[09x05] February 25th, 2007

[nomix]

That's true. Personally, I love the new Passat, it's a truely great car, feels great, great comfort and good build quality.

But still, not very exciting.

[asdfasdf128]

Originally Posted by ApexOversteer

Verde Draco

Thanks

[conceptualman]

best ever . the whole show was hilarious . esp the news segment which was riotous . the train segment was amazing .

And Top Gear Dog back again but really called 'Gigi'.

a minor point , but i think it was t.g. presumably for "top gear" (wow , who didn't see that coming .)


and now i shall end this message with
yes

[conceptualman]

all though it did seem kind of pointless as they never actually finished making the petrol,hopefully we will see that next season.

that will be interesting on a number of levels .

and once more
yes

[NicoSavidge]

who would've thought that for all of the insane cars the Stig has driven (Renault's F1 car, Aston DBR-9 Le Mans entry, the Koenigseggeggneggessegggeggg CCX) the one that knocks him off his seat is a tractor...

[NoRelationToNed]

The tractors segment was overdone all right! The dynamiting to finish the ploughing just made me groan. I much prefer it when the challenges aren't so patently contrived. Still I would never miss an epsiode even if we occasionally get a dud moment.

[speedometer]

someone mentioned that hamster looks (little) older than in tractor-footage, i noticed it too, his face looks little skinnier nowadays. i guess the crash and medical treatment leaved a little "mark" on him. good episode thought

[Slycer]

Watching the episode for the fourth time now..And I just caught this:


When James says the trailor is harder to maneuver becasue it does the opposite of the opposite of what you think...But isn't that what you think?

[IceBone]

Nah, you think it's a trailer. So you expect it to do the exact opposite of what you think. So that's what you expect. But it does the exact oppsite of what you expect.

[Narcolepsy]

Hey - was that a for-real Astra protoype they messed up? They get in any trouble for that?

[bujie]

Did someone noticed, at the SIARPC thing, when Hammond says to JC about the little electric.. "I'm sorry mate, you described it as a <<WOT>> last year" , you can read James May's lipps.. he is saying the same line as Richard. But I can get over that. It's a great show!

[nomix]

Originally Posted by Narcolepsy

Hey - was that a for-real Astra protoype they messed up? They get in any trouble for that?

The biggest broadcasting organisation in the world > Opel.

[LurkerPatrol]

My favorite part was the tractor lap. That shit was hilarious. I loved it when Hammond's tractor went around.

JC: "Sorry to interrupt James but will it understeer as it goes around the hammerhead"
James and Richard: "NO!"

The one thing that I just find kind of weird is that the Top Gear Cool Wall muse is a geriatric person. I mean really she's so frigging old. Get someone new fresh and with less saggy facial features.

Also yes. Top Gear Dog's name isnt GIGI. It's TG for Top Gear. Listen carefully.

[Austere]

Originally Posted by LurkerPatrol

The one thing that I just find kind of weird is that the Top Gear Cool Wall muse is a geriatric person.

Geriatric? She's only in her 40's. What are you? Thirteen? You probably spend half your time trying to suck your own dick.

[LurkerPatrol]

Originally Posted by Austere

Geriatric? She's only in her 40's. What are you? Thirteen? You probably spend half your time trying to suck your own dick.

How did you know?

Nah what I meant to say was that she looks a lot older for her age. It's just personal opinion man.

Aussies....

[HaggisHill]

Originally Posted by LurkerPatrol

How did you know?

Nah what I meant to say was that she looks a lot older for her age. It's just personal opinion man.

Aussies....

The ultimate reference: Kristin Scott Thomas @ IMDB

Lets see a photo of you at 47

Edit: LOL he's even on here The Stig

[edkwon]

I've scanned 11 pages of this thread and wonder why nobody mentioned that JC keeps talking about harvesting 'petrol' out of the rapeseed crop and not biodiesel.

[efoolution]

Originally Posted by edkwon

I've scanned 11 pages of this thread and wonder why nobody mentioned that JC keeps talking about harvesting 'petrol' out of the rapeseed crop and not biodiesel.

... well, I don´t know what exactly they plan to do with the Stuff they are growing (or say they are), but Biodiesel isn´t the only Fuel that you can get from Biomass.

For example, check out these two wikipedia-articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biobutanol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioethanol (wich is -at least in Europe- already mixed into the Petrol you can buy at the Station)

And I guess they are going for Bioethanol, because clarkson has this Grudge against Diesel

[Deanodriver]

Originally Posted by Mr-Stabby

One mistake i did notice (and i'm being anal here) is they said the late great Richard Whitely was the slowest round the track, but he wasn't was he? They even contradicted themsleves on the same show by pointing out that Jimmy Carr was 2 seconds slower in the FASTER Chevvy lol

Even Hammond's tractor wasn't the slowest lap ever at 4:49. In S01E08, one of the White Van drivers (Don, I think) managed to get a 4:55 (getting lost during the lap).

Another pointless fact is that the Ford Escort that appears at ~2:00 is the same car (MEA581V) that appears about 20:50 into Apocalypse Clarkson, just after all the race car crashes.

I tell you, knowing that stuff (had to check to make sure, though) is kinda scary...

[phuckingduck]

Anyone know if in the 10x series we get to see the results of their tractor fun? Would love to see the ways they can create to burn all that gas