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24th January 2016, 09:42 PM
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James May's Cars of the People
Just caught the last 15 mins of this, really enjoyable. Old cars, history of car manufacture, this is my kind of tv
 Its repeated on Wednesday at 11:15pm so I'll have to stay up to watch the whole thing. 
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24th January 2016, 09:51 PM
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BBC Iplayer is your friend....
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 Audi S8 2002, Black (even the chrome bits) Audi RS6 Avant 2008, Daytona Grey Maserati Granturismo 2008, Metallic Nero Carbonio Audi S8 2015, Daytona Grey
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24th January 2016, 09:58 PM
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HD PVR is ours.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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24th January 2016, 10:53 PM
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Thanks very much
INFO: File name prefix = James_Mays_Cars_of_the_People_Series_2-1._Episode_1
RTMPDump v2.4-n87-gita9f353c-ppa8~saucy Courtesy of my Raspberry Pi2 and a very useful Python script. Thanks for the reminder!
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#7
25th January 2016, 09:08 AM
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Quote:
 https://mega.nz/#!rphyCCyb!2Z7dQl3fT...etCoklhGihOEJU
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25th January 2016, 09:17 AM
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Looking forward to watching this. The first series was good
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust
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25th January 2016, 10:23 PM
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Watched this tonight, really good show, he even managed to get a comment in about the demise of Top Gear
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26th January 2016, 06:01 AM
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Quote:
Something on the lines of "when a really popular show comes to an end ... "
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust
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