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Title: Clarkson on the run
Post by: eye30 on October 03, 2014, 14:13:05

Argy bargy over Top Gear car plate

The cast and crew of TV's Top Gear had to abandon their cars at the roadside and flee Argentina after being pelted with stones by an angry crowd.

The attack happened after it emerged they were using a vehicle with a number plate apparently referring to the Falklands War.

That vehicle - a Porsche with the registration number H982 FKL which some people suggested could refer to the Falklands conflict of 1982 - was among those abandoned.

BBC bosses have said the number plate was merely a coincidence and was not chosen deliberately, but it led to protests in Argentina, including a demonstration by a group of war veterans who protested outside the hotel used by the show team.


:link: Argy bargy over Top Gear car plate - BT (http://home.bt.com/entertainment/tv/tvnews/argy-bargy-over-top-gear-car-plate-11363935780092)

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Shambles on October 03, 2014, 14:48:00

Time to boycott Argentinian cars.

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Lorian on October 03, 2014, 16:04:55

great publicity

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Doggie 1 on October 03, 2014, 16:38:56

Seriously?   :undecided:
Beaten fairly and squarely.
Get over it.

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: diablo on October 03, 2014, 17:19:22

Quote from: Shambles on October 03, 2014, 14:48:00

Time to boycott Argentinian cars.

I won't be buying one anytime soon.  :mrgreen:

The Top Gear team are sometimes deliberately offensive to the locals, I recall one of the deep south American trips when they were a bit naughty.

Wonder if they'll show it, even without the 'proper' ending??

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Dazzler on October 03, 2014, 21:52:51

Has the world gone crazy... bit of a spooky coincidence with the number plate :undecided:

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: asathorny on October 03, 2014, 22:01:46

Lorian has hit the nail on the head it's ANOTHER publicity stunt.   The one in America's Southern states was the one where the dressed their cars  up as gay boys cars to get the rednecks wound up.

Will they show it you ask, I'll stand knockin in Burtons winder if they don't  :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Phil №❶ on October 03, 2014, 22:03:04

Please don't show it, please don't show it.  :lol:

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Dazzler on October 03, 2014, 22:20:13

You think there would be some way of checking if it was a random number plate or a requested one? :idea:

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: succulant on October 03, 2014, 22:25:24

I saw on the news earlier that they did a DVLA check and the car last changed plates in something like 2001

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: FatBoy on October 04, 2014, 07:42:52

According to Clarkson's Twitter account, the "veterans" protesting outside the hotel were in their twenties.  Do the math.

Title: Re: Clarkson on the run
Post by: Doggie 1 on October 04, 2014, 08:56:45

Quote from: FatBoy on October 04, 2014, 07:42:52

According to Clarkson's Twitter account, the "veterans" protesting outside the hotel were in their twenties.  Do the math.

 :lol: