Top Gear

gormless · 1st February 2012, 14:03

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Originally Posted by Irwinwastheking

That's different. That actually has something to do with cars.

Yer plank from black eyed peas was so boring I was delighted I had sky plused it so I could FF it. He's a bit of a self serving ponce really.

Some are quite good. I mean Tom Cruise was fairly interesting, I assumed he'd be quick due to doing his own stunts etc. And you get some fairly decent anecdotes occasionally. Its only 5 minutes or so as well.e

Lance Uppercut · 5th February 2012, 20:59

Tribbiani can drive.

mariachi-19 · 6th February 2012, 08:12

If only to slightly remove the ignorance at some, the Nascar bit was pretty good. It's alot harder then just turning left. Concentration levels really get put to the test, as much as f1. The competitiveness is also alot higher given that on any weekend 10-12 guys can win a race.

jdmufc · 6th February 2012, 10:14

good episode yesterday,very enjoyable.

Irwinwastheking · 6th February 2012, 10:30

Yep Best series in ages so far. They seem to be going back to the formula from a few years ago. Even the bit in China was interesting.

Leg-End · 6th February 2012, 13:42

I like a bit of Nascar too myself, no reason that both can't be liked.

Silva · 6th February 2012, 19:34

It was a bit shit to be honest.

Minkaro · 6th February 2012, 19:41

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Originally Posted by Lance Uppercut

Tribbiani can drive.

He's also incredibly dull.

cinc · 6th February 2012, 19:46

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Originally Posted by Minkaro

He's also incredibly dull.

Most actor is.

mariachi-19 · 6th February 2012, 21:50

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Originally Posted by Minkaro

He's also incredibly dull.

I actually thought he was pretty good. Alot better than alot of the other guests and actually knew a thing or to about cars.

GE · 7th February 2012, 11:44

Both episodes this season have been very good.

Cina · 7th February 2012, 11:45

Yeah it's been good. I liked Le Blanc.

The segment on China was brilliant and I laughed big time when they had the Chinese lads dressed as them at the end. Taking over the world.

Ramshock · 7th February 2012, 12:57

i wonder if anyone will ever do a sub 1:40 lap

Colin129 · 7th February 2012, 13:56

It was surprisingly good on Sunday, Hammond only partially ruined the NASCAR feature, the China bit was interesting and Matt LeBlanc is actually interested in cars.

When they started that Star in a reasonably priced car thing, they only had people interested in cars, and never plugged anything they had done. If we want to hear about his latest film, we can watch the gay Irish chap instead.

Annihilate Now! · 7th February 2012, 16:23

I thought the NASCAR feature was very good this week. Gave some insight into a sport that I know next to nothing about, which I appreciated.

Lance Uppercut · 7th February 2012, 16:32

Seemed to revert from the "wackiness" last week. A welcome change.

VeevaVee · 7th February 2012, 18:25

Enjoyed the Nascar bit. Thought the Chinese bit was boring as hell and I'm sure they've done something similar before? I think I may have fallen asleep before the end, which sums it up.

jdmufc · 12th February 2012, 22:24

bit bobbins tonight

R_Kelly · 13th February 2012, 22:25

Watched the first two eps on catch up last week and thought they were ok so recorded last night's and just watched it.

Utter shite.

mariachi-19 · 13th February 2012, 23:52

Don't understand why they do shit like that anymore. It's not really fun or enjoyable. Fantastic, Hammond flipped a car, hammond blew up the wrong trailer, Jeremy ruined the arse end of a 80k Jag. Can we please fucking get on with doing something entertaining.

Leg-End · 14th February 2012, 00:25

The best ones are always when they do something motorsport based, like the Britcar event.

R_Kelly · 19th February 2012, 20:17

I hope Colin is watching this, as even Hammond admits the new 911 looks the same as the old one and that they've ruined it.

101 · 19th February 2012, 20:42

The guests have been quite good this series so far.

R_Kelly · 19th February 2012, 20:43

Off road mobility scooters? Seriously?

See this is the shit they need to stop doing, it's not funny and it's not worthwhile.

OneUnited24 · 19th February 2012, 21:27

Well they can't keep buying old cars taking long journeys have break downs etc... They have to try and freshen things up. But I think new presenters is the only way to do that

Red Panda · 19th February 2012, 21:33

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Originally Posted by R_Nick

Off road mobility scooters? Seriously?

See this is the shit they need to stop doing, it's not funny and it's not worthwhile.

I'd lost it before then...I mean, what is the effin point of ragging round an ice track in two six figure sum four wheel drive cars...can you imagine the meeting they had to come up with that idea? It's the Clarkson factor.

Funnily enough though I think off road mobility scooters are a great idea. If I had no leg use I'd still like to go out in the rugged countryside rather than bimble round some shite shopping centre. It'd be one hell of a sense of exploration rather than wondering whether to ride over to Greggs for a pasty.

Colin129 · 19th February 2012, 22:41

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Originally Posted by R_Nick

I hope Colin is watching this, as even Hammond admits the new 911 looks the same as the old one and that they've ruined it.

And he's the world's authority I suppose? You can't go on about what shite Top Gear is and what a twat Hammond is then as soon as he comes up with something that you'd like to agree with, point at the TV & say, there, there, Hammond says so, it must be true!

You read Evo don't you? Autocar is serious car magazine, have a look at that.

The new 991 is a fucking revelation, they moved the game on again, who cares what it looks like...

R_Kelly · 19th February 2012, 23:52

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Originally Posted by Colin129

And he's the world's authority I suppose? You can't go on about what shite Top Gear is and what a twat Hammond is then as soon as he comes up with something that you'd like to agree with, point at the TV & say, there, there, Hammond says so, it must be true!

You read Evo don't you? Autocar is serious car magazine, have a look at that.

The new 991 is a fucking revelation, they moved the game on again, who cares what it looks like...

chill Winston! Hammond is possibly more of a 911 fanboy than you so I just found it slightly telling that even he admitted the addition of electric steering meant it had lost a quintessential 911 feel.

I do like Evo but unfortunately haven't read it for some time, and I always felt they were ott in their Porsche adoration anyway.

Colin129 · 20th February 2012, 11:33

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Originally Posted by Eightball

chill Winston! Hammond is possibly more of a 911 fanboy than you so I just found it slightly telling that even he admitted the addition of electric steering meant it had lost a quintessential 911 feel.

I do like Evo but unfortunately haven't read it for some time, and I always felt they were ott in their Porsche adoration anyway.

Try reading Car instead, they hate Porsche with a vengeance and virtually every cover has the headline, Xxxxx the new 911/Boxster etc etc

One of the many reasons why I stopped subscribing to Car, along with it being generally shite. When Jethro Bovingdon came in it improved a little, but then they had him group testing MPVs & I couldn't take it any longer.

Good to see Jethro back at Evo now.

Your new user name is utter shite btw...

gambit28 · 20th February 2012, 12:29

Wasn't Hammond hypnotised into becoming a Porsche lover?

mariachi-19 · 20th February 2012, 12:32

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Originally Posted by gambit28

Wasn't Hammond hypnotised into becoming a Porsche lover?

No, he was just born a cun..... oh er... hi colin, he was just born as Richard Hammond....

Ray Peterson · 20th February 2012, 12:49

This show jumped the shark years ago. I can't believe so many people still watch it!

mariachi-19 · 20th February 2012, 13:09

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Originally Posted by Ray Peterson

This show jumped the shark years ago. I can't believe so many people still watch it!

Top Gear never really jumped the shark, the quality has just degraded into mindless potty humor. There are times when it's generally class, and if they got rid of the obviously fake stunts, it would go a long way to taking the show back to how it use to be. The Indian special for example was their worst big special. Other than that, they've been class. Amazon, Vietnam, Polar etc. Even the holy one was pretty good.

For what it's worth this is probably their best episodes since 2009:

Romanian road trip
Lancia episode
Bolivia Special
German Saloon car trip
British sportscar history
USA Road Trip number 2
Middle East Special
Albanian road trip
Second hand BMW episode
Jeremy Races the sun across Britain
High Performance hatch back
Hammond and Clarkson cheap car episode
Hammond and the Army Rally team

And the first two episodes of this season.

So there still is some quality 'in fact apart from 1 episode, Season 17 was actually very much a return to form' but it's let down by the likes of the last two episodes which leave a very bitter taste in the mouth.

Ray Peterson · 20th February 2012, 13:17

I think the Vietnam one was the last one I properly watched. The supposed hilarity of the model ship and the stars and stripes motorbike was the end for me.

Sparky_Hughes · 20th February 2012, 14:12

What I fail to understand is how so many people profess to hate the program, hate the presenters and everything else about it yet tune in every week just to have a bitch....I hate X factor/pop idol/z listers prance around a dance floor and all that shite....so I have this really weird radical concept......I DONT WATCH IT and instead spend my time doing/watching something I like.

Colin129 · 20th February 2012, 14:30

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Originally Posted by Sparky_Hughes

What I fail to understand is how so many people profess to hate the program, hate the presenters and everything else about it yet tune in every week just to have a bitch....I hate X factor/pop idol/z listers prance around a dance floor and all that shite....so I have this really weird radical concept......I DONT WATCH IT and instead spend my time doing/watching something I like.

I used to rush home to watch it, in the early days, now I watch it if I'm in.

Ray Peterson · 20th February 2012, 14:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparky_Hughes

What I fail to understand is how so many people profess to hate the program, hate the presenters and everything else about it yet tune in every week just to have a bitch....I hate X factor/pop idol/z listers prance around a dance floor and all that shite....so I have this really weird radical concept......I DONT WATCH IT and instead spend my time doing/watching something I like.

Exactly, if all the people who hate it, yet still watch it decided not to watch it then the BBC might cancel it or change the presenters/format.

Red Panda · 20th February 2012, 14:54

I remember the very old Top Gear with William Woollard et al and I miss the more balanced and technical aspects of it. I don't suppose people are too interested but here's a clip of the old show.

For current day stuff I like watching the EVO magazine videos if I want to see a review of a car or even a comparison.

R_Kelly · 27th February 2012, 22:44

I've a really good idea for how to make a great improvement to the show.

Sack Hammond.

moses · 27th February 2012, 22:50

He'd just turn up somewhere else and maybe ruin a good show. He must be done in.

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5th February 2012, 20:59	#442 (permalink)
Lance Uppercut First Team Regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NOBODY, calls Dugan a turd. Posts: 19,765	Tribbiani can drive.

6th February 2012, 08:12	#443 (permalink)
mariachi-19 First Team Regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I may be the devil, but i'm not a monster Posts: 12,594	If only to slightly remove the ignorance at some, the Nascar bit was pretty good. It's alot harder then just turning left. Concentration levels really get put to the test, as much as f1. The competitiveness is also alot higher given that on any weekend 10-12 guys can win a race.

6th February 2012, 10:14	#444 (permalink)
jdmufc Roboheart Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: long tongue phooey,number one super guy,long tongue phooey quicker than the human eye. He's got style, a groovy style, and a car that just won't stop. When the going gets tough, he's really rough, with a long tongue Phooey chop (Hi-Ya!) Posts: 13,303	good episode yesterday,very enjoyable.

6th February 2012, 10:30	#445 (permalink)
Irwinwastheking First Team Regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: All that he's done for this football club and he's been forced to eat shite from a trough out of fergusons arse Posts: 10,121	Yep Best series in ages so far. They seem to be going back to the formula from a few years ago. Even the bit in China was interesting.

6th February 2012, 13:42	#446 (permalink)
Leg-End First Team Sub Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: "SAF - you're an old dick - but I respect you." Posts: 8,770	I like a bit of Nascar too myself, no reason that both can't be liked.

6th February 2012, 19:34	#447 (permalink)
Silva Sticky tip Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Its best if I don't tell you. Posts: 6,667	It was a bit shit to be honest.

7th February 2012, 11:44	#451 (permalink)
GE Captain Rio Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 12,757	Both episodes this season have been very good.

7th February 2012, 11:45	#452 (permalink)
Cina I hate everything Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 13,940	Yeah it's been good. I liked Le Blanc. The segment on China was brilliant and I laughed big time when they had the Chinese lads dressed as them at the end. Taking over the world.

7th February 2012, 12:57	#453 (permalink)
Ramshock poster of nonsense Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Four Green Fields Posts: 10,340	i wonder if anyone will ever do a sub 1:40 lap

7th February 2012, 13:56	#454 (permalink)
Colin129 First Team Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Aliens are in control of my tagline & location, but they'll never take me alive! Posts: 10,822	It was surprisingly good on Sunday, Hammond only partially ruined the NASCAR feature, the China bit was interesting and Matt LeBlanc is actually interested in cars. When they started that Star in a reasonably priced car thing, they only had people interested in cars, and never plugged anything they had done. If we want to hear about his latest film, we can watch the gay Irish chap instead.

7th February 2012, 16:23	#455 (permalink)
Annihilate Now! First Team Sub Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Argh Posts: 7,357	I thought the NASCAR feature was very good this week. Gave some insight into a sport that I know next to nothing about, which I appreciated.

7th February 2012, 16:32	#456 (permalink)
Lance Uppercut First Team Regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NOBODY, calls Dugan a turd. Posts: 19,765	Seemed to revert from the "wackiness" last week. A welcome change.

7th February 2012, 18:25	#457 (permalink)
VeevaVee First Team Sub Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,274	Enjoyed the Nascar bit. Thought the Chinese bit was boring as hell and I'm sure they've done something similar before? I think I may have fallen asleep before the end, which sums it up.

12th February 2012, 22:24	#458 (permalink)
jdmufc Roboheart Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: long tongue phooey,number one super guy,long tongue phooey quicker than the human eye. He's got style, a groovy style, and a car that just won't stop. When the going gets tough, he's really rough, with a long tongue Phooey chop (Hi-Ya!) Posts: 13,303	bit bobbins tonight

13th February 2012, 22:25	#459 (permalink)
R_Kelly No Lifer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: How do you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sparring with the puppies? Posts: 38,658	Watched the first two eps on catch up last week and thought they were ok so recorded last night's and just watched it. Utter shite.

13th February 2012, 23:52	#460 (permalink)
mariachi-19 First Team Regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I may be the devil, but i'm not a monster Posts: 12,594	Don't understand why they do shit like that anymore. It's not really fun or enjoyable. Fantastic, Hammond flipped a car, hammond blew up the wrong trailer, Jeremy ruined the arse end of a 80k Jag. Can we please fucking get on with doing something entertaining.

14th February 2012, 00:25	#461 (permalink)
Leg-End First Team Sub Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: "SAF - you're an old dick - but I respect you." Posts: 8,770	The best ones are always when they do something motorsport based, like the Britcar event.

19th February 2012, 20:17	#462 (permalink)
R_Kelly No Lifer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: How do you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sparring with the puppies? Posts: 38,658	I hope Colin is watching this, as even Hammond admits the new 911 looks the same as the old one and that they've ruined it.

19th February 2012, 20:42	#463 (permalink)
101 Damnations Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Somewhere between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 7,613	The guests have been quite good this series so far.

19th February 2012, 20:43	#464 (permalink)
R_Kelly No Lifer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: How do you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sparring with the puppies? Posts: 38,658	Off road mobility scooters? Seriously? See this is the shit they need to stop doing, it's not funny and it's not worthwhile.

19th February 2012, 21:27	#465 (permalink)
OneUnited24 First Team Sub Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,830	Well they can't keep buying old cars taking long journeys have break downs etc... They have to try and freshen things up. But I think new presenters is the only way to do that

20th February 2012, 12:29	#470 (permalink)
gambit28 Desperately wants to be a Muppet Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Asagan and SagatX destroyed, now worship COX! Posts: 24,711	Wasn't Hammond hypnotised into becoming a Porsche lover?

20th February 2012, 12:49	#472 (permalink)
Ray Peterson Reserve Team Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: meh Posts: 2,488	This show jumped the shark years ago. I can't believe so many people still watch it!

20th February 2012, 13:17	#474 (permalink)
Ray Peterson Reserve Team Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: meh Posts: 2,488	I think the Vietnam one was the last one I properly watched. The supposed hilarity of the model ship and the stars and stripes motorbike was the end for me.

20th February 2012, 14:12	#475 (permalink)
Sparky_Hughes Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: knee deep in the despair of others and loving it Posts: 4,495	What I fail to understand is how so many people profess to hate the program, hate the presenters and everything else about it yet tune in every week just to have a bitch....I hate X factor/pop idol/z listers prance around a dance floor and all that shite....so I have this really weird radical concept......I DONT WATCH IT and instead spend my time doing/watching something I like.

20th February 2012, 14:54	#478 (permalink)
Red Panda Reserve Team Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Not Salford Posts: 834	I remember the very old Top Gear with William Woollard et al and I miss the more balanced and technical aspects of it. I don't suppose people are too interested but here's a clip of the old show. For current day stuff I like watching the EVO magazine videos if I want to see a review of a car or even a comparison.

27th February 2012, 22:44	#479 (permalink)
R_Kelly No Lifer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: How do you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sparring with the puppies? Posts: 38,658	I've a really good idea for how to make a great improvement to the show. Sack Hammond.

27th February 2012, 22:50	#480 (permalink)
moses Gone fishing Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A sizeable fondness for drab and dreary pastimes in The Free State. Posts: 9,527	He'd just turn up somewhere else and maybe ruin a good show. He must be done in.