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Originally posted by Pete Ashby
Hanno as usual you put your virtual finger on the spot, it's all a bit too soon for some of us
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Pete: too soon? Do you mean "too soon" in the sense why
Top Gear's test report on the McLaren Mercedes SLR was funny?
Jeremy Clarkson: "The story goes that when Mercedes and McLaren engineers heard the sound of the SLR's V8 engine, the British engineers said
"It sounds like a Spitfire!" - the German engineers argued
"Nein, nein, it sounds like a Messerschmidt!".

H.