The Reverend Bluejeans Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I enjoyed that one. I do so wish they'd sack off Eddie Jordan, though. And The Kraut. I don't dislike EJ like many seem to (he seems like an alright guy) but he brings nothing to TG. Neither Does SS*. Yes, she can drive but so can CH. *See what I did there? saucedoctor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I enjoyed that one, F1 shite aside.Jay Kay is a good guest, and it was nice to hear about the Diablo windscreen. When I was at school and Cosmic Girl was new, there was rumour going around that it had no screen. The Ssangyacht was tremendous, too. Given we have seen amphibious cars a couple of times before, I thought this was very original and not too bodged.It looked genuinely terrifying when flat out. HMC and scruff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 So £30K + for a single use prop. Value! But surely when you sell the footage of that prop for £8m it becomes good value. They didn't have to film it in Monaco either, or pay Eddie Jordan to do the review and so on but that's what they need to do to make it sell. If they even make half of the £40 million net profit they made from it with the last 3 idiots on it, they are still doing okay aren't they. If they used a pedal car on a rowing boat and filmed it in a municipal swimming pool in Stafford, it might not be as popular with the viewers. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 You're absolutely right and I retract my petty observation. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'm trying to determine who hates that wanker JK most; a dead heat between Harris and LeBlanc, so far. Rory is close behind though. I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'm trying to determine who hates that wanker JK most; Wanker or not, he owns a proper car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Was anyone else a lot happy inside when JK didn't get the fastest time, bet that pissed him offf a lot Vince70 and Arthur Foxhake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Wanker or not, he owns a proper car.Doblo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 True. So he owns two proper cars. overrun and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Doblo and Diablo are amusingly similarly spelled. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk Junkman and overrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Anyone who owns an F40 is alright in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I remember the dance he did on old Top Gear when he got the fastest lap and sincerely wanted to invent a personalised nuke to put an end to such unbearableness. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel and saucedoctor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Enjoyed the whole series and although he does come across as a right twat in a hat, I must admit I stuck some Jamiroquai on today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I must admit I stuck some Jamiroquai Jamie Rockway on today.FTFY. ...Biggedy biggedy bong Rod/b and scruff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Fiats Sake Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Jamiroquai? Sounds like a new model from Nissan. He wasn't chuffed to be second was he! Junkman and Vince70 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Bridgeovertheriverkwai is an ego driven twat who wears his nan's tea cosy on his head, and a has been, another who deserves a kick in the cock AlabamaShrimp, Barry Cade and Vince70 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 He owns a Rover P6 and drives a Bellingo day-to-day. That puts him up a couple of notches in my eyes. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 New album No. 1 in 30+ countries...? I'm no Jay Kay fanboi but I wouldn't say he's a "has been" overrun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 For the first time in many years I've watched every episode in the series and have to say I've enjoyed them all. Yeh theres been a few lame bits but overall I've preferred it to old TG. The Bernie vs Eddie thing was odd and painful. Presumably they got offered an exclusive interview, felt they couldn't turn it down, then felt like they had to show it despite it being a car crash. Bring on the next series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I liked that 6x6 thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 The Ssangyacht cheered me up I won't be able to look at a Rodius properly again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Holy thread resurrection! Tonight sees "second hand sports cars" purchased and driven round a Japanese island. Rory explores "Tokyo's weirdest car based subculture" Roverising 1990s Honda niche models? This new series again has made a low key start compared to the fanfare that the Beeb used to muster up for Clarkson et al. Did anyone catch the first episode? richardthestag and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Yes, I've watched both so far. I want to like it, I do like Harris, but the whole fakery thing is annoying me. You see Harris drifting, but you never see MLB drifting... Also, the humour is just not there. (not that I found the previous incarnation funny after about 2010). Tonight, they'll be racing Japanese cars and, get this, they'll put sumo wrestlers in them! Ha ha haaa! How HILARIOUS. AlabamaShrimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 The off-road segment last week was just dull, I found, possibly because of the Big Foot back-story they felt like giving it. My highlight so far is the seemingly improvised on-board shot of the McLaren drift pulled off by Harris during the car chase with Ken 'I-Can-Drive-Very-Fast-If-I-Can-Practice-For-Three-Weeks-Beforehand' Block. One of the most satisfying bits of driving I've ever seen on any Top Gear, and that includes watching Clarkson break his thumb crashing a Volvo into a brick wall and generally hurt himself by crashing a truck through a brick wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I wish they'd give Rory more air time - it's always MLB and Harris dicking around and, apart from the first one (which was pretty good), he seems to be restricted to stupid 5 min slots about the reverse speed of city cars. I find the celebrity bit cringeworthy in the extreme - rather they just cut to the celebrity lap and slot something in the rest of the 10 minute segment, such as Rory playing Roulette with some old Rovers or something. Y'know, like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Without wishing to brown nose too much, Hubnut and the odd Doug DeMuro video (when he does classic vehicles) do me these days. If I could watch Fuzz Townsend just working on cars (or same for Edd) I'd watch that too. TG, na. richardthestag and GrumpyCat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 James May covered Japanese car culture in his "Cars of the people" series. That was interesting because he went into the history of the Kei car without feeling the need to criticise ones poor lap time when compared with the latest Koeniggsegg or whatever. His stunt? Racing a Honda Cub and a Daihatsu Copen (driven by Toshio Suzuki) to deliver some noodles to Hondas head office through Tokyo traffic. As May himself said, "you can't stop noodles!" Mmmmm, noodles...... Anyway, I don't expect to see a Daihatsu Tanto or Suzuki Lapin Chocolat on TG tonight so might skip it. A man can only take so many slo-mo's of sideways Skylines which I suspect will be the main gist of this evenings show. richardthestag and dollywobbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I haven't felt the need to watch the antics of those twats for years. Or those of their replacement twats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 At some point 2cvs will feature this series, but don’t know when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 ^ Yes I saw a clip of Harris/MLB trying* not to break a basket of eggs in one. IIRC Harris has tested a 2cv before on his you tube thing, and top gear has form with 2cvs /runways /jet engines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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