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Doesn’t help that global travel has encountered some difficulties this year.
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Yeah on one hand, not getting the Russia special is hardly even in the top 100 worst things about 2020. On the other hand, gently caress I want to watch them doing their thing in Russia this Christmas.
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Nov 25, 2020 16:53
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SpannerX posted:Probably the last one they do, to be honest. They aren't getting any younger. They've filmed another already and are in the middle of filming a new one right now I think.
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Nov 25, 2020 22:48
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hopterque posted:They've filmed another already and are in the middle of filming a new one right now I think. Oh, I didn't know that, I haven't really been keeping up on them, as of late, for obvious reasons (C19, not them). Good to know!
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Nov 25, 2020 23:13
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Yeah I believe these are being filmed in the UK for obvious reasons but it's better than nothing!
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Nov 26, 2020 00:49
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Chris Knight posted:James' "Oh Cook" cooking show is on Prime and it's and good as you'd expect. I made the Thai chicken soup from the first episode and it's good as gently caress, in addition to the show being quite entertaining.
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Nov 26, 2020 03:00
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There's a new Top Gear USA coming on MotorTrend https://www.motortrend.com/news/top-gear-america-premiere-date/ I don't care for Jethro but Dax Shepard is a legit car guy with a crazy powerful suicide door lincoln.
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Dec 10, 2020 00:34
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Why do they keep trying?
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Dec 10, 2020 01:20
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GutBomb posted:Why do they keep trying? Isn't the answer always money?
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Dec 10, 2020 01:34
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The annoying thing is the last one was just fine. They hit their groove and it was super enjoyable.
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Dec 10, 2020 01:40
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They actually say this, "This isn't some rip-off of that other motoring show from across the pond, either—this is die-hard car enthusiasts who live and breathe everything cars."
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Dec 10, 2020 01:41
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Mister Kingdom posted:They actually say this, "This isn't some rip-off of that other motoring show from across the pond, either—this is die-hard car enthusiasts who live and breathe everything cars." Does that mean they're just not copying the format?
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Dec 10, 2020 02:00
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pik_d posted:Does that mean they're just not copying the format? Previous attempts did a direct copy (news segments, The Stig, star in a car, etc) and then just did challenges. I have no idea what this is going to be.
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Dec 10, 2020 02:06
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Then.... why call it Top Gear?
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Dec 10, 2020 02:38
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Residency Evil posted:Isn't the answer always money?
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Dec 10, 2020 02:59
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PT6A posted:I made the Thai chicken soup from the first episode and it's good as gently caress, in addition to the show being quite entertaining. Man can cook. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpt_oIqLZX4
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Dec 10, 2020 03:38
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opengl128 posted:The annoying thing is the last one was just fine. They hit their groove and it was super enjoyable. Yeah, when that first US Top Gear came out I thought it was dreck but somehow in reruns it seems better than I remembered.
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Dec 10, 2020 04:54
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Rutledge wood was cool and by the end they had some serious rapport going on.
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Dec 10, 2020 06:09
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Tanner, Adam, and Rutledge were a good team and they were getting to the point where they were nearly as good as Jeremy, Richard, and James. After they got canceled, I gave up on watching any American Top Gear. They can't expect the team dynamic to exist immediately at the beginning, they need a few seasons to do that. It seems like every show gets canceled just as the team starts coming together. There's no point in getting into a show when I know it will be cancelled just as it starts getting good.
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Dec 10, 2020 06:13
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Tanner was and is a bit of a lovely guy.
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Dec 10, 2020 15:07
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bull3964 posted:Then.... why call it Top Gear? Because calling it Top Gear will sell more Motor Trend subscriptions on their app. That is all.
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Dec 10, 2020 16:18
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Mustache Ride posted:Tanner was and is a bit of a lovely guy. Plus I'm sorry but listening to him reading the lifeless cue-card narration in the adventure segments: "At the rate we were going, we'd never get there  "Top Gear with the three idiots was only ever tangentially about the cars for me, it was the sharpness of the writing and the repartee, and I'll 1000% rather watch James' cooking show or Clarkson saying something like "At the rate we were going, by the time we arrived our welcoming party would have been driven underground by the Morlocks"
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Dec 10, 2020 16:29
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Well yeah Tanner was clearly the weakest link, but I liked how they'd make fun of him for it. He was there solely because he was a good driver.
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Dec 10, 2020 17:11
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It was also funny because he clearly played the stig.
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Dec 10, 2020 17:49
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Mustache Ride posted:Tanner was and is a bit of a lovely guy. Really? I’ve always had the exact opposite impression when I’ve interacted with him, particularly compared to his GRC teammate Scott Speed.
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Dec 10, 2020 17:56
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I thought Tanner just out there driving stuff was one of the best parts of the show.
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Dec 10, 2020 19:21
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Agreed loved seeing Tanner cane all the cool cars they got. There was an amazing shot of him doing a slow drift at very high speeds in I think it was a Shelby Mustang of some flavor.
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Dec 10, 2020 20:09
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Holy poo poo the tracked RS. yes please
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Okay that was really enjoyable. I was sad to see the RS die but it was hilarious how useless those tracks actually were.
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Dec 18, 2020 03:30
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Seems like they would have been perfect on packed snow, but that’s about it.
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Dec 18, 2020 03:57
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bull3964 posted:Seems like they would have been perfect on packed snow, but that’s about it. They were ok on the soft sand and puddles weren't they? Or did they break there too? I lost track
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Dec 18, 2020 04:45
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As long as it was just sand, it was ok. But the sand hid rocks which broke poo poo and one of the off track failures happened in the rusted sand when it went off camber and the track slid off.
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Dec 18, 2020 04:54
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pik_d posted:I lost track 
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Dec 18, 2020 04:56
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I read up a little on that pirate treasure and sure enough, it's supposedly legit and still out there, that cross included. That's nuts.
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CornHolio posted:I read up a little on that pirate treasure and sure enough, it's supposedly legit and still out there, that cross included. That's nuts. And you're telling me they didn't find it by exploding some random beach???
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Dec 18, 2020 17:25
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pik_d posted:And you're telling me they didn't find it by exploding some random beach??? Clearly ambitious but rubbish
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Dec 18, 2020 19:15
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I was amazed how well the Caterham did. Also genuine laughs at how miserable May looked every time he good flooded with mud water.
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That was the perfect anti-marketing for whatever company made those treads. Any time someone gets marketed those treads, someone can just say "Yeah, but Richard Hammond put them on a car and there was only one specific instance in which they worked without breaking. In every other environment, they failed." That Caterham did well, but I'm really surprised that Bentley made it as far as it did. Jeremy took a car way way way out of its design spec and it handled it really well. Richard took a product into exactly the terrain a customer would expect it to do well in and it shat the bed. That focus might have done a lot better if he had gone the route Jeremy did and jack it up a bit and put big tires on it.
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Dec 18, 2020 20:07
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It really looks like they had on the EZ HD ones here. https://www.mattracks.co/tracks/ez/ https://www.mattracks.co/about/faq/ In the FAQ they emphasize reducing ground pressure which makes sense. That also means that climbing over ruts really isn't something they are suited for since that would decrease their contact patch below what they were designed to do. Really, if the thing can't maintain a near 100% contact patch, it's probably not a suitable surface.
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Yeah, looks like it is designed specifically for driving around on snow and in mudpits. Not general purpose offroad.
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