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Old 04-26-2015, 05:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Elio vehicle on "Wheels That Fail" last night!

Did anybody else catch the brief video and comment about the plastic-body Elio (orange colour) cruising on the 10:00 pm viewing of "Wheels That Fail" last night?

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Old 04-26-2015, 10:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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What is "Wheels That Fail"?
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Velocity TV show, mostly about crashes.

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I have never even heard of Velocity TV.
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I have never even heard of Velocity TV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_(TV_channel)

Velocity is one of the Discovery Channel automotive-theme shows.

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Old 04-27-2015, 01:33 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I don't have cable, sorry.
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So we've established that Neil hasn't seen it.
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So we've established that Neil hasn't seen it.
Most people haven't. Top Gear it isn't.
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Most people haven't. Top Gear it isn't.
No, I doubt that "Wheels that Fail" have any hosts good enough to punch their producers, but it is still on the air!

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Old 04-28-2015, 11:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
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It's "Candid Camera" for automotive "Darwin Award" candidates.

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