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Tiger on TV Tomorrow

Post by V Mad » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:49 pm

A Sunbeam Tiger is featured on Escape to the Country tomorrow at 5.15pm on BBC2.

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Tiger on telly

Post by bigbob » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:14 am

I was impressed that the Tiger was first choice!! Could have been given a bit more welly though.
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Post by Mal » Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:48 am

A Sunbeam Tiger is featured on Escape to the Country tomorrow at 5.15pm on BBC2.

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Was it yours :?:
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Post by gtsmrt » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:06 am

Hi Chris,

Can you view the footage online? It would be good to see it.

Regards, Robin.
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Post by V Mad » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:13 pm

Yes it was my car. You may be able to see it on BBC iplayer but I havent looked yet.
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Post by gvickery » Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:15 pm

Just watched it on 'iPlayer' V Mad.

Excellent to see you exercising your Tiger along the Brooklands banking. So it is a pity that our international forum members can't view iPlayer content; maybe worth trying this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 10_Surrey/
Also glad to see the punter picked the Tiger for his run ahead of the Healey and MGB etc!!

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Post by JAYANDSHEL » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:28 pm

Nice one Chris. shame you was unable to put your foot down would of sounded even better, still the best looking and sounding car of the bunch. although we may be biased. :mrgreen:
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Post by Tomaselli » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:27 pm

Nice one Chris :lol: must be great to drive the Tiger on the infamous banked circuit :mrgreen: though, you had the inside line and you still let the Healey past you :shock:
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Post by odl21 » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:27 pm

well i just watched it all. loved the 1 minute in the middle with the tiger but the rest was irritating as hell :)

must have been great driving around brooklands.

can't help wondering why they made a pregnant woman trek across the hills with a lama and ride over cobbles in a sports car though...
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Post by V Mad » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:47 pm

Yes I thought llama trekking sounded pointless!

It was difficult driving on the banking at such low speed as I usually floor it along there when I am giving Brooklands Museumcar rides.

If I drop the clutch suddenly and get a bit of wheelspin its OK, but one day I was trying to impress a foreign visitor, and I let the clutch out more slowly. This gave time for the old axle tramp to build up, and I nearly lost the whole show. Not very impressive! But most riders love it, whether its six year old kids or grannies. And the Tiger thinks the test hill is on the level. No problem.

One other thing: the Healey could not even cope with the bumps in the track as there was not enough ground clearance. It didnt sound as good as the Tiger either. They do look nice though.
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