In terms of "British things I like", Top Gear narrowly beats out Gordon Ramsay for second place, but ffs I wouldn't be having an orgasm like that fellow did.You'd be dead chuffed if you saw that too, don't lie
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I think he needs to change his pants.
I've seen both Hammond and Clarkson driving around a few times as I live close to both of them, I've never gone mental like that.
wheres that then? doesnt Hammond live somewhere out in the sticks? Clarkson has a place on the IoM and Im sure somewhere near Oxford...we have narrowed you down mate..the hunt is on!!
I've seen James May at the train station, which was a bit like seeing Richard Littlejohn at the MOBOs.
Unsurprisingly, they've used this as a the trail for the new series (starting next Sunday)
just saw this, i think it was a viral advert planned all along by the bbc and not something that happened randomly
Took me a while wondering how lunatic the driver was being to be filming at the same time. Only then I remembered you wankers drive on the wrong side of the road and have the wheel on the wrong side of the car.
Yeah I thought this.
I've already mentioned Top Gear on a completely different thread. The audience is now full of eye candy, which, while very nice to look at, is not what a motoring show should be all about.
I have watched some very old ones on Dave and they actually gave consumer advice & did 'deal of the week'.
I have watched some very old ones on Dave and they actually gave consumer advice & did 'deal of the week'.
You can't say that about Clarkson and conceive that if it were any other car, he's praise it. I know lots of people that don't like Porsche. They find their cars bland and boring and thus, they don't get any excitement out of them. Clarkson has never called them rubbish, he just doesn't like them which is fair enough.
Stop looking & start driving...
Or if you not in a position to drive, see what other people say about driving them...
I love the challenges like the America episode, but I find the whole 'look at this fast car, a slightly improved version of the one we had here last month' incredibly dull.
they didnt have may in the first season , the fat bloke had a segment where he talked about getting the best deal ...
yes it has turned into more of an entertainment than a serious car review show , but its still worth watching ..
its not as good as it was a few seasons back tho ..
oh and their specials are brilliant ..
If they were a serious car review show they'd have about a third of the audience. It's an entertainment show based around cars. If you want people comparing torque stats and gear ratios watch 5th Gear or that bollocks on ITV.
The challenges are usually quite amusing but I get a bit annoyed when they take perfectly good, often old and quite rare cars and simply destroy them.
im so glad i dont sound like that. Reminds me of those guys on kids programmes who put on the gayest voice to add excitement.. thats his normal voice.
as much as top gear is now just about supercars and funny/wacky scenarios i thoroughly enjoy it. I personally am not a car buff so the entertainment factor makes the show for me. The trips to like Vietnam, Romania, America, Zimbawe were awesome amongst others
as much as top gear is now just about supercars and funny/wacky scenarios i thoroughly enjoy it. I personally am not a car buff so the entertainment factor makes the show for me. The trips to like Vietnam, Romania, America, Zimbawe were awesome amongst others
Awful advert. I'd rather listen to a vuvuzela.
Are you part of the Morris Marina Owner's Club?
He seems to prefer Porsches. Which, y'know, fair play, especially over a Morris Marina, but having a mad-on for Clarkson because he doesn't like Porsches is a bit the same.
In the last couple of series they have gone OTT, the challenges I liked the most were the public transport / car across Europe journeys though they've exhausted them.
Saying that the likes of the various modes of transport across London was both informative and hilarious at the same time.
Saying that the likes of the various modes of transport across London was both informative and hilarious at the same time.
Not at all, but there aren't that many left and to keep deliberately destroying them is a shame, they also detroyed a Rover SD1, an Austin Princess, a Dolomite Sprint, some Italian exotica, various Porsches, the list goes on
I agree with some of Clarkson's rants but he also talks quite a lot of crap. I just get annoyed that the only resaon he doesn't like Porsches is because they are Porches. Having said that he did admit to liking the Carrera GT and various GT3s (I think).
been a decent series so far..nothing spectacular though
When you kissed Emma Watson, were you nursing a semi?
and a pink ice cream van wtf?...screams paedo to me!That bit with the wedding was SO dull though. How many times are they going to play the "James May gets lost whilst driving someone somewhere" card?
True but the bridesmaid was a bit of alright.
I was in fairness.
Agreed. She also seemed to get aroused by speed. I love her.
I actually have no interest in cars but I'm a Top Gear addict. Great show and great presenters combine to make it a top draw programme. And it's probably the reason that it's the most watched British TV programme outside the UK.
I rest my case...
So I guess that's the problem? Car nuts like ou can't get their fix from it? I guess that's a fair enough criticism given that they don't spend alot of time getting into the nitty-gritty, but I have alot of mates who are really into cars but still love the show.I rest my case...
So what exactly is the problem??? You don't like it, watch something else. There's always the cheap rip off version in Fifth Gear. Sure Topgear may be more entertainment based, but Clarkson and co are not shy to tell you when a car is a piece of shit or not worth a penny. Most other motoring shows just try to blow sunshine up the manufacturers arse, and thats what made them standouts in their industy.I rest my case...
Let me give it to you this way.
Look at their challenge to find the best driving road in the world. No hesitation to call the Aston Martin a pile of shit on the road, or the needlessly pointless x6. Or for example Clarksons opinion on Porsche that alot of motoring Journo's don't have the balls to say. You can't denote Clarksons Opinion because he doesn't agree that Porsches are the best cars in the world. I for one agree with him in a sense, where they're hardly the most beautiful cars in the world, and it seems like every time they throw out a new car, they take the safe option. They have spewed out 3 cars that for me show what they can really do if they take that risk. The 959, the 911 GT1 and the Carrera GT. And surprise surprise, he's loved all of them....
As a car nut, I enjoy Topgear because it shows what the essence of driving is really about. It does'nt sit behind a veiled curtain, too afraid to tell the world how it is.
Totally agreed.
Some of the stunts/tasks they do are quite funny, but I'd much rather watch 60 minutes of proper car reviews.
Love the show.
Pay-TV is going through the whole back catalogue of episodes at the moment, right from the beginning.
Pay-TV is going through the whole back catalogue of episodes at the moment, right from the beginning.
Hmm...They said that the Maserati was shit in the last one & then said that is the one everyone should buy. Clarkeson thought the Panamera was the best car (and he hates Porsches) the only reason being that he could do lairy powerslides in it, I presume. The general consensus amongst the serious motoring press is that the Panarmera has poor steering feel which, seeing as this is normally a Porsche strength, is dissapointing.
So they are not afraid to say the worst cars are the best, and they do this over & over again.
They seem to have this permanent hardon for Alfas, saying that your are not a proper car nut unless you have owned an Alfa, despite the fact that they haven't made a decent driving Alfa for 20 years. My mate had one in the 80s and was trying to get me to have one, but the thought of spending every spare moment getting it to run reliably and the rest of the time putting back things that had fallen off didn't appeal (and at the time I was running a very old Mini).
What is annoying is this started out as a car enthusiats show presented by car nuts, and be under no illusion they are very much car nuts, especially Hamster who has an encyclopedic car knowledge verging on the geeky, and now its mostly just silly nonsence to appeal to a mass audience.
Sums it up in a nutshell, but they sell it around the world & it makes a stack of cash for the BBC & the presenters.
It did used to be my favourite show & I still try to watch it. I used to read the Top Gear magazine aswell, until I realised it was a comic...
The presenters appear to have become caracatures of themselves...
Those still complaining it isn't just a pure car review show anymore have just missed the point entirely. There's a reason it's hugely popular, nigh there's a reason they cancelled the previous incarnation of Top Gear
What's disappointing is that the current format is now stale, and say tonight, they've resorted to stuff they've already done before, only that much more obviously faked, and therefore that much more obviously unfunny
The last series was the worst by far, and I was hoping they'd come up with some new ideas to re-refresh the concept, but apparently not
What's disappointing is that the current format is now stale, and say tonight, they've resorted to stuff they've already done before, only that much more obviously faked, and therefore that much more obviously unfunny
The last series was the worst by far, and I was hoping they'd come up with some new ideas to re-refresh the concept, but apparently not
Its got to the point where I'd be happy for it to be cancelled and just have 2 or 3 specials a year instead.
fecking brilliant episode tonight!