I agree with Hammond about Aston Martins being uncool. They were cool before they became good and everyone wanted one.
The same thing has happened with Bentleys. Too many rappers and Footballers drive them.
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I agree with Hammond about Aston Martins being uncool. They were cool before they became good and everyone wanted one.
The same thing has happened with Bentleys. Too many rappers and Footballers drive them.
It pains me to say so but I agree. Far too many knobheads are driving Astons these days. Old school Astons are still properly cool (DB5, DB4 Zagato) but Vanquish and DB9 have become names associated with footballers. RIP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
I have to say, they pulled the stunt off well. Its difficult to do that barrel roll and they came close. A little more work on perfecting the landing and he would have made it. Having said that, it was clear that Top Gear just wanted to show us a crappy old Maestro being bashed to bits. And fun it was :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
I'm fast getting the impression that the whole point of that segment is to show TGS ballsing-up stunts and turning into a kind of "Eddie The Eagle"-type figure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Cummins
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Clarkson - Road tests stuff, describes it as epic while there are a few sweeping pictures of it driving through some moorland. Also bound to mention how great the engineering is that goes into whatever car he's driving at the time.
Hammond - Whiney little thing. Likes 911's.
May - The only reasonable one of the bunch. Probably has a fine sense of direction but always gets painted as having a poor sense of direction.
There I've just summed up the whole TG team :mark:
I'm going to sound like one of the people always whining on the BBC site but why don't they stick to testing cars? They're pretty good at it and why not test some real cars that everyday people might buy. The Subaru and Evo bit was alright but a lot of people can't even dream of owning a car like that.
Ambitious but rubbish my arse. They just do the same old tired crap each week now :mark: I think they should also stick to having 1 supercar type car each week. It's all fine and dandy watching some car with a 50l engine and 790 thousand bhp thundering around the track or down a motorway but at the end of the day you know you'll never have one so it gets boring quickly.
Having normal cars on the show will be just as boring too :s
If you don't like it, then don't watch it. Simple.
306 :) You'll understand when you hit 13 that supercars while interesting at times can be boring when you think that you will never ever ever own one....Quote:
Originally Posted by 306 Cosworth
If ya want normal cars watch Used Car Roadshow or something :o
Does anyone actually like the new Impreza or Evo??
You wouldn't say that if you remembered how funny, natural and downright interesting the show used to be - but you're probably just not old enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by 306 Cosworth
Imagine if your favourite singer or band started to just produce tosh rejected by McFly and you're half way to our view of modern Top Gear.
When Top Gear was sensible and tested cars we could all afford it was presented by Kate Humble and Quentin Wilson and everyone agreed that it was rubbish. I'll never own a supercar but it's also unlikely I'll own a small Peugeot or a Ford Mondeo, guess which one I'd rather watch a programme about on TV.
Steve: I quite like the Evo, looks fecking mean but the Scooby is a huge backwards step. Seems like Subaru wanted a nice sedate family car but instead of making a completely new car (more than 3 cars in the range, you must be mad), they called it an Impreza. Kia make nicer looking cars than that.