NEW New new new New top gear ON HOLD, RIP?

[dean36014]

I turned it off at the water melon on Chris' head stage. Considering it's the BBC it's not exactly PC is it with regards the bullying. Two gobby shites and one decent presenter now.

[flat4alfa]

Agree on the bullying

[Dan the van]

+1.After a promising start it's gone downhill fast and i've sacked it off for good.

[HMC]

About as close as an interperetation of autoshite ethos as you’ll find on the BBC. (Assuming they are not destroyed in the process) 

Flintoff and mcguinness go on a road trip through Borneo in “cheap but rare cars” I think that’s where a Matra bagheera/murena +1 might come into it from seeing a few seconds of footage in a montage during the first episode. 

 

[hairnet]

On 7/4/2019 at 2:02 PM, dean36014 said:

Two gobby shites and one decent presenter now.

it was like that previously

[Jerzy Woking]

3 hours ago, hairnet said:

it was like that previously

Yeah, Angela Rippon was a gobby cow.

[HMC]

Here we go. Rare, cheap cars. 

The premise is the most AS theme of recent memory I can think of. Watching with interest.

[HMC]

Matra Bagheera

[richardmorris]

Matra bagheera s.

[HMC]

Allegro estate in BEIGE

[richardmorris]

Allegro estate.

[HMC]

Guys. This is the most AS top gear is ever going to get. Lap it up. Assuming they don’t trash them (!)

[MiniMort]

I will judge them heavily on Allegro treatment here

[Dan_ZTT]

Cow racing looks fun

[Fumbler]

They are offroading an Allegro estate and a Matra. I think I know the results already.

[hairnet]

got as far as 10 mins

antiques roadshow now

[Fumbler]

No it was the complete opposite of what I thought: Allegro is doing far better than the Matra. I thought both would be unhappy by now.

[Dan_ZTT]

New Rolls Royce looks a lot like my 16-year-old Range Rover

[Tamworthbay]

Fuck that RR is ugly, and not just a bit ugly but as ugly as anything I have ever have the misfortune to see. 

[HMC]

Using a tired, used x308 jag to to a speed / bollard test. Headlining pinned up? CHECK

[HMC]

Allegro modified in an unconscious tribute to the 1970 London-Mexico rally maxi

[HMC]

Alert TRASHING OCCURING

[HMC]

Also - playing devils advocate let’s say those 2 cars are totalled- what about the exposure and media coverage- worth it?

Some would say yes

[HMC]

E series status

FAIL

[MiniMort]

Kicking the number plate so more air can get through the grille. Pure engineering

[HMC]

“The allegro is an object of hate” REVISIONIST

[Fumbler]

Cars return painted rainbow. I suppose it is in protest of the filming location's customs towards gay people.

[HMC]

Good point; they did do a qualifying intro to the last bit mentioning that.

[Tamworthbay]

 

Loving this new series, best for ages.

[Jim Bergerac]

That's definitely the reason for the paint job, trying very hard to be politically correct where Top Gear hasn't been in the past.

Same could probably be said about how the two cars survived relatively unscathed (winced at the thought of the pretty much unique Matra doing that trip) and the odd lack of Allegro hate (oppose that to what that moronic Midlands makeweight did on the Amazon show recently).