Thread: New series of Top Gear

New top gear starts tonight, BBC 2 at 8pm. Lets hope its good.

ideal, almost forgot about that!

Originally Posted by sportstractor

ideal, almost forgot about that!

Cant have that. Lol.

Its on now.

Would they really let Hamster take that Noble apart?
Also would a bit of clutch plate really cause any damage to the gear box, Its flying around in the bell housing.

I`m recording it and will watch it later, then I can fast forward all the c2appy bits

Originally Posted by Neo17

I`m recording it and will watch it later, then I can fast forward all the c2appy bits

Not many yet.
The news maybe.

All good so far!

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Originally Posted by Sandra

New top gear starts tonight, BBC 2 at 8pm. Lets hope its good.

back on form great fun so far.Twat of a guest tho

That was a wicked episode, properly enjoyed it

Yup. really good episode. thats how it should be I think.

Loved the Lambo and the glowing brakes.

Totally awesome. I enjoyed that.

lol at the italian stig in his suit and all the lay dees

i enjoyed it too. TBH, i get nervous when they drive cars like that through those type of small european roads & cringe when they bottom them out LOL.

Originally Posted by ScottB5

Not many yet.
The news maybe.

Sounds like I`ve missed a good show, wife wanted to watched that Midwife /Birdsong rubbish on beeb1 . . TG going on now

Hamster did well to hang on to the noble at imola

Has to be the best job on earth! The Lamborghini just looks stunning & looks the most fun to go flat out

I'm soooo jealous! Hope its shown over here :-(

Originally Posted by Sarah's A3

I'm soooo jealous! Hope its shown over here :-(

You should be able to download a free IP address tool that makes it looks like you are in the UK, so you can access iPlayer even though you're in Australia. I used Expat Shield when I was in France over the summer so we could watch the Tour de France hightlights on ITV4. Worked a treat. Only downside is the random adverts that pop-up.

Originally Posted by jcs356

You should be able to download a free IP address tool that makes it looks like you are in the UK, so you can access iPlayer even though you're in Australia. I used Expat Shield when I was in France over the summer so we could watch the Tour de France hightlights on ITV4. Worked a treat. Only downside is the random adverts that pop-up.

Cheers Jason, will give it a go. Ive tried other things but nothing worked. Thanks

Originally Posted by Sarah's A3

Cheers Jason, will give it a go. Ive tried other things but nothing worked. Thanks

Finalgear.com

Ooohh Scott thanks

Hey its working, I can watch it now too! Brilliant so far. Missed them loads!

Originally Posted by Mint Alloys

Hamster did well to hang on to the noble at imola

yeah he managed to save it from "tank slapping" into the sidewalls and got away with just a bit of sand. I give him credit for not lifting off in panick there

Didnt even know a new series had started till yesterday afternoon when a mate told me about it, luckily they did as well, thought yesterday was a good episode, with their usual stoopid antics, lets hope its a good series.

Was a good episode, I feel a poll is coming.

I enjoyed it; a big improvement over the appalling infantile Christmas "special" in India.

Cought up with last night's episode today. Top Gear doing what it does best! Brilliant episode after the let down that was their Indian special. The rest of the season looks promising too. 7 episodes instead of their usual 6! Matt Le Blanc is the SITRPC next week, so looking forward to that one!

OK just watched it again without dozing off and caught the Imola but as well, it was an excellent episode, a HUGE improvement on previous series' in terms of cars and some proper metal!!

darn it.
when is it repeated?

Originally Posted by murran

darn it.
when is it repeated?

BBC iPlayer

It's on again tonight at 8pm on BBC3 if anyone missed it.

I did so cheers.

Isnt it repeated on a wednesday too?

Quick reminder, top gear tonight 8pm, lets hope its as good as last weeks.

Noted!!!!

Top gear tonight 8pm. Ryan Reynolds is the star in reasonably priced car.

Originally Posted by Sandra

Top gear tonight 8pm. Ryan Reynolds is the star in reasonably priced car.

Who he?

Originally Posted by jdp1962

Who he?

Hollywood film star. Green lantern and buried most recent movies.

well top gear is scrapeing the barrell again!
come on chaps! sort it out!
very disappointing!

not sure it will have been to everyone's taste but has given me the idea we should try to do a filming competition on asn. Perhaps more in the style of an advert for our cars as opposed to a car chase. The wait for better weather should give us time to think of some ideas.

Originally Posted by Khufu

not sure it will have been to everyone's taste but has given me the idea we should try to do a filming competition on asn. Perhaps more in the style of an advert for our cars as opposed to a car chase. The wait for better weather should give us time to think of some ideas.

I like that idea.
Could be rather interesting.

Chez, its not the best but the panda section was good and the I liked the idea of the car chase, untill till hamond did what he all ways does, goes really silly and predictable for lolz when there is just no need.

hmm!
i just feel that it was lacking a bit oomph!
no proper desireable metal or any challenges!
it just seems they have ran out of ideas!

Originally Posted by CHEZ

hmm!
i just feel that it was lacking a bit oomph!
no proper desireable metal or any challenges!
it just seems they have ran out of ideas!

They ran out of ideas at the start of last series.

I find their build challenges the most entertaining when it was less scripted.

Ryan Reynolds was good, lol.

what utter bull that was tonight, i found it uncomfortable to watch it was that crap. Episode 1 was good but the last two were a waste of money...especially totalling that ford and jag - it wasn't spectacular or funny...just expensive

Complete load of rubbish.

That Ice Skating program is beginning to look appealing.

The three wise men are getting a little predictable. Topgear filming in a caravan park? Whatever could happen to those caravans? Hmmmm I will wait to be surprised.

Yawn ... another caravan blown up, gosh what a surprise.

The only part of last night's episode that I enjoyed was James May's review of the Panda. It was actually a pretty intelligent analysis of the pros and cons of small cars. The rest was just rubbish.

Originally Posted by Alex C

what utter bull that was tonight, i found it uncomfortable to watch it was that crap. Episode 1 was good but the last two were a waste of money...especially totalling that ford and jag - it wasn't spectacular or funny...just expensive

My sentiments exactly. It's our licence fee that's paying for that. I'm sure it could be better spent elsewhere.....

Pretty sure the movie's advertising budget would have contributed towards the cost of the cars since they got a pretty big chunk of a show watched by millions dedicated to a film I'd have no intention of going to see.

Episode 1 of this new series was really good, but the over-scripted, not-funny-the-first-hundred-times "accidents" they cause are completely played out. I miss when Top Gear was more about impressive cinematography and high production values, with a bit of comedy and some banter thrown in for the studio bits. The slow-mo 575 vs Vanquish S comes to mind - brilliant cars, good review, lots of sliding around, Steve Coogan for an extra bit of a laugh etc, etc and the 330D they ran at the 24-hour race was brilliant too - again funny, well shot, not just slap-stick and stupid.

Conversely, the electric car they made (I think they called it Geoff) was a complete waste of time and not funny/entertaining at all, and now when they say "How hard can it be?" what I hear is "How obnoxious can we get away with being and how much time can we kill between the proper supercar segments?".