yes,everyones fave prog returns to bbc 2 at 8 tonight,crisps and tea cup at the ready
1st gen hot hatches against the current bunch. Should be good 
Can't wait ......... Jesser, the hamster and captain slow back
cant wait, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn..............
I'd rather watch paint dry....
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Originally posted by coozer
I'd rather watch paint dry....
Hmm, haven't seen TG for prob three years, though am interested in the hot hatch debate.
Having driven both incarnations of the 5GT Turbo, Mazda 323 4x4Turbo, Escort RS Turbo, Fiat Uno Turbo, Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6/1.9 (during the week
preceeding 3/8/87, Phase 1 % earlier obviously) and reckon the Renault was by far the best - fastest and best handling. Not interested in build
quality etc. Worst was RS Turbo by a long shot
But, I reckon Clarkson will say it'll be the VolksVargen Golf (it's not a VV, muppet), in which case I agree with the
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn sentiment entirely
ATB
Simon
What a pathetic load of dross, not one decent bit, made myself watch the first one Won't be watching any more
Ok its hard to see how it could have been any more ridiculous if they had tried.
"What a pathetic load of dross, not one decent bit, made myself watch the first one Won't be watching any more"
agree, a waste of one hour, that I could od done something usefull
Like sleep
TG should be aired at 1630 on any school night, as thats about were its humour and silliness belongs
Just when I thought that they couldn't get any worse, today's TG was the worst I've seen. Set the rest for a series recording and will be fast forward through the dross and wasting less of my life.
people moaning about Top Gear yet again
YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN
Your tellies only got BBC 2? I suspect not................
I usually enjoy topgear, I don't mind the sillyness usually, but tonights episode was one of the poorest I have ever seen. they ruined something that could have been potentially a very good episode had they picked out some nice examples and done some proper tests, but then I guess modern car manufacturers wouldnt loan them cars if the new model come out inferior in the drivability department
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Originally posted by ashg
I usually enjoy topgear, I don't mind the sillyness usually, but tonights episode was one of the poorest I have ever seen. they ruined something that could have been potentially a very good episode had they picked out some nice examples and done some proper tests, but then I guess modern car manufacturers wouldnt loan them cars if the new model come out inferior in the drivability department
To be fair to the moaners (I enjoyed it) is there anything else on at 8?
Like I said I usually enjoy it but tonight was just very poor. Let's hop next week is better, the trailers showed some good cars coming up, I really want to see the new Alfa having read about its carbon chassis and other trick bits, my heart is saying trade in the BMW. My head is saying keep it.
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Originally posted by sdh2903
people moaning about Top Gear yet again YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN
Your tellies only got BBC 2? I suspect not................
They couldn't win though, if they'd bought decent hot hatches (Which would have cost more money) people would be on here moaning about them ruining them.
Yep agreed, but they are adults so could treat good cars with a certain amount of respect otherwise Steve M comments about it being aired during kids
tv in the afternoon become quite pertinent.
I would certainly have preferred to see some decent cars, rather than 3 piles which have probably already been weighed in.
ATB
Simon
I will always watch car shows because I like cars but the scripted mishaps in Top Gear in recent years are a huge negative in the same way that the scripted disasters and setbacks are in the car restoration shows.
watch fifth gear ^^
Or if you're really into cars...motorvision
(please do not mention the war )
You could always have watched Call the Midwife, followed by Selfridges.. in comparison TG was the best entertainment of the evening......
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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
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Originally posted by ashg
I usually enjoy topgear, I don't mind the sillyness usually, but tonights episode was one of the poorest I have ever seen. they ruined something that could have been potentially a very good episode had they picked out some nice examples and done some proper tests, but then I guess modern car manufacturers wouldnt loan them cars if the new model come out inferior in the drivability department
I reluctantly have to agree, I love Topgear, but tonights offering was very poor, no sensible bits at all, just a bit like Benny Hill without the fanny
What a load of crap very disapointed, wasted ahour I could have spent in the garage.
will probably record the rest and watch later
If it's so bad, why do you all bother watching it? It's not meant to be taken seriously, it's a light entertainment programme that just happens to include cars........ It makes me laugh more than most of the so called 'comedy' on the box at the moment. People should learn to lighten up a bit, life is too short for all of this moaning.......
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Originally posted by ianm67
If it's so bad, why do you all bother watching it? It's not meant to be taken seriously, it's a light entertainment programme that just happens to include cars........ It makes me laugh more than most of the so called 'comedy' on the box at the moment. People should learn to lighten up a bit, life is too short for all of this moaning.......
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Originally posted by ianm67
If it's so bad, why do you all bother watching it? It's not meant to be taken seriously, it's a light entertainment programme that just happens to include cars........ It makes me laugh more than most of the so called 'comedy' on the box at the moment. People should learn to lighten up a bit, life is too short for all of this moaning.......
Regular viewer and defender of top gear here. That episode was total pish.
They have a massive budget that could have made something amazing about hot hatches and could have been funny too. That was neither.
edit: needed more Charade GTti
[Edited on 3-2-2014 by Benzine]
I was eagerly waiting for the new series, and did watch it and will watch the rest, BUT the format is getting a bit tired, with the producers this and
the producers that!
They did pick some shite hot hatches and appeared to prove that they were not as good as most basic small cars these days!!
With the old brakes and 80 -100 bhp on tap , you would probably find a Lupo diesel or Citroen C3 diesel would have give them a run for the money.
And who is interested in covering cars with fablon or fabric?
Wait a minute I suppose I could knit a nose cone cover for my Locost!!
Interesting quote in the Telegraph from the producer of TG saying it is made for people with a mental age of 9 years.
If you like it it must be appealing to your inner child!
My Dad's bigger than yours!!!
There's a 9 year old in all of us or we wouldn't build silly toy cars which are totally impractical to cruise round in or blat round a
track. Lighten up, don't like it? Don't watch.
They were a bit middle class with the silver trays under the rear wheels though, we used to used macdonalds trays, didn't last very long tho
Just watched some of it during my lunch break, laughed out loud a couple of times, made me smile for various reasons.
Job done.
Better than watching a lot of stuff thats on Sunday night.................
#justsayin
Personally I just think they are simply out of ideas. They need more creative input from external sources. TG was far fetched before but I could sort of believe they were racing across countries etc. But now they don't even try and convince the viewer they are actually doing what they say. The Chuckle Brothers wouldn't even try and convince the viewer that they drove around a abandoned base for 14 hours.
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Originally posted by Irony
Personally I just think they are simply out of ideas. They need more creative input from external sources. TG was far fetched before but I could sort of believe they were racing across countries etc. But now they don't even try and convince the viewer they are actually doing what they say. The Chuckle Brothers wouldn't even try and convince the viewer that they drove around a abandoned base for 14 hours.
Bump for new episode in 25 mins
I will still watch it even after last weeks.
I've set it to record so I can skip any bullshit!
Watching it in the hope its better than last week's always been a fan but the gutter humour "staged comedy" and schoolboy retorts wear
thin after a while.
Got 4 tickets to see it being filmed for the second time (next wednessday) but not rushing to the studios, I'll probably relinquish the tickets
to some genuine fans at the local nursery school
A proper episode this week
After last weeks crap this one was far better
Finally reviewed the P1!
Fair to say I think they rather liked it!
Will have to get one myself! 
James
Loved this episode, much much better
Mr C if you don't want them...... I've been on the list for years and applied for every show again this year, but still no luck
Yep, decent offering this week, nice Alfa and an awesome review of the P1.