From a column in Top Gear's October Issue...

[woulfe27]

In his Top Gear column, Aris Ilagan wrote about a BMW contest he joined recently. OK na sana kaya lang, he wrote:

"From swerving to beating the red light, I forced the BMW through the traffic mess just to save time."

"I stepped on the brakes and turned instantly as if we owned the streets. The drivers whom we cut were fuming mad. We stayed cool..."

[niky]

He did state that he came in dead-last. In other words, the "nicer" drivers won.

Still, really bad that he actually drove that way in the first place.

[basti08]

ho hummmm.....

and seems proud of it.... tsk..tsk..

[ghosthunter]

Here's the discussion thread at TGP website forum:

http://www.topgear.com.ph/board/inde...70.0;topicseen

[rab]

can the LTO use this against him and slap him with penalties? if i remember right there was this japanese who filmed and distributed his high speed run in japan before and the authorities filed charges against him upong getting hold a video copy of his high speed stunt.

[mazdamazda]

Another reason to stay away from TGP.

He did specifically say there "swerving and beating the red light" and "drivers whom we cut". If that is his "writing style" to "communicate a degree of urgency" then maybe TGP's target audience are now PUV & PUB drivers. :evillaugh

[ghosthunter]

The entire article is a promotional stunt to promote his new book:

[Horsepower]

no wonder......

[Kikkomann]

The entire article is a promotional stunt to promote his new book:

..... :funny: .....

[OTEP]

And everyone is wondering why Top Gear Philippines is going down the drain...

[niky]

Not the toilet?

[BlueBimmer]

.........tgp sucks

[sirmykel]

sira ulo talaga yan grabe nakapublish pa pano sya magviolate ng traffic rules

[Syuryuken]

Hehehe walang pagkakaiba sa mga ilang PUV driver parehong-parehong BUGOK!

[Negus]

napaka-BS naman nung rason niya. writing style daw .

pinabasa ko yung thread na ito sa friend ko, may tgp subscription siya nito sa barbershop nila, ayun, ihinto na daw niya yung subscription by next month.

[BlueBimmer]

self-incriminating writing hahahha, napaka-TANG naman!!

[wildthing]

may be we should ALL write to the publisher (SUMMIT) and perhaps even TOP GEAR abroad and TOP GEAR PHIL editors na rin about our sentiments...may be even suggest firing Aris Ilagan for doing it and the voluntary resignation of the current editor of the TGP for allowing that article printed (command responsibility)....common peeps, we just need to CC an email...e ilan tayo dito with similar sentiments.

Siguro naman, magigising ang SUMMIT and do a revamp....or if not ang BBC TG ay magigising that they remove the rights from SUMMIT publishing....just my pro-active stance.

[rab]

pwede kaya ito?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

[basti08]

oo nga noh. tama dapat email mga big bosses ng TGP...

[torque2006]

tech&tuner na lang and c! magazine.