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The Top Gear presenters seem to be enjoying Australia, as The Mole watched them board a giant speed boat, which whisked them off to the show in the blazing 45 degree heat of Sydney Harbour. Being upside down hasn’t blunted their wits any, as they continue to keep the huge crowds in hysterics, with a mixture of rehearsed/unrehearsed chaos.
The difference in car cultures between each country is something which has struck The Mole powerfully. In Australia the entire country seemed to be divided into two camps; Ford and Holden. The car brands are supported with the flame spitting vigour normally reserved for 3rd division rival football teams. As a nod to this deep rift within the local inhabitants, Top Gear Live has a section of the Cool Wall devoted to Ford and Holden racing Utes (what The Mole would call a pickup normally). The Australians don’t seem to care so much about pearl white Aston DB9s, or bright orange Koenigseggs – but bring out a Holden HSV and the roof of the Acer is torn off in excitement.
The Mole does wonder what other unique car culture lies ahead of the Top Gear Live tour, and will soon find out, as the next stop is New Zealand.
Although The Mole isn’t looking forward to getting back into the TGL 747 via the wheels again…
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Gunhaver commented on this article
Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 7:37 pm
but i have to say i am strangely drawn to richards hair… it looks a bit guido db-ish though…
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maylovesitupthe..... commented on this article
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 10:15 am
Im australian and i went to top gear live. HOLDEN AND FORD are terrible. give me a Lamborghini or an Aston any day. May didn’t show, so we had pizza oven instead. he was okay. I’d love to see the comparison between May and Hammonds hair. Funny joke said by Jezza. ” First Britain was and Empire, ruled by an Empress, then it was a Knigdom, ruled by a king. Now its a country.” hilarious. Although a certain scotsman might not be too happy!!
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Moo Point commented on this article
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 3:43 pm
is it me or does Hammonds hair look ….odd in that picture ? is he wearing a hairband or something ?
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DaniiScienceAbuse commented on this article
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Why all this About the Hair?
It suits Him If You ask Me (Although It does Look a bit Strange On this Pic)
I Think both Hammond&Clarkson Are Two wonderful guys.
And so Is May.
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Choca commented on this article
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I prefer Richard with long hair now, I didn’t to begin witht but now I love it.
DON’T TOUCH THE HAIR!
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Lisa-loo loves Rich commented on this article
Friday February 13, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Richards hair is lovely however he has it,cos he’s just lovely and thats that! But i agree all 3 guys are brilliant i just have a soft spot 4 the hamster.
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Kizza42 commented on this article
Sunday February 15, 2009 at 12:23 pm
WOuld have been nice if you guy’s actually went to the effort of bringing some decent cars out like Koenigseggs or Astons, even real Ferrari’s would have been nice…
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SciHacker commented on this article
Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 5:34 am
I suppose the show was fun though expensive and it might have been better to be honest about the fake Ferraris.
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James Tambassis commented on this article
Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Koenigsegg? There was no Koenigsegg in the Australian leg of Top Gear Live, if there was the roof would have been blown off
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James Tambassis commented on this article
Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Koenigsegg? There was no Koenigseggs in the Australian leg of Top Gear Live, if there was the roof would have been blown off
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James Tambassis commented on this article
Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Koenigsegg? There were no Koenigseggs in the Australian leg of Top Gear Live, if there was the roof would have been blown off
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sandwad commented on this article
Sunday February 22, 2009 at 9:36 pm
nice
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Justice 4 JK commented on this article
Thursday March 5, 2009 at 11:05 am
Justice 4 JK.
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Steve commented on this article
Monday March 23, 2009 at 5:01 am
Actually I’d say that Australian car culture is divided between Australian cars (Ford/Holden) and Japanese imports. That said, Ford and Holden are the only ones that make high-performance variants of our (shrinking) handful of domestic models or have tuners like HSV and FPV so even die-hard Silvia owners would probably react to a HSV.
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batgirllovestopgear commented on this article
Monday March 30, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I love how everyone is obsessed with their hair XD Its fine, leave it alone and for god’s sake dont chop it off!
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Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 10:53 pm
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And want to ask you: will you continue to post in this blog in future?
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Anonymous commented on this article
Monday April 20, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Richard Hammonds hair is awful
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Anonymous commented on this article
Monday April 20, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Is Richard Hammond going back to his Dogtanian days on the hair front?
James can get away with it as he is eccentric, whereas Richard Hammond
just looks really old.
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