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And what a dreadful series it has been. Probably the worst by some margin, and that is saying something given the last few years. However I will be watching again tonight. Why? Because it has a feature on the Ferrari F40, probably my favourite car ever.
I've commented on some of the (mostly negative) threads that have appeared on here during the current series and people have said "don't watch it if you don't like it" or "that's what your remote is for" etc, and doubtless they will say it again but I am a petrol head, and despite how terrible the set ups are, and how cringe-worthy the "acting" and interplay has become I love to see fast cars tearing round a track. I could happily watch an hour of Ferrari's driving round a track without any sort of narrative or structure really, actually that might be preferable.
I would imagine that many people who, like me dislike it but still watch it are compelled by fond memories of the show and a real passion for seeing exotic cars, stylishly shot, being driven fast.
So I thought I would kick this one off, get my retaliation in first as it were. Here's hoping the F40 feature is worth the watch.
but I am a petrol head
But Top Gear isn't a car show. It's a comedy show for the middle-aged. Couldn't you stand on a bridge and watch the traffic or something?
*yawn @ these threads*
don't like it, don't watch it, stop bleating about it. 😉
Yes - I think yo have it right. I used to be a regular watcher of Top Gear but it has become rather worn now - they seem to have run out of inspiration and have simply been going over old ground this season.
I'll admit I'm more amused by the "three blokes mucking about" nature of the programme than I am the cars themselves, it's just that it used to seem natural and now it's formulaic.
Rachel
I could happily watch an hour of Ferrari's driving round a track
yeh but a zonda is quicker 😉
Slagging it off before it has even started!
My TV has an off button for stuff I don't like.
South American special currently on Dave. And I'm watching it cos it's very good.
Slagging it off before it has even started!My TV has an off button for stuff I don't like.
My TV has an on button that wont get used tonight.
And what a dreadful series it has been
seriuosly? i've never watched top gear until this series and i love it. has me in utter stitches. would have tuned in years ago had i known it was so funny.
last week's, where clarksons justification for the star in a car was that she was bisexual and liked guns and muscle cars was brilliant. and when he ragged that bmw near off the track chasing stig and just looked at the on-board camera and smiled was class.
so if you reckon this series is not as good, and i can't argue as i have no idea whether it is or no, i'm off to ebay to see if i can buy some past series dvds.
and another thing... sod stating jedi as your religion in the census, put down disciple of clarkson.
sod stating jedi as your religion in the census, put down disciple of clarkson
that takes sadness to new levels
i agree with jim jam, as a petrol head from an early age i turn on the tv and wait for a car program to start.
then i turn off and do something less boring instead. it's utter sh*te and the donkeys get paid a huge chunk of our money for it. excellent lets just role over and accept that the rich t*ssers are going to get richer and everyone else is going to get screwed over.
they're missing the point with electric cars too, electric cars are NOT the way forward the way forward hasn't been thought up yet but chucking money at batteries which need replacing in a few years and the old ones go where, land fill? waste of time.
blank sheet of paper needed.
Good news everyone! Last in the series means no more Top Gear threads on Sunday nights.
Hallelujah!
Arrrrrrrrggggh.... top gear is NOT a car show. It's a middle aged blokey comedy show. Clarkson, Hammond and May are caricitures and I doubt if they are anything like themselves. They should be treated as such. If you don't like it don't watch it......
i'm off to ebay to see if i can buy some past series dvd
gavtheoldskater, I'd go to Dave channel first
LittleTones - MemberArrrrrrrrggggh.... top gear is NOT a car show. It's a middle aged blokey comedy show
5thElefantBut Top Gear isn't a car show. It's a comedy show for the middle-aged.
It hasn't always been that way, and I'm not referring to the original show that spawned this format. When the new format was launched there were many more car focused features and much less "acting". Wacthing the older series' on dave it's like watching a different show. They actually tested cars, all be it in hyperbolic ways occasionally, but the emphasis was on the vehicles.
Even the style and content of the car tests themselves was slightly more objective, and not sensationalist knee jerk nonsense like saying a car is completely rubbish because if it's sat nav or some other twaddle.
Harry_the_Spider
My TV has an off button for stuff I don't like.
rOcKeTdOg - Member
*yawn @ these threads*
don't like it, don't watch it, stop bleating about it
I watch it for the cars. Strongly dislike the rest of it. And I'm hardly going to stop bleating about it as per your suggestions - this is an internet forum after all.
that takes sadness to new levels
and putting down jedi is'nt?
at least clarkson stands for healthy blokey red blooded hetro stuff exactly like bisexual women, fast cars and guns..
...whereas jedis just walk around in daft girly robes feeling each others force!
Jimjam I don't agree but I accept your comments..........
Blimey, I hope you're trolling there, gav, otherwise comparing a fictional ancient religion to a middle-age-spreading TV presenter is... disturbing.
Isn't 5th Gear for car anoraks? Or has that been pulled because nobody watched it?
last week's, where clarksons justification for the star in a car was that she was bisexual and liked guns and muscle cars was brilliant
Good God man - you can't post anything like that on here, you'll leave in flames.
I agree, but 99% of the other turds on here wont.
Oh, I'm neanderthal though, so you might want to disregard my opinion.
5thElefant - Member
Isn't 5th Gear for car anoraks? Or has that been pulled because nobody watched it?
No it's turned into a budget copycat of top gear without the originality, but with the ad breaks
the other turds on here wont
they'll be the jedi believing ones then! : )
There was a tractor just now on Countryfile. "POWWWER"
Is the door on that 959 not closed properly?
959 - WANT.
Last in series? The info screen on my telebox says 6/7, does that not mean there is another program left?
F40 far superior flashy my boy
Don't care. Always loved a 959, F40 looks like a go cart.
There might be a special, or a best bits off..... the first christmas special wasn't incuded in the series either.
Well, that bit was good.
FFS any excuse to revisit Senna 🙄
Geography lesson for Clarkson.
Britian's most westerly point is Ardnamurchan point, not Land's End
And what, al, is wrong with that? The man was a genius, humanitarian and hero to many.
cynic-al - Member
FFS any excuse to revisit Senna
****ing cock
overtaking on chevroned cetner lines? Tut tut!
Am i right in thinking Ardnamurchan is the most westerly point in mainland britain, rather than Land's End?
Nowt wrong with that. But his blatant speeding has plenty wrong with it.
Pook that is roughly correct.
You are right. That's why I said it up there ^
nowt wrong with overtaking on chevroned center lines? They are there for a purpose! DANGER DANGER Will Robinson!
Corrachadh Mòr is the most westerly point on the british mainland.
Highway Code - 109. Areas of white diagonal stripes or chevrons painted on the road. These are to separate traffic lanes or to protect traffic turning right.
• If the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to do so.
• If the area is marked with diagonal stripes and bordered by solid white lines, you should not enter it except in an emergency.
• If the area is marked with chevrons and bordered by solid white lines you MUST NOT enter it except in an emergency.
Was it not from Englan's most Westerly point?
That sun looked like it had risen to me....
Fair enough, by around 30 metres. Ardnamurchan Point is generally recognised as the most Westerly point on the GB mainland though, albeit inaccurately by that short distance.
A good 22 miles West of Land's End
dave_aber - Member
Geography lesson for Clarkson.Britian's most westerly point is Ardnamurchan point, not Land's End
Did he mention Britain?
CFH - Well, he DID leave from England's most Westerly point, but as he did it he claimed it was Britain's most Westerly point.