Loved the "show" but I feel a couple of 'corrections' are need for those who don't get to see Top Gear
Originally Posted by
jameswithington
Using its semi-slick Yokohama tyres on a damp track
These are the standard tyres supplied WITH the car and are road legal.
So nothing too special really.
faster than cars with way more than twice the power despite having slicks in the wet!
They were NOT slicks and would have given reasonable grip in damp conditions.
These are legal tyres supplied with the car.
Also that little film of it being chased by the Apache helicopter gunship, trying to get missile lock on it on the track was awesome. It couldn't get lock-on, it was just too nimble! Who says Lotus don't make practical cars, you never know when your nation's army may turn on you and you need to evade helicopter missile strikes on your way home form work. They've thought of everything!
This was great fun televsion and totally pointless as their introduction pointed out and the last clip provide. Frosst they pointed out that in that situation they would have used the gun to tear the car and road up and the Apache isn't a helicopter for chasing things down with, you stand off let radar lock and blow it to hell and back as they showed in the last clip.
It made great television, but pelase, let's not fall into the mistaken belief that it reflected any reality or sensible comparison
Still a great fun show tho'
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