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Re: new series of top gear
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02/02/2015 14:15
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Surprised at the pace of the Bentley, quicker than a gtir in a straight line!! You’re surprised because it’s absolute tosh! The Bentley would be murdered in a drag race with any R35 Nissan GTR, let alone latest one with 540bhp+. The BMW would creep away from the GTR at higher speeds but none of them would have a prayer from a dig. Launched properly, the BMW would also pull away from the Bentley after a few feet. Top Gear sodding around as usual I’m afraid. Yeah those were also my thoughts exactly. Back on topic I really enjoyed the episode, though I always enjoy Top Gear even when others are slating it so I'm probably not the best judge.
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Re: new series of top gear
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08/02/2015 22:19
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yeah it's all staged but that last episode had me in fits of laughter!
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad
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Re: new series of top gear
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08/02/2015 22:48
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Big_Muzzie
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Yep, back to their best!
Go Daniel!! Brilliant lap!
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 12:18
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Big_Muzzie
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James May has a job, buys a car - SHOCK!!
I think licence fee payers pay for a lot of the BBC employees purchases. Just like with ALL businesses, customers buy a product and that generates revenue to pay the workers. I'd rather watch Top Gear than the nonsense crime and costume dramas that seep from ITV and the Beeb.
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 12:31
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I'd rather watch Top Gear than the nonsense crime and costume dramas that seep from ITV and the Beeb.
Top Gear v Downton Top Gear v The Fall After last nights Top Gear garbage, I'd watch Downton and The Fall every day of the week!
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 12:55
09/02/2015 12:55
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I tried to watch Top Gear last night but turned off the TV when James May rolled up in a hearse.
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 13:34
09/02/2015 13:34
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Lazy rubbish is a very accurate description for TG these days. They just trot out the same, biased stuff year in year out. Ok as background TV but trashing every 100k plus car about a boring looking track has long lost its attraction. The road trips are often nice to see, the BBC filming is excellent even if the content is questionable. I long got tired of the two-facedness of the presenters. I caught a repeat of the piece they did on SAAB and both May and Clarkson "were so sad" that SAAB is no more. However, these same journalist have spent the last 30 years telling everybody to buy BMWs or one of the other Germans. Promoting the notion that nothing else is worth having has greatly limited the variety that we see on our roads and created a two-tier market where non-premium (non-German?) products can only be sold at almost unsustainable margins. The best bit was the three good old chaps joshing about James having an out-of-date Ferrari. That we f**king paid for. However, I think they earn their keep: "Top Gear is watched in 214 countries and makes more revenue for the BBC than any other programme."
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 14:09
09/02/2015 14:09
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Barney
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Broadly speaking I still enjoy TG, even though it's mostly little more than 3 blokes mucking around. Last night was dull for me as we've seen the military style training zone stuff too many times already. Oh and why the obsession with willy jokes??? Christmas specials were also pretty dull IMO. I'd like to see TG continue but hard to see how unless there's a change in direction. Watched Channel 5's 'The Classic Car Show' yesterday (on demand) and enjoyed it far more, despite not being a big Quentin Wilson fan.
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 14:18
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Yes it was all very schoolboy silly and a bit of a repeat of what's gone before, but it did still make me laugh out aloud. Congratulations to Riccardo in grabbing the latest RPC driving honours.
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 14:47
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if you don't find it funny, don't watch it" I won't. I tried to watch Top Gear last night but turned off the TV when James May rolled up in a hearse. Couldn't resist?
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 15:56
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^ Touché.
Yeah, the fascinating horror like watching a slow motion car crash.
Could it really be as dire as I remembered? It could and was.
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 16:43
09/02/2015 16:43
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... pretending to be ordinary punters ... They don't carry that off at all - they come across as spoilt brats! However, what I really object to is their flippant dismissal of 70% of the products on the market. Sadly, a huge proportion of the public take what celebrities say as gospel Sad world!
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 16:51
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glenn1960
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Being a child at heart, even at 50 something, i still enjoy top gear and thought parts of last nights show was very funny. It has become a show for the masses rather than for the TR6 owners who trundle their cars out once a year , ridding their cars of covers and forcing them out of their heated garages. If you dont find it amusing, don't watch it....pretty simple really , i love it and always have and i dont begrudge Mr May with his ferrari otherwise footballers and other highly paid entertainers would have to come under the spotlight too .
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 17:15
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I watched it, and although half of it was completely pathetic I still proper laughed out loud to some bits.
I don't care much for the celebrities driving round the track but the ex/current F1 drivers are worth watching. They make it look so easy!
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 17:17
09/02/2015 17:17
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I also enjoy TG, but it is getting progressively samey. Entertainment is well paid, no question and no problem. TG is more comedy than motoring which is actually why I expect we all watch it. Cars are just the main subject of that comedy. However, these people have a responsibility to stay fair when putting products down or make it absolutely clear that it is a joke. It will be a sad day when the world only has premium product out of Germany and a few super cars for the well to do. The rest of us will have to drive whatever is produced cheaply in China. We should not write-off just about every other manufacturer as rubbish and then wonder why they disappear.
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 21:13
09/02/2015 21:13
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Big_Muzzie
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Jesus christ. It's just grown men blasting round in supercars....
So what! Where else on TV do we see it? Those period dramas and fake cop shows bore the hell out of me. But I don't watch them anymore and hence don't post on here that Downton f'in abby is back on ruining my evenings.
Presenting top gear would be an awesome job,jetting round the world driving cars most can only dream of and will probably never even see. Much respect (kudos) to Clarkson for building the brand and making it what it is.
I don't watch it for reviews I watch it to see how many times I can laugh out loud or cringe.
I did used to love the half hour on a Thursday evening, but theres only so much diesel hackery you can put up with too. Can you imagine an hour of comparing a diesel leon to a golf to an octavia to an a3....
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 22:53
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Being a child at heart, even at 50 something, i still enjoy top gear and thought parts of last nights show was very funny. It has become a show for the masses rather than for the TR6 owners who trundle their cars out once a year , ridding their cars of covers and forcing them out of their heated garages. If you dont find it amusing, don't watch it....pretty simple really , i love it and always have and i dont begrudge Mr May with his ferrari otherwise footballers and other highly paid entertainers would have to come under the spotlight too . Not sure why you opted to pick on us TR6 owners. I do recall James May waxed lyrical over the TR6. The blokiest blokes car. Back in the days when they didn't talk total bollocks for most of the show.
"RK's way seems the most sensible to me". ali_hire 16 Dec 2010
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Re: new series of top gear
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09/02/2015 23:38
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But... the irony... It may be a tired format, yet the debate over whether TG is crap or not is the most active thread on this forum. They are doing something right by generating such praise and vitriol in equal measures. I agree it is crap in the same way a dodgy B-movie is, but it is entertaining, and hugely successful. Just my 2p.
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Re: new series of top gear
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10/02/2015 01:04
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It's obvious from this thread that a favourable opinion is largely dependent on your liking the TG team. Right or wrong, I do (and very much enjoyed TG live in Glasgow recently). Neil_r sums it up perfectly - the show is 'progressively samey'. Yes they're funny and yes there are vehicles involved but the comedy side is fading somewhat and originality is edging towards its deathbed. An episode finishes and you're left accutely aware the last 60 minutes contained little or no car content.
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Re: new series of top gear
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10/02/2015 07:52
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Jesus christ. It's just grown men blasting round in supercars.... Ahhhhhh so you didn't watch Sunday's episode? I'm sure it's available on the iPlayer Those period dramas and fake cop shows bore the hell out of me. But I don't watch them anymore and hence don't post on here that **Downton f'in abby is back on ruining my evenings. ** There are other period dramas available. I'm still a fan of TG but I thought Sunday's episode was dross.
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Re: new series of top gear
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10/02/2015 09:01
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Bugger, I should have used a caveat that stated;
Most of the time. Sometimes they buy an "x" to be used as a "y" as it would be better because of "a,b & c" but not for "insert presenters name who is the target for losing this series". There is also potential to find a "hot hatch" review.
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