BBC Top Gear Thread 2021/2022
Discussion
durbster said:
Yeah it's a strange time for Top Gear and I'm not sure supercars are the draw they once were. When Top Gear started back in the early 2000s a new supercar was still an event. Now there are seemingly loads of them. A new Ferrari seems to appear every few months to the point where I can't even remember the names of them all any more.
Also, we were still chasing the stats back then. There was still plenty of scope for horsepower to go up and 0-60 times to come down. Each series might reveal where somebody had made a leap.
Since then, electric cars have made the internal combustion 0-60 metric look silly and horsepower in production cars is no longer a stat to blow your mind. A comfortable 4 door saloon with over six hundred horsepower is no longer such an outrageous notion that you'd bring it up in conversation. It has reached a plateau.
At the other end of the market, the cheap car adventures and road trip stuff is being well covered by YouTube. They may not have the production quality or budget but they can certainly compete on entertainment and comedy.
Going on what I've been reading and watching, I reckon the only conventional sports car that held my attention in 2022 is the Lotus Emira.
Very well said and I concur with everythingAlso, we were still chasing the stats back then. There was still plenty of scope for horsepower to go up and 0-60 times to come down. Each series might reveal where somebody had made a leap.
Since then, electric cars have made the internal combustion 0-60 metric look silly and horsepower in production cars is no longer a stat to blow your mind. A comfortable 4 door saloon with over six hundred horsepower is no longer such an outrageous notion that you'd bring it up in conversation. It has reached a plateau.
At the other end of the market, the cheap car adventures and road trip stuff is being well covered by YouTube. They may not have the production quality or budget but they can certainly compete on entertainment and comedy.
Going on what I've been reading and watching, I reckon the only conventional sports car that held my attention in 2022 is the Lotus Emira.
HTP99 said:
All been a bit silent on the Flintoff crash, can't find anything on his condition since it happened.
I've no idea if it's a reliable source but this website claims he's still in hospital.https://geniuscelebs.com/freddie-flintoff-accident...
V8covin said:
DodgyGeezer said:
is that the one with Tanner Faust, Rutledge and the other one or a totally new series?
No,new series, different presenters.....BBC3 Sundays Edited by V8covin on Wednesday 11th January 09:44
V8covin said:
DodgyGeezer said:
is that the one with Tanner Faust, Rutledge and the other one or a totally new series?
No,new series, different presenters.....BBC3 Sundays Edited by V8covin on Wednesday 11th January 09:44
Dax Shepherd (Mr Kristen Bell), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) and Jethro Bovington (playing Chris Harris)
Beethree said:
Doofus said:
Also iPlayer.
Dax Shepherd (Mr Kristen Bell), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) and Jethro Bovington (playing Chris Harris)
Dax is a lucky man.Dax Shepherd (Mr Kristen Bell), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) and Jethro Bovington (playing Chris Harris)
It’s good enough as a TV show but something about it doesn’t quite work.
k all about cars, and doesn't appear particularly interested in them either, which doesn't help...Honestly guys, stop watching Top Gear if it's not really your thing these days. Stop torturing yourself with it! It's over for you. Mainstream motoring programs are, by and large, not for us anymore.
Turn to Youtube. It's absolutely stuffed to the gills with every possible permutation of men f*cking about with cars you can imagine. Whatever your personal predilection, there'll be some guy on Youtube doing it in 4k for free. And yes, I know, there's a lot of absolutely dross you have to wade through to find your thing, but once you find it - it's great!
You like glorious car reviews? Watch Harry's Garage, TheLateBrakeShow, Carfection or Hagerty, or Evo, or Pistonheads
You liked old wheeler dealers but don't like Mike's bits and hate all the fakery? Watch M539Restorations
You like funny adventures? Watch 44Teeth Budget Bike Battles
You like tw@tting around? Watch AutoAlex or CarThrottle
You like two wheels? Watch Fortnine
You like learning secrets of Supercars? Watch DK Engineering TV
You like stars in a reasonably-priced car? I can't help you - you're a psychopath
Seriously - all the stuff you loved about good-old-Topgear is out there. It's just been broken up into its component parts and spread all over Youtube, and is being done by young guys with huge energy and passion. Or just watch the old sh@t on Dave
Turn to Youtube. It's absolutely stuffed to the gills with every possible permutation of men f*cking about with cars you can imagine. Whatever your personal predilection, there'll be some guy on Youtube doing it in 4k for free. And yes, I know, there's a lot of absolutely dross you have to wade through to find your thing, but once you find it - it's great!
You like glorious car reviews? Watch Harry's Garage, TheLateBrakeShow, Carfection or Hagerty, or Evo, or Pistonheads
You liked old wheeler dealers but don't like Mike's bits and hate all the fakery? Watch M539Restorations
You like funny adventures? Watch 44Teeth Budget Bike Battles
You like tw@tting around? Watch AutoAlex or CarThrottle
You like two wheels? Watch Fortnine
You like learning secrets of Supercars? Watch DK Engineering TV
You like stars in a reasonably-priced car? I can't help you - you're a psychopath
Seriously - all the stuff you loved about good-old-Topgear is out there. It's just been broken up into its component parts and spread all over Youtube, and is being done by young guys with huge energy and passion. Or just watch the old sh@t on Dave
MDifficult said:
Honestly guys, stop watching Top Gear if it's not really your thing these days. Stop torturing yourself with it! It's over for you. Mainstream motoring programs are, by and large, not for us anymore.
Turn to Youtube. It's absolutely stuffed to the gills with every possible permutation of men f*cking about with cars you can imagine. Whatever your personal predilection, there'll be some guy on Youtube doing it in 4k for free. And yes, I know, there's a lot of absolutely dross you have to wade through to find your thing, but once you find it - it's great!
You like glorious car reviews? Watch Harry's Garage, TheLateBrakeShow, Carfection or Hagerty, or Evo, or Pistonheads
You liked old wheeler dealers but don't like Mike's bits and hate all the fakery? Watch M539Restorations
You like funny adventures? Watch 44Teeth Budget Bike Battles
You like tw@tting around? Watch AutoAlex or CarThrottle
You like two wheels? Watch Fortnine
You like learning secrets of Supercars? Watch DK Engineering TV
You like stars in a reasonably-priced car? I can't help you - you're a psychopath
Seriously - all the stuff you loved about good-old-Topgear is out there. It's just been broken up into its component parts and spread all over Youtube, and is being done by young guys with huge energy and passion. Or just watch the old sh@t on Dave
Actually a really useful post Turn to Youtube. It's absolutely stuffed to the gills with every possible permutation of men f*cking about with cars you can imagine. Whatever your personal predilection, there'll be some guy on Youtube doing it in 4k for free. And yes, I know, there's a lot of absolutely dross you have to wade through to find your thing, but once you find it - it's great!
You like glorious car reviews? Watch Harry's Garage, TheLateBrakeShow, Carfection or Hagerty, or Evo, or Pistonheads
You liked old wheeler dealers but don't like Mike's bits and hate all the fakery? Watch M539Restorations
You like funny adventures? Watch 44Teeth Budget Bike Battles
You like tw@tting around? Watch AutoAlex or CarThrottle
You like two wheels? Watch Fortnine
You like learning secrets of Supercars? Watch DK Engineering TV
You like stars in a reasonably-priced car? I can't help you - you're a psychopath
Seriously - all the stuff you loved about good-old-Topgear is out there. It's just been broken up into its component parts and spread all over Youtube, and is being done by young guys with huge energy and passion. Or just watch the old sh@t on Dave
MDifficult said:
Honestly guys, stop watching Top Gear if it's not really your thing these days. Stop torturing yourself with it! It's over for you. Mainstream motoring programs are, by and large, not for us anymore.
Turn to Youtube.
I did this two seasons of Top Gear ago, much more satisfying. Now that I've stopped watching TG I really don't miss it.Turn to Youtube.
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
Actually a really useful post
Glad to be of service! I know people bemoan the demise of motoring programs on TV, but online we’ve never been so lucky with what’s available and the quality (both of the people, and the production) has skyrocketed over the last couple of years. It’s moved on a lot from the shouty influencers (but they’re still there). A personal favourite is Fortnine, a Canadian guy who does these incredibly creative cinematic shorts about motorbikes and motorbike related stuff, always with an underlying scientific bent.
It’s better than anything I ever seen from a mainstream broadcaster - compelling viewing for my personal tastes.
MDifficult said:
Glad to be of service! I know people bemoan the demise of motoring programs on TV, but online we’ve never been so lucky with what’s available and the quality (both of the people, and the production) has skyrocketed over the last couple of years. It’s moved on a lot from the shouty influencers (but they’re still there).
A personal favourite is Fortnine, a Canadian guy who does these incredibly creative cinematic shorts about motorbikes and motorbike related stuff, always with an underlying scientific bent.
It’s better than anything I ever seen from a mainstream broadcaster - compelling viewing for my personal tastes.
Jayemm channels the ghosts of TG past, Number 27 and Samcrac for a mix of unusual/classic cars and oily bits on a budget. A personal favourite is Fortnine, a Canadian guy who does these incredibly creative cinematic shorts about motorbikes and motorbike related stuff, always with an underlying scientific bent.
It’s better than anything I ever seen from a mainstream broadcaster - compelling viewing for my personal tastes.
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