{"id":252,"date":"2013-11-11T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T15:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbillington.com\/wordpress\/?p=252"},"modified":"2017-08-29T12:44:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T11:44:28","slug":"ouch-thats-gonna-be-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Ouch!! That&#8217;s gonna be expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Vijay Pattni,\u00a0Top Gear, BBC on\u00a011th November 2013.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIltO3NuGkk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following eight and a bit minutes of footage is proof, if ever you needed it, that the N\u00fcrburgring isn&#8217;t a friendly, cuddly, warm blanket of driving god approval. It is scary. And confusing. And crashy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bear this in mind next time a manufacturer tells you it has spent every waking moment camped out at the Green Hell in a bid to record a stonking lap time; things like the Alfa Romeo 4C, the Camaro Z\/28, a pimped VW T5 van, the electric Mercedes SLS and the new Porsche 918 Spyder, to name a few.<br \/>\nMcLaren still hasn&#8217;t told us whether the new P1 has done the honourable thing &#8211; and stayed true to its word &#8211; by going under seven minutes, but we understand they&#8217;re trying bloody hard to do so.<br \/>\nAll this instills in the average driver a sense that yes, just maybe, he or she can conquer this fabled haunt that James May so despises; maybe, just maybe, <em>you<\/em> can go around the \u2018Ring like a proper helmsman. If this is you, please watch this video before you head out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Vijay Pattni,\u00a0Top Gear, BBC on\u00a011th November 2013. 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