Titanium Grey, if you've got a sky box then goto page 1 of this thread and follow my instructions. We can then all enjoy it and have a "door and a half" wide grin next Wednesday.

Well, at least it worked for me. Hurray. Cheers Stuartt. Now looking forward to the 19th.

Stu C

It's also full of people who love Big Brother so beware!

Andy, a well received warning, much appreciated:D

Ed

I too am a member of digitalspy. I too have posted on sky+
and I too love big brother.

at least I'm not a troll that advocates Mazda removing the rotary and going with a piston engine. (heh to Rob Dickinson )

*Sigh*:D

Originally posted by renegade_si
[Bat least I'm not a troll that advocates Mazda removing the rotary and going with a piston engine. (heh to Rob Dickinson )
[/B]

Troll! uh or is that !troll...

Anyhow, I;d be looking at the RX-8 even if it had a 3.0v6..

This is definately on ITV 1 London tonight at 10:30.

It certainly is :)

Clicky here for details...

http://itv.utvinternet.com/listings/viewprogramme.asp?prognum=1004297&itvregion=midlands&itvpackage=ds&itvgenre=3&episode=134&scheduleid=27936651&channeldate=19/08/2003&channelid=CEN

The video will be ready, just hope we dont have a power cut like we did last time I wanted to tape something important!

It might be the case that 'Driven' is reviewing the RX-8 this week: so claims a colleague.

Originally posted by Lensman
It might be the case that 'Driven' is reviewing the RX-8 this week: so claims a colleague.


TIME, DATE, CHANNEL!!!:)

Originally posted by Lensman
It might be the case that 'Driven' is reviewing the RX-8 this week: so claims a colleague.

I beleive 'Driven' have driven the RX8, however I dont know when the new series starts.

If it's still on channel4 then it's not this week, as all this weeks motering programs on C4 are here http://www.channel4.com/4car/on_tv/index.html

Mark

Absolutely right. I've checked my TV guide now I'm home and there's no sign of it. I'll be having words tomorrow! :mad:

Originally posted by Lensman
Absolutely right. I've checked my TV guide now I'm home and there's no sign of it. I'll be having words tomorrow! :mad:

Home? Pah!, some of us are still at work slogging our guts out to pay for our RX-8 :(

22:30 Fred MacAulay`s Fringe
Series in which comedian Fred MacAulay meets some of the Edinburgh festival`s hottest talents and stand-up performers

hmmm, guess I'll just have to keep waiting

Originally posted by MarkW


Home? Pah!, some of us are still at work slogging our guts out to pay for our RX-8 :(

Hey, you've just spent at least £70 on your wife. Get your priorities right! ;)

Have just checked TV guide to see if it is on ITV Central........................................... .....................



RESULT!!!!!!!

Guess what I'll be doing @ 10.30 tonight. (that's hypothetical by the way!)

OK, well....

I MIGHT be able to get a DIVX of this show, but my FTP server will never stand lots of people downloading what will be a LARGE file...

Who's got some bandwidth and could mirror it?

well what a good review

couldnt stop revving the engine!

didnt commit to it being better than the TT or 350Z though. just different.

Well just watched the show and the all important review. Some nice pics a great to hear that sweet rotary engine but why oh why did they have such a sloane doing the review.
She drove it round the test track like she was on a shopping trip to London. The main features were shown and like i say nice to see the car moving but there must be better reviews to come.

Ed

Well that was short but sweet. Sounded great but the ride height seemed high. Also the body roll was noticeable when she took it on track and changed direction sharply. It was a German car so not sure whether the UK ones will be any different. Still - another very positive review...

How sd that the first thing the 3 of us wanted to do was post a review of the review:p Bugbear I thought I was quick , you must of been watching the show sat at the PC;)

Laptop with wi-fi is the way to do it :D

Originally posted by copperband
How sd that the first thing the 3 of us wanted to do was post a review of the review:p Bugbear I thought I was quick , you must of been watching the show sat at the PC;)

desktop is always on and just down the corridor - right now the laptop is ripping the dvd copy - that's how sad!

Damn!!! I set up my computer to tape ITV and it chose the wrong channel (forgot I had two ITV's where I live)

Anyway .. watched it live and pretty happy with the outcome:

A revolutionary car, that revs like hell and sounds sweet, goes as well on the track as it does on the road, practical as hell and keeps company with the 350z and Audi TT.

May have been a lame test drive, but the messages were sweet enough. :)

nice comments from pulling power...



/GIV rx8




Please please hurry up i want it NOW!!!!!!!

So, is it a race? Who's gonna be the first to post a DIVX then?

DIVX ready to anyone who can host - 25Mb

Originally posted by bugbear
DIVX ready to anyone who can host - 25Mb

ftp.fsck.co.uk

U/P = rx8:mazda

You need to upload into the "incoming" directory, then P/M me so I can put it in the general area... I should have another higher res version later too..

10, 25 and 50 meg DIVX files will be available in the next 20 minutes... hold your breath.

Fairly mediocre, but 5 minutes 19.7 seconds of someone being thrilled with the car!

ftp://rx8:mazda@ftp.fsck.co.uk/pulling_power_320_240.avi

If you really must have these, then there are higher res versions, but I'd ask that you think about mirroring before downloading these as I imagine there will be a few people after them and my bandwidth is limited.

Thanks to bugbear for the first 2 files...

ftp://rx8:mazda@ftp.fsck.co.uk/pulling_power_640_480.avi
ftp://rx8:mazda@ftp.fsck.co.uk/pulling_power_high.avi

IMHO I thought the reveiw was encouraging and it was good to hear the engine noise at the top end of the rev range (despite Michelle Newman's constant chatter)

I think Mazda dealers will be expecting some more interest / pre-orders today (well in ITV regions that receive the programme)

Roll on Driven and Top Gear.

Chris

It was a very positve review of the car, but poor from a journalistic point of view. Pulling Power makes driven look good!

For those of who who havent seen it and unable to download, it was a Vel Red :) Euro spec car, so must have been shot in Europe at the launch.

The first 30 seconds was just Michelle Newman taking the car to 9000rpm with shots of the rev counter. We all want to see this once or twice, but four times?

There was nothing bad said apart from saying fuel consumption will only be around 25mpg. If I get anywhere near that I will be well pleased.

On a good note the did show the rotary, and mention that it is RWD as apposed to the TT AWD, and also say it was more fun than the TT.

I thought the car from most angles looked great, the ride height did look a bit high however, and there did seem quite a bit of body roll. Im not keen on the direct nose-on profile as I think the car looks a bit tall and thin. I think the front lip spoiler and rotary accent will help with this though.

Roll on the next review.

On the shots of the rev counter, was the speed reading in mph or kmph?

As it was a German plated car i would assume it was in kmph.

I am sure it touched 70 and she did say she was in 2nd gear, that would only be approx 44mph. I am sure I read a review by Rotary News here (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5827&highlight=rotary+news) that said the max speed in 2nd was around 68mph.

I didn't here the buzzer sound at 8500rpm, but then again she was talking a lot.

Chris

Bloody tivo, crappy silver piece of....

The RX8 was at hte end of the program. The program overshot its officaial listing by 5 minutes. Guess what tivo did.

Luckily I don't trust ITV's post 10 o'clock scheduling and so I watched it as well:D

Managed to catch the stupid thing trying to stop recording. Oh well, technology huh.

Hehe... don't worry... I have 3 different DIVX rips... the high res one is 100% digital and in widescreen at the full res of the transmission.... Don't you get a lot!

Anyway, the FTP server died at 5am with a memory fault... I've brought it back up now, I can't guarantee it'll be stable all day, needs a SIMM replaced! Mirrors please!!!

On the up-side it supports "resume" so you can restart a download after it comes back up!

Originally posted by c170673
On the shots of the rev counter, was the speed reading in mph or kmph?

As it was a German plated car i would assume it was in kmph.

I am sure it touched 70 and she did say she was in 2nd gear, that would only be approx 44mph. I am sure I read a review by Rotary News here (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5827&highlight=rotary+news) that said the max speed in 2nd was around 68mph.

I didn't here the buzzer sound at 8500rpm, but then again she was talking a lot.

Chris

Good point. I assumed as she was red lining it in second and showing high 60's that it was MPH, but you would expect a Euro car to be KPH.

Was the car LHD as I cant even remember this morning?! If it was LHD it is more likely to be in KPH

It was LHD.
Also , I think it was MPH - it will only be a button after all - It is a digital speedo !

It was fantastic to hear the engine at last - not at all whiney like some people have said.

The body roll was more than I expected but she looked like she was trying to drive a dodgem.

What a shame that had to get a Vanessa Feltz (sp?) alike with stupid sunglasses on to review it.

Overall though it made me want the car even more.

The gf watched it this morning while I was travelling to work and phoned me to say she thought it looked really good.:)

I watched the programme with my wife and our unborn child.

The baby was wiggling about all over the place during the RX-8 segment, more than ever before. I am now even more convinced it is a boy and will be a future rotorist.

Chris

Oh! and the wife thought the car was even sexier than in the photos and other video footage she has seen.

What a shame that had to get a Vanessa Feltz (sp?) alike with stupid sunglasses on to review it.

You forgot to mention the top she was wearing which from the back looked like she'd be clawed by a Lion:eek:

I cannot play the 640x480 avi file, does anyone have the appropriate codec?

Chris

Originally posted by c170673
I cannot play the 640x480 avi file, does anyone have the appropriate codec?

Chris

Download the rivx codec (only, with the v2 player) from here : http://www.divx.com/divx/

The version 5 player comes with adware, so best avoided.

fsck.co.uk appears to be down.


maybe its fsck'ing its disks...

or at least ftp aint working

hmm backup and working again :)

Server is down again

It's not: I'm 67% into the 50Mb version after 2.5 hours. Power failures will be met with ultimate hostility!

I'm right clicking on it and it says the sever returned an extended message

Help!

Originally posted by Lensman
It's not: I'm 67% into the 50Mb version after 2.5 hours. Power failures will be met with ultimate hostility!

The server DOES support resume, so you're OK...

Let me know what you think BTW, the 50meg version is REALLY nice....

I guess you need a client that tells you what the extended message was.

That said, it was probably "Too many users, please try later"

Originally posted by Contigo
I'm right clicking on it and it says the sever returned an extended message

Help!

Yup says

Sorry the maximum number of users are already connected(4)

Come on guys let me on :D

Have you all got poxy dial up?

Originally posted by Contigo
Yup says

Sorry the maximum number of users are already connected(4)

Come on guys let me on :D

Have you all got poxy dial up?

No: cable modem but it's dribbling down the pipe. 83% now.

Originally posted by Contigo
Yup says

Sorry the maximum number of users are already connected(4)

Come on guys let me on :D

Have you all got poxy dial up?

Remember, I'm serving this over my DSL line out of the goodness of my heart... ;-) hence I asked for mirrors... I limit it to 4 users because otherwise lots of users would give up after spending HOURS downloading... at least this way anyone who does get on gets at least 64K of bandwidth...

Thank got for Linux' traffic control, at least I can define the TOS as "Bulk" and it doesn't make anything else slow!!

Originally posted by BlueAdept
Remember, I'm serving this over my DSL line out of the goodness of my heart... ;-)

And it's VERY much appreciated.

93%...

EDIT: 100%!
Well it was worth waiting for. The hi-res version is near broadcast quality and it's a better feature than I'd expected. Ms Newman's dress was kind of appropriate: sexy at the front but open to opinion at the back just like the RX-8 ;) . It was worth the wait just to see the Renesis model turning over and obviously the car was highly regarded. The Euro-spec images posted earlier today must have been taken in the same area because the light aircraft featured in both sets. Thanks BlueAdept: this wasn't transmitted in my area so you provided the only opportunity for me to see it and I'm grateful. Technology eh? Marvellous!

Originally posted by BlueAdept


Remember, I'm serving this over my DSL line out of the goodness of my heart... ;-) hence I asked for mirrors... I limit it to 4 users because otherwise lots of users would give up after spending HOURS downloading... at least this way anyone who does get on gets at least 64K of bandwidth...

Thank got for Linux' traffic control, at least I can define the TOS as "Bulk" and it doesn't make anything else slow!!

Blueadept

I dont mind mirroring it for a while on my PC over my cable line, but cant get on as too many people seem to want to download it! :)

Just watched the video on my return from my hols. WHAT A HOOT!!! M.Newman has zero street cred and does not have a clue about cars. We're just lucky she didn't mention Formula Women.

I'm hoping Driven will be putting a decent driver in the driving seat.

AnilS.

Aw , dont be harsh. At least she liked it !
Cant bear 'Driven' either...

Roll on Top Gear and the Stig. Still the only TV programme I take seriously.....

OK, I have a decent 640/480 version now.

I cant run a server here, but I can upload it to someone else so give me an ftp server to connect to and were sorted..

if you are desperate for a mirror then you can put it on my ftp server.

its 1 meg download 256 upload. ADSL line.


Using nildram XDSL service so its fairly fast...

Back to the subject.

Just watched the recording (again for the 4th time) and noticed that when Michelle keeps going on about the revs, and then they show the rev counter, the wording MPH (or KPH) has been digitally blanked out from under the digital speedo! I can just make out the black blank cover infringing on the number 5 as the speed climbs into the 50s. Odd that.

AnilS.

Originally posted by AnilS
Back to the subject.

Just watched the recording (again for the 4th time) and noticed that when Michelle keeps going on about the revs, and then they show the rev counter, the wording MPH (or KPH) has been digitally blanked out from under the digital speedo! I can just make out the black blank cover infringing on the number 5 as the speed climbs into the 50s. Odd that.

AnilS.

You're dead right and I didn't notice it first time around. That's a German Kmh car and they've altered it to make the viewers assume it was an Mph car. Naughty! The car isn't as fast it appears in the video then.

We know it does 68mph at rev limiter in 2nd, so why are we having such a hard time believing it was in MPH?

68kmh is about 42 mph, thats just over redline in 1st....

Originally posted by RobDickinson
We know it does 68mph at rev limiter in 2nd, so why are we having such a hard time believing it was in MPH?

68kmh is about 42 mph, thats just over redline in 1st....

I'm not bothered by it, don't get me wrong but why else would they have deliberately digitally removed the metering indicator (which I guarantee they have, I can see the mask slipping at one point) if it wasn't to obscure KMh? That WAS a German car and it was set up for use by European journalists. Unless someone on the day knew that the indicator could easily be switched to MPH then they would certainly have been running with KMH. It's not a big deal.

Originally posted by Lensman


I'm not bothered by it, don't get me wrong but why else would they have deliberately digitally removed the metering indicator (which I guarantee they have, I can see the mask slipping at one point) if it wasn't to obscure KMh? That WAS a German car and it was set up for use by European journalists. Unless someone on the day knew that the indicator could easily be switched to MPH then they would certainly have been running with KMH. It's not a big deal.

I read over on this thread (http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8739&perpage=15&pagenumber=2) that it is a simple switch to change it from KPH to MPH so it is highly likely that the car was driven showing MPH - it matches the performance figures we understand the car to have a lot more closely than if it was KPH. It doesn't make much sense them hiding the wording either way though - strange!

Actually the thread I have linked to makes me wonder if we are getting our cars 6 months to early. There seem to be quite a few possible v1 gremlins.:(

My wifes' Yaris can switch to KPH from MPH with just one push on a button.


AnilS.

Originally posted by AndyPearce


I read over on this thread (http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8739&perpage=15&pagenumber=2) that it is a simple switch to change it from KPH to MPH so it is highly likely that the car was driven showing MPH - it matches the performance figures we understand the car to have a lot more closely than if it was KPH. It doesn't make much sense them hiding the wording either way though - strange!

Actually the thread I have linked to makes me wonder if we are getting our cars 6 months to early. There seem to be quite a few possible v1 gremlins.:(

Yes, but if noone pointed out to the 'Pulling Power' crew that it COULD be changed by pushing the button then they wouldn't have known.

Originally posted by Lensman


Yes, but if noone pointed out to the 'Pulling Power' crew that it COULD be changed by pushing the button then they wouldn't have known.


Yes, they wouldnt have known, but I expect UK Journo's to get basics like kmh/mph correct before going in the motor (eveen daft bints like her).

And (I hate repeating myself) but we know what the car does at redline in 2nd its 68mph. She was going > 60+ on the speedo in 2nd aproaching 9k.

In KMH that would be roughly 40mph - way to low for that gear/rev - I cant see how that fits.

Perhaps it was just to make it possible to air the show in other european countries (perhaps dubed etc)...

OK for anyone who hasnt been able to download this vid, I am making my ftp server available for a short while on my broadband connection.

It is limited to 4 users to get decent download speeds:

There are 3 versions (low,med,high) res in the root directory, as well as most of the Best Motoring Vids etc.

ftp to cameras.hillfield.net (82.36.188.144)

User: RX8
Password: rotary

Mark

Thanks mark...

I think the load has subsided a bit, but it's good to know who's able to do this for next time.. LOL.

I have shared the high res video on emule in case anyone is still after it. ( link below)

pulling_power_high.avi (ed2k://|file|pulling_power_high.avi|66925480|07D3D1BC3FEA 88C35C588AA5EE394705|/)

Thanks for everyone involved in creating & hosting the file.

Mark

Originally posted by mhopley
I have shared the high res video on emule in case anyone is still after it. ( link below)

pulling_power_high.avi (ed2k://|file|pulling_power_high.avi|66925480|07D3D1BC3FEA 88C35C588AA5EE394705|/)

Thanks for everyone involved in creating & hosting the file.

Mark

emule is showing zero sources for the file. Is it still being shared (I have been on holiday and have been unable to download until now...)

I still have it shared on emule but I have 5000 people in the queue so it may take a while to get on. I have set it to high priority. Click on the ed2k link above or do a search for pulling power - or just try one of the ftp sites posted earlier in this thread.

Mark

Dear All,

i have a feeling that this episode of Pulling Power will be shown on Sky this Sunday afternoon, at 1.30 i think. It's on Men & Motors (139).

Last weeks episode included the first part of the GumBall review, i think that the second part is on the same show as the 8?

Someone correct me if i'm mistaken!

Thanks.