Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Harris makes his views known re CM

Did you bother to read the rest of my post?

Exactly !!!!

I got bored, skipped to 18min. Ma chi se ne frega, which is a lovely Italian way of saying "who give a &$£*&" what this guy thinks about the subject.

What you think about Chris Harris is of no consequence whatever.

However, the fact that Chris expressed himself in those terms is important for MMC and it should take note of that and respond. He is an influential journalist.

He contributes to Pistonheads.
He took the new Plus8 to Geneva and did a report.
Not a good one as the video showed him stuffing newspapers into leaks!
He did appear to like the car in general but the badly fitting roof ( or was that him not fitting it?) was a major faux-pas!

That was two years ago. This is now.

The roof thing was him not knowing that you needed to slip the flap over the sidescreen wasn't it?

Yes. Whether he knew and was doing a Clarkson is another matter to debate. He does seems quite knowledgeable but pandering to the Pistonheads demographic may not be conducive to reviews without comedic embellishment. I would be inclined to believe a significant proportion of that viewer base has been weened on Top Gear and expect to be spoon fed comedy fiction over fact. I may be incorrect but a leaky roof makes for a comedy element and I am inclined to believe Mr Harris is intelligent enough to work out what the roof flap over door is for.

I never imagined that I would end up operating as an advocate for Chris Harris, though I have great respect for his abilities.

However, your assessment here is, I am sure, entirely wrong. Harris would have left home in a hurry, having tried to tie up all sorts of loose ends before doing so, and he had to get to Geneva to cover the show. It's always like that.

I doubt very much that he would have had time to think up your comedy scenario and, unlike Clarkson, he does not have a team of ghost writers to write gags for him or to supply him with opinions on the cars he has not driven.

I bet he thought afterwards, Doh! I should have thought of that!

To get back to the point - and I think it is vitally important - I expect that the throwaway remark he made re Morgan in that video of this year's Geneva Show was created by similar circumstances. I am also sure that he will again think "Doh!" about that, after he has been presented with the facts.

Over to you, MMC...

I'm not sorry to stand by my opinion. Only a duckhead (as they say in NZ) would make a purposefully biased statement like that on a public video.

I guess he is a bit like Marmite...you either like him or you don't. I've not come across him before...not a follower of Pistonheads...although the name vaguely rings a bell.
I liked his piece on the Porsche 919 but most of his report on the show in my opinion was pretty poor and more a vehicle for himself rather than the cars.
And he needs a better tailor! Timothy Everest perhaps?!