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Following on from what you're saying, Top Gear could get a car with 1.7mm of tread and say "We took car x onto our track with legal tyres and within two corners it had killed them to the point where the car wasn't legal to drive on the road"Quote:
Originally Posted by Dylan H
Actually top gear was right. The best thing to power cars now and for a long time is petrol and diesel. While there are not infinate reserves of fossil fuels, getting petrol, diesel and jet fuel from second gen biofuels is getting easier and cheaper. Nukes are too expensive and take too long to contruct. Plenty of renewables available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Classic Top Gear had me literally rotflmao with their banners in India:
The UK promotes **** for your company
Eat English Muff
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100% predictable as all of it was but still good!
That poor Mini :(
The India adventure was ok, but not the best by far and it seems like JC has offended a few people again!
Jeremy Clarkson 'offensive to Indians in Top Gear Christmas special' - Telegraph
yes, I saw the banners overlapping the carriages and knew they would tear but I admit the message bit caught me napping...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
The repeat of the toilet gag was still funny, although not as funny as the original polar bog :laugh:
Well people tend to be offended very fast. Actually this time Jeremy spoke the truth, a lot of people going to India will have stomach issues. It's the truth whether they like it or not
I was expecting some comment about the person to toilet ratio in Bombay being something like 12,000 to 1. Sanitation is a big issue though a friend who resells paper making equipment says there is a lot of business with India as tissues are becoming popular.
And it's a shame they ruined all those cars; but there wasn't any real drama with them as in earlier specials. And I wonder why they took the train at all; are the roads in between that bad or was the budget that short?
Because if they hadn't taken the train they couldn't have done the gag with the banners or have May missing the train and hence them sabotaging the aircon etc.
That's the thing that it's all scripted in advance. Rather than just set them off and see what happens.
Predictable and boring IMO, even if the banner tearing/wrong message thing was amusing.
As for people getting offended, I don't get it. I honestly didn't see or hear anything that I would consider offensive, but then again lots of people these days fly off the hook and get offended rather quick. Plus, I'm guessing many are not aware of or used to Clarkson's humor much, and probably only watched the show as a one-off because it was about India.
As for his comment about the stomach issues, that's a fact. I'm an Indian, and when I go home after a year or two of eating bland European food, the spicy curries are a shock for the system and it takes two or three days to get used to it again. And again, I'm guessing Indians who got offended about the stomach issues part, haven't actually experienced it, because living in India and eating spicy food on a daily basis, their bodies are perfectly suited to it and they'd assume that salt-and-pepper eating foreigners wouldn't have any problem also.
Nowt wrong with squatting over a hole - apart from the fact you have to remember to take your own tissues or sore knees if you're constipated.
In fact, even highly developed parts of Asia like Hong Kong or Japan there is a likelihood of public toilets being the squat type.
4 straight episodes that I've thoroughly enjoyed watching. What's wrong with this picture?
indeed :laugh:
The series so far has been very good. A happy mix of jokes and fooling around with informative entertainment. I thought The Sweeney film last week was great, as was the film from China a couple of weeks ago. It's quite astonishing how quickly car ownership is expanding out there!Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Not sure if it is for this series or the next, but a colleague from work was skiing in Val d'Isere a couple of weeks ago and saw James May with a film crew and a Mini rally car. It seems there is going to be some sort of race up (yes, up) a ski slope!
hehe reminds me of a small "incident" at a winter tyre launch event in Sierra Nevada a few years back :erm: :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by PuddleJumper
That's a nice place to do an event, though (assuming it was Tahoe).
no, very nice but not as nice as Tahoe... near Granada in southern Spain :)
Slash is recording this week in SiaRPC. May pop down and see what he's up to.
Me too, it was excellent. Just pure quality British television.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Extra points for using the 'Rally Report' music during the Rallycross feature!
I think the BBC should bring back their rally coverage just to use that music!
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I kept falling asleep before the rallycross segment was over. I finally saw it tonight; great choice of music!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
A full house IMO. Thoroughly enjoyed the series. Best in a long time. Weakest feature IMO was the The Sweeney car chase but I still managed to LOL rather than what has become a usual groan and moan: "stop pretending to be numpties just to crash and blow things up".
Aussies used it too for Bathurst 1000/Aussie Touring car coverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
It's interesting to see the influence Top Gear has. Look at the google searches on 'Rallycross' the past month:
Google Trends: rallycross
I would like to see more rally cross courses set up at all the dirt oval tracks that are all over the US.
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anyone remember this clip? http://youtu.be/dJfSS0ZXYdo
I also enjoyed this TG season, especially when Clarkson visited Arjeplog. The final episode was also very nice.
I really liked the interview with Kimi, especially when Kimi said that he didn't ask Ferrari for a permission before
he went Snowmobile racing despite having allot of "forbidden things" in is contract.
Really enjoyed the last episode of the series. The rallycross feature whilst not particularly well informed, was thoroughly enjoyable and the Kimi interview was a surprise too as he actually smiled and laughed.
Anyone know when they last did a 'Top Gear Race' too? Haven't seen one for a while? They must be out of ideas?
Looks like it won't be back until 2013 now - but there will be a Christmas special.
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Originally Posted by Mark
It's going to be tough to beat the Middle East special. But then a lot of the quality lies in the filming and writing since they were able to make a trip from San Francisco to Utah interesting.
There was the India special last year which was far too scripted for my tastes.
I think it's the quality of the scripting. Otherwise it'd be like a recurring Magical Mystery Tour.
yes i know :p
http://motoroids.com/news/top-gear-b...on-november-2/Quote:
To celebrate the 50 years of the Bond’s history, Richard Hammondthe presenter of the show, Top Gear which is aired on
BBC Entertainment channel, will reveal the behind-the-scenes of the iconic cars including Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 and the Lotus Esprit submarine car.
The show will premiere on 2nd November
BBC Entertainment's Top Gear Bond Special | CarDekho.com
cool!!! :eek:
Have anyone seen the new "Top Gear--The Worst Car in The History of The World" yet?
I saw some pictures from filming being done around Las Vegas last week. The latest US visits have been kind of tepid so I don't know how good it's going to be.