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by lacksconfidence 4864 days ago
The 'fuss' with top gear is that they implied the car ran out of energy and had to be pushed, while the car logging shows it never ran out of energy and had enough juice to drive back into the garage from any point on the track.

Top Gear could have tried to be accurate, and just kept flogging the machine around the track until it actually ran out of energy, but they really dont care. Top Gear isnt a news show, its entertainment. Its a soap opera about cars.
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Swizec 4864 days ago
Yes. And if you figure out their idiolect it is the single most informative car show about cars I will likely never be able to afford I have ever seen.
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stcredzero 4864 days ago
> idiolect

A mashup of idiocy, intellect, idiosyncrasy, and dialect?

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Swizec 4864 days ago
In compliance with my "educate, don't ridicule" rule:

"In linguistics, an idiolect is a variety of language that is unique to a person, as manifested by the patterns of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation that he or she uses."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiolect

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