Star in a reasonably priced car – Amy MacDonald, total petrolhead; Audi R8 and Ferrari owner!

Race is compromised by the fat journo bring a £60k car to the party.

Same old same old…………..

Race is compromised by the fat journo bring a £60k car to the party.

Where a £35k Audi or BMW with a 3 litre diesel and a huge fuel tank would have been a MUCH better tool for the job! 😕

Where a £35k Audi or BMW with a 3 litre diesel and a huge fuel tank would have been a MUCH better tool for the job!

Hammond & May said that !

I’m sure that Toyota used to be called a GT85.

It’ll be canny when it’s 4 years old, £6000 and you hoy some proper sized back wheels on it.

Hammond & May said that !

Ah right, think I was out the room at that point…

hoy some proper sized back wheels on it

Hahahhaaha you’re kinda missing the point 😀

It only has 200bhp and the rear tyres are 215/45! More than you’ll ever need and gives the best compromise in all weathers.

AE86

Same as my old one, silver over black face lift version. Best car I ever had. Sold it to a lad who put it on its roof! Then had the temerity to phone me up and ask if I knew anyone else who would have one for sale. As if! They go for big money now.

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Where a £35k Audi or BMW with a 3 litre diesel and a huge fuel tank would have been a MUCH better tool for the job!

Yeah, but EVERYONE’s got one of those. What’s the point in that? Yawn-tastic…. 🙂

I thought this weeks was fairly entertaining, one of the good ones!

The choice of the Ford was, presumably, driven by Carroll Shelby’s passing away?

The choice of the Ford was, presumably, driven by Carroll Shelby’s passing away?

Indeed. I’d like to hear more about him.

This series is utter tosh!
I have been a fan of the show for a long time but no I can see what everyone else is on about.

the shelby was being followed the whole distance by a range rover used as a camera car… so whatever clarkson drives is irrelevant isn’t it?

600-odd bhp etc etc etc

kinda ruins the whole premise….

This weeks was slow, last weeks much better.

I fear some of you miss the point about it being entertainment. It’s not serious, if JC used a diesel Audi a4 then most of the viewers would have fallen asleep or committed suicide.

the feature had a great section on him, and there was a documentary on bbc4 not too long ago

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The choice of the Ford was, presumably, driven by Carroll Shelby’s passing away?

Aye, and the fact its Clarkson’s own car..

Aye, and the fact its Clarkson’s own car..

Hmm. You sure….?

That plate “M600FMC” or something like that I think might be owned by Ford to put on their press cars. FMC = Ford Motor Company
Aston Marten have V8 AML or something similar for the same purpose.

Where a £35k Audi or BMW with a 3 litre diesel and a huge fuel tank would have been a MUCH better tool for the job!

Don’t think that was the point really – granted he wouldn’t have had to stop for fuel as often, if at all and he wouldn’t have been as knackered as he said he was, but assuming that he stuck to the speed limits all the way through France (which is VERY difficult not to do given the Froggies love of speed traps and timing on the autoroutes) would he have won? I doubt it.

No way does he own that.

granted he wouldn’t have had to stop for fuel as often, if at all and he wouldn’t have been as knackered as he said he was, but assuming that he stuck to the speed limits all the way through France (which is VERY difficult not to do given the Froggies love of speed traps and timing on the autoroutes) would he have won?

From my (very limited) experience of filming/photo-shoots/etc it probably took them 2 – 3 days to make the journey with external camera shots, city traffic shots, food & comfort breaks, and so on. It’s not really a race. Or is it? 😕 😯

I imagine they had the ‘race’ then backed up a bit over the next couple of days to film the fill-in stuff like traffic and filling the tank etc.

However, it’s clear to me that Clarkson lost that one by a long way, whatever they were making out on the film.

Still entertaining TV though. I’m not sure I’d have preferred Call The Midwife.

From my (very limited) experience of filming/photo-shoots/etc it probably took them 2 – 3 days to make the journey with external camera shots, city traffic shots, food & comfort breaks, and so on. It’s not really a race. Or is it?

I’d guess they do and film the race on the way and get the filler shots on the way back.

Having the Range Rover camera car in every shot was shoddy filming and editing though. It did make a mockery of the whole thing as, even though it is obviously very hyped for TV, you don’t want that veil lifted every 10 secs.

kinda ruins the whole premise….

Funny – like you or anyone is actually interested in whether a car can beat public transport down to Italy.
It’s just a vehicle for a bit of banter and some cars.

New series of Fifth Gear starts tonight….

I thought the number plate M600MFC meant the dashboard was made of melamine faced chipboard.

New series of Fifth Gear starts tonight….

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz……….

Indeed 😐

Who the hell buys enough Amy MacDonald records to afford her 3 Audi R8s, two Ferraris plus whatever else she has. Mind boggling. I thought the record industry was dead and no one makes any money nowadays???

Who the hell buys enough Amy MacDonald records to afford her 3 Audi R8s, two Ferraris plus whatever else she has. Mind boggling. I thought the record industry was dead and no one makes any money nowadays???

I doubt they were paid cash for. You can get most Supercars on short term lease deals with specialist finance houses. That said it would probably still be about 2K per month, but i guess she can cover that.

She said she’d sold 5 million copies. That sounds like enough to me.

All the FMC cars are Ford Motor Company press cars. The GT500 is theirs, not Clarksons.

It’s also not £35k when you get it into the UK. Like a lot of people who live in cloud cuckoo land, they chose to ignore the duty and VAT that has to be paid on any import. If you pick up a brand new GT500 for £35k, you’ll have around £1000 shipping, plus 10% duty plus 20% VAT, plus around £1000 to get it through an IVA test before you can tax or drive it. Call it £50k, then buy an Audi instead.

More importantly, for a biking forum, how did May lose his mini race?! 🙂

I imagine they had the ‘race’ then backed up a bit over the next couple of days to film the fill-in stuff like traffic and filling the tank etc.

The only place Top Gear races do actually happen is in peoples imaginations…..

I enjoy Top Gear. It’s a bit of light entertainment for a Sunday evening. It can be quite funny, and interesting. Jeremey Clarkson is a bit of a knob, Richard Hammond is very irritating, and James May looks increasingly more like he’s really only in it for the money. They make a good team however, it’s a formula that works. Yes, the show format has run it’s course, and is dying on it’s arse, but until people switch off, they’ll continue to make the show, as it’s a money spinner for the BBC.

I admit last night’s show was crap; just to obvious and contrived. And the car wasn’t at all interesting really. About 10 mins of content stretched out to fill a show. As for star in a car; I have never heard of half/have absolutely no interest in most of these people, and it’s the point of the show where I can get up and go to the toilet/make a snack etc. The programme makes seem like they’ve run out of ideas, and even the presenters seem to be admitting this now. Flogging a dying horse.

It’s still way better than most of the crap on ITV though.

35k does seem to be a bit of a stretch:

for sale if anyone fancies the 12mpg hole in their pocket

I love Top Gear, but even I was a little bored with it last night. As much as Mustangs look fun and sound great, i’d much rather a US coast to coast or something in a supercar than to trip to Italy.

And who knew Amy McDonald was so popular (but exceedingly dull)

More importantly, for a biking forum, how did May lose his mini race?!

And he wasn’t wearing a helmet, surely he now has to burn in hell?

It’ll be canny when it’s 4 years old, £6000 and you hoy some proper sized back wheels on it.

You are seriously missing what the GT86 is about.

No-one over 10 years of age actually believes these races are real do they?

Good grief, you’ll be telling me you believe the X Factor isn’t fixed next…… 😀