[Closed] So, new Top Gear this weekend. (Now with Spoilers)

Having got despondent with the last special and past couple of weeks, this was genuinely thoroughly chucklesome, well done Top Gear, you have redeemed yourself for light entertainment!

Very funny tonight. I do think there's an opportunity for a real motoring show to run on the bbc as well as Top Gear.

Think I might have watched an old episode on Dave. Pretty sure I didn't see the same one that others did.

Loved it - very funny - still the best car program on TV 😯

*wonders which one drac liked the look of*

I use to drive G30s. The brakes on fire isn't a fake.

Carry on Nurse
Carry on Doctor
Carry on Top Gear!

welshfarmer
I must be getting old. I thought it was utter tripe tonight for some reason.

I agree but I think it needs stronger words than tripe to describe how bad it was. Normally I don't mind Top Gear but that's an hour of my life I won't get back.

Worth it entirely for the g30 going over the speed bumps.

but that's an hour of my life I won't get back.

Fast forwarded through big chunks of it. Could have done the ambulance stuff in half the time. The star in the car was ace though. What a genuinely nice guy

I enjoyed it and tbh yes- the ambulance bit was padded out but there were funny moments in.

Wow that really was a low point!
It's been shite for ages but was always a breath of fresh air after the usual cack the Mrs has on but last night's really smelt bad!

Rest of the series is on record I'll watch it if not doing anything else which tbf Sunday nights probably won't be, good time for it to be on I guess.

I think 'low point' and 'tripe' are a little harsh, it was a bit of fun, if not serious, stuff.

Not sure why they've changed the format of

Intro
Fast car round the track/stig posts a lap in it
'News'
Part 1 of whatever 3 car challenge they are doing
Star in reasonable priced car
Part 2 of challenge
Wrap up
'And on that bombshell'
Fin

To a whole episode devoted to the challenge with an interlude for star in a reasonable priced car? Reflects the current audience I guess.

At least they've kept the bit where the car catches fire so it isn't too big a change

For those that are moaning/wanting a 'proper' car show on BBC. There is one, it's on BBC Alba. I hope you enjoy it*

(*hopefully once watched you'll realise why Top Gear moved away from this format)

I thought last night's was rubbish. Normally enjoy it and this series has so far been better than the last couple, but the whole ambulance thing was rubbish.
There were a couple of amusing points, but they were few & far between for me.

I thought i'd nodded off and missed a good chunk having just seen the ambulance bit and the star in the car bit but clearly not!

Myself and Mrs natrix thought that it was hilarious!! 😀

Interesting to see Lydd ranges in a different context

I thought it was funny,i couldn't be less interested in cars if I tried but I don't watch top gear for cars I watch it for nonsense and maybe some nice scenery 😀

Interesting to see Lydd ranges in a different context

Back in the Day hey?

😉

Back in the Day hey?

Guy in India was actually quite good and I'm not a fanboi (Harrythespider being at one end and me sort of midway the other).

Houns - Member
For those that are moaning/wanting a 'proper' car show on BBC. There is one, it's on BBC Alba. I hope you enjoy it*
(*hopefully once watched you'll realise why Top Gear moved away from this format)

Moving away from the original premis is fine.
A car show with an injection of comedy yes great idea (the comedy isn't that great but give them a break it's a car show really )
Now it's slowly turned into an automotive themed comedy show, again no problem with that but in this case it does actually have to be funny which it isn't really.

hora - Member
Guy in India was actually quite good and I'm not a fanboi (Harrythespider being at one end and me sort of midway the other).

Yes enjoyed Guys programme too, it took the edge off TG

The trouble is, TG is now too big to be a special interest show. If it went back to being another show for car bores it would lose most of its' viewers and be worth as much as fifth gear (not a bloody lot!). It's the most successful show the BEEB have ever had. That's why Clarkson gets away with being a dick sometimes.

However a few (including me) on the previous think it is/was

Have got a bit bored with it just lately but last nights show had me laughing out loud

Maybe I'm just used to a higher quality of dicking about.....

Loved the look on JCs face with the 'part' flying around just a few inch's from his face!

Well on Episode 2 and I've laughed a lot, Kiefer Sutherland was funny and not really plugging anything, the Oz stuff was fun and I'd really like to race out of one of those small mines.

This is the ones we had.

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I enjoyed last night's show. Yes it was contrived and scripted but at least it was fairly original and funny unlike episode 1 which was contrived, scripted, unoriginal and unfunny.

Bump 😀

Anyone want to tell me why the 'vette has a normal manual gearbox but flappy paddles?

crap so far, over priced cars, and little humour.

You hoping they start rolling out Octavias every week? Admittedly I just went looking for the fast forward button as soon as Ollie Murs appeared

Is the Peugeot thing funny? Good god this show is bad today.

I thought it was fine until they obviously ran out of money for the 2nd half of the show

As a pug driver who listens to radio 2 I am in stiches.

A new low

Anyone want to tell me why the 'vette has a normal manual gearbox but flappy paddles?

Cost cutting I imagine.

From some of the driving threads on here, I'd say the reference material for the type of driver was stw...

The car I lusted after most in the programme was the 504 estate. My dad had a diesel one, it's probably still running out in Africa as a taxi.

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The Ferrari - [i]how much[/i]? 😯
I'll have the 'vette, thank you.

I had a 505 estate way back when we had the S2 Landy, bloody car was excellent for carting hay and neddy tack up and down SHropshires hills.

I too imagine the darn things still going.

As for the show, bit Meh, that Ferrari was quite sexy, I'm in Town all next week so I'll pop over the Knightsbridge/Mayfair/Notting Hill to see what the Arabs think.

😛

shit apart from the Peugeot bit which was pretty funny.

Just didn't get that Peugeot thing at the end, not at all sure what they were trying to say.

I think they're beginning to run out of ideas. Last weeks was much better.

McLaren v Ferrari being scared their cars might not be up to the job was enlightening

Just didn't get that Peugeot thing at the end, not at all sure what they were trying to say.

Peugeot used to make cars for people who like driving. Now they make cars for people who don't give two shits about cars or driving, and they are quite good at it.

Think how the Saracen of old, became the Saracen of halfords...

Back in 94 I had a 306 tdi, best fun I had with a car, great handling and a pokey wee thing. Memories eh. Wouldn't go near peugeot these days.

We had a 505 GTI Estate in 1986...
D364MUA...
Still remember it now.

Didn't quite get all the Peugeot bashing, thought they where gonna bring out an awesome new concept car made by them at the end..
Alas, no.

Yep that Peugeot thing went on a bit. Did anyone else think the the wing mirrors on the Ferrari looked weird?

They stuck out a long way, albeit on very thin bits of carbon. Still odd though - usually you'd just expect much smaller mirrors.

I thought it was great, I love the i8 (or was that the week before?), thought the Peugeot thing was very amusing. It's on form this series IMO.

njee20 - Member

They stuck out a long way, albeit on very thin bits of carbon. Still odd though - usually you'd just expect much smaller mirrors.

They've got to clear the rear arches. It's a pretty wide car with a small passenger compartment. Apparently.

They've got to clear the rear arches. It's a pretty wide car with a small passenger compartment. Apparently.

Ahhh, that explains that...

hmm, McLaren have tweeted "The track filming was due to take place this week but was cancelled by @BBC_TopGear ahead of last night’s show."

https://twitter.com/McLarenAuto/status/569825553043353600
https://twitter.com/McLarenAuto/status/569825772711616514

HoratioHufnagel - Member

hmm, McLaren have tweeted "The track filming was due to take place this week but was cancelled by @BBC_TopGear ahead of last night’s show."

https://twitter.com/McLarenAuto/status/569825553043353600
https://twitter.com/McLarenAuto/status/569825772711616514

It's all a bit silly.

It's all a bit silly.

Not as silly as the piece on Peugeot though............

natrix

It's all a bit silly.

Not as silly as the piece on Peugeot though............

No, agree 100% that reeked of desperation for content. I must say I enjoyed the show up until the half way point, when Olly murs came on. Luckily I had recorded it and was able to skip through the rest.

At first I thought the Peugeot bit was going somewhere and that they were about to test the new 205 equivalent which they seem to be bigging up in the ads but no, it was just an excuse to crash into each other, hold up traffic and alienate people who listen to Radio 2. Pretty childish (though the French meeting bit was fairly amusing on it's own).

Otherwise a pretty good show.

I'm in two minds about the peugeot bit - It did seem very desperate for content but I loved the fact it all was filmed within 10 miles of my village. The double roundabout was the same one where I stalled in front of Jeremy during a driving lesson (and kept stalling for about 2 minutes), the section where james went straight ahead at the corner was the same one my school bus crashed on (on ice) and the "road" where he had the fire was a connecting bit on one of my local mtb routes 😀

They weren't trying to alienate radio 2 listeners. Various radio two shows are on the show regularly in a positive light. They were picking on the racists and bigots who phone the Jeremy Vine show. Who are fair game.

And, fwiw, I thought that the bit about Peugeot was the most factual piece on the show in a while.

The Peugeot bit was incredibly funny IMO.

At first I thought the Peugeot bit was going somewhere and that they were about to test the new 205 equivalent which they seem to be bigging up in the ads but no, it was just an excuse to crash into each other, hold up traffic and alienate people who listen to Radio 2. Pretty childish (though the French meeting bit was fairly amusing on it's own).

Couldn't agree more. Considering the magazines (including Top Gear) have all ran stories of Peugeot and return to the Dakar

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also each one of them has given a glowing review of their new GTI and how it looks like Peugeot are back on form

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It was a pretty desperate way to waste 20 minutes

The Peugeot section was pathetic.

The Peugeot section was hilarious.

Drac - Moderator

The Peugeot section was hilarious.

Why?

Because it made me laugh.

It didn't make me laugh.

The Peugeot section was painful to watch, worse than awful

It didn't make me laugh.

Well there you go.

Drac - Moderator

It didn't make me laugh.

Well there you go.

Nope. I still have absolutely no idea what was hilarious about it. I actually can't understand how anyone would find that funny, much less "hilarious".

I found it utterly hilarious - I had tears streaming down my face and my sides were hurting.

Probably my puerile sense of humour but there you go.

John, aged 47.

Nope. I still have absolutely no idea what was hilarious about it. I actually can't understand how anyone would find that funny, much less "hilarious".

Is that because you didn't find it funny? Weird that how you can't see why something you didn't find funny, funny.

Wow how about that? People with different opinions.

slowoldman...

The Peugeot section was hilarious.

Why?

Because it made me laugh.

He wasn't telling anyone they were wrong, just answering the question.

I didn't see the Peugeot bit...I'll have to watch it on catch up and see if I laugh! 😐

I didn't see the Peugeot bit...I'll have to watch it on catch up and see if I laugh!

I reckon that you might depend if you find it funny or not.

Drac

Is that because you didn't find it funny? Weird that how you can't see why something you didn't find funny, funny.

No it's because I found it to be a turgid, predictable rehash of the "jokes" they've repeating for years. They have the comedic ability of a bunch of motoring journalists, as opposed to say....comedians.

So, I've explained why I didn't find it funny. Can you explain why you did find it funny?

So, I've explained why I didn't find it funny. Can you explain why you did find it funny?

Yes.

It was just a silly parody of Peugeot cars and the type of drivers the attract. It was pointless but provided some light hearted humour after along day at work.

You drive a Peugeot don't you? You were deeply hurt by it, are you doing to write so called Top Gear?

Jesus, lighten up jimjam

You might find more stuff funny if you take the stick out of your arse.