Amazon prime sign 'top gear' trio
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Trevatanus said:
I thought the cars were all privately owned by the chap who crashed his Porsche in Malta? No factory involved surely?
The P1 and 918 pictured with the Amazon crew are manufacturer cars for sure, easy to check with the plates. It looks like Ferrari and Porsche staff in the shot as well.Edited by ukaskew on Thursday 8th October 12:16
AndrewEH1 said:
BaronVonVaderham said:
Is Harris the new amazon stig? Anyone know which track it is?
Somewhere in Spain I thinkTop Gear usually have (had?) the pull to be able to engineer their own test days, but for really big launches with rare/sold out vehicles then they sometime have to tag along with everyone else (I'm thinking of the P1 launch etc.)
technodup said:
marcosgt said:
When the tweenagers have kids, a career, a mortgage (or a horrendous rent bill with no hope of ever owning the roof over their head), the need to watch a box set at 3AM after getting in from a third midweek clubbing session will decline and they'll end up watching TV like everyone else does.
Agree with most of your points but not this one. People growing up with on demand streaming or catch up are unlikely to switch back to being force fed Bake Off at 9pm just because the BBC thinks that's what we want.They'll be choosing from the myriad available at whatever time they have. Scheduled TV is dying, and ironically the BBC have hastened that demise with the iPlayer.
I have a 13yo and 18yo. They do not watch broadcast TV at all as far as I'm aware. They watch stuff on their laptops, and its mostly youtube.
We are in our late 40's and we really don't watch much broadcast TV. We have a media NAS drive with all the box sets we like, and we have netflix. We also have sky but I'm really questioning the cost as we watch so little of it these days. If I bin sky then I can bin the licence fee as well.
Broadcast TV is really starting to make no sense at all. Why watch stuff at a set time on a set day.
ZesPak said:
Bullett said:
I watch almost no broadcast TV. I'll put it on and maybe catch up with the news but 9 times out of 10 I switch it off again or go to Netflix or Amazon.
I think the future of broadcast TV will be the 'live' broadcast shared experience type event like Eurovision for example. I know lots of people on here and in my social group were watching as there was constant banter about what was happening.
It was better than the program. It's a social media event though, not a TV event.
I still think there are lots of people for whom TV is the main entertainment and that it is on all evening.
Wasn't Eurovision Live on Youtube though or did I get that wrong?I think the future of broadcast TV will be the 'live' broadcast shared experience type event like Eurovision for example. I know lots of people on here and in my social group were watching as there was constant banter about what was happening.
It was better than the program. It's a social media event though, not a TV event.
I still think there are lots of people for whom TV is the main entertainment and that it is on all evening.
Sorry if this has already been mentioned but I see the new one will give people exactly what they want with the hopeful race.
BUT the cynical part of me says are they doing this just to draw in the viewers to sign up to their service and then after that it will be Vauxhall Adams driving into caravans.
BUT the cynical part of me says are they doing this just to draw in the viewers to sign up to their service and then after that it will be Vauxhall Adams driving into caravans.
The problem I see with this being on Amazon is that, for me, Top Gear was always about a bunch of people, car enthusiasts and otherwise, sitting together watching a bunch of daft petrolheads doing car related stuff that appealed to anyone with a sense of humour, not just petrolheads. This brings me to the problem ...
If it's on internet TV rather than proper TV I'm going to have to watch it at work during my lunch hour as I'm already close to my monthly broadband data limit at home, so there isn't really the scope to start watching more stuff online, and I can't really afford to update to an unlimited data package. The whole 'sitting around the TV together' experience is going to be lost and I can just imagine the shows stacking up, waiting for me to catch up with them and me just not bothering in the end because the social experience of watching the three of them cocking around was as big a part of the experience as the show itself, and that won't be there.
Obviously I speak for people whose finances are tight, which isn't everyone, but I can't be the only one.
If it's on internet TV rather than proper TV I'm going to have to watch it at work during my lunch hour as I'm already close to my monthly broadband data limit at home, so there isn't really the scope to start watching more stuff online, and I can't really afford to update to an unlimited data package. The whole 'sitting around the TV together' experience is going to be lost and I can just imagine the shows stacking up, waiting for me to catch up with them and me just not bothering in the end because the social experience of watching the three of them cocking around was as big a part of the experience as the show itself, and that won't be there.
Obviously I speak for people whose finances are tight, which isn't everyone, but I can't be the only one.
loudlashadjuster said:
Given the esteladas flying I was assuming Circuit de Catalunya.
Top Gear usually have (had?) the pull to be able to engineer their own test days, but for really big launches with rare/sold out vehicles then they sometime have to tag along with everyone else (I'm thinking of the P1 launch etc.)
its PortimãoTop Gear usually have (had?) the pull to be able to engineer their own test days, but for really big launches with rare/sold out vehicles then they sometime have to tag along with everyone else (I'm thinking of the P1 launch etc.)
MitchT said:
Obviously I speak for people whose finances are tight, which isn't everyone, but I can't be the only one.
I literally don't know anyone on a limited internet connection. Through 3 years of uni I, nor anyone I knew, had a limited internet connection. I didn't even know they existed. My £15 a month phone contract doesn't even have a limit.Digitalize said:
I literally don't know anyone on a limited internet connection. Through 3 years of uni I, nor anyone I knew, had a limited internet connection. I didn't even know they existed. My £15 a month phone contract doesn't even have a limit.
You do now, cause he just said he had one.I suspect if he suggested to him supplier that he was going to leave that might change though.
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/compare/unlimited... has a list of unlimited providers.
The problem is that when broadband is so cheap, support just like the broadband seems to be over-contended. so as long as you don't have any issues you'll be fine.
I can't say that I've had any major issues with either of by broadband providers, sometimes they have short outages, virgin has maybe been down for 2 hours in the last 7 years, and my work broadband likewise and it's only been due to BT issues as it's a wholesale resale.
As a person who works, the only time i watch live TV is F1(and when top gear was on) and even that started to slip due to wifey wanting to watch other things so non demand TV is really becoming a thing of the past in my house (bar re-runs of judge judy for wifey)
Lots of people will be on limited deals. Sky's current 'free' deal is limited to 25gb a month for example.
BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
Bullett said:
Lots of people will be on limited deals. Sky's current 'free' deal is limited to 25gb a month for example.
BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
Cutting back on excessive porn consumption might help? BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
DonkeyApple said:
Bullett said:
Lots of people will be on limited deals. Sky's current 'free' deal is limited to 25gb a month for example.
BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
Cutting back on excessive porn consumption might help? BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
fatboy18 said:
DonkeyApple said:
Bullett said:
Lots of people will be on limited deals. Sky's current 'free' deal is limited to 25gb a month for example.
BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
Cutting back on excessive porn consumption might help? BT have variously limited deals from 10gb to 40gb
Admittedly Talk Talk and Virgin don't seem to have limits at all.
If you are only browsing, email and a bit of shopping then those limits are fine. I suspect this is the majority of the population.
Digitalize said:
I literally don't know anyone on a limited internet connection. Through 3 years of uni I, nor anyone I knew, had a limited internet connection. I didn't even know they existed. My £15 a month phone contract doesn't even have a limit.
Mine is BT Infinity with a 40GB/month download limit. Are you seriously suggesting you also have unlimited data on your phone? Never seen that. Relatively large mobile data allowances (but still small compared with 40GB broadband) are colossally expensive when I check.gowmonster said:
I suspect if he suggested to him supplier that he was going to leave that might change though.
You'd think. They only seem to be bothered about brand new customers who get unlimited for less than I have to pay for £40GB ... and they get free vouchers for signing up. the Sky deals for my postcode are no better and no one else seems to have coverage where I live.DonkeyApple said:
Cutting back on excessive porn consumption might help?
Can't see how two minutes per day is threatening my 40GB limit 
Edited by MitchT on Friday 9th October 12:54
MitchT said:
Mine is BT Infinity with a 40GB/month download limit. Are you seriously suggesting you also have unlimited data on your phone? Never seen that. Relatively large mobile data allowances (but still small compared with 40GB broadband) are colossally expensive when I check.
I am, unlimited 4G, unlimited tethering with Three.I can't imagine being on a Fibre connection with a limit. That said I never look at BT because it's just so much more expensive than Sky. I've just looked and they all seem to do a limited connection now, shame. I'd still pay the premium for unlimited use however.
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