Clarkson the italian job

[car crazy]

Got this for xmas, won't get chance to watch it until the wife goes back to work. How good is it, is it up to his usual xmas DVD standards, hope so.

[m444ttb]

I hadn't bought a Clarkson DVD for a very long time before this one. Dare I say he's a bit more grown up and sensible than on TG?! It was worth a watch for sure.

[Patrick Bateman]

Thought it was good, far more car focussed than a Top Gear episode.

[ollie854]

certainly was very good. would recommend it for sure

[snowy slopes]

Yeah i got it, only watched the main feature at the moment, but it was worth watching

[car crazy]

Sounds like i'll enjoy it I've got two of his previous one's, The good the bad and the ugly and Hot metal and they were excellent.

[PHuzzy]

It's a cracking watch and you can see how good of a driver he actually is for a change! The opening shot is awesome, the noise is

[Rufus]

It's very good, although there is a bit of skull-duggery in the motor race that I am not a fan of, I wont ruin it, but keep your eyes on the orange Escort and who is driving it.

[car crazy]

Rufus said:

It's very good, although there is a bit of skull-duggery in the motor race that I am not a fan of, I wont ruin it, but keep your eyes on the orange Escort and who is driving it.

I'll watch out for that.

[OilyRagMan]

didnt notice anything wrong with it!

[General Price]

It's worth watching just for the noise when he starts the Zonda.

[-DeaDLocK-]

Rufus said:

It's very good, although there is a bit of skull-duggery in the motor race that I am not a fan of, I wont ruin it, but keep your eyes on the orange Escort and who is driving it.

Didn't see anything suspicious? Driver appears to be some bloke whose surname starts with the letter F, but I'm not sure of the significance...? Same bloke did clock the fastest lap, but don't see how this is relevant to the skull-duggery in question.

Edit: Okay, so a certain NF is a racing driver (not a staggeringly prominent one, from what I can see), and drives the orange Escort, but I don't see how that is a big deal still.

Edited by -DeaDLocK- on Wednesday 29th December 12:20

[Rufus]

-DeaDLocK- said:

Rufus said:

It's very good, although there is a bit of skull-duggery in the motor race that I am not a fan of, I wont ruin it, but keep your eyes on the orange Escort and who is driving it.

Didn't see anything suspicious? Driver appears to be some bloke whose surname starts with the letter F, but I'm not sure of the significance...? Same bloke did clock the fastest lap, but don't see how this is relevant to the skull-duggery in question.

Edit: Okay, so a certain NF is a racing driver (not a staggeringly prominent one, from what I can see), and drives the orange Escort, but I don't see how that is a big deal still.

Edited by -DeaDLocK- on Wednesday 29th December 12:20

You might also notice that he was on the film set for all the other shoots, and Jeremy appears to be falling and battling with this other Escort throughout the race; my guess is Jeremy stuck to the bumper of Faulkner, let him do all the tricky stuff, and Faulkner clearly moves over to let Jeremy past on the last corner, and finishes just behind him and the chap he was racing with.

[moffspeed]

..all seemed a bit random to me, Ferraris, Lambos and then....an Ariel Atom. Later on we have JC doing an impersonation of Steve McQueen during the opening sequence of "Le Mans" - stopping at Tamburello and staring thoughtfully down the track whilst he remembers Ayrton - not entirely convincing.

Highlight for me was the cameo appearance of Lyddenmeister Bill Richards - now there is a man who really knows his cars and can drive..

[Adz The Rat]

General Price said:

It's worth watching just for the noise when he starts the Zonda.

I was just going to say that, the Zonda scenes are simply amazing.

[-DeaDLocK-]

Adz The Rat said:

General Price said:

It's worth watching just for the noise when he starts the Zonda.

I was just going to say that, the Zonda scenes are simply amazing.

I felt Tiff's piece on the Zonda on Fifth Gear was better. Both JC and TN were kind of lost for words, but Tiff's speechlessness said a lot more. You just can't script that stuff.

I will own that car within the next 10 years.

[IainW]

As usual with his DVDs, I've waited until after Xmas and picked it up cheap. £5.99 on play.com

I'm looking forward to it arriving.

[rhinochopig]

-DeaDLocK- said:

Adz The Rat said:

General Price said:

It's worth watching just for the noise when he starts the Zonda.

I was just going to say that, the Zonda scenes are simply amazing.

I felt Tiff's piece on the Zonda on Fifth Gear was better. Both JC and TN were kind of lost for words, but Tiff's speechlessness said a lot more. You just can't script that stuff.

I will own that car within the next 10 years.

[clonmult]

car crazy said:

Sounds like i'll enjoy it I've got two of his previous one's, The good the bad and the ugly and Hot metal and they were excellent.

They were good, but then most of Clarksons "own" DVDs do tend to be very good, entertaining, all about SPEED and POWAAAAH!

They're as good as the Top Gear Apocalypse is bad.

[car crazy]

Watched this now, thought it was brilliant. The best bits for me were the Zonda bit, lovely noise not a standard zonda though so I would have thought it would dent the hugest bank balance. Also loved the rubber faced Clarkson bit in the Ariel Atom been done before but still hilarious.