[10x01] October 7th, 2007 - Page 12

upyourego · October 8th, 2007, 09:20 PM

Are you sure your not German regiz? images/smilies/smile.gif

sorry another joke that should have been resisted - gotta love stereotypes and nazi references!

I'm sure there are stunning roads in every part of the world (even Britain if you look hard enough) but Top Gear has a budget and the route they chose was probably the cheapest with the best effect.

NooDle · October 8th, 2007, 09:31 PM

It's back and it's fantastic as ever. Loved the news, loved the Golf bit, but somehow the "lets take supercars to a fantastic" location thing seemed a bit dull.

They've done roughly the same when they went to that bridge in France a while back... and the supercar section seemed to go on too long aswell

however, JC failing to refuel his car and James being uncomfortable for ages while claiming to love his car were class...

ls1geezer · October 8th, 2007, 09:39 PM

What an awesome start to the new season.
Keep up the good work guys.
All I have to do now is move to europe and buy a super car.

CrazyRussian540 · October 8th, 2007, 09:57 PM

lets recap.

Jeremy stopped half of London... because his GT was too wide for a British bridge
Richard stopped half of Paris... because the Zonda is too low for a French carpark

James stopped half of Austria... because hes a blithering idiot

LMAO

edkwon · October 8th, 2007, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awdrifter

Top Gear is back, and none of that challenge rubbish, just great motoring. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I hate to break it to you, but theres going to be quite a few challenges this coming season. Im glad the show is back, but i was still dissapointed with this ep, there was only 1 real car review (The Golf W12) and its a car thats not even going into production. I want a return of road tests of reasonably priced (as well as expensive) sports cars, estates, MPVs, micro compacts, etc. Much like what Fifth Gear is doing so well these days, and not make 75% of each ep overly ambitious/stupid challenges.

edkwon · October 8th, 2007, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahpadt

How dare you comment that film as "OK"? The finding-the-greatest-driving-road-in-the-world film was excellent.

No, i think it was just 'OK' as well, youre being dazzled and distracted by a lot of flash, and besides it wasn't that different from the '3 Supercars in France' film from series 7.

triumph · October 8th, 2007, 10:33 PM

this episode was pretty near to perfection.
Although the celebrity bit could have been shorter.

Kudos to the Stig for mastering this Golf around the track 8)

I think this serie is going to be one of the best.

But I will still watch fifth gear for informative reviews.

Vltros · October 8th, 2007, 10:40 PM

Oh My God!!!

My eyes just exploded with joy!!! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

It seems TopGear it's going back to it's roots and better than ever. Yeah!!! the 3 lightweight part of the episode was a little bit boring in some parts. But the imagery and the way it was filmed... Just SUPERB!!!!

It's just the first episode of this long season, so give it a little bit of time till it gets even better.

And I completely agree with D-Fence about how unfair was the N24 treated. It was a race car!!! It's normal that it wasn't comfortable!!!

Anyways, I just can't wait till next Sunday (well.... actually it will be Monday images/smilies/tongue.gif

)!!!

BlaRo · October 8th, 2007, 11:21 PM

My friend: "So what's this Top Gear thing?"
Me: "Err...it's 3 British guys talking about cars. And doing...stuff with them. I guess."
My friend: "That sounds like it sucks."
Me: "Here, just watch this."
Jeremy: "You look like a gay terrorist!"
My friend: "I have to admit, that was AWESOME!"

Enough said. images/smilies/bow.gif

stecube · October 8th, 2007, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyRussian540

lets recap.

Jeremy stopped half of London... because his GT was too wide for a British bridge
Richard stopped half of Paris... because the Zonda is too low for a French carpark

James stopped half of Austria... because hes a blithering idiot

LMAO

Actually it was Italy . . . images/smilies/wink.gif

watto · October 9th, 2007, 12:13 AM

I don't get why people are saying that James drew the short straw with the Aston. Have a read of the articles that Viper has provided a link for on the front page (I'm not giving the url, find it yourself) and I get the impression that the producers would have said "Go get a light weight road/racing car and we'll take them to the best roads in the world." Then the presenters went off and chose the cars. How does James draw the short straw when he picked the car??

Mercury · October 9th, 2007, 12:18 AM

That's the best piece of television I've seen in a long time. Perhaps since season 7? It put a big smile on my face by simply being fun. I forgot how much fun it was watching a new episode of TG, and season 9 doesn't even count BTW.
Around 54 mins when Hammond says "it's a good time to reflect on our cars" there's about a minute and a half of amazing shots, combined with amazing music with that amazing scenery and those amazing cars (though color challenged) when it just all came back to me at once. I LOVE THIS SHOW!! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Can't wait for the next show and the uncut news.

stinger · October 9th, 2007, 12:55 AM

I loved the trailer for the season that they showed in the beginning of the episode.

JM: (to RH) You look like a gay cowboy... (to JC) and you look like a gay terrorist.

images/smilies/roflmao.gif

Ottobon · October 9th, 2007, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regiz

No need to apologize, I guess I don't get the joke. What does me being polish have anything to do with the point I'm trying to make? I've been in Switzerland, I know how amazing roads they have up there in the mountains. But I've seen better, that's all I'm saying.

I have to agree. Although they did find some great roads, i suppose after being stuck in Italy and not allowed to hammer through Lichtenstein they may have felt a bit of a need to boast.

I may be wrong, but i think Jeremy has been to the road they used as the "Finally" before this, either that or its been shown in his previous movies. I have to say, it look better from the nose of a car then from the chopper. Which is meant 100% as a compliment.

drnick · October 9th, 2007, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Ooo, we should definitely clone their path!

heres my guess of the entire path..

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...,11.535645&z=7

a couple of notes:
- Lichenstien: i think on the way from Vaduz to Davos, ive included the road that Richard wanted to go on, but couldnt images/smilies/smile.gif

- Davos - Stelvio: as mentioned in previous threads, there are a bunch of different options here. I tried to stay as true to the virtual map as shown in the episode, and also taking into acocunt that they seemed to go by several lakes in that leg

Feel free to tweak as people see fit! its definitiely a driving holiday i would love to do at some stage in my life (albeit not for a few years methinks, considering i already am i debt for my trip to Canada @ Xmas)

Enjoy!
-Nick

dschiller · October 9th, 2007, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vltros

Oh My God!!!

My eyes just exploded with joy!!! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

It seems TopGear it's going back to it's roots and better than ever. Yeah!!! the 3 lightweight part of the episode was a little bit boring in some parts. But the imagery and the way it was filmed... Just SUPERB!!!!

It's just the first episode of this long season, so give it a little bit of time till it gets even better.

And I completely agree with D-Fence about how unfair was the N24 treated. It was a race car!!! It's normal that it wasn't comfortable!!!

Anyways, I just can't wait till next Sunday (well.... actually it will be Monday images/smilies/tongue.gif

)!!!

X2

epp_b · October 9th, 2007, 02:05 AM

Brilliant, just brilliant! We're back to proper Top Gear episodes with three chaps acting like they're eight-years-old in cars that they can only drive because of their real age images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I loved the continuous jabs at Fifth Gear, that was funny. W12 Golf, Three Supercars, just fantastic!

jayhawk · October 9th, 2007, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaRo

My friend: "So what's this Top Gear thing?"
Me: "Err...it's 3 British guys talking about cars. And doing...stuff with them. I guess."
My friend: "That sounds like it sucks."
Me: "Here, just watch this."
Jeremy: "You look like a gay terrorist!"
My friend: "I have to admit, that was AWESOME!"

Enough said. images/smilies/bow.gif

Sounds similar to when I turned my friend on to TG, after he watched the episode (DB9 vs. train) his mouth was flapping like a fish out of water, and his eyes were all googley.

I can partially relate to this episode, since I have driven all over Southern Wisconsin, Eastern Iowa and Northern Illinois to find "that perfect road". Even it is just two great corners in succession, or a one minute roller coaster ride, it was worth it. Still is.

BigDaveDogg · October 9th, 2007, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayhawk

I can partially relate to this episode, since I have driven all over Southern Wisconsin, Eastern Iowa and Northern Illinois to find "that perfect road". Even it is just two great corners in succession, or a one minute roller coaster ride, it was worth it. Still is.

You tried to find the perfect road in the Midwest? Do you realize how flat it is here?! You were wasting your time images/smilies/tongue.gif

Also, where was Top Gear Dog???

944turb0 · October 9th, 2007, 04:01 AM

I LOVED the roads bit. It was a little preview of heaven.

October 8th, 2007, 09:20 PM	#221
upyourego VIP Joined: Nov 12th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Jersey, Channel Islands, UK Age: 27 Posts: 1,072 Car: Never learnt to drive Rep Power: 35	Are you sure your not German regiz? sorry another joke that should have been resisted - gotta love stereotypes and nazi references! I'm sure there are stunning roads in every part of the world (even Britain if you look hard enough) but Top Gear has a budget and the route they chose was probably the cheapest with the best effect. __________________ --------- Ryan Morrison howtobeageek.net

October 8th, 2007, 09:57 PM	#224
CrazyRussian540 Joined: Mar 6th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Shrewsbury, MA Posts: 1,347 Car: 1997 Audi A6 Avant 2.8 quattro Rep Power: 40	lets recap. Jeremy stopped half of London... because his GT was too wide for a British bridge Richard stopped half of Paris... because the Zonda is too low for a French carpark James stopped half of Austria... because hes a blithering idiot LMAO __________________ "I beat a man on roller skates.... in an Aston Martin" - R. Hammond "You've just pulled the wobbly head off the former president of Nissan USA" - R. Hammond

October 8th, 2007, 10:33 PM	#227
triumph Joined: Apr 6th, 2006 Last Online: November 14th, 2008 Location: Germany (Tübingen near Stuttgart!!!) Posts: 466 Car: fiat barchetta Rep Power: 0	this episode was pretty near to perfection. Although the celebrity bit could have been shorter. Kudos to the Stig for mastering this Golf around the track 8) I think this serie is going to be one of the best. But I will still watch fifth gear for informative reviews. __________________ There are two ways a truly civilised and advanced nation can be defined. One, it has a fleet of nuclear submarines, and two, it does not have the death penalty. That leaves you with France and Britain. And that’s about right. J. Clarkson My Perfect car would have 1 the italian beauty,2 the british style,3 the french originality 4 the japanese reliability 5 the german technology and 6 the price of a chinese car

October 8th, 2007, 10:40 PM	#228
Vltros Joined: Sep 7th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Manresa (Barcelona) Age: 23 Posts: 896 Car: 2008 Ford Focus 1.6 Ti-VCT Rep Power: 14	Oh My God!!! My eyes just exploded with joy!!! It seems TopGear it's going back to it's roots and better than ever. Yeah!!! the 3 lightweight part of the episode was a little bit boring in some parts. But the imagery and the way it was filmed... Just SUPERB!!!! It's just the first episode of this long season, so give it a little bit of time till it gets even better. And I completely agree with D-Fence about how unfair was the N24 treated. It was a race car!!! It's normal that it wasn't comfortable!!! Anyways, I just can't wait till next Sunday (well.... actually it will be Monday )!!! __________________ '86 Ford Escort 1.4 Xtra '08 Ford Focus 1.6 Ti-VCT

October 8th, 2007, 11:21 PM	#229
BlaRo Joined: Aug 18th, 2005 Last Online: 02:39 AM Location: MA Age: 21 Posts: 8,929 Car: 1997 Yamaha Seca II, 1976 Honda CB550F Rep Power: 132	My friend: "So what's this Top Gear thing?" Me: "Err...it's 3 British guys talking about cars. And doing...stuff with them. I guess." My friend: "That sounds like it sucks." Me: "Here, just watch this." Jeremy: "You look like a gay terrorist!" My friend: "I have to admit, that was AWESOME!" Enough said. __________________ When squids attack!

October 8th, 2007, 09:31 PM	#222
NooDle Joined: Jul 20th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 27 Posts: 3,204 Car: 2004 Opel Astra 2.2DTI Rep Power: 45	It's back and it's fantastic as ever. Loved the news, loved the Golf bit, but somehow the "lets take supercars to a fantastic" location thing seemed a bit dull. They've done roughly the same when they went to that bridge in France a while back... and the supercar section seemed to go on too long aswell however, JC failing to refuel his car and James being uncomfortable for ages while claiming to love his car were class...

October 8th, 2007, 09:39 PM	#223
ls1geezer Joined: Jul 25th, 2006 Last Online: December 14th, 2008 Location: Langley BC Canada Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	What an awesome start to the new season. Keep up the good work guys. All I have to do now is move to europe and buy a super car.

October 9th, 2007, 12:13 AM	#231
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 01:53 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,414 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	I don't get why people are saying that James drew the short straw with the Aston. Have a read of the articles that Viper has provided a link for on the front page (I'm not giving the url, find it yourself) and I get the impression that the producers would have said "Go get a light weight road/racing car and we'll take them to the best roads in the world." Then the presenters went off and chose the cars. How does James draw the short straw when he picked the car??

October 9th, 2007, 12:18 AM	#232
Mercury Joined: Dec 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 30th, 2008 Location: Jerusalem ,Israel Age: 26 Posts: 825 Car: Peugeot 206 XS 1.6L Rep Power: 22	That's the best piece of television I've seen in a long time. Perhaps since season 7? It put a big smile on my face by simply being fun. I forgot how much fun it was watching a new episode of TG, and season 9 doesn't even count BTW. Around 54 mins when Hammond says "it's a good time to reflect on our cars" there's about a minute and a half of amazing shots, combined with amazing music with that amazing scenery and those amazing cars (though color challenged) when it just all came back to me at once. I LOVE THIS SHOW!! Can't wait for the next show and the uncut news. __________________ You utter pirate! - Mr. James May "If you were going to analy rape one of the top gear hosts, Richard would be the top of everyone's list" - Jonathan Ross "Then there’s the pronunciation issue. Jagwarr, Teeyoda, Neesarn, Hundy, Mitsuboosi, BM Dubya, V Dubya – it’s all completely mangled. " - J.Clarkson

October 9th, 2007, 12:55 AM	#233
stinger Joined: May 8th, 2007 Last Online: January 7th, 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 130 Car: 2006 Nissan Altima 3.5SE, 2009 Mazda RX-8 Rep Power: 7	I loved the trailer for the season that they showed in the beginning of the episode. JM: (to RH) You look like a gay cowboy... (to JC) and you look like a gay terrorist. __________________ All we know is... he's called the Stig!

October 9th, 2007, 02:05 AM	#237
epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:50 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,927 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 45	Brilliant, just brilliant! We're back to proper Top Gear episodes with three chaps acting like they're eight-years-old in cars that they can only drive because of their real age I loved the continuous jabs at Fifth Gear, that was funny. W12 Golf, Three Supercars, just fantastic!

October 9th, 2007, 04:01 AM	#240
944turb0 Joined: Mar 14th, 2007 Last Online: September 13th, 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 20 Car: 1989 Porsche 944 2.7 Rep Power: 0	I LOVED the roads bit. It was a little preview of heaven.