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You do have to remember that Top Gear really does make fun of EVERY country. Britain included. Heck, they make more fun of Britain then anywhere else.
Out of the millions that watch Top Gear, hundreds complained? Hundreds.
Shift gear, shift gear... That's just good stuff.![]()
And yet you have completely over-analyzed the segment. The car does have turbo lag, however for comedic effect, Clarkson just takes it to a new level. This is nothing new.Ok latest episode, the only segement I saw was the bit about the Subaru the RS500 and the Volvo Polestar.
What I think was wrong was Clarkson moaning about the "huge turbo lag" in the Subaru. He is on the track and says something like I am in x gear at x mph, foot to the floor and nothing happens, pause, nothing happens, still nothing happens, then eventually something happens a lot later and he accelerates away. What he is demonstrating has nothing to do with turbo lag, he should know better, all he is showing is that he is in the wrong gear for accelerating in.
An example of turbo lag would be like letting off throttle mid corner, already in the power band and in the correct gear, then hitting the throttle again and there being a slight delay on the throttle/power response until the turbo spools up again putting the power down.. Which is completely different from what he did in my opinion. Anyone else think the same?
He alluded to the RS500 not having this "huge turbo lag".
Subaru CS400 has 400ps at 5,750rpm and 542NM of torque at 3,950rpm
Ford RS500 has 350ps at 6,000rpm and 460NM of torque at 2,500-4,500rpm.
He is barking up the wrong tree here, and needs to think about gears.
And yet you have completely over-analyzed the segment. The car does have turbo lag, however for comedic effect, Clarkson just takes it to a new level. This is nothing new.
Are you going to complain next about the drag races?
I learned a long time ago that a lot of the reviews that come from Clarkson (whether it's a car or not) that he likes to really exaggerate & come up with crazy ways of describing something, which happens to be his niche. That's why 90% of the stuff in this show isn't all that factual.
Conclusion,Mexico doesn't have a sense of humour,apparently.
Conclusion,Mexico doesn't have a sense of humour,apparently.
PeterJBDo they do season box sets? They've done a few DVD's of various challenges they've done and such. I'm not sure about complete season DVD's, at least not in my region.
10 is the earliest afaik. I don't think the previous seasons exist on DVD.Yeah I saw on amazon they have season dvd sets, but the earliest one I saw was season ten. Should I just start there then?
10 is the earliest afaik. I don't think the previous seasons exist on DVD.
So where could I find dvd's or bluray versions of season five and so forth? The earliest season dvd set I've seen was season ten...
IMO, sadly it is another embarrassing attempt at self-publicity by a formulaic show that lost its edge years ago. Lowest common denominator stuff by people that should know better. For me it just simply ain't funny anymore.