top gear on lancia

thejesusandsedischain

hit the nail on the head yet again,its the same with their attitude to alfas .

Chip \'oyler

Why - what did they say?

downfader

Chip \'oyler wrote:

Why - what did they say?

Greatest cars....



















...IN THE WORLD!!


Not true obviously.

thejesusandsedischain

are you chris evans,more money than sense like a multi million winining lottery winner.

Chip \'oyler

downfader wrote:

Chip \'oyler wrote:

Why - what did they say?

Greatest cars....


















...IN THE WORLD!!


Not true obviously.

You may mock - but they used to be

Chip \'oyler

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

hit the nail on the head yet again,its the same with their attitude to alfas .

They normally say that you can't be a true petrol head until you've owned an Alfa.

Are they saying the same about Lancia?

downfader

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

are you chris evans,more money than sense like a multi million winining lottery winner.

Evans is so rich he doesnt need sense anymore

thejesusandsedischain

why dont you just put the telly on

thejesusandsedischain

why dont you just put the telly on

Chip \'oyler

I don't have two tellys

thejesusandsedischain

chris evans does

downfader

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

chris evans does

He only has one testicle though. Piper took the other when they separated

thejesusandsedischain

downfader wrote:

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

chris evans does

He only has one testicle though. Piper took the other when they separated

did alan piper make them separate,iam being side tracked by family guy now.

downfader

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

downfader wrote:

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

chris evans does

He only has one testicle though. Piper took the other when they separated

did alan piper make them separate,iam being side tracked by family guy now.

Same here.. Love the bit where the asian girls escape and the burning bunnies. How has this show not been banned..?

thejesusandsedischain

god knows but lets thank him it has'nt been banned yet. lancia and family guy rule.and miranda is it just me but she does something to me,could be the three pints of amstel i have had in the north easts best pub.lancia famliy guy miranda and the freetrade inn rule and now to bed.

pneumatic

I once crossed Europe in a Lancia Fulva, as a hitchhiker. We did Lyon to Athens, via Switzerland, Tuscany, Rome and the Med on a ferry that refused to dock at one calling point, prompting a passenger riot on board. We were not much help to morale, when the clutch cable snapped on the off ramp at Patras!

The Lancia had a missing back window (smashed in Hamburg) and holes in the floor, through which wafted the dust of the long and winding road.

We were an Australian (from Queensland), an American (from California), an Irishman (from Cork) and me. We listened to the Doors on continuous loop and shared our tents with backpacking women. It all got a bit messy after a bottle of Metaxa*** in Igoumenitsa.

Ah the 70's!! 8) 8)

That Lancia was a very fine car. The last I saw of it, it was gathering considerable quantities of dust outside the Youth Hostel in Athens. I suspect it had been abandoned.

downfader

Fulva..

..still sounds rude to me.

pneumatic

downfader wrote:

Fulva..

..still sounds rude to me.

You didn't see what happened in the tent in Igoumenitsa after a bottle of Metaxa***. It certainly wasn't polite!

Chip \'oyler

It's Fulvia BTW - and indeed a very nice car. Especially the rally version

Loads of other 50s/60s Lancia's were named after old Roman roads - Appia, Flaminia, Aurelia, great names.

pneumatic

Chip \'oyler wrote:

It's Fulvia BTW - and indeed a very nice car. Especially the rally version

Loads of other 50s/60s Lancia's were named after old Roman roads - Appia, Flaminia, Aurelia, great names.

I stand corrected, although I suspect that the "i" had fallen off when the window was smashed in Hamburg

Ollieda

My dad's got a lancia monte carlo at home. I hated it at first but I must admit that its beginning to grow on me....albeit slowly!

Chip \'oyler

I've had two Beta Coupe's - which is essentially the same car as the Monte Carlo, albeit different body shape

nwallace

The Hawk HF that was on the show was at the Knockhill classic speed fair a couple of times.

Stratos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG7sewDkR6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFavEqBdq1M&NR=1

The S4 was properly nuts though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTIKUYMl ... re=related

Pross

Chip \'oyler wrote:

I've had two Beta Coupe's - which is essentially the same car as the Monte Carlo, albeit different body shape

Two? Did they last a week between them Thought the Top Gear boys had somehow forgotten the Delta Integrale at first :shock:

Slapshot

The old man had a Beta, brilliant drivers car. I've always lusted after the Delta Integrale but wife and kids don't allow it....... I did have a three litre Alfa 75 in the past, identical to the one clarkson drove in the "Alfa" show, staggeringly good car...till it broke :roll:

shouldbeinbed

A colleague had a delta integrale and it was the most fun and best car I've ever been in, it stuck to the road and loved bends.

I had a couple of fettled Golf GTI's years ago that were great but his lancia was different class.

Chip \'oyler

Slapshot wrote:

The old man had a Beta, brilliant drivers car. I've always lusted after the Delta Integrale but wife and kids don't allow it....... I did have a three litre Alfa 75 in the past, identical to the one clarkson drove in the "Alfa" show, staggeringly good car...till it broke :roll:

That 3 litre V6 was the 'poor man's' ferrari engine.

Gav888

Loved the kitcar, shame it didnt handle very well though...

rob_spedding

I have to own an Integrale before I die....

OffTheBackAdam

Ah, memories of Lancia Stratos rally cars!
That kit car's handling's lethal. I've never seen The Stig spin anything as many times.
Lancia could certainly knock out stunning cars.
I assume that anything from that stable these days, is but a badge-engineered Fiat?

tlw1

Went on a rally to Corsica and there was a full rally spec Stratos there, everytime I saw it I stopped reading the pace notes because I feel in love with it, again & again & again!