[08x06] July 16th, 2006 - Page 5

Blind_Io · July 17th, 2006, 06:36 PM

Jeremy wearing a hat in the Kia?

I seem to remember him saying how much he hated people who wore hats in the car - right up there with Americans and men with beards.

zaybxcwd12 · July 17th, 2006, 06:39 PM

Watched the episode on BB2 last night and rewatched it from the BBC/TopGear site this afternoon. I thought it was a great episode. When you watch TG at the back of your mind you just know that most of it is staged but the rest of your mind tells it to belt up and just enjoy. The Caravan holiday was funny there is no getting around it, had me in stiches but the back of my mind finally won a battle Felt to me like I was watching Victor Meldrew going camping only FUNNIER. How can you critsise a show based on facts thats actully gives a bigger laugh than a sitcom. Can Jeremy act I mean I know he has a voice over on "Cars" but can he act because if you go over the "holiday" check the bit when he goes on about "Eating spam on a broken plate" he really looks genuine and properly 6 letter word starting in P ending in D and it isn't ponied. images/smilies/lol.gif

As for bashing American cars he is just calling a spade a spade would you rather he said they where great and they are just plain rubbish, it isn't just American cars it is British ones as well some pple actully blame him for the demise of Rover, and Vauxhall blamed him for the poor sales of the original Vectra the thought never occured to GM/Opel/Vauxhall that it might in fact be crap.

final Anaylis Top Gear best show on TV bar none, national and international.

niccce · July 17th, 2006, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

Jeremy wearing a hat in the Kia?

I seem to remember him saying how much he hated people who wore hats in the car - right up there with Americans and men with beards.

get a clue, that was the point :D are you serious ? :DDD

Amanaman · July 17th, 2006, 06:45 PM

I do like the way that only die hard Top Gear fans will register the fact it's been said before...but still images/smilies/sad.gif

Ianspeed · July 17th, 2006, 06:58 PM

Well, I'm not as down as some but this season isn't really living up to the standard of the past three TG seasons. I really like TG for the characters, the comedy, and _especially_ the great images of cars doing what they do best.

Racing, sliding, rallying, looking fast standing still, or (with the 10k supercar) breaking down all the time. Those images are the reason I keep TG files long after I delete everything else.

During the delay I wen't back and reviewed the earlier seasons, and I really do enjoy them more.

[edit] I just wanted to say hi to all the new posters! images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Evo7 · July 17th, 2006, 06:59 PM

I can't believe James wore socks with sandals. But I guess they were trying to look like typical caravanners judging by the hats they were wearing aswell.

epp_b · July 17th, 2006, 07:16 PM

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i did. the "what ar... eh, sorry jesus !" bit put a smile on my face tho.
hated today's news alltogether, commented on this on the first page.
sooo scripted and wannabe comedy show images/smilies/sad.gif

pity. hope topgear gets back to basics next season.

Next season? I hope for that by next episode! images/smilies/cry.gif

I mean, they've already done two episodes that are nearly solely devoted to messing around (this episode and the one with the amphibious cars). Two's probably enough. Maybe we'll see something about a Camaro in Miami! images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Blind_Io · July 17th, 2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by niccce

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

Jeremy wearing a hat in the Kia?

I seem to remember him saying how much he hated people who wore hats in the car - right up there with Americans and men with beards.

get a clue, that was the point images/smilies/biggrin.gif

are you serious ? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

DD

I just thought it would be more like Jeremy to have to be dragged kicking and screaming while refusing to do anything remotely associated with caravaning.

Considering his hatred of people who wear hats in cars I thought he would be as likely to grow a beard.

trionic · July 17th, 2006, 07:21 PM

It would be joke if any tv-guide would label this anymore as "reality" or "documentary".

epp_b · July 17th, 2006, 07:25 PM

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It would be joke if any tv-guide would label this anymore as "reality" or "documentary".

Sadly, yes images/smilies/sad.gif

Amanaman · July 17th, 2006, 07:48 PM

According to the description of next weeks episode, might not be a complete description I know, the White van challenge and the rocket powered Robin are not in that episode - would they have two large challenges like this in the final 8th episode? I don't recall seeing any of these in the episode preview either, and only from the Top Gear magazine.

JoeBlo1 · July 17th, 2006, 08:28 PM

Hilarious episode although they need to be more careful when passing off staged material as unscripted. Top Gear has done much better in the past in fooling the audience.

Regarding the F1 segment, they didn't know that the lack of traction inside the warehouse would slow down the F1 car so much so the segment wasn't completely pointless. They were probably surprised at the results like we were.

I still have to say that the funniest episode so far was the Toybota challenge followed by this caravan trip.

Ianspeed · July 17th, 2006, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeBlo1

... the F1 segment, they didn't know that the lack of traction inside the warehouse would slow down the F1 car so much so the segment wasn't completely pointless....

Heh. I actually got to drive my Rx-7 Turbo II in a warehouse with the same slick concrete floor and I can tell you its like ice but with even more unpredictable grip/slip points.

I can also tell you its a hell of a lot of fun.

I'm glad they showed it. I bet Toyota wasn't really happy with it, but it still is fun watching F1 cars try and act like real world cars.

Oh, and piggy stiggy. I wonder who that was? It can't be a test driver, they would all be skinny?

Wombert · July 17th, 2006, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Boom UK

Has anybody noticed you can see the STIG unmasked at the back of the Excel Centre, when they are finding out how fast the Toyota F1 Car will go indoors. Approx 42 mins into the programme, just after they flash up the computer screen showing the telemetry, the camera pans round and at the back talking to one of the engineers, is a man in white racing overalls and there is a white helmet with a black visor on the bench next to him.

Can't work out the face. images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

That wasn't the Stig... just a Toyota test driver wearing Stig's suit and helmet, you could clearly see it wasn't him. Always the same with these F1 cars.

WarpSlowPoke · July 17th, 2006, 08:44 PM

The British critique of cars is hilarous in itself as the only Brit cars worth a sht throughout history had AMERICAN engines in them.
MEN worried about interiors over engine power and reliability is a tip to the ingrain femininty of the British male. LOL

The European athletisim comments made my day! LO fckn L
McEnroe Conners Sampras and Agassie have OWNED them at their own sport for eons.
World cup???? Like a single American gives the slightest crap about the World Cup.....LOL why kik the little ball around when you can make MILLIONS playing Baseball, BasketBall, Football or Hockey. Hell, a lowly bench-warmer in these sports make more money than SUPERSTARS in soccer do. LOL( didnt the UK team BLOW it anyway ) LOL

The BMW M6 vs the new Challenger was PRICELESS.LOL
as always JC has to take a car thats 3 TIMES more money to get better performance... the v10 in the M6 is $40,000 mutherfckn THOUSAND dollars,, 12 grand more than the whole Challenger cost!!!
It took the Euros 40 years and millions of pounds to FINALLY get what the average AMerican had,under the hood in the fckn 60s !! and NOW that kind of power is only obtainable by the most affluent Europeans.
When JC starts testing real cars and NOT exclusive,unobtainable supercars, THEN he can talk about American musclecars.
Besides,, the best Brit car is a Nissan LOLOLOLOL and all the great Brit name are AMERICAN now. LOLOL

P.S. Yes! the anti American shit has truely played out..
Its an absolute travesty to know that OUR(my) grand fathers put their VERY LIVES on the line for these ungrateful fcks..
just so they can smoke the proverbial cock of the very Germans and Japs who were trying to KILL THEM....... pffffff.

eMKay · July 17th, 2006, 08:55 PM

LOL...you might want to get your facts straight before going on a rant, especially this one...

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarpSlowPoke

Like a single American gives the slightest crap about the World Cup.....LOL why kik the little ball around when you can make MILLIONS playing Baseball, BasketBall, Football or Hockey. Hell, a lowly bench-warmer in these sports make more money than SUPERSTARS in soccer do. LOL( didnt the UK team BLOW it anyway ) LOL

Makes you look like an idiot.

Amanaman · July 17th, 2006, 09:03 PM

LOLOLOLOL!!!

*sigh*

LoneWolf · July 17th, 2006, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarpSlowPoke

The British critique of cars is hilarous in itself as the only Brit cars worth a sht throughout history had AMERICAN engines in them.
MEN worried about interiors over engine power and reliability is a tip to the ingrain femininty of the British male. LOL

The European athletisim comments made my day! LO fckn L
McEnroe Conners Sampras and Agassie have OWNED them at their own sport for eons.
World cup???? Like a single American gives the slightest crap about the World Cup.....LOL why kik the little ball around when you can make MILLIONS playing Baseball, BasketBall, Football or Hockey. Hell, a lowly bench-warmer in these sports make more money than SUPERSTARS in soccer do. LOL( didnt the UK team BLOW it anyway ) LOL

The BMW M6 vs the new Challenger was PRICELESS.LOL
as always JC has to take a car thats 3 TIMES more money to get better performance... the v10 in the M6 is $40,000 mutherfckn THOUSAND dollars,, 12 grand more than the whole Challenger cost!!!
It took the Euros 40 years and millions of pounds to FINALLY get what the average AMerican had,under the hood in the fckn 60s !! and NOW that kind of power is only obtainable by the most affluent Europeans.
When JC starts testing real cars and NOT exclusive,unobtainable supercars, THEN he can talk about American musclecars.
Besides,, the best Brit car is a Nissan LOLOLOLOL and all the great Brit name are AMERICAN now. LOLOL

P.S. Yes! the anti American shit has truely played out..
Its an absolute travesty to know that OUR(my) grand fathers put their VERY LIVES on the line for these ungrateful fcks..
just so they can smoke the proverbial cock of the very Germans and Japs who were trying to KILL THEM....... pffffff.

Me thinks Clarkson made someone very upset. images/smilies/wink.gif

bartboy9891 · July 17th, 2006, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wombert

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boom UK

Has anybody noticed you can see the STIG unmasked at the back of the Excel Centre, when they are finding out how fast the Toyota F1 Car will go indoors. Approx 42 mins into the programme, just after they flash up the computer screen showing the telemetry, the camera pans round and at the back talking to one of the engineers, is a man in white racing overalls and there is a white helmet with a black visor on the bench next to him.

Can't work out the face. images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

That wasn't the Stig... just a Toyota test driver wearing Stig's suit and helmet, you could clearly see it wasn't him. Always the same with these F1 cars.

i really dont think Toyota would allow the Stig to do something as potentially dangerous as this with their F1 car. You could tell it wasnt him because he looked like he was a little shorter and a little bulky.

this episode was just hilarious, also the 3-way review was very good as well. images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

I really think that the Ford Mondeo would sell well here if they priced it correctly. The Ford Fusion isnt a bad car, but it can hardly compete with the Mazdaspeed 6 here. Even for those who arent looking for a sports car in that segment, I would say that the Fusion falls behind cars like the Legacy. And its not even like we are asking Ford to bring insane cars that dont meet any sort of regulations, there cant be anything major that has to be changed to make them legal here.

LoneWolf · July 17th, 2006, 09:10 PM

With regards to the Toyota F1 car, I'm not sure if traction control and launch control were switched on. There was quite a bit of wheel spin and the car was squirming on the braking. At first I thought it might have something to do with the environment, and because it was a closed one the aero would not work as is the car were outside. But Excel is a big place (I've been there) I can't imagine the aero would have been affected so dramatically.

I'm sure with T/C and L/C the car would have easily went beyond 120MPH.

July 17th, 2006, 06:36 PM	#81
Blind_Io Dispenses buckshot medication for all undead patients. Joined: Apr 5th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Richmond, California, USA Age: 28 Posts: 9,077 Car: 2004 Honda Civic Coupe 2000 VFR800 Interceptor Rep Power: 121	Jeremy wearing a hat in the Kia? I seem to remember him saying how much he hated people who wore hats in the car - right up there with Americans and men with beards. __________________ War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength

July 17th, 2006, 06:39 PM	#82
zaybxcwd12 Joined: Jul 17th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Newcastle u Tyne Uk Age: 39 Posts: 789 Car: 2008 VW Touran S Rep Power: 11	Watched the episode on BB2 last night and rewatched it from the BBC/TopGear site this afternoon. I thought it was a great episode. When you watch TG at the back of your mind you just know that most of it is staged but the rest of your mind tells it to belt up and just enjoy. The Caravan holiday was funny there is no getting around it, had me in stiches but the back of my mind finally won a battle Felt to me like I was watching Victor Meldrew going camping only FUNNIER. How can you critsise a show based on facts thats actully gives a bigger laugh than a sitcom. Can Jeremy act I mean I know he has a voice over on "Cars" but can he act because if you go over the "holiday" check the bit when he goes on about "Eating spam on a broken plate" he really looks genuine and properly 6 letter word starting in P ending in D and it isn't ponied. As for bashing American cars he is just calling a spade a spade would you rather he said they where great and they are just plain rubbish, it isn't just American cars it is British ones as well some pple actully blame him for the demise of Rover, and Vauxhall blamed him for the poor sales of the original Vectra the thought never occured to GM/Opel/Vauxhall that it might in fact be crap. final Anaylis Top Gear best show on TV bar none, national and international.

July 17th, 2006, 06:45 PM	#84
Amanaman Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bristol, UK Age: 19 Posts: 510 Rep Power: 16	I do like the way that only die hard Top Gear fans will register the fact it's been said before...but still __________________ IGCD - The Internet Games Car Database The Sims Is About To Get Ugly - the first ever Sims 2 car chase Top Gear on IMCDB

July 17th, 2006, 06:58 PM	#85
Ianspeed Joined: Apr 2nd, 2005 Last Online: 12:39 AM Location: California, USA Posts: 693 Car: 1993 BMW 525i Rep Power: 0	Well, I'm not as down as some but this season isn't really living up to the standard of the past three TG seasons. I really like TG for the characters, the comedy, and _especially_ the great images of cars doing what they do best. Racing, sliding, rallying, looking fast standing still, or (with the 10k supercar) breaking down all the time. Those images are the reason I keep TG files long after I delete everything else. During the delay I wen't back and reviewed the earlier seasons, and I really do enjoy them more. [edit] I just wanted to say hi to all the new posters! __________________ Remanufactured 5 speed installed. I'm back doing the daily grind!

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Evo7 Not A Dude Joined: Dec 28th, 2005 Last Online: July 25th, 2007 Location: Norwich, UK Age: 18 Posts: 595 Car: Ford Capri Laser 1.6 and a M reg pegeot 205 lol Rep Power: 0	I can't believe James wore socks with sandals. But I guess they were trying to look like typical caravanners judging by the hats they were wearing aswell. __________________ My Capri blog : http://evo-capri.blogspot.com LAST UPDATED: 17/08/06 My car restoration: well its.........................ermmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... ...................yeah pretty damn slow, but determined to start again soon(ish)

July 17th, 2006, 07:21 PM	#89
trionic Joined: Oct 26th, 2005 Last Online: March 31st, 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 204 Rep Power: 0	It would be joke if any tv-guide would label this anymore as "reality" or "documentary".

July 17th, 2006, 07:48 PM	#91
Amanaman Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bristol, UK Age: 19 Posts: 510 Rep Power: 16	According to the description of next weeks episode, might not be a complete description I know, the White van challenge and the rocket powered Robin are not in that episode - would they have two large challenges like this in the final 8th episode? I don't recall seeing any of these in the episode preview either, and only from the Top Gear magazine. __________________ IGCD - The Internet Games Car Database The Sims Is About To Get Ugly - the first ever Sims 2 car chase Top Gear on IMCDB

July 17th, 2006, 08:28 PM	#92
JoeBlo1 Joined: Feb 18th, 2004 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Toronto Age: 23 Posts: 495 Rep Power: 20	Hilarious episode although they need to be more careful when passing off staged material as unscripted. Top Gear has done much better in the past in fooling the audience. Regarding the F1 segment, they didn't know that the lack of traction inside the warehouse would slow down the F1 car so much so the segment wasn't completely pointless. They were probably surprised at the results like we were. I still have to say that the funniest episode so far was the Toybota challenge followed by this caravan trip. __________________ "If you have a target in your life, a real target, doesn´t matter if you are very poor or rich people, if you work hard and believe in God, you can get the success, success in the life." Ayrton Senna

July 17th, 2006, 08:44 PM	#95
WarpSlowPoke Joined: Jan 23rd, 2005 Last Online: December 30th, 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	The British critique of cars is hilarous in itself as the only Brit cars worth a sht throughout history had AMERICAN engines in them. MEN worried about interiors over engine power and reliability is a tip to the ingrain femininty of the British male. LOL The European athletisim comments made my day! LO fckn L McEnroe Conners Sampras and Agassie have OWNED them at their own sport for eons. World cup???? Like a single American gives the slightest crap about the World Cup.....LOL why kik the little ball around when you can make MILLIONS playing Baseball, BasketBall, Football or Hockey. Hell, a lowly bench-warmer in these sports make more money than SUPERSTARS in soccer do. LOL( didnt the UK team BLOW it anyway ) LOL The BMW M6 vs the new Challenger was PRICELESS.LOL as always JC has to take a car thats 3 TIMES more money to get better performance... the v10 in the M6 is $40,000 mutherfckn THOUSAND dollars,, 12 grand more than the whole Challenger cost!!! It took the Euros 40 years and millions of pounds to FINALLY get what the average AMerican had,under the hood in the fckn 60s !! and NOW that kind of power is only obtainable by the most affluent Europeans. When JC starts testing real cars and NOT exclusive,unobtainable supercars, THEN he can talk about American musclecars. Besides,, the best Brit car is a Nissan LOLOLOLOL and all the great Brit name are AMERICAN now. LOLOL P.S. Yes! the anti American shit has truely played out.. Its an absolute travesty to know that OUR(my) grand fathers put their VERY LIVES on the line for these ungrateful fcks.. just so they can smoke the proverbial cock of the very Germans and Japs who were trying to KILL THEM....... pffffff.

July 17th, 2006, 09:03 PM	#97
Amanaman Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bristol, UK Age: 19 Posts: 510 Rep Power: 16	LOLOLOLOL!!! sigh __________________ IGCD - The Internet Games Car Database The Sims Is About To Get Ugly - the first ever Sims 2 car chase Top Gear on IMCDB

July 17th, 2006, 09:10 PM	#100
LoneWolf Joined: Jul 27th, 2005 Last Online: December 29th, 2007 Posts: 523 Rep Power: 15	With regards to the Toyota F1 car, I'm not sure if traction control and launch control were switched on. There was quite a bit of wheel spin and the car was squirming on the braking. At first I thought it might have something to do with the environment, and because it was a closed one the aero would not work as is the car were outside. But Excel is a big place (I've been there) I can't imagine the aero would have been affected so dramatically. I'm sure with T/C and L/C the car would have easily went beyond 120MPH.

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