[10x06] November 18th, 2007

Viper007Bond · November 18th, 2007, 9:20 PM

http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/10/6/

WillDAQ · November 18th, 2007, 9:20 PM

First!

Also it was a good solid episode.

Liked the motor home racing a lot, especially the pile up at the finish.

There seemed to be a re-introduction of slightly more normal cars which was nice to see.

9/10 Keep up the good work.

edit: ok 4/5 if you're gonna make a poll images/smilies/smile.gif

Aston Martin · November 18th, 2007, 9:21 PM

Welcome back to Hull boys. images/smilies/tongue.gif

Although Graham Boanas is a cock.

James hitting the motorhome with a frying pan was brilliant, and 'The Performance' was awesome.

adam19966 · November 18th, 2007, 9:41 PM

Hey I really like 'The performance' too, does anyone have a link to a website of it, or have some more information about it?

JCTJennings · November 18th, 2007, 9:42 PM

I am not a die hard TG fan. I am more of a recent convert. There wasn't any 'cocking' around involving all of the guys. It was still the best thing on the box tonight, but for me wasn't as high on entertainment when measured against its own high standard.

As the only person so far not to score it at either a 4 or a 5, I have donned my asbestos suit.

GraemeH · November 18th, 2007, 9:49 PM

Another good balance. The camera work in the Type-R inter-generational race was fantastic, it really gave you the impression of speed, and similarly was the camera work in the hatchbacks on the runways section.

The motorhome race finish was spectacular, when the flag guy dived out the way as a motorhome came towards him roof first.

The Performance was the shit. The Weissman underneath was just spectacular, the ultimate show-off accesory. I'd spend £750,000 on that over a yacht for sure.

Amanaman · November 18th, 2007, 9:49 PM

Viewers who consistently slate Top Gear for not having enough pure car content could never complain about this episode, since the majority of it was very much centered on road testing and was almost comedy free. The Civic Type R was a colossal disappointment, but the featured estates were a refreshing changed and I especially liked the scenery in this segment, simply sublime. Although it was still technically another runway, the ambience that the night time setting provided worked remarkably well, not to mention the surrounding flames. The Alfa-Romeo race felt a bit sedated, but if I remember rightly wasn't this featured in either the series 8 or 9 preview? The mobile home racing was hilarious, and of course reminiscent of the previous historic people carrier racing.

After seeing this episode I really want a Performance images/smilies/jawdrop.gif

although I still also now want a Peel images/smilies/wink.gif

By the way, I like the new inclusion of having a voting poll - I was going to suggest this before.

misterpro · November 18th, 2007, 9:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCTJennings

I am not a die hard TG fan. I am more of a recent convert. There wasn't any 'cocking' around involving all of the guys. It was still the best thing on the box tonight, but for me wasn't as high on entertainment when measured against its own high standard.

As the only person so far not to score it at either a 4 or a 5, I have donned my asbestos suit.

2 stars is perfectly fine. Not the best episode by far.

Only reason I voted 4 stars is because I nearly choked laughing at the motorhome racing segment images/smilies/driving.gif

satriales · November 18th, 2007, 9:50 PM

I thought it was a solid episode with more normal cars than usual which is a nice change. The highlight has to be the motor home racing, that was brilliant entertainment. The estates being reviewed in front of the fire at Manchester Airport was spectacular. 4/5

Dann · November 18th, 2007, 9:51 PM

Another good, solid episode. It lacks the greatness of some other episodes in the serie, like the london race, the porsche pipe news etc. but it was still a great watch.
The civic type-R review was good and bang on. The alfa piece was nice, its always nice to see james do a review. The estate piece was lovely, although the roadtest stuff was a bit poor, the filming at the airport made up for it, it just looked so fricking cool. Motorhome racing was great, laught all the way through it. And also noticed hammond whore the helmet again! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Blythy · November 18th, 2007, 9:52 PM

oh btw make sure people score to TOP GEAR standards, not TV standards, cos compared to shite on other channels, top gear will always at the fucking least be 4/5.

aye good stuff. I'dve chosen the M5, but then I'll not get either.

type R was disappointing like, I'dve given more time to the powerstates. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

zyrex · November 18th, 2007, 10:05 PM

wow! First HOT british girl I've seen! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

*wub*

matt2000 · November 18th, 2007, 10:06 PM

i enjoyed this episode. shame about the type R, i thought that was going to be great. i really like the Alfa (even more now it's a good car), the super estates were brilliant (if you have a spare airport) and camper racing was fantastic images/smilies/biggrin.gif

who was in the van that flipped anyway?

very good episode in my opinion images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Frederic · November 18th, 2007, 10:08 PM

I liked it!

Peter3hg · November 18th, 2007, 10:16 PM

I liked most of it. I won't go over the things I like because they will be gone over many times by other people. The reason I docked it a star was for two reasons. Firstly Dellaglio (I don't care that I can't spell) was a pretty boring guest and secondly the Civic and Alfa reviews are just too old (car wise) to be worthy of inclusion in my opinion. I realise they are trying to catch up after the events of last year but they should have just binned the Alfa review especially. Also the race in the Alfa review seemed rather pointless.
I did like them being in Manchester, the airport is only 5 miles from me.

Come to think of it it was probably only worth a 3* but I've voted now.

\Thanks for adding the poll Viper. It is a great inclusion.

surfgurl · November 18th, 2007, 10:20 PM

Thanks Top Gear. Another great episode.
However, you will be getting a letter from me telling you all off. I work in a boarding school and sat down to watch it with the kids aged 10 -12 this evening as usual. Thanks to Mr Clarkson I had to explain what bull semen was and thanks to Mr May we had an interesting discussion on why he can use language such as boll**ks on TV and they get a detention if they use the same swearword. Thankfully, as with the pulling off in the services joke from a few episodes ago, I didn't have to explain the young lady's reaction to sitting on the vibrating seat pad. It went over the kids' heads so to speak.

SPG900 · November 18th, 2007, 10:28 PM

Boring news, boring guest, 3 great reviews. 4/5 images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

SPG900 · November 18th, 2007, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfgurl

Thanks to Mr Clarkson I had to explain what bull semen was and thanks to Mr May we had an interesting discussion on why he can use language such as boll**ks on TV and they get a detention if they use the same swearword.

Probably the most interesting conversation you had with your kids all day.

Aston Martin · November 18th, 2007, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfgurl

Thanks Top Gear. Another great episode.
However, you will be getting a letter from me telling you all off. I work in a boarding school and sat down to watch it with the kids aged 10 -12 this evening as usual. Thanks to Mr Clarkson I had to explain what bull semen was and thanks to Mr May we had an interesting discussion on why he can use language such as boll**ks on TV and they get a detention if they use the same swearword. Thankfully, as with the pulling off in the services joke from a few episodes ago, I didn't have to explain the young lady's reaction to sitting on the vibrating seat pad. It went over the kids' heads so to speak.

Something tells me you drive a Prius.

ViperVX · November 18th, 2007, 10:32 PM

It's the classic Season 4-5-6 Top Gear episode, & most of us are saying, that it was a bit dry, needs more humour, more cocking about etc...
Do we change our opinion every week or what?

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November 18th, 2007, 9:20 PM	#1
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November 18th, 2007, 9:20 PM	#2
WillDAQ Joined: Oct 23rd, 2007 Last Online: 1:34 AM Posts: 1,014 Car: Smart Roadster Coupe Rep Power: 41	First! Also it was a good solid episode. Liked the motor home racing a lot, especially the pile up at the finish. There seemed to be a re-introduction of slightly more normal cars which was nice to see. 9/10 Keep up the good work. edit: ok 4/5 if you're gonna make a poll Last edited by WillDAQ; November 18th, 2007 at 9:27 PM. Reason: moar and moar

November 18th, 2007, 9:21 PM	#3
Aston Martin Wirelees noob Joined: Sep 20th, 2006 Last Online: 5:57 AM Location: Hull, England Posts: 2,236 Rep Power: 68	Welcome back to Hull boys. Although Graham Boanas is a cock. James hitting the motorhome with a frying pan was brilliant, and 'The Performance' was awesome. __________________ "The last really fast car I drove was Ferrari’s 599 GTB Fiorano. Hardly a slouch, the 599 reaches 62mph in 3.7 seconds and 124mph in 11 seconds. But drive the Ferrari 599 past a stationary Veyron at 62mph during its 11 second 124mph sprint and the Bugatti will catch up by the time the Italian reaches 124mph." "I wish it would be Gumball every day."

November 18th, 2007, 9:42 PM	#5
JCTJennings Joined: Nov 9th, 2007 Last Online: July 10th, 2008 Location: Ellesmere Port, UK Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	I am not a die hard TG fan. I am more of a recent convert. There wasn't any 'cocking' around involving all of the guys. It was still the best thing on the box tonight, but for me wasn't as high on entertainment when measured against its own high standard. As the only person so far not to score it at either a 4 or a 5, I have donned my asbestos suit. __________________ Sir! It's me, sir. Jennings sir.

November 18th, 2007, 9:41 PM	#4
adam19966 Joined: Nov 18th, 2007 Last Online: November 18th, 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hey I really like 'The performance' too, does anyone have a link to a website of it, or have some more information about it?

November 18th, 2007, 9:49 PM	#6
GraemeH Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: 1:47 AM Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,062 Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 33	Another good balance. The camera work in the Type-R inter-generational race was fantastic, it really gave you the impression of speed, and similarly was the camera work in the hatchbacks on the runways section. The motorhome race finish was spectacular, when the flag guy dived out the way as a motorhome came towards him roof first. The Performance was the shit. The Weissman underneath was just spectacular, the ultimate show-off accesory. I'd spend £750,000 on that over a yacht for sure. __________________

November 18th, 2007, 9:49 PM	#7
Amanaman Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bristol, UK Age: 20 Posts: 539 Rep Power: 20	Viewers who consistently slate Top Gear for not having enough pure car content could never complain about this episode, since the majority of it was very much centered on road testing and was almost comedy free. The Civic Type R was a colossal disappointment, but the featured estates were a refreshing changed and I especially liked the scenery in this segment, simply sublime. Although it was still technically another runway, the ambience that the night time setting provided worked remarkably well, not to mention the surrounding flames. The Alfa-Romeo race felt a bit sedated, but if I remember rightly wasn't this featured in either the series 8 or 9 preview? The mobile home racing was hilarious, and of course reminiscent of the previous historic people carrier racing. After seeing this episode I really want a Performance although I still also now want a Peel By the way, I like the new inclusion of having a voting poll - I was going to suggest this before. __________________ IGCD - The Internet Games Car Database The Sims Is About To Get Ugly - the first ever Sims 2 car chase Top Gear on IMCDB

November 18th, 2007, 9:50 PM	#9
satriales Joined: Oct 6th, 2007 Last Online: July 19th, 2009 Location: Guildford, Surrey Age: 24 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I thought it was a solid episode with more normal cars than usual which is a nice change. The highlight has to be the motor home racing, that was brilliant entertainment. The estates being reviewed in front of the fire at Manchester Airport was spectacular. 4/5

November 18th, 2007, 9:51 PM	#10
Dann Joined: Aug 31st, 2006 Last Online: 2:21 AM Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 20 Posts: 247 Car: VW Golf Rep Power: 16	Another good, solid episode. It lacks the greatness of some other episodes in the serie, like the london race, the porsche pipe news etc. but it was still a great watch. The civic type-R review was good and bang on. The alfa piece was nice, its always nice to see james do a review. The estate piece was lovely, although the roadtest stuff was a bit poor, the filming at the airport made up for it, it just looked so fricking cool. Motorhome racing was great, laught all the way through it. And also noticed hammond whore the helmet again!

November 18th, 2007, 9:52 PM	#11
Blythy Joined: Sep 27th, 2005 Last Online: October 24th, 2009 Posts: 1,009 Car: Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1.2 Oh fuck yeah! Rep Power: 23	oh btw make sure people score to TOP GEAR standards, not TV standards, cos compared to shite on other channels, top gear will always at the fucking least be 4/5. aye good stuff. I'dve chosen the M5, but then I'll not get either. type R was disappointing like, I'dve given more time to the powerstates. __________________

November 18th, 2007, 10:05 PM	#12
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November 18th, 2007, 10:06 PM	#13
matt2000 Hedgehog Sandwich Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: 2:31 AM Location: Meerkat Harborough, UK Age: 19 Posts: 5,491 Car: 1977 lol sprung Land Rover shed LFS Status: Rep Power: 98	i enjoyed this episode. shame about the type R, i thought that was going to be great. i really like the Alfa (even more now it's a good car), the super estates were brilliant (if you have a spare airport) and camper racing was fantastic who was in the van that flipped anyway? very good episode in my opinion __________________ Forza 3 Owners Club

November 18th, 2007, 10:08 PM	#14
Frederic Joined: Nov 2nd, 2006 Last Online: October 17th, 2009 Location: Belgium (Limburg) Posts: 287 Rep Power: 14	I liked it!

November 18th, 2007, 10:16 PM	#15
Peter3hg Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Manchester, UK Age: 20 Posts: 4,509 Car: 2006 Yamaha Fazer LFS Status: Rep Power: 44	I liked most of it. I won't go over the things I like because they will be gone over many times by other people. The reason I docked it a star was for two reasons. Firstly Dellaglio (I don't care that I can't spell) was a pretty boring guest and secondly the Civic and Alfa reviews are just too old (car wise) to be worthy of inclusion in my opinion. I realise they are trying to catch up after the events of last year but they should have just binned the Alfa review especially. Also the race in the Alfa review seemed rather pointless. I did like them being in Manchester, the airport is only 5 miles from me. Come to think of it it was probably only worth a 3* but I've voted now. \Thanks for adding the poll Viper. It is a great inclusion. __________________

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November 18th, 2007, 10:20 PM	#16
surfgurl Joined: Dec 23rd, 2006 Last Online: July 20th, 2009 Location: UK Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Thanks Top Gear. Another great episode. However, you will be getting a letter from me telling you all off. I work in a boarding school and sat down to watch it with the kids aged 10 -12 this evening as usual. Thanks to Mr Clarkson I had to explain what bull semen was and thanks to Mr May we had an interesting discussion on why he can use language such as boll**ks on TV and they get a detention if they use the same swearword. Thankfully, as with the pulling off in the services joke from a few episodes ago, I didn't have to explain the young lady's reaction to sitting on the vibrating seat pad. It went over the kids' heads so to speak.

November 18th, 2007, 10:28 PM	#17
SPG900 Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: België Posts: 567 Rep Power: 0	Boring news, boring guest, 3 great reviews. 4/5

November 18th, 2007, 10:32 PM	#20
ViperVX Joined: Dec 27th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Age: 23 Posts: 1,140 Rep Power: 27	It's the classic Season 4-5-6 Top Gear episode, & most of us are saying, that it was a bit dry, needs more humour, more cocking about etc... Do we change our opinion every week or what? __________________ Top Gear Rullz 4ever!

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