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Probably a cost saving thing. They can build the same steering wheel for the manual and automatic, but just put some different functions on the buttons in software.
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You should probably stop watching Top Gear and any of the last 4-5 years or so of their content. Fancy reviews like that is kind of their signature.
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pik_d posted:He was outside for 3 days straight though. Ehhh I have some doubts about that. From the equipment and food they showed I seriously doubt he was there for 3 days. They were probably there for one night at most while they got in all the shots needed for the bit. It's a TV show, not a real life documentary.
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Mar 10, 2015 01:38
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I hope Jeremy quits, comes to America and starts a new car show with Jay Leno and Adam Carolla. edit: Tanner can be the stig. mod sassinator fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Mar 10, 2015 18:27
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Ola posted:But...but...that clip with Clarkson in a bouncing car, saying "what in God's name is happening"...might we never see that? Seriously, what a pain in the rear end the BBC is pulling the whole season. At least take all the bits that haven't aired and put them into a big special or something. edit: Oh god that's too funny, they finally get Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren to agree to a car race and the whole drat TV series implodes.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:08
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InitialDave posted:It means you had a bit of a barney, possibly to the extend of having a bundle over it. where does take the piss out fall on that spectrum (i'm american)
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Mar 12, 2015 21:19
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I'd love to see the Top Gear guys in a scrapheap challenge episode. I can just see James completely flipping out because Jeremy won't listen to his perfectly engineered plans and instead just hacks poo poo to pieces.
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Mar 18, 2015 00:22
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I hope Jeremy starts his own web-based show called 'Clarkson in Cars Getting Tea'. It could just be segments like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksbclJ4nGSQ&t=183
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Mar 20, 2015 17:54
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I wonder how much money Top Gear as a franchise pulls in for the BBC. It has hurt them quite a bit to shut the whole show down.
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Mar 25, 2015 00:06
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Data Graham posted:I like to think that right about 45 minutes ago, Clarkson's agent's phone started being tied up more or less permanently and Netflix and HBO and Showtime all simultaneously locked their pitch teams in rooms for all-nighters. Yeah, wasn't the Nurburgring for sale recently too? If someone snatched that up and then Clarkson, Hammond, May, etc. they could make a hell of a new Top Gear test track.
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Mar 25, 2015 01:02
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The truth comes out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLRna0RRvxo
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Mar 26, 2015 19:07
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is this officially Clarkson-gate yet?
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Mar 26, 2015 20:30
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IOwnCalculus posted:I've always said I'd watch James narrate pretty much anything... and now I can. Seriously, James quitting Top Gear has been the best thing ever so far.
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Apr 3, 2015 22:27
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quote:He filmed that with an iPad. =( I think James is doing alright. That kitchen he was using was just for his workshop and it's bigger than some people's normal kitchens. He doesn't need the funding to get better cameras.
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Apr 4, 2015 19:49
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I kind of want to try his recipe, but I'd swap the mushrooms for some diced bacon because I'm from America.
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Apr 4, 2015 21:49
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Wasabi the J posted:That last part was how Clarkson got in trouble though. It's ok though, they're cooking hot food. Although god help us if they make carpaccio, sushi, or gazpacho. Then fists will be flying.
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Apr 5, 2015 00:21
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Errr I don't think most carbonara sauces have garlic? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara
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MustardFacial posted:If James May spent the rest of his life making
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Apr 23, 2015 18:40
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I hope wherver Jeremey, James and Richard land they get the budget to do big stunts like Top Gear pre-2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM Ever since the financial collapse it felt like Top Gear restrained itself quite a bit. Now that they're free of the BBC hopefully they can do whatever they want.
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Jun 20, 2015 20:06
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T1g4h posted:I love Jeremy's Fiat. He made that thing look great Definitely, and he got a nicer later model one ('97+ in the limited trim model with better seats, stereo, etc.). You can find XJ's for well under $4k all day long--they're crazy cheap for what you get. edit: Ohhhh duh $400 not $4k. Wow that is a hell of a deal if it really was $400!
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Jun 29, 2015 02:13
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Keyser S0ze posted:BBC 'Murica better show this dammit. And that is why I am so thrilled Clarkson and company are getting the hell off the BBC. It will be so nice to legally watch the latest episodes without doing stupid stuff like buying into a crappy proxy service, etc. The BBC would always tout a figure that Top Gear was the most pirated TV show, and no duh of course it's going to be pirated if you don't offer any way to watch it outside the UK. I can't wait for the BBC management to slowly realize their decisions are poo poo and the Top Gear cash cow is dead.
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Jun 29, 2015 17:55
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IOwnCalculus posted:I suddenly feel like an absolute loving idiot for not getting the joke last night when I watched it. Yeah those Jeep transfer cases can sometimes get in a spot where you can't pull it into 4 wheel drive. The solution is to move forward or backward ever so slightly to line up the gears and try again.
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) so I don't doubt part of that was Hammond intentionally making it look like it was much harder to shift the transfer case than it really was.
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Jul 23, 2015 04:38
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I hope they trash on the BBC constantly in the new show. Good riddance.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Industry paper article on the Amazon deal: http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/andy-wilman-lifts-bonnet-on-top-gear-teams-amazon-deal/5091110.article I hope one of the job requirements for their production manager is "Able to take a slap/punch to the face without flinching." 
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Jul 30, 2015 16:39
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The rumor is Amazon is paying them (the trio + producer) $250M for a season of a new car show in the style of Top Gear. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ianmorris/2015/07/31/amazons-250-million-spend-on-top-gear-trio-is-actually-great-value/
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Aug 3, 2015 19:07
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I hope one of the qualifications is, "Must be able to take a slap to the face and not go crying home to mommy." Although to be fair the producer Clarkson slapped didn't do anything about it and it was only when Clarkson told the BBC that they took action.
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Aug 13, 2015 18:33
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Hah great name! I can't wait to see what they do now that they don't have the BBC nannystate watching them, and have a gigantic purse of money. Here's hoping we get even wilder and crazier builds like the Reliant Robin space shuttle.
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Oct 9, 2015 23:19
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Wow I'm amazed the use a helicopter to film on a track like that. Don't they need to worry about rotor wash and such when flying that close to the ground and buildings? Should make for a heck of a shot though!
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Oct 10, 2015 00:46
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Neat special, but wow that's weird they chose to do it live. I'm not sure it really added anything to have it all done live, other than the fun of watching James mangle bolts on some poor soul's Mini Cooper hatch.
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Oct 26, 2015 06:39
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Haha that's great, love the dig at the BBC in it.
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Oct 30, 2015 18:54
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The front of the car doesn't have a ton of stuff going on either. Presumably just a coolant radiator and oil radiator. Those could definitely leak but I would hope you would get that fixed before it turned into a much bigger problem on that car.
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Feb 5, 2016 09:34
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Wow 6 hosts, seriously?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:This is gonna be such a huge trainwreck I agree, I give it one season max before it's completely canceled or the hosts reshuffled.
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Don't be ashamed. 90s GM is my favorite period in car making. I think of it like some people think of 60s muscle cars. Automatic seatbelts too! Soooo 90's.
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Oh my god, I hope they do an episode of the new show dressed as their 30 year younger selves with wigs, haircuts and all. It would be amazing.
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Apr 18, 2016 18:41
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The BBC put out DVDs right? I wonder if you could import UK versions and if they have the original music. Might need a region free player to view them.
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The only good star in a car segments were when they had Americans on like Jay Leno or Tom Cruise. Everyone else was snooze-fest.
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