BBC Top Gear Thread 2021/2022
Discussion
SydneyBridge said:
Boris was a car reviewer for GQ mag' so would be perfect!
I always love the tales about his time as a motoring journalist. https://jalopnik.com/boris-johnson-was-the-worst-c...
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/features/opinion/gav...
At least he's consistent with his output.
DFLR said:
Vaguely driveable? 
Harris (and others) have said it's the best Lamborghini ever made.
As you're obviously struggling to understand the nuance... I didn't say it *was* vaguely drivable, I say that being 'even vaguely drivable' was a happy coincidence. Harris (and others) have said it's the best Lamborghini ever made.
They built it to provide drama and that it drives well (at least once it's on a nice smooth track) is nice side effect.
Being the best Lambo made is of course allowing for a lot of cars that were actually pretty awful for driving but sold on the looks and the noise and the speed. Sort of like the STO.
Edited by pquinn on Monday 22 November 12:50
pquinn said:
DFLR said:
Vaguely driveable?
Harris (and others) have said it's the best Lamborghini ever made.
As you're obviously struggling to understand the nuance... I didn't say it *was* vaguely drivable, I say that being 'even vaguely drivable' was a happy coincidence. Harris (and others) have said it's the best Lamborghini ever made.
Edited by Doofus on Monday 22 November 14:15
What always confuses me
Tog Gear should be a car show, then in the breath mentioning Clarkson et al, the very people who took it away from that to light entertainment
This turned it into a global cash cow and the rest is history
Yet they are used as a benchmark for it being a good car show
Tog Gear should be a car show, then in the breath mentioning Clarkson et al, the very people who took it away from that to light entertainment
This turned it into a global cash cow and the rest is history
Yet they are used as a benchmark for it being a good car show
I'm 31 and I grew up watching the original and loved it. However, I am just unable to watch the new series without cringing, likewise with most of my friends that grew up watching it.
The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
Edited by Motoring12345 on Monday 22 November 15:11
Where last week was a 9/10, this week was a 2/10. Spitting milk all over the interior of the 60 grand Merc was ridiculous, and just destructive, plain and simple.
The zorb rubbish was like something from CBBC.
Harris is letting the other 2 morons drag him down and ruin his reputation, IMO.
The zorb rubbish was like something from CBBC.
Harris is letting the other 2 morons drag him down and ruin his reputation, IMO.
Motoring12345 said:
I'm 31 and I grew up watching the original and loved it. However, I am just unable to watch the new series without cringing, likewise with most of my friends that grew up watching it.
The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
It's funny, because when someone uses terminology like 'gen X' and 'boomers' all I see are hipsters with beards?The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
Edited by Motoring12345 on Monday 22 November 15:11
I know that car reviewers can damage cars. I used to wince when Clarkson or somebody scraped one over a rock on an off-road course or something, and lots of reviewers don't seem very mechanically sympathetic. Throwing milk over the inside of the Mercedes, though, was puerile in the extreme, and showed a lack of respect for whoever has to clean the car and/or drive it home.
Doofus said:
I know that car reviewers can damage cars. I used to wince when Clarkson or somebody scraped one over a rock on an off-road course or something, and lots of reviewers don't seem very mechanically sympathetic. Throwing milk over the inside of the Mercedes, though, was puerile in the extreme, and showed a lack of respect for whoever has to clean the car and/or drive it home.
On the plus side there's going to be a very cheap Merc for sale. Good for a smoker/wet dog owner.ddom said:
Motoring12345 said:
I'm 31 and I grew up watching the original and loved it. However, I am just unable to watch the new series without cringing, likewise with most of my friends that grew up watching it.
The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
It's funny, because when someone uses terminology like 'gen X' and 'boomers' all I see are hipsters with beards?The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
Edited by Motoring12345 on Monday 22 November 15:11
Motoring12345 said:
I'm 31 and I grew up watching the original and loved it. However, I am just unable to watch the new series without cringing, likewise with most of my friends that grew up watching it.
The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
Just to clarify: when you say the 'original', do you mean Hammond, Clarkson and May? Or do you mean VBH, Clarkson, Quentin, Tiff etc.? The humour and pretty much everything else is still stuck in the 2000s for me. I feel that it's targeted mostly towards gen X and boomers.
Edited by Motoring12345 on Monday 22 November 15:11
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