New series of Top Gear starts (OFFICIAL THREAD)

[Dr Jekyll]

MikeO996 said:

This series really seemed to suffer by doing reviews of cars (when they did occasionally do reviews of cars) that were 6 months past their release date

Not really a problem unless you always buy new cars within 6 months of release. Some of us buy second hand, I've rarely bought a car that's still in production.

[davidspooner]

Not ethical per say - just good business. I only respond to approaches relevant to my job...

[mybrainhurts]

davidspooner said:

Not ethical per say - just good business. I only respond to approaches relevant to my job...

Wrong thread, old boy..

[marshalla]

davidspooner said:

Not ethical per say - .

"per se" - Latin for "in itself"

anyway - back on topic, everyone ready to complain that the "best of" tonight is really a "worst of" ?

[Laurel Green]

marshalla said:

"per se" - Latin for "in itself"

anyway - back on topic, everyone ready to complain that the "best of" tonight is really a "worst of" ?

Not I.

[lost in espace]

Laurel Green said:

Not I.

Thanks for ruining my afternoon, I could have lived in bliss knowing that I was going to watch a new episode until 8pm when the horror was discovered.

[mybrainhurts]

Well, fill me pants with treacle and sit me on a policeman...

[marshalla]

lost in espace said:

Thanks for ruining my afternoon, I could have lived in bliss knowing that I was going to watch a new episode until 8pm when the horror was discovered.

and now you can make plans to do something more useful with your evening

[JonnyFive]

TV Guide says; "The stig puts a sports car around the track" - MP4-12C?

[The_Burg]

So it's repeats, erm i mean the best of the series that hasn't even finished yet???

[FourWheelDrift]

The series finished last week, 6 episodes of 6. The next series (of 6 episodes) will be on November/December time as always.

[RB26DETT]

7/8 according to the planner ?

[PoleDriver]

FourWheelDrift said:

The series finished last week, 6 episodes of 6. The next series (of 6 episodes) will be on November/December time as always.

And Clarkson said they'd be back in June!

[Legacywr]

Ahhhh, Antiques Roadshow. Bliss

[FourWheelDrift]

PoleDriver said:

And Clarkson said they'd be back in June!

Missed that bit.

[SpeedBash]

Just came across this article so thought it would be appropriate to post the link here:

Why Top Gear has stalled

[Killer2005]

SpeedBash said:

Just came across this article so thought it would be appropriate to post the link here:

Why Top Gear has stalled

Largely nonsense apart from the penultimate sentences

article said:

There's still fun to be had, of course. Last night's moon buggy segment demonstrated a nice change of pace and Jeremy Clarkson can be a thoughtful and compelling broadcaster when he chooses to be, but the reliance on the same three or four items is slowly dragging the whole show down

[EDLT]

SpeedBash said:

Just came across this article so thought it would be appropriate to post the link here:

Why Top Gear has stalled

Guardian writer in "Not Top Gear fan" shocker.

In terms of quality I'd put this one at about the same level as the last one. Its certainly not as bad as the Hammond come-back series that was entirely cocking about.

[MiniMan64]

EDLT said:

SpeedBash said:

Just came across this article so thought it would be appropriate to post the link here:

Why Top Gear has stalled

Guardian writer in "Not Top Gear fan" shocker.

In terms of quality I'd put this one at about the same level as the last one. Its certainly not as bad as the Hammond come-back series that was entirely cocking about.

What utter ste.

He's basically complaining that Top Gear features too many cars.

[Marty Funkhouser]

Richard Hammond is as near to a real life Alan Partridge as there has ever been.