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Top Gear Race a First Class Letter!

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Top Gear Race a First Class Letter!

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Anyone just catch it on BBC2?

I'm glad the letter won! It might restore some public faith in this company. :crazy: :dance
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As someone said on PMC did they treat it as a Test Letter and make a special effort. Still they did get a plug in about dogs and posties getting bit.
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At Least it did not go to Glasgow mail center or it may have been delayed or opened!.
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k979aaa wrote:At Least it did not go to Glasgow mail center or it may have been delayed or opened!.
:shhhhh lol
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You cannot buy advertising as good as that.
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What's better, a 39p stamp or a £80,000 Porsche (that looks like an Austin Maxi) :hmmmm still because of speed limits you could have used a Vauxhall Combo and still lost :chuckle :chuckle
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disgruntledpostie1 wrote:What's better, a 39p stamp or a £80,000 Porsche (that looks like an Austin Maxi) :hmmmm still because of speed limits you could have used a Vauxhall Combo and still lost :chuckle :chuckle
my mate was on the blower , a old school ex RMT rep :Very Happy - he went on a rant about over grown tory public school boys , snide pro road lobby comments etc , etc . I think he'd seen the one with the steam train versus the old Jag .

Petrol Head Porn - keeps some people happy :hmmmm
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Petrol Head Porn - keeps some people happy
At least my wife doesn't catch me watching Top Gear :nervous (now where's that picture of that Aston Martin :nervous :nervous :nervous ).
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Aww I missed it anyone know if this will be repeated?
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ghostgirl wrote:Aww I missed it anyone know if this will be repeated?
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ghostgirl wrote:Aww I missed it anyone know if this will be repeated?
It's on tonight at 7pm BBC2
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Thanks TBT and disgruntledpostie :chuckle
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disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
Petrol Head Porn - keeps some people happy
At least my wife doesn't catch me watching Top Gear :nervous (now where's that picture of that Aston Martin :nervous :nervous :nervous ).
keeps you out of the cop shop , after all that mac caused a lot of " misunderstandings " . :Very Happy
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norbert wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
Petrol Head Porn - keeps some people happy
At least my wife doesn't catch me watching Top Gear :nervous (now where's that picture of that Aston Martin :nervous :nervous :nervous ).
keeps you out of the cop shop , after all that mac caused a lot of " misunderstandings " . :Very Happy
:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
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Post by doveston »

it was great how top gear ignored the rm and focused on the porsche.thats what the top level do,they offer challenges to top gear hoping for some great kudos.i bet they binned loads of footage from mailcentres and do's.