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Are the shots they show of cars whipping around tracks always them driving? It's always implied that it is, and in most episodes you can see them through the windows, but last week's episode with the Jag was pretty suspicious how every shot of the car racing from the outside during Clarkson's segment never clearly showed who was driving. I just wonder at their age if they're all still *that* good at driving that they can drive a hypercar around a track like a pro or if they just do clever cuts with professionals driving and the interior shots of them talking.
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I'm pretty sure they can still drive the cars, but it's not always going to be them. The director might want to get some better shots of the car driving and it's a waste of time to drag Jeremy or whoever back to the track when they can just hire a professional driver.
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explosivo posted:Are the shots they show of cars whipping around tracks always them driving? It's always implied that it is, and in most episodes you can see them through the windows, but last week's episode with the Jag was pretty suspicious how every shot of the car racing from the outside during Clarkson's segment never clearly showed who was driving. I just wonder at their age if they're all still *that* good at driving that they can drive a hypercar around a track like a pro or if they just do clever cuts with professionals driving and the interior shots of them talking. Its usually Jeremy, occasionally Richard and never James. At least thats what makes sense in my head canon.
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DiggityDoink posted:Its usually Jeremy, occasionally Richard and never James. At least thats what makes sense in my head canon. And yet James is the one who took the actual racing school from the former F1 driver, and the sacked stig said he was the best racing driver of the 3 during the endurance race that they did in that diesel BMW. Hard to reconcile that with the "Captain Slow" character he plays, I know.
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Feb 11, 2019 12:57
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explosivo posted:Are the shots they show of cars whipping around tracks always them driving? It's always implied that it is, and in most episodes you can see them through the windows, but last week's episode with the Jag was pretty suspicious how every shot of the car racing from the outside during Clarkson's segment never clearly showed who was driving. I just wonder at their age if they're all still *that* good at driving that they can drive a hypercar around a track like a pro or if they just do clever cuts with professionals driving and the interior shots of them talking. There was a Smoking Tire podcast with Tanner Faust and he mentioned that most of the action shots are pro drivers like himself, he mentioned a few Top Gear segments where he did the action shots for a car Clarkson was driving.
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bigpolar posted:And yet James is the one who took the actual racing school from the former F1 driver, and the sacked stig said he was the best racing driver of the 3 during the endurance race that they did in that diesel BMW. I feel like Clarkson and to a lesser extent Hammond are more likely to get caught up in the moment racing against a single other driver they're close to at the time and make risky moves that are a lot more likely result in a crash or breaking the car than a meaningful gain in finishing position. May seems to be the one who'd be most able to put his emotions aside and race predictably + safely to keep the car in one piece.
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That's a good episode and it's amazing how built up China is. It'll be interesting to see how well they maintain their infrastructure though.
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Feb 15, 2019 02:57
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CornHolio posted:That's a good episode and it's amazing how built up China is. It'll be interesting to see how well they maintain their infrastructure though.
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Feb 15, 2019 05:07
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laughed when hammond said the northstar was a good engine, laughed even harder when he (presumably) blew the head gasket.
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Feb 15, 2019 05:30
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nmfree posted:I suspect that one decently strong earthquake will reduce most of if to rubble. Is China particularly geologically active? I wonder how well that infrastructure was designed and how well it was actually built considering the speed at which it was designed and put up and that apparently drainage was not something that got a lot of attention on that one road they highlighted. The price of that 'red flag' at the beginning is astounding though, it just seems really underwhelming for the cost. Cool episode for sure, and even the obvious gag at the end was done well enough I thought.
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Bajaha posted:The price of that 'red flag' at the beginning is astounding though, it just seems really underwhelming for the cost. The cost is the point with something like that, though, right? If you charge enough for something, someone will buy it. Vertu is a good example. nmfree posted:I suspect that one decently strong earthquake will reduce most of if to rubble. The elevated motorway at the one hour mark definitely filled me with anxiety. I'm not an engineer, but it looked pretty dicey. Like, it doesn't seem like it could withstand any lateral load.
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Toe Rag posted:The cost is the point with something like that, though, right? If you charge enough for something, someone will buy it. Vertu is a good example. Yeah all of those elevated roadways would have me making GBS threads in my pants while driving on them.
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They sure look cool. That was probably considered easier than cutting into the landscape to build roads.
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Powershift posted:laughed when hammond said the northstar was a good engine, laughed even harder when he (presumably) blew the head gasket. Are there any functional Northstars still on the road?
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The China stuff was cool but I wish they had done it with local cars. If they built those highways with no drainage they will fall down from simple use before an earthquake
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Thank you for bringing back cheap car challenges six days after I asked, fellas.
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DiggityDoink posted:Yeah all of those elevated roadways would have me making GBS threads in my pants while driving on them. There's also a non-zero chance they're made of literal garbage: 
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Powershift posted:laughed when hammond said the northstar was a good engine, laughed even harder when he (presumably) blew the head gasket. All I know about that engine I read here and was thinking uh, is that even true throughout that episode. Glad to see you lot were right. 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:All I know about that engine I read here and was thinking uh, is that even true? throughout that episode. Glad to see you lot were right.
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Feb 17, 2019 09:49
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For anyone who's mildly curious, Hammond's car needed new brake pads and an oil change.
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Feb 17, 2019 10:51
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I loved the "long car" joke in this one. Brilliantly done.
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This is an episode behind, but I identify strongly with Hammond's horse-wife rant.
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Lol this is funnier in context with Hammond's line about the engine being able to run for 100 miles without coolant.quote:Many Northstar engines became well known for their tendencies to experience head gasket failure. The issue manifested itself not as a "true" head gasket failure, but as a head bolt failure. The problem would occur when the engine, being of an aluminum construction, ran hot for periods of time; the head bolts would "pull" out of the "softer" aluminum block (as compared to iron blocks), resulting in a loss of coolant into the combustion chamber. Also, how many Monty Python lines can Jeremy fit into each episode?
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New season of Top Gear started today on BBC2. I missed it so I'll catch the rerun tomorrow.
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I was quite happy to watch both of my Northstars go to the scrap yard. When it first came out, amazing engine. If only GM spent...oh...let's say $20 more on it...
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Watched new old top gear: During that whole garbage suzuki review I wished I was watching chris harris buy two kick rear end second hand vehicles with 100K pounds.
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Qmass posted:Watched new old top gear: Yeah, I feel bad for Rory getting stuck with all the worst reviews. Sure he sometimes get good ones (like that Japanese  review), but he gets ALL the bad ones.
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New series of so-called Top Gear looks like it's going to be fun. The Rory/Sabine hill climb was classic.
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Watching this China episode and a bit baffled by what all the white stuff is on their cars that they haven't mentioned. Is it bird poo poo that they're not cleaning off?
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Femtosecond posted:Watching this China episode and a bit baffled by what all the white stuff is on their cars that they haven't mentioned. Is it bird poo poo that they're not cleaning off? Are you talking about the remnants and scorch marks from the fireworks?
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the guy from Semisonic posted:Are you talking about the remnants and scorch marks from the fireworks? oh hahahah yeah of course. I completely forgot about that segment because I was cooking dinner while that was going on.
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the guy from Semisonic posted:Are you talking about the remnants and scorch marks from the fireworks? I wish that part had been longer. It sounds awesome.
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Some of the China special was tiresome but watching Hammonds Northstar explode and then 3-wheeled piece of poo poo roll down the cliff was worth it.
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That was a beautiful and amazing episode and some beautiful cars. I really loved Richard's long and curvy penis and hope to see it in person someday.
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CornHolio posted:That was a beautiful and amazing episode and some beautiful cars. I really loved Richard's long and curvy penis and hope to see it in person someday. The Something Awful Forums › Discussion › Automotive Insanity › Top Gear/ The Grand Tour: I hope to see Richard's long and curvy penis in person someday. Also, that was a very good episode.
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Would definitely like to ride that penis someday.
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I have been to that quaint fishing village near Inverness and even back then I thought, say what you like about wind turbines ruining the landscape, it's not like these oil rigs are doing much for the looks of the Cromarty Firth. I have also been to Inverness and even stood in that same spot where they ended, and that weather was definitely a statistical anomaly. Great episode, nothing felt forced like GT sometimes does, amazing scenery, it had a real classic Top Gear feeling to it. Have we ever seen Hammond yelling at CLARKSON before?
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