The Grand Tour

[Condi]

thegreenhell said:

Stan the Bat said:

What was this top gear waterworld ?

Don't remember that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aCh0zqWwAE

Back in they days of proper Class 1 offshore racing and Cigarette boats.

[Zetec-S]

Just popped in to say it looks st and I won’t be watching it.

When’s it on? I’ll be back afterwards to let you all know I didn’t watch it and it was st.

[Arklight]

Zetec-S said:

Just popped in to say it looks st and I won’t be watching it.

When’s it on? I’ll be back afterwards to let you all know I didn’t watch it and it was st.

haha brilliant, The internet described perfectly in one statement

[anonymous-user]

Just watched the trailer.

Looking forward to it!

Some of the most entertaining material produced by CHM has involved Lorries, motorbikes, tractors, hovercraft, and cars converted to boats.

[Doofus]

Lord Marylebone said:

Some of the most entertaining material produced by CHM has involved Lorries, motorbikes, tractors, hovercraft, and cars converted to boats.

In the interests of balance, some of their least entertaining material has involved some of that too.

[Stan the Bat]

thegreenhell said:

Stan the Bat said:

What was this top gear waterworld ?

Don't remember that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aCh0zqWwAE

Thank you.

[Fundoreen]

Seem to be making the shows they want to do now as exotic cars shipped to some backwater and driven on dirt tracks must be very wearing.

[abzmike]

Fundoreen said:

Seem to be making the shows they want to do now as exotic cars shipped to some backwater and driven on dirt tracks must be very wearing.

Well for them, having schlepped round the world for donkeys years doing just that, and trying to think up interesting and funny things to say, it probably is.
I bet they, and the crew, enjoyed the change.

[anonymous-user]

abzmike said:

Fundoreen said:

Seem to be making the shows they want to do now as exotic cars shipped to some backwater and driven on dirt tracks must be very wearing.

Well for them, having schlepped round the world for donkeys years doing just that, and trying to think up interesting and funny things to say, it probably is.
I bet they, and the crew, enjoyed the change.

I last drove a Lamborghini about 4 months ago, and only managed a couple of miles before exclaiming “I can’t be arsed with this”.

I’m sure they enjoy it more than me, but after 17+ years of regularly driving ‘awkward’ cars on TG and TGT it is probably a great relief when they get to mess about with motorbikes, lorries, tractors and boats.

[otolith]

Doofus said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Some of the most entertaining material produced by CHM has involved Lorries, motorbikes, tractors, hovercraft, and cars converted to boats.

In the interests of balance, some of their least entertaining material has involved some of that too.

I can't remember much of that material I didn't hate.

[TurboHatchback]

I thought the trailer looks great, looking forward to it a lot. The specials have always been their best material IMHO, they showed that it's the journey, the adventure, the locations, experiences and company that matter not the machine you do it in. I've thought for years that a boat special would be great and now it's here.

I'm glad they've lost the endless formulaic reviews of the latest footballer chariots. They are all basically the same so there is nothing new or interesting that can be said and if you want some dry nerdy review there is plenty of youtube content for that audience. For the majority of the population who don't care whether the latest Mclaren MX8YQABCDEXPENSIVE has 4 more bhp than the Ferrari Megapenis Superleggera it's less to fast forward through.

[bloomen]

TurboHatchback said:

I thought the trailer looks great, looking forward to it a lot. The specials have always been their best material IMHO, they showed that it's the journey, the adventure, the locations, experiences and company that matter not the machine you do it in. I've thought for years that a boat special would be great and now it's here.

I'm glad they've lost the endless formulaic reviews of the latest footballer chariots. They are all basically the same so there is nothing new or interesting that can be said and if you want some dry nerdy review there is plenty of youtube content for that audience. For the majority of the population who don't care whether the latest Mclaren MX8YQABCDEXPENSIVE has 4 more bhp than the Ferrari Megapenis Superleggera it's less to fast forward through.

The bits I've enjoyed the most tended to be the more modest specials integrated in the regular shows like the Maseratis in France or the Scottish trip in the Italian stuff.

Those are probably not high voltage enough to be done as standalone films which is a shame. As for the reviews, sleb interviews and audiences they've never really grabbed me.

[Watchman]

Very much looking forward to the "boats" episode, and I'm really glad they dropped the studio/tent part of the show. It's not for everyone's taste, but the Top Gear USA show dropped their studio component after the 1st series and I really enjoyed the majority of their output thereafter.

Boats though... I totally love Clarkson's choice of a PBR. I've been considering buying and restoring/converting one as a leisure craft for a few years. This episode might be my trigger.

[Fundoreen]

the bbc helpfully started repeating new topgear with the lads 'hilarious' trip across some bumpy hot roads in ethiopia to get us in the mood.

[Neptune188]

Stan the Bat said:

What was this top gear waterworld ?

Don't remember that.

As previous basically the "old" Top Gear crowd (Tiff, Jeremy and some others) mixed in with special interest boaty types. Some fun stuff on there - jet Boating (or whatever they're called - big flat bottomed thing with a fan on the back) through the everglades, A feature on Superyachts featuring Leander (which was beautiful then and still looks the part now), and Matt Sheahan sailing a J-Class yacht, a feature with a line that's stuck with me - "I've sailed bigger yachts, i've sailed faster yachts but i've never sailed anything like this before". Saw one in the flesh 10 years later and it was absolutely stunning.

[checkmate91]

TurboHatchback said:

I thought the trailer looks great, looking forward to it a lot. The specials have always been their best material IMHO, they showed that it's the journey, the adventure, the locations, experiences and company that matter not the machine you do it in. I've thought for years that a boat special would be great ...

Agreed, it's a travel show and IMO they're very good at it, even the India Special on re-watch had its moments (some of the set pieces weren't all that). I particularly like the way they say "so here we are" but acknowledge that it was there long before they rocked up. I can also forgive them the snigger humour but maybe less of the swearing, it doesn't really suit them. And with that, back to the studio!

[Leon R]

otolith said:

Doofus said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Some of the most entertaining material produced by CHM has involved Lorries, motorbikes, tractors, hovercraft, and cars converted to boats.

In the interests of balance, some of their least entertaining material has involved some of that too.

I can't remember much of that material I didn't hate.

At least you two both know not to bother with this one then.

[otolith]

I will give it a try. I like TGT, but the non-car stuff of TGT and TG has been the least interesting for me.

[ChocolateFrog]

Think I'm weird as I like the oddball stuff. Things like getting from London to Edinburgh on one tank in a 4l V8 Audi A8 or cheap porsche/supercar challenges from the early days.

[ecsrobin]

Neptune188 said:

As previous basically the "old" Top Gear crowd (Tiff, Jeremy and some others) mixed in with special interest boaty types. Some fun stuff on there - jet Boating (or whatever they're called - big flat bottomed thing with a fan on the back) through the everglades, A feature on Superyachts featuring Leander (which was beautiful then and still looks the part now), and Matt Sheahan sailing a J-Class yacht, a feature with a line that's stuck with me - "I've sailed bigger yachts, i've sailed faster yachts but i've never sailed anything like this before". Saw one in the flesh 10 years later and it was absolutely stunning.

A segment featuring 49er racing. I think it would make good TV now but then I like sailing so maybe I’m i. A minority.