Top Gear last night

[NordieBoy]

The look on James May's face when his mum was talking about the way she didn't like the ride from low profile tires.

Priceless :D

Let the mums present the show for a change, should be interesting :D

[enigma51]

Yeah it was a good show with old ladies

[Badcat]

man - did you see the show where they had a compact car comparison with their mums as judges?
fookin' brilliant!
funniest thing i've seen on tv for ages (apart from everyone's election promises that is)

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[texmo]

I cant wait to see the new maserati when top gear breaks for an add its the first bule and white car you see, look at its lap time!

1st Maserati MC12 - 1.18.9

2nd Ferrari F60 Enzo - 1.19.0

3rd Ariel Atom - 1.19.5

4th Porsche Carerra GT - 1.19.8

5th Mercedes McLaren SLR - 1.20.9

[Sniper]

Pah, Top gear, that day they shunned that R1 I lost respect for them.

[Krayy]

I cant wait to see the new maserati when top gear breaks for an add its the first bule and white car you see, look at its lap time!

1st Maserati MC12 - 1.18.9

2nd Ferrari F60 Enzo - 1.19.0

3rd Ariel Atom - 1.19.5

4th Porsche Carerra GT - 1.19.8

5th Mercedes McLaren SLR - 1.20.9
The fact that an Atom is (almost) within the price bracket for us "average wagers" and has that kind of performance out of a Honda engine says a lot for the minimalist build ethic.

Some very good stuff coming up in later episodes, like some F1 drivers in the "reasonably priced car" (is Damon Hill REALLY the Stig? - find out soon), another epic race across Europe and a 4wd that can race over water!!

[texmo]

I cant rember what bike it was.... but it was a thou that was stock and it raced an atom around the track the atom smashed it. In other words cars are faster than bikes......

:chase: runs and hides

[placidfemme]

Pah, Top gear, that day they shunned that R1 I lost respect for them.

ditto... same as the time they raced the supposedly fasted road car against a 600c bike... dumbies

[Motu]

I lost all respect for Clarkson and his cronies when they sent that Volvo crashing into those caravans,I cried for days and will NEVER,EVER watch that program again!

[White trash]

Yeah, I was a bit pissed off when they dropped the skip onto the Maserati Bi Turbo. I'd give my right nut for one of those cages. Bastards.

[NordieBoy]

The Rolls into the swimming pool was good though :D

[Lou Girardin]

The fact that an Atom is (almost) within the price bracket for us "average wagers"!

Jeez Louise! $90,000 plus is a bit much for this average wager.
Besides, that's an STX300 and Superduke and K5 Gixxer thou and StreetGlide.

[F5 Dave]

I think it is a brilliant program. Now let’s get one thing straight. I plan to never own a car, the van is practical for moving bikes but I'd rather teleport.

So I have no interest in cars whatsoever. Boooring! Can't get a dirtbike in the back of a car no matter how expensive it is. Well maybe a Yank tank.

The fact they can make a show I look forward to watching about cars is a credit to them. Yes Clarkson is a prat. That’s the point, it makes the comic interplay funny.

[merv]

I lost all respect for Clarkson and his cronies when they sent that Volvo crashing into those caravans,I cried for days and will NEVER,EVER watch that program again!


So do you love caravans or Volvos or both?

[merv]

What was priceless last night was the other guys cracking jokes over what had gone wrong with Jeremy's new Ford GT. He should have bought a decent reliable Japanese car eh!

[scumdog]

What was priceless last night was the other guys cracking jokes over what had gone wrong with Jeremy's new Ford GT. He should have bought a decent reliable Japanese car eh!

Had a 'decent reliable Japanese car' twice, both bored me to tears, first one was a year old, lasted until its first WOF and it went, 15 years later got another, it lasted 3 months.

As exciting and as functional as toilet paper.......

[Lou Girardin]

What was priceless last night was the other guys cracking jokes over what had gone wrong with Jeremy's new Ford GT. He should have bought a decent reliable Japanese car eh!

What made him think it would be different to any other Ford. (Fix Or Replace Daily)

[scumdog]

What made him think it would be different to any other Ford. (Fix Or Replace Daily)

Yeah sort of like Harleys!




First On Race Day.

[Lou Girardin]

Yeah sort of like Harleys!




First On Race Day.

Nice comeback.

[James Deuce]

What was priceless last night was the other guys cracking jokes over what had gone wrong with Jeremy's new Ford GT. He should have bought a decent reliable Japanese car eh!

Or a wooden Morgan Plus 8.

[NordieBoy]

With a carbon roof to stop those burglars :D

[Lou Girardin]

With a carbon roof to stop those burglars :D

That was a classic.

[Gremlin]

I reckon somebody in Ford PR got something wrong...

To give Jeremy that many free shots at Ford is really not very smart. After all, he's not just some faceless consumer. :Oops:

I watch Top Gear for entertainment, he is an entertainer. But I would love to see him try to ride a bike. Now that would be entertainment. :doobey:

[Motu]

I like his driving style - he's sideways all the time just for the hell of it....nothing better than getting well crossed up - car or bike.

[bane]

What was priceless last night was the other guys cracking jokes over what had gone wrong with Jeremy's new Ford GT. He should have bought a decent reliable Japanese car eh!

The GT is still going better than that Merc SL55 AMG he had. Apparently that car spent 65 days off the road in the first 12 months he owned it... almost as bad as my Peugeot... :buggerd:

[texmo]

He said in one episode he would ride a bike he said he too scared as soon as you squeez the throlel you would fly off the back, him talking about some racing ducatti

[What?]

The thing about Clarkson is not to believe everything he says. The man is a genius at self-deprecating humour and not telling the world what he really thinks...

[Lou Girardin]

I like his driving style - he's sideways all the time just for the hell of it....nothing better than getting well crossed up - car or bike.

He's no Tiff though, he gets very ragged at times. I think it was Brundle that said he'd never met anyone with Needels car control, in or out of F1.

[Motu]

He's no Tiff though, he gets very ragged at times. I think it was Brundle that said he'd never met anyone with Needels car control, in or out of F1.

He's a bit ragged alright,he can control a slide well,but getting it back under control eludes him,it's always a big wobble snatch.But that's what a modern car with LSD and big fat tyres does - I can happily get an old VN Commodore sideways in the wet and control it with throttle,but later ones with fatter tyres and LSD snap back into traction so fast I damn near get thrown out of the seat,I think they are dangerous,it's not a smooth transistion at all.Kinda like a 2 stroke - they make and break traction several times in a corner,not making it look smooth at all.

[MisterD]

He's no Tiff though, he gets very ragged at times. I think it was Brundle that said he'd never met anyone with Needels car control, in or out of F1.

Isn't that The Stig's job to do the proper racey driver stuff? Do we know who Stig2 is btw?

[NordieBoy]

Isn't that The Stig's job to do the proper racey driver stuff? Do we know who Stig2 is btw?

James May's mum of course.