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Sudo Echo posted:Mark Webber is still the handsomest dude, anyone have a gif of him wiggling his eyebrows? 
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Aug 5, 2013 09:51
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All I could think after seeing the RR factory in that last segment was "drat, Rolls are so loving cool".
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Aug 5, 2013 16:19
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I'm so proud to be part of the commonwealth.
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Aug 5, 2013 17:30
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It's a shame the series was so short, but I admit the end of that episode was fantastic. I honestly think they could have made that segment even longer and gone into more of what was there. Glorious.
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Aug 5, 2013 17:51
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Wow, that last segment was terrific. They even got the P45 in the final shot.
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Aug 5, 2013 18:29
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Chiming in on the "holy poo poo that final segment" bandwagon.
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Aug 5, 2013 21:36
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So if the window switch in your Chevy was breathed on by a Brit then the car can join the parade as being "manufactured in Britain!"?
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Aug 5, 2013 21:42
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Top Gear just made me proud to be British. I work in the Toyota factory.
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Aug 5, 2013 22:37
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Maybe I'm the only one, but I really didnt like the last segment. But I hate over the top nationalism and it just felt like pandering to the audience to me. EDIT: Meh, I'm not surprised they would pander to the audience. Just doesn't interest me. Don't really have a whole lot of love for British engineering over all and no love for nationalism. Sadi fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Aug 5, 2013 23:19
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Sadi posted:Maybe I'm the only one, but I really didnt like the last segment. But I hate over the top nationalism and it just felt like pandering to the audience to me. Hmmm yes why would a loving entertainment show pander to it's audience?! Makes you think.
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Aug 5, 2013 23:20
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Sadi posted:it just felt like pandering to the audience to me. You are aware you were watching television, right? e: t  ZI
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Sadi posted:Maybe I'm the only one, but I really didnt like the last segment. But I hate over the top nationalism and it just felt like pandering to the audience to me. No you're not the only one, I didn't like that last segment at all.
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Aug 5, 2013 23:42
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I was kinda disappointed that they didn't have The Stig take the F-Type around the test track, but I'm wondering if they're saving it for a shoot-out segment in the next season.
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Aug 5, 2013 23:45
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Kenshin posted:I was kinda disappointed that they didn't have The Stig take the F-Type around the test track, but I'm wondering if they're saving it for a shoot-out segment in the next season. That segment was straight up product placement, I imagine they didn't want to throw it around the track because it wouldn't do well statistically.
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Aug 6, 2013 00:06
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mod sassinator posted:Wow that last segment was fantastic. Even as a pure blooded American, I couldn't help but feel proud for the brits. Totally agree. And I raged again against the hegemony of NASCAR and stagnation of virtually every other motorsport in this country.
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Aug 6, 2013 00:39
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I liked it but didn't love it. The last segment that is.
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Aug 6, 2013 01:55
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Backov posted:That segment was straight up product placement, I imagine they didn't want to throw it around the track because it wouldn't do well statistically. Maybe, but it honestly didn't sound too different from Chris Harris' take on it.
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Aug 6, 2013 03:43
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I bet most of those cars were designed in southern California anyway. Nice try brits 
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Aug 6, 2013 05:07
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Is France really the only country that doesn't watch any British made motoring shows? It seems really weird that they wouldn't but the rest of the segment was pretty serious so I'm not sure if it was a joke or not.
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Backov posted:That segment was straight up product placement, I imagine they didn't want to throw it around the track because it wouldn't do well statistically. But that sound. Yeah it probably wasn't competitive for its cost and I didn't think it was that pretty, also, lol spare wheel.
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Aug 6, 2013 09:58
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pik_d posted:Is France really the only country that doesn't watch any British made motoring shows? It seems really weird that they wouldn't but the rest of the segment was pretty serious so I'm not sure if it was a joke or not. It was a joke because of the "bad blood" between the Brits and French that's been around for centuries.
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Aug 6, 2013 13:05
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It's kind of unfair to single it out. Most small roadsters have exactly the same problem (the BMW Z4 comes to mind), but nobody notices because they don't come with a spare wheel.
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Aug 6, 2013 13:06
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Cakefool posted:But that sound. Yeah it probably wasn't competitive for its cost and I didn't think it was that pretty, also, lol spare wheel. Yea FEELS like an M3, and LAPS like an M3 are very different things. Still, that Jag is mad preatty
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Aug 6, 2013 13:21
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That trunk looked more useless than the NA Miata one, which isn't very good for a larger car. The last segment was a bit too   for my taste. Not that I have any serious issues with the UK (at least since decolonization), but just the general nationalistic pandering of it. Imagine if the same thing was done unironically with, say, American cars. Three guys in convertible Camaros driving in front of the capitol with American flags sticking out while talking about how many cars Honda builds in the US and how American-made differentials are used in German cars or something. I dunno, just seemed almost laughable to me.Other than that though I thought this was a very good episode. Enjoyed James' bus adventures and even the SIARPC, it was nice to see the Liana again.
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Aug 6, 2013 15:28
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It was a good rebuttal of the idea that nothing was made in the UK though, even if "made" was stretched to breaking point.
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Aug 6, 2013 15:33
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If they did an American version they'd need the entire D.C. mall to hold everything.
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Data Graham posted:It's kind of unfair to single it out. Most small roadsters have exactly the same problem (the BMW Z4 comes to mind), but nobody notices because they don't come with a spare wheel. TBH I don't see the point of a spare wheel in a car like that unless you're taking it to a track day. No spare in my M3 and I don't know where I'd put it anyway. If I get a flat I'm calling a loving tow truck.
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Aug 6, 2013 17:34
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Doesn't the z4 have run flats? I seem to remember when the Z4M came out, they replaced the run flats.
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Fucknag posted:If they did an American version they'd need the entire D.C. mall to hold everything. Yeah but that would look loving epic and they should totally do that.
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Cojawfee posted:Doesn't the z4 have run flats? I seem to remember when the Z4M came out, they replaced the run flats. Dunno, I put PS2s on mine. They originally were Continental something-or-others. I don't think they ever described them as run-flats. But the point holds—it's dumb to plan for a spare in a car with no space, huge wheels of unequal sizes, and lots of power. It won't do you any good.
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mobby_6kl posted:That trunk looked more useless than the NA Miata one, which isn't very good for a larger car. Yeah, you're right that Britain is much more distastefully nationalist than America.
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Aug 6, 2013 20:24
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Didn't they have an episode not too long ago where they put British cars up on podiums somewhere and had British planes flying around and poo poo? Just a bit too soon for an encore already.
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Philip J Fry posted:Didn't they have an episode not too long ago where they put British cars up on podiums somewhere and had British planes flying around and poo poo? Just a bit too soon for an encore already. I just think that complaining about Top Gear making a big deal out of the UK is like complaining about them making fun of the French or Jeremy Clarkson being a power-obsessed manchild in the challenges.
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Spare tires are only good for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPh90yNX-mY I think stolen from another thread here.
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mobby_6kl posted:That trunk looked more useless than the NA Miata one, which isn't very good for a larger car. Wow, imagine that, a British car programme, celebrating British cars...
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Cakefool posted:It was a good rebuttal of the idea that nothing was made in the UK though, even if "made" was stretched to breaking point. When people say that, though, they don't literally mean that Britain makes nothing anymore. They're just making a point that compared to the past Britain manufactures far less than it used to.
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Considering how big their audience is in Britain, I think it was just their attempt at bringing a glimmer of hope to people that have been suffering from the global economic catastrophe that has affected pretty much everyone. There's nothing wrong with a tiny bit of car-related nationalism. Look at how the U.S. has been (trying to) do the same with Chrysler, Jeep, and Chevrolet commercials.
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Just saw the episode with the Singer Porsche, James gave it props. Such an awesome car, good to see it get some recognition on Top Gear.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Yeah but that would look loving epic and they should totally do that. If we include heavy mining equipment (and they did so we can too) this alone probably outweighs everything in the segment combined. What a great video. He's right about fun being more important than speed; I've got all-terrains, and in the rain they're garbage, so I can drift the Blazer all I like. And that's with a 3.08 open diff and a 20-year-old V6 with almost 300k that made 160 horsepower new. It's an absolute blast, which I never thought I'd say about a truck. Kind of makes me want a Typhoon. 
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