James May on Argentina plate scandal.

"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart) 12/02/2014 at 12:21 • Filed to: Top gear

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It's seems like Argentina owes Top Gear a big apology now.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 12/02/2014 at 12:25

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I can't youtube at work. What's the tl;dr version other than that Argentina lost the war?

PushToStart > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/02/2014 at 12:27

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essentially that it's impossible that they would have purposely ended up with that license plate, and that the people who got offended by it basically offended themselves by making "something out of nothing".

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/02/2014 at 12:28

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The plate was on the car orginally, and TG was unaware of the "issue". The guys interviewing May are also annoying.

Brian, The Life of > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 12/02/2014 at 12:30

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Well, Argentines tend to be massively insecure douchebags, so there's that.

BJ > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 12/02/2014 at 12:40

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Interesting interview. It highlights something that maybe non-Brits don't realize: number plates are tied to a car from new, and don't change. In much of the rest of the world, the number plate is tied to the owner, and he moves it from vehicle to vehicle, if he so wishes.

Also, I learned that my new headphones are awesome and would be AMAZING for listening to talk radio.

BJ > Brian, The Life of 12/02/2014 at 12:42

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Brian, this is not really an appropriate comment. I'm not going to flag it, but please reconsider re-wording it or removing it.

HammerheadFistpunch > BJ 12/02/2014 at 12:48

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off topic....what headphones?

Nobi > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 12/02/2014 at 12:57

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James, Richard, and Jezza could come around one day and decide to each donate £1,000,000 of their own money to a worthy charity and someone, somewhere would complain.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Nobi 12/02/2014 at 13:04

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"They picked the wrong charity! I won't watch Top Gear any more!"

craig-oesterling > BJ 12/02/2014 at 13:05

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I hope you didn't go deaf with that music at the end. It was about 10 times louder than the interview audio. And yes, I had no idea British cars keep their plates forever. What if a car has a custom plate done by the first owner, does it go with the car when he sells it? Is there no way to change it?

Brian, The Life of > BJ 12/02/2014 at 13:35

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You're right. I'll take back the "douchebags" part but certainly not the "massively insecure" bit.

Hermann > Nobi 12/02/2014 at 13:37

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Also, conspiracy theorists will argue that they saw the car for sale and found an opportunity to use that joke.

Hermann > BJ 12/02/2014 at 13:39

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It's actually weird to hear radio quality voice with video. It's so crisp and clear its like it has been dubbed over.

Also, ironically my headphones are very popular among radio stations and studios.

BJ > Brian, The Life of 12/02/2014 at 14:40

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Thank you.

BJ > Hermann 12/02/2014 at 14:42

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I know! Radio never sounds this good in the car. It was magic, the smooth tones of Mr May in my ears.

BJ > craig-oesterling 12/02/2014 at 14:44

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Yes. He mentioned doing the re-registration process. Probably costs $$$.

BJ > HammerheadFistpunch 12/02/2014 at 14:44

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Sony MDR-V6

Hermann > BJ 12/02/2014 at 17:55

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These are studio headphones, right?

BJ > Hermann 12/02/2014 at 18:57

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Yes, but they're very reasonably priced for what they can do. And if you're travelling a lot, they're foldable. The MDR-7506 siblings are supposed to be basically identical (slightly less range, flip up cups instead of foldable) and are even more affordable.

The wiki page is actually quite interesting. If you're into nerdy details, like I am...