BBC Top Gear Thread 2021/2022

[Jim on the hill]

paulw123 said:

JC just wants to get back to his farm and I don’t blame him.

How do people come up with this tripe

[dukeboy749r]

Doofus said:

Gary C said:

Doofus said:

Gary C said:

McGuinness brings nothing, just faux northern tttishness.

You do know what 'faux' means, don't you?

yep,

and while I know where he is from, it puts it on like a cloak of 'I'm from up north so I can act like a tt'

We are not all like that up here.

My point was that he is northern and he is a tt.

I don't think that anyone thinks for a moment that he represents all of you.

What in hell’s name does ‘all of you’ mean?

What a banal, ignorant statement.

[Gary C]

dukeboy749r said:

What in hell’s name does ‘all of you’ mean?

What a banal, ignorant statement.

err............

[Doofus]

dukeboy749r said:

What in hell’s name does ‘all of you’ mean?

What a banal, ignorant statement.

You really do go out of your way to argue, don't you.

[sutoka]

paulw123 said:

Main problem with top gear is it was Clarkson that made it great, nobody can review even a dull car quite like him. With just May, Hammond and say Harris it would have been pretty poor.

Problem with grand tour is none of their hearts are in it any more. JC just wants to get back to his farm and I don’t blame him.

I feel this is appropriate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaAem82gxO8

[dukeboy749r]

Gary C said:

err............

Apologies, Gary it wasn’t aimed at you.

Just the resident doofus…

[Doofus]

dukeboy749r said:

Gary C said:

err............

Apologies, Gary it wasn’t aimed at you.

Just the resident doofus…

And if you'd read the post that i was replying to, you'd see why I used that particular phrase.

Having said which, you seem only interested in causing a fight, so crack on.

[HARTLEYHARE1]

Let’s just hope the new season starts off better than this ended as would rather watch any car related tv vs most

[Timothy Bucktu]

I managed 20 minutes of the Xmas special. I don't think I've ever not watched an episode before, but that was just rubbish.
I guess Top Gear now appeals to whoever likes Mrs Browns Boys? No idea really. Who does like that apart from nobody, someone surely...Northern folk?

[PH User]

Timothy Bucktu said:

I managed 20 minutes of the Xmas special. I don't think I've ever not watched an episode before, but that was just rubbish.
I guess Top Gear now appeals to whoever likes Mrs Browns Boys? No idea really. Who does like that apart from nobody, someone surely...Northern folk?

It was a bit rubbish, but that's been the case before even when Clarkson was in charge.

[tardelli]

Timothy Bucktu said:

I managed 20 minutes of the Xmas special. I don't think I've ever not watched an episode before, but that was just rubbish.
I guess Top Gear now appeals to whoever likes Mrs Browns Boys? No idea really. Who does like that apart from nobody, someone surely...Northern folk?

How very Dare you!
Even us Northern Monkeys know Mrs Brown's Boys is Garbage

[Spleen]

Hang on, there was a Xmas special, when was it on? I need to watch it to see how bad it was.

Edit:

Just found it on iPlayer. I'm not sure I dare watch it to be honest, my tolerance for yer man has reached an almost Chris Evans level of loathing.

Edited by Spleen on Sunday 2nd January 13:03

[Bluedot]

Apologies if this is common knowledge but I've only just realised that you can now watch on Sky every episode all the way from Series One (Hammond, Clarkson & Jason Dawe) through to the present day.

[Gary C]

dukeboy749r said:

Gary C said:

err............

Apologies, Gary it wasn’t aimed at you.

Just the resident doofus…

No, sorry. I got what he was saying and I think you got it in the wrong context

[thegreenhell]

Bluedot said:

Apologies if this is common knowledge but I've only just realised that you can now watch on Sky every episode all the way from Series One (Hammond, Clarkson & Jason Dawe) through to the present day.

They've been on BBC iPlayer for a few months.

[Johnspex]

I'm a huge Top Gear fan. Clarkson is a genius and should be PM.

However, what I find odd with the new bunch is that they're a bit like the Monkees. Get 3 blokes and get them to pretend they're mates. They say things like "that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen him do" which is really the sort of thing you say about an old mate who you have seen do many stupid things over the years.

The other is the unbalanced nature of the group. "let's have race round this quarry/track/ woodland rally stage etc". One of them is an established experienced racer, the other 2 clearly aren't. There is only ever going to be one winner (usually).
I don't mind any of them but it should be three presenters , or three journalists, or 3 racers not such a badly mixed (talent-wise) bunch.

[ddom]

Johnspex said:

I'm a huge Top Gear fan. Clarkson is a genius and should be PM.

However, what I find odd with the new bunch is that they're a bit like the Monkees. Get 3 blokes and get them to pretend they're mates. They say things like "that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen him do" which is really the sort of thing you say about an old mate who you have seen do many stupid things over the years.

The other is the unbalanced nature of the group. "let's have race round this quarry/track/ woodland rally stage etc". One of them is an established experienced racer, the other 2 clearly aren't. There is only ever going to be one winner (usually).
I don't mind any of them but it should be three presenters , or three journalists, or 3 racers not such a badly mixed (talent-wise) bunch.

You can't be much of a TG fan tbh.

Hammond is a talentless ex radio DJ. May, a failed journo. They are not 'mates'. Clarkson can drive to a level but the other pair are useless pretty much. I would say the current crop are more talented overall, and without the prat, that is Richard Hammond, it flows much nicer.

[Johnspex]

ddom said:

Johnspex said:

I'm a huge Top Gear fan. Clarkson is a genius and should be PM.

However, what I find odd with the new bunch is that they're a bit like the Monkees. Get 3 blokes and get them to pretend they're mates. They say things like "that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen him do" which is really the sort of thing you say about an old mate who you have seen do many stupid things over the years.

The other is the unbalanced nature of the group. "let's have race round this quarry/track/ woodland rally stage etc". One of them is an established experienced racer, the other 2 clearly aren't. There is only ever going to be one winner (usually).
I don't mind any of them but it should be three presenters , or three journalists, or 3 racers not such a badly mixed (talent-wise) bunch.

You can't be much of a TG fan tbh.

Hammond is a talentless ex radio DJ. May, a failed journo. They are not 'mates'. Clarkson can drive to a level but the other pair are useless pretty much. I would say the current crop are more talented overall, and without the prat, that is Richard Hammond, it flows much nicer.

So, a judgement on CHM and a judgement on me.
You're really quite the expert, aren't you?
BTW Hammond has made a lot of money out of being talentless, and May out being a failed journo.

[PH User]

ddom said:

Johnspex said:

I'm a huge Top Gear fan. Clarkson is a genius and should be PM.

However, what I find odd with the new bunch is that they're a bit like the Monkees. Get 3 blokes and get them to pretend they're mates. They say things like "that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen him do" which is really the sort of thing you say about an old mate who you have seen do many stupid things over the years.

The other is the unbalanced nature of the group. "let's have race round this quarry/track/ woodland rally stage etc". One of them is an established experienced racer, the other 2 clearly aren't. There is only ever going to be one winner (usually).
I don't mind any of them but it should be three presenters , or three journalists, or 3 racers not such a badly mixed (talent-wise) bunch.

You can't be much of a TG fan tbh.

Hammond is a talentless ex radio DJ. May, a failed journo. They are not 'mates'. Clarkson can drive to a level but the other pair are useless pretty much. I would say the current crop are more talented overall, and without the prat, that is Richard Hammond, it flows much nicer.

I'm a top gear fan and I like all of the originals, I think they can all drive just fine. Hammond was on a car show before top gear.

[Johnspex]

PH User said:

ddom said:

Johnspex said:

I'm a huge Top Gear fan. Clarkson is a genius and should be PM.

However, what I find odd with the new bunch is that they're a bit like the Monkees. Get 3 blokes and get them to pretend they're mates. They say things like "that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen him do" which is really the sort of thing you say about an old mate who you have seen do many stupid things over the years.

The other is the unbalanced nature of the group. "let's have race round this quarry/track/ woodland rally stage etc". One of them is an established experienced racer, the other 2 clearly aren't. There is only ever going to be one winner (usually).
I don't mind any of them but it should be three presenters , or three journalists, or 3 racers not such a badly mixed (talent-wise) bunch.

You can't be much of a TG fan tbh.

Hammond is a talentless ex radio DJ. May, a failed journo. They are not 'mates'. Clarkson can drive to a level but the other pair are useless pretty much. I would say the current crop are more talented overall, and without the prat, that is Richard Hammond, it flows much nicer.

I'm a top gear fan and I like all of the originals, I think they can all drive just fine. Hammond was on a car show before top gear.

One of the staff writers on TG mag said he was Good. Surly it stands to reason that with an airfield, cars of all sorts and experts on hand he would be given some coaching. Probably not enough to make him as Good as the PH experts though for theirs an innate, God-given talent.