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ExigeEvan
Oh no, the flying caravan stunt was faked.... :rolleyes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...w-accused-of-faking-flying-caravan-stunt.html

How long before people start writing in to say that Eastenders is scripted?
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What a farce.

While the segment was no doubt scripted, the reports are compeltely wrong. They claim that James May went down after calling "Mayday!" ... but he didn't. If you watch the sequece, he called Mayday as he encroaches Norwich Airport's restricted airspace to alert them to his presence and his inabilty to change course, but he keeps going. He doesn't crash until he comes upon the campsite, which is well an truly after the airport sequence.

Who are these print journalists trying to fool?
 
Really looking forward to the LF-A bits. I have a feeling Jeremy is going to completely annihilate it with insults, but it'll be great to see to car in HD and to hear that engine rev 👍
 
I liked this episode, albeit it wasn't the best episode I've ever seen but at the same time it is far better than anything else on TV at the moment. I liked the Airport Race even though it was a bit...well...random to say the least although this segment (In my mind anyway) could have been improved by chucking James into the mix. The news was pretty good but it usually is, even if sometimes it is a bit random. The 4X4's was what I expected but TG I understand making the most of your track to test cars is probably cheaper than going out onto the road but seeing these 4X4's go round on a track seems a bit pointless seeming they are primarily supposed to be off roaders. SIARPC was kinda of a "meh" segment, didn't find Guy Ritchie particulary interesting. Twingo bit was good, got a couple of good laughs out of it, especially the "Is it green?" bit.

My only real gripe with this episode was that James didn't seem to do much, he didn't have any real segments this week which is a shame. Hopefully this will be fixed..not next week...but the following week!
 
Oh look, let's have some more ridiculous insinuations from the press!

BBC insists Top Gear does not ban gay couples


The issue came to light after Simon Reeves and his partner were turned down when they applied for audience tickets. "I couldn't believe it," he told the Daily Mirror.

"Top Gear is the blokiest show on telly, but we weren't allowed unless we took a couple of female friends.

"It sounds like something Jeremy Clarkson came up with to ensure he didn't have to put up with any gays."
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No it doesn't you tit. At which point did they ask who you were sleeping with? Exactly, they didn't. Sexuality is irrelevant, all TG are interested in is having an equal proportion of each gender in the audience, and no more than that. Find 2 female friends and stop moaning, yeesh...


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Whoops, should probably have watched the show before posting this... Oh well.
 
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Speedster502
TG I understand making the most of your track to test cars is probably cheaper than going out onto the road but seeing these 4X4's go round on a track seems a bit pointless seeming they are primarily supposed to be off roaders.
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I really don't think that anyone even pretends that they use their X5's and Q7's off-road anymore, nevermind if they bought the ////\/\ version or the V12 twin turbo version. I think actually putting them off road would have been MORE irrelevant thant the track would! --- Except for the Rangie... and I have to confess, I did quite like the Overfinch Holland & Holland Range Rover, even if it did end up 15.8 seconds slower around the track!
 
Jondot
Oh look, let's have some more ridiculous insinuations from the press!

BBC insists Top Gear does not ban gay couples
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Whoops, should probably have watched the show before posting this... Oh well.
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:lol:

"We have too many men in the audience, we must be sexist"
"Quick, make it a 50/50 split. 1 man must bring 1 women, but we'll do groups of 4"
"Oh wait, does that mean gay guys with no female friends can't come?"
"Have you ever heard of a gay guy with no female friends?"
 
MatskiMonk
I really don't think that anyone even pretends that they use their X5's and Q7's off-road anymore, nevermind if they bought the ////\/\ version or the V12 twin turbo version. I think actually putting them off road would have been MORE irrelevant thant the track would! --- Except for the Rangie... and I have to confess, I did quite like the Overfinch Holland & Holland Range Rover, even if it did end up 15.8 seconds slower around the track!
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Good point, maybe they should have taken them to the city then :lol:
 
ExigeEvan
:lol:

"We have too many men in the audience, we must be sexist"
"Quick, make it a 50/50 split. 1 man must bring 1 women, but we'll do groups of 4"
"Oh wait, does that mean gay guys with no female friends can't come?"
"Have you ever heard of a gay guy with no female friends?"
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:lol:

I fell asleep in both of my attempts to watch TG last night, got up to SIARPC at the 2nd attempt.

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The only hilarious parts of TG last night were the airport vehicle racing, laughing my ass off at that stupid lunch truck, what was he thinking!

The Twingo test was funny, especially as we killed Ross Kemp (NOTE:- I know we didn't but funn all the same)

What was the point of testing those 4x4's around the test track? Still, what a time set my the X5 though, almost as quick as an M5 i believe

Also, WTF with The Village People in the back? Does that solve the Daily Mirror's problem?
 
Ian Poole
What was the point of testing those 4x4's around the test track? Still, what a time set my the X5 though, almost as quick as an M5 i believe
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M5 : 1:26.2 (In the dry)
M3 CSL : 1:28 (Slightly damp)
X5M : 1:28.2 (In the wet)

Pretty impressive time for the X5M IMO, I think it would have bested the M5 had the track been dry..
 
Ian Poole
The only hilarious parts of TG last night were the airport vehicle racing, laughing my ass off at that stupid lunch truck, what was he thinking!
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You could see the driver setting it up to roll it over. Yet another too-obviously-scripted moment.
 
The "two tellies in one screen" on the Range Rover was the coolest in-car thing I've seen in a while.
 
GilesGuthrie
The "two tellies in one screen" on the Range Rover was the coolest in-car thing I've seen in a while.
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I had no idea that even existed till they showed it on TG.

The twingo review had its moments, especially the "is it green part?" NO. its red.

I think its starting to become a bit to scripted for me. I could already tell that a lot of those airport vehicles were going to flip over.

As for the X5M and the Q7 tests, why? who the hell buys those things anyway?
 
opendriver
As for the X5M and the Q7 tests, why? who the hell buys those things anyway?
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I use a 4.4 v8 x5 for work from time to time and can confirm that its one of the most impractical vehicles I've ever had the pleasure of driving. Yes its stupidly fast but its very uneconomical, also when cornering rapidly I have this uncomfortable falling off the edge of a cliff sensation which is worse for any passengers as they haven't got a steering wheel to grasp hold of.

(I didn't buy this vehicle by the way)
 
-Fred-
But you could see it coming from about a mile away...
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Yeah, why did everyone find that particular line so hilarious? Personally I thought that was the only the only thing not funny in the Twingo test - I was expecting something a little different considering the joke had already been made in the Fiesta vid last year.
 
Why the hell did Top Gear go and ruin that Twingo? Honestly, they really need to do a proper car review. It all started great, but the the crap towards the end just was unneccessary. Just because your show is different from others doesn't mean you can't go back to roots once in a while.
 
I find that whole thing about SUVs completely pointless. I'd rather buy a Mitsubishi Evo than a Range Rover.
 
Bram Turismo
Why the hell did Top Gear go and ruin that Twingo? Honestly, they really need to do a proper car review. It all started great, but the the crap towards the end just was unneccessary. Just because your show is different from others doesn't mean you can't go back to roots once in a while.
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Actually scratch what I said above, this was the only thing not funny. Utterly pointless, and simply a display of 'look at our budget!'. Which I find a little odd considering that they're supposed to have had major cuts...

And it wasn't even a Marina or a Perodua or something. He liked the Twingo - I mean WTF?
 
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It is so useless that I seriously want one.
 
Jondot
And it wasn't even a Marina or a Perodua or something. He liked the Twingo - I mean WTF?
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They are starting to do it to (near) new, not worthless cars as well, like the Sandero from a couple weeks ago.

This episode was one of the worst ive seen from them. The Fiesta review was great and original. Looks like they are just cashing in from the success of the previous one. The SUV comparo was a waste of time. We all knew they were pointless when they are unveiled and we dont need Top Gear to tell us again. The airport trucks was another rehash and unoriginal. The News was not about cars either. 👎
 
Another disappointing episode. It seriously feels like the cobbled this series together from the cutting room floor.
 
Jondot
Actually scratch what I said above, this was the only thing not funny. Utterly pointless, and simply a display of 'look at our budget!'. Which I find a little odd considering that they're supposed to have had major cuts...

And it wasn't even a Marina or a Perodua or something. He liked the Twingo - I mean WTF?
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Yeah, I must say I was a bit pissed off about the direction the Twingo review started going. Crunching it up a bit I don't mind - after all, they did that with a bunch of Aygos, Foxes and Swifts in earlier series, and it was nice to see Jeremy drive the hell out of it around the port afterwards. - but if that was genuinely a full, brand new Twingo RS they launched off the jetty then it's a very un-funny joke.

What disappointed me most was that I thought the story would have a genuinely cool ending - having the ferry close enough to the jetty that the car made the jump and landed on the ferry, albeit with a bit of a crunch.
 
The best Top Gear I saw this series was James May doing the Scalextric race on a real but now derelict track. I also liked the bit where he travelled Britain looking for the best drink in a Rolls and a caravan. Hilarious.

Seriously, I'm rather fed up by pointless non-sense and the gibberish of an increasingly dull, redneck bloke who thinks he has to justify making DVDs and easy cash because Top Gear is not a car show anymore because said May tied a caravan to a blimp. Good grief, Jonathan Ross always entertains me but Clarkson was even beyond his magic!
 
ItsHim
The best Top Gear I saw this series was James May doing the Scalextric race on a real but now derelict track. I also liked the bit where he travelled Britain looking for the best drink in a Rolls and a caravan. Hilarious.
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Neither of those were actually TG, they were in James' own series ;)
 
homeforsummer
Neither of those were actually TG, they were in James' own series ;)
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Gosh, silly me ;)

I was pestered all my life by dull, "scientific" car shows until I discovered Top Gear. They had some brilliant moments. Just remember the episode when the presenters' mothers were asked to test some budget cars. Ingenious.

The camera work alone qualifies for the big screen, and you can judge a car by doing silly things after all.

But if they feel they have to make a point by deliberately not taking their job serious, then that's the first step towards failure. You don't have to appreciate your audience, you don't have to please them just for the sake of pleasing them.

But don't you ever start ****ing with them. They are not sacrosanct. They have the blessing of the greatest TV network in the world. Still.

I feel they start pushing their luck a bit too much, but without commercial free broadcast, they are screwed.
 
homeforsummer
but if that was genuinely a full, brand new Twingo RS they launched off the jetty then it's a very un-funny joke.
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I'm gonna go on a limb and say that was a pre-production prototype used as a press car, and if things in Europe are like in North America, it would have been crushed anyway, seeing how it's a prototype, which means it doesn't have a VIN number and therefore cannot be registered.

I know Nissan, GM and Honda in particular, in the US, have an history of lending crusher cars to magazines so they can use them for diverse project car stories, or, like Sport Compact Car Magazine (rip) did, simply destroy them.


Of course this is all supposition, but it could and would make sense.
 

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