Testing two overpriced rep-mobiles.... yeah great! About 0.1% of the viewers of top gear are going to be in the market for those cars.

Again they went into some obscure country to find a good driving road... that's already been done twice.

Thats exactly the reason to watch Top Gear!!

When are you in the near future likely to drive a BMW 760 sideways round a track or take an Aston to Romainia?

Probably not very likely at all.

If I wanted to know what a BMW 1 Series is like to drive on a Scottish B road most people can go out and do that for themselves (like I did yesterday), so it would be pointless for them to do that.

Well its alot more interesting than fifth gear will ever be.

Amen to that haha.

I do wish it was more like it was back in the Tiff Needell/ Vicky B-H/ Clarkson days though...

yeah, most people wouldnt even be able to get into a Aston MArtin showroom (snobs!), let alone drive one through a gypsy village!

I know most the cars they have on there are forever out of my reach so thats the reason i watch it, plus the fitties standing near the stage

Star in a reasonably priced car was again, fairly boring.

What else am i gunna do at 9 o clock on a Sunday night though ay haha.

i've not see this one but on the whole i'd have to agree about the star in the car part. the only time its interesting is when they have a proper petrol head on there, even if they do a shit lap its just good to watch some one that loves cars talking about them rather than what book, film, program they are trying to sell.

i thought eric bana was awesome tbh, didnt realise what a petrol nut he was

good episode i think

Top Gear is so good because it's so ridiculous..

I was watching Fifth Gear on Dave today, and they tested like 8 'soft roaders'..

Seriously.. half an hour of that bellend Tiff trying to race a 3 tonne Hyundai Satroaososaaa around a tiny little test track.. it's wank..

How often do you see or hear of people ragging Gallardo Spyders around Romania Gypsy country?!

Long live Top Gear..

Clarkson squashing that box was brilliant, and May in the back of the Beemer smashing his head when The Stig was driving it

Star in a reasonably priced car was again, fairly boring.

What else am i gunna do at 9 o clock on a Sunday night though ay haha.

i've not see this one but on the whole i'd have to agree about the star in the car part. the only time its interesting is when they have a proper petrol head on there, even if they do a shit lap its just good to watch some one that loves cars talking about them rather than what book, film, program they are trying to sell.

Yeah they definitely need more petrol heads coming on.. I don't give a shit about some obscure actor's films or books so when "star in a reasonably priced car comes on" I go for a tea break or summit haha.

Well its alot more interesting than fifth gear will ever be.

Amen to that haha.

I do wish it was more like it was back in the Tiff Needell/ Vicky B-H/ Clarkson days though...

i think you have rose tinted glasses mate, 90% of the stuff on it back then was shit, it was just evened out by them chucking clips of stuff like tiff scarring the shit out of the rest of the cast in a Talbot Sunbeam

that cardboard box loo really was a shit idea! Have they never heard of hedges and bushes?

watching clarkson trying to sit on it though did make me lol.

The only non-petrol head guest i really liked was Sienna Miller

Well its alot more interesting than fifth gear will ever be.

Amen to that haha.

I do wish it was more like it was back in the Tiff Needell/ Vicky B-H/ Clarkson days though...

i think you have rose tinted glasses mate, 90% of the stuff on it back then was shit, it was just evened out by them chucking clips of stuff like tiff scarring the shit out of the rest of the cast in a Talbot Sunbeam

Damn, I must be the odd one out who liked all that... oh well ill get my coat haha

i have done some of the top gear best drriving roads i have a new one to add to the list of places for next years trip !

matt

Still a bit disappointed with Top Gear in terms of what it's really meant to be about anymore.

It's a great show, don't get me wrong, but it's not really about cars anymore.

Which is why I prefer Fifth Gear for actually finding things out about new cars and the like.

I find Top Gear is good for easy watching that doesn't require a lot of thought.

I hate work, Gonna miss another series :( :(

iPlayer time

Dacia Sadero.

that cardboard box loo really was a shit idea! Have they never heard of hedges and bushes?

or dragons den at the least

tbf i thought it was pretty poo

but the first episode in the last series was aswell and the rest of the series was awesome

Awesome camera work as always, pretty epic cars. Same old jokes and you could see each one coming a mile off. THe Sandeo was going to get wrecked, just a matter of when. When they slept in their cars it was clear they'd wake up somewhere they didn't want to be. Getting lost, surprise, surprise. Clarkson breaking th ebox bog, could see that coming a mile off.

The stuff in the tunnels under he peoples palace was amazing, as was the road footage from the chopper (how insane was that pilot?), the BMW vs Merc bit was a bit dull, Eric Bana is a legend.

It's just all getting a bit old hat. Don't get em wrong I still enjoy it, but these days I find my self checking the forums or making a cup of tea while it's on and that would never have happened a few years ago.

Nick

Well its alot more interesting than fifth gear will ever be.

Amen to that haha.

I do wish it was more like it was back in the Tiff Needell/ Vicky B-H/ Clarkson days though...

i think you have rose tinted glasses mate, 90% of the stuff on it back then was shit, it was just evened out by them chucking clips of stuff like tiff scarring the shit out of the rest of the cast in a Talbot Sunbeam

Damn, I must be the odd one out who liked all that... oh well ill get my coat haha

You're contradicting yourself a bit!

Fifth Gear = old format Top Gear

Fifth Gear was first broadcast in 2002 as a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show Top Gear, which was cancelled in 2001 due to low ratings. Five originally wanted to carry on using the Top Gear name, but the BBC refused. Several of Top Gear's ex-presenters, including Quentin Willson, Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson were hired by Five to present Fifth Gear

Anyway...

Who the hell is Eric Bana?

Well its alot more interesting than fifth gear will ever be.

Amen to that haha.

I do wish it was more like it was back in the Tiff Needell/ Vicky B-H/ Clarkson days though...

i think you have rose tinted glasses mate, 90% of the stuff on it back then was shit, it was just evened out by them chucking clips of stuff like tiff scarring the shit out of the rest of the cast in a Talbot Sunbeam

Damn, I must be the odd one out who liked all that... oh well ill get my coat haha

You're contradicting yourself a bit!

Fifth Gear = old format Top Gear

Fifth Gear was first broadcast in 2002 as a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show Top Gear, which was cancelled in 2001 due to low ratings. Five originally wanted to carry on using the Top Gear name, but the BBC refused. Several of Top Gear's ex-presenters, including Quentin Willson, Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson were hired by Five to present Fifth Gear

It may be old format top gear but lets face it, It's nowhere near as top gear used to be.

Anyway...

Who the hell is Eric Bana?

Been in The Hulk, Troy, Munich etc..

All shit films

But he's a proper Aussie petrol head..

never heard of him but that name just screams super hero's alis to me... eric bana, by day he's a mild mannord lab technition, by night he's super hero man!

Top Gear back on form it seems, people who moan about real car tests, there's plenty of that in the likes of Auto Express etc, its an entertainment show now and I loved it, Top Trumps with the Stig lol.gif

All I can say is 6 ltr twin turbo V12 wasted.gif drool.gif

One shot of that road of Clarkson holding a drift in the Aston around a hairpin, I was actually speechless!

never heard of him but that name just screams super hero's alis to me... eric bana, by day he's a mild mannord lab technition, by night he's super hero man!

That's cause The Hulk's real name is Bruce Banner

oh right