Top Gear

(22-07-2010 00:09 )speedybert Wrote:  Well Clarkson's dislike of all things Bavarian is legendary.I think like a lot of journalists he can be bought(his love of all things Jaguar bears this out.The cars for many years were awful,believe me I drove anything from XJR to X types to S types to XK8s most of which were horrible while he seemed to come from a different planet in that respect.The same planet that provides "free" high end Mercs

Just because he likes Jags doesn't mean he thinks they're the best cars, he has mentioned several times that he has enormous respect for German engineering. I think you're fighting against the 'character' Clarkson rather than the 'man' Clarkson, they are different people.

As I said before, he has his likes and dislikes, as do we all, I don't think for a second that all my favourite cars are the best in their class. If you have an interest in cars, you buy with your heart not your head, Clarkson likes British and Italian cars because of their, in his eyes, character and flair. The German engineering he respects, but find their cars rather soulless (with some exceptions). I can see what he means, though I don't agree with it because I don't share his love of stereotyping.

(22-07-2010 00:09 )speedybert Wrote:  I hark back to the older Top Gear (which Clarkson was on which featured Tiff Needell(great driver his demo of the Ford Puma was extraordinary,Chris Goffey and the rest)in those days it was 30 minutes of great entertainment and more about the cars rather than the presenters.

Old Top Gear was awful, so was new Top Gear when it started, they found 3 hosts who work well but who have sadly now become scripted cliches. Andy Wilman is the real genius at Top Gear.

(22-07-2010 00:50 )vostok 1 Wrote:  Clarkson, in a radio interview with Steve Wright, admitted that the three of them hate each other. And he wasn't saying it as a joke.

Nonsense, Clarkson has a rep to live up to remember, you only have to look at the interviews around the time of Hammonds accident to see just how close the whole Top Gear family are.

(22-07-2010 00:50 )vostok 1 Wrote:  Clarkson, in a radio interview with Steve Wright, admitted that the three of them hate each other. And he wasn't saying it as a joke.

Possibly some truth in it, but spoiled by the idea that Steve Wright, of all people, is an incisive and interested interviewer. I mean, he is to DJing what Tom Cruise is to weightlifting.

I gave up watching top gear every week after the pole challenge, never saw how they could possibly top that.
With Tom Cruise on this weekend i will definetley watch as a warm up to 9pm when the babe channels come on.
Not a bad sunday for a change, German GP,Top Gear and then some babes with their boobs out or more.Better that church

does look a good show on sunday, tom cruise, cameron diaz and lewis hamilton all on

(23-07-2010 16:45 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  does look a good show on sunday, tom cruise, cameron diaz and lewis hamilton all on

Didn't know about Lewis!! Do you think he will take it seriously this time and beat HIS STIGNESS?!!

dont know. i do know he is appearing in a special feature on ayrton senna to mark what would have been ayrton senna's 50th birthday

Thought the Xmas specials were alright.

New series starts tomorrow night (23rd)

After watching last night, my first thought was 'didn't this use to be funny'

Oh and stealing your beetle stunt from mythbusters, shame on you

Yeah, last night was a little disappointing but with the shit they get now from the press when they do something "wild" (i.e. what anyone with half a brain and some common sense finds funny) and then the constant fiddling with budgets at the BBC, I wasn't really surprised by the tame opening.

This is still one of the best shows on TV and even at it's worst I reckon it's got to be better than 80% of the shite stations transmit, lol

I'm a bit late to this thread, but what's new...

(22-07-2010 00:50 )vostok 1 Wrote:  Clarkson, in a radio interview with Steve Wright, admitted that the three of them hate each other. And he wasn't saying it as a joke.

I think you'll find Clarkson is a decent actor. I was at Silverstone in 2007 for the Britcar 24 Hour race and they are definitely friends. If there were any issues between them a 24 hour race would have exposed it.



As for last night's episode...

A 911 Turbo, with the Traction Control switched off (light was on on the dash) on a loose surface won't be much use, hence the Beetle just beat him. It would be a totally different story on a sealed surface.


The Skoda Yeti?...a harmless bit of fun but the car has been around in some form for almost 6 years now. I was at the Brno Autosalon (Czech motor show) in 2005 when they displayed the concept car.


They often have filller episodes due to budget issues. No doubt there will be a "spectacular" soon enough.