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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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any one happen to remember to watch this? i did and thought the programme was very insightfull what did you think?
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Could have done with more technical stuff and less driver chat. Not bad though.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Missed the first 35mins but I enjoyed what I saw of it. Hopefully I'll catch it all next week
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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I thought it was pretty shallow really, all I learnt from it was that if you drive for a factory team they fek your chances up by choosing tyres for you!
I was expecting a lot more service area stuff and less in car footage, pretty dissapointed really, I hope it gets better.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:13 AM
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I enjoyed the show.

I liked that it wasn't too technical, otherwise I would have gone to sleep.

They showed the good and the bad which was nice to see.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:31 AM
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I recorded it on DVD so will watch it later!
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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Does anyone konw if the first one is being repeated?
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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it's on Discovery, so likely to be endlessly repeated.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by stevem2k
it's on Discovery, so likely to be endlessly repeated.
fpmsl, so true
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Subaru should f-k David Lapworth off when it comes to choosing the tyres.Just choose what everyone else puts on their cars.About time they put somthin on the tv for us rally nuts. Good on ya discovery channel
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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I enjoyed it, very interesting, series link already plumbed in ready to record the next exciting installment

Nice to see the difference in a £38.000 car compared to £630.000 car
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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I really enjoyed the programme, it was interesting to see that the drivers don`t get as much input on tyre choice as you would think as it was Dave Lapworth that made the final decisions.

It was also interesting to watch Petter Solberg working on his car where a camera relayed the pictures back to the Subaru technical centre and they guided him through what to do.

It was funny to watch Louis Moya sneaking about finding out what tyres everyone else was using , i didn`t even realise he was working with Subaru.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob_Impreza99
I really enjoyed the programme, it was interesting to see that the drivers don`t get as much input on tyre choice as you would think as it was Dave Lapworth that made the final decisions.

It was also interesting to watch Petter Solberg working on his car where a camera relayed the pictures back to the Subaru technical centre and they guided him through what to do.

It was funny to watch Louis Moya sneaking about finding out what tyres everyone else was using , i didn`t even realise he was working with Subaru.

I think you'll find, if you watch it closely, that the technical bods were looking at photos off their laptops of what petter should be doing, not what he was actually doing in the engine bay.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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I think you'll find, if you watch it closely, that the technical bods were looking at photos off their laptops of what petter should be doing, not what he was actually doing in the engine bay.
Quite possibly, i recorded it and watched it in bed last thing before i went to sleep so was cream crackered at the time
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Enjoyed the programme. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Scoobymart
Subaru should f-k David Lapworth off when it comes to choosing the tyres....
I believe they did, totally...

I was disapointed really - which bit of 'engineering' do they not understand?

Also, since when does an STI have 'traction control' and a 'nice stereo'??? wtf?
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just keep watching im sure itll get better as it goes
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 07:37 AM
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Anybody have this on torrent? Discovery isnt showing this in the States...Hey, it took us years just to get a Impreza turbo, so who knows when we'll get to see this discovery special
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by a_fisher
Missed the first 35mins but I enjoyed what I saw of it. Hopefully I'll catch it all next week
Caught the last 35 minutes
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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I missed it , can anyone upload this ?

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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by rallying1
I thought it was pretty shallow really, all I learnt from it was that if you drive for a factory team they fek your chances up by choosing tyres for you!
I was expecting a lot more service area stuff and less in car footage, pretty dissapointed really, I hope it gets better.
agree - i was lucky enough to go behind the scenes on last years Rally GB. I got to look inside all the monitoring and TV trucks and see how amongst other things how they track and monitor the cars live and choose camera footage. I would like to see a bit more of this.

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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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When is the next in the series on lads?
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Saw it enjoyed it but do take on board that it wasn't that engineering based.
Possibly they don't want to give too much away on how they work, development etc.

I know it was last season but you know what these race and rally teams seem to be like...... sooooo secretive.

Will certainly watch the rest of the programmes
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pippyrips
agree - i was lucky enough to go behind the scenes on last years Rally GB. I got to look inside all the monitoring and TV trucks and see how amongst other things how they track and monitor the cars live and choose camera footage. I would like to see a bit more of this.

I was standing alongside the camerman in the shot where petter was being interviewed in the Subaru service area in Monte.

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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by STI-Si
I missed it , can anyone upload this ?

Cheers
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MOTORING: Engineering The World Rally
Channel: Discovery 520
Date: Sunday 18th March 2007
Time: 19:00 to 20:00 (starting in 3 days)
Duration: 1 hour.
Monte Carlo or Bust.
Look behind the scenes of the British-based Subaru team's demanding preparations for the Monte Carlo Rally and witness the challenges that unfold.
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from Digiguide For Windows - UK and Ireland desktop TV guide for your PC providing 14 days TV listings for over 500 channels
Copyright GipsyMedia Ltd.
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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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cw42 you just beat me to it ;-))
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By 10 hours 35 minutes I'd say
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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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Fair enough, you know what I mean
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