James May

[Tayne]

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[trigger]

I did have to laugh when that local drive straight into the front of the Lambo, and it didn't look planned neither!

[bigstraight6]

Not of course that any of this was staged managed Yeah, I really do think that James May loved that car.....I'd nominate Clarkson, for banging on about how much effort Aston Martin had put into getting their car as light as possible, only to let that fat Yorkshire pudding behind the wheel

[Dukestar25]

I really felt sorry for James at that moment in time. That has got to be the cruellest joke Clarkson has played on him so far... He was really heart-broken when that truck totalled the little Dacia, poor guy. Would have been funnier if it had hit Clarkson instead

[Tayne]

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[sdelasal]

Interview with the man..

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/new ... s-May.html

[Split_Pin]

I'm reading May's book at the moment. Despite being more a collection of his articles, he does stand by his trusty Fiat Panda and has some views that are pretty pro-autoshite.

[Tayne]

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[retrogeezer]

Not of course that any of this was staged managed Yeah, I really do think that James May loved that car.....I'd nominate Clarkson, for banging on about how much effort Aston Martin had put into getting their car as light as possible, only to let that fat Yorkshire pudding behind the wheel

They would have got actually footage of it if they had staged the Lambo v Dacia crash.

No they wouldn't and thats precisely why you didn't see the actual crash!Strange how water was coming out of the washer bottle but there was zero damage to the front of the Lambo. Washer bottles don't pop with no body damage visible.And why would the camera have been following the old Dacia when there were 3 supercars to film?Totally staged but entertaining none the less.The Sandero looks just like a Megane Scenic from the front I thought.If you have been watching the James May 'Toys' programme, he has been driving around in a lovely classic Porsche.

[brammy777]

James may has made top gear his own i reckon, hes more valuable than hammond. Him and clarkson would do, they have a wide enough differance in their opinions and likings to make a viable tv show without the small one.But i guess we have to put up with him.He clearly has an understanding of older cars as well, as reflected in his choices on the various challenges. And i bet neither of the other two would dare ever pull off a feat like his autocar subliminal message, thats legendary haha.Sorry to put this slightly off topic, but if i could choose any other person to do what hammond does, id pick Johnny Herbert. Other people may disagree.....

[Spiny Norman]

Said it all tonight when they showed a shot of one of the three snort-thrusters overtaking the camera car in a flurry of furious gearchanges and much engine noise, that me & my mate both said at the same time, "Cor look, a Renault 12!" Got even worse when we spent the next ten minutes deciding if was actually a Renault or if was another Dacia, maybe the Denem.

[Tayne]

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[Mr H Sceptre]

Ok, this doesn't happen very often. In fact it has never happened before....

 

 

I'm taking an Autoshite management decision.:

 

I would like to announce the award of AUTOSHITE ALL ROUND GOOD EGG 2009 award to

 

MR JAMES MAY

 

Its official.

 

Complaints on a full 20 Mayfair Smooth fag packet to Autoshite East Midlands HQ..........

[barrett]

wait, is there a new series on then? i work sunday nights so i had no idea....to the iplayer!also agree about the AS award for Mr.May, partly because him and Clarkson are the only people who admit to liking prog-rock in public.

[Father Ted]

It wold b nice if we extended the oily friend of handship to Mr May - I mean he may already be aware of us but perhaps someonne should mail him and tell him there is a community out there of people who love hi (in a not at all gay way).

[VWPowered]

"Cor look, a Renault 12!"

Dacia 1300, you'll upset the Romanians saying they drive Renault 12's :lol:totally enjoyed the show, good to have some half decent tele to watch

[retrogeezer]

 

 

No they wouldn't and thats precisely why you didn't see the actual crash!

 

 

Strange how water was coming out of the washer bottle but there was zero damage to the front of the Lambo. Washer bottles don't pop with no body damage visible.

 

I've seen that happen, a friend's Saab 9-3 was hit by another car and the bumper distorted popped the bottom of the washer bottle and sprung back. Afterward it looked as though there were a few scratches and a missing bumper fixing.

Oh come on, you can't seriously believe that on a road with only 4 vehicles and clear visiblilty that those 2 cars hit each other!

 

And a Lambo does not have a 'pop out' bumper on it. It's a £150k car not a £20k Saab. There was no damage at all, no scratches, no broken bumper fixing.

 

The only way that could 'really' have happened is if the Dacia driver was looking in totally the opposite direction. I can see it now: 'oh look, there is a Lamborghini, a Ferrari and a Aston Martin coming towards me, I'll crash into one of them'

 

Well at least that proves the vampire crash, the porsche cayenne crash and the bedford rascal crash were all genuine then.

??? So you think the Vampire crash was staged because it was on camera?

 

The Rascal was staged, it was on a track under controlled conditions and they are known to roll VERY easily.

I don't remember the Cayenne crash but most 'stunts' and things that happen on that show are staged. Do you think they also accidentally took a wrong turn through that little shanty town?

 

Top Gear is now the most-watched TV show on BBC Two, and is also shown in over 100 countries around the world. It won an International Emmy in 2005, for the best non-scripted entertainment show that was not broadcast in the United States. Clarkson said: "I didn't attend the awards ceremony because I didn't know that we had won, and I only found out after a 4am text message, whilst I was busy writing the script for the next show....".

[Pillock]

Awwww heck, not another 'Top Gear is rubbish' thread :(Yes it's often staged, scripted and rehearsed. Some of it isn't. Some of it was never intended to be in the programme, but was funny enough when it happened that it gets left in. If that means reshooting it and pretending, then so be it.... how fun would the programme be if nothing happened at all on a drive across Romania? Some stuff, like the Maserati Merak letting go and showering the road with bits of engine block, can't have been scripted. Others, like the USA pickup-petrolstation scene, were completely acted and rehearsed. No question. But it's entertaining FFS

[retrogeezer]

I didn't say it was rubbish - just scripted and very entertaining.

[Mr Lobster]

So is this a new series then? I'll fire up iPlayer later and have a look.

[VWPowered]

i totally enjoyed it and not a smashed up BL car in sight was funny the dacia getting wrapped, sooo broken hearted is he....

[michiel]

I'll question everything on TG nowadays... May falling off the backseat in the limo, May choosing the wrong road, the kids in the village writing on the cars... still some enjoyable moments yesterday. That 'best road ever' looks like a good one to end up dead in a ravine during the greatest drive of your life, damn scary drops.

[dollywobbler]

Sorry but I thought it was dreadful - bar the hooning around beneath the People's Palace. I'd like to do that in my 2CV.As soon as the Dacia Sandero appeared, you knew it was going to get totalled. Well, it's not a POWAAARGH car is it? So it must be shit. I doubt May really likes them at all.

[M'coli]

I'll go against that and say that he does - he drives a Fiat Panda, after all!

[CIH]

I'm with retrogeezer. It's mostly entertaining but totally contrived. May did look gutted when they wrecked his Dacia.

[seth]

Mr May is on the cover of the latest AA magazine. Inside is a three page interview with him."Why do you choose the car you drive?""I bought my Panda three years ago after I tried one on Top Gear. I like small, simple cars and think they're probably more fun more of the time. Its not ecological. I just like driving small underpowered things""Given £1m, what would you buy"I'd probably buy a field full of cheap old cars.... Theres a Volvo 245 coming up the road towards us right now and I quite fancy that.""Do you keep any motoring-related souvenirs""I have the manuals from most cars I've owned because I don't like to part with them."I'd like to think he is already on this forum but either posting under a pseudonym or just laying low in the background in case he is outed...

[Pete-M]

Do I suspect a hint of "I don't get to drive Ferraris / Astons / Lambos to far flung places and have fun, so therefore Top Gear shouldn't either" from a few of you lot?I'm disappointed if that's the case.

[dollywobbler]

No envy from me. I drive a 2CV and nothing can beat that for driving experience.

[Rocket88]

[ I drive a 2CV and nothing can beat that for driving experience.Try a '54 Ford Pop, with cunningly inserted 454 cu in Buick lump, on Viva HC front discs, and no power steering.........................

[retrogeezer]

No envy from me either - it's just an entertainment show at the end of the day. I was just pointing out that the dacia/lambo crash was staged.I mean, whats the market for the BMW and the Merc that JM tested? Probably not someone who watches Top Gear on a Sunday evening so pointless really, but entertaining to watch.As I said earlier, James May seems to be using a classic Porsche all the time in the Toys programme and no sign of the Panda he owns.....maybe the Panda is just for 'around town' driving.