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I thought the car Will designed from scratch was pretty awesome looking.   Except for those god-awful headlights.
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echoplex posted:
Awww. I still like it, though. Except for those horrible headlights.
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Jan 30, 2012 17:57
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Jut posted:You know, I may be unpopular for saying this, but I would love to see more affordable stuff on the show. The £1000 shed challenges were great as they were something the average viewed could one day afford, and it's nice to see them gently caress around with fiat 500's and smaller sports cars such as the S2000 every now and again. The cheap car challenges, for me, are the best part. They could do the whole show that way and I'd be happy.
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Jan 31, 2012 20:43
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Cojawfee posted:The challenge would be for everyone to get Beetles, and Hammond would show up in a 911 I can see Clarkson looking pissed off for a second, then shrugging his shoulders and admitting "yep it's a Beetle, carry on." He's the kind of person that would lose a challenge to uphold his mockery for 911s.
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Cat Terrist posted:The first lot of Great Walls were... umm.... bad. However they have improved so fast it's mind blowing and they now get 4 stars on NCAP. Also the quality has likewise improved out of sight. So you're saying that at the current rate of improvement and growth that in five more years we'll all be driving Chi-UMF ACK HELP IM BEING ATTACKED.
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Feb 7, 2012 17:21
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The people that were there and knew what Top Gear was probably assumed Top Gear covering NASCAR would not be a very positive endorsement of their BELOVED SPORT.
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Feb 7, 2012 18:39
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I thought it was a decent episode. It made me laugh (especially the long 10-second shot of the traction control deactivation). Also the fat people in the Panda. 
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Feb 14, 2012 14:31
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You guys should really be watching Top Gear US. This is hilarious. I can't believe i'm enjoying this better than the original.
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Feb 15, 2012 03:27
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Data Graham posted:Camera crew taking to their heels under a hail of fireworks. That doesn't happen on TGUK. I want to know how the hell they were able to drive those on the road, with THAT cargo and surely no CDLs.. Police escort or something?
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Feb 15, 2012 04:04
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Next week's Top Gear US looks like it should be awesome. Looks like they have to take a notoriously dangerous car, 'fix' what made it dangerous, and enter it in a demo derby. Looks like the cars end up being a Pinto, a Corvair, and a Suzuki Samurai, which was shown rolling violently.
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Feb 22, 2012 05:38
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I loved that Saab part. I want them to do a segment like that for every car company, even the terrible ones. So far they've done, let's see... Saab, Maserati (when reviewing the Enzo knockoff), Lancia, um... any more?
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Feb 27, 2012 15:54
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Have they done a 'cheap car challenge' this season? I'm not including that horrible India episode in this season, by the way.
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Feb 27, 2012 19:21
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I really liked the episode where they reviewed a whole lot of Malaysian cars. Sure they said all of them were terrible but it was fun seeing them drive regular cars and review them.
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Feb 27, 2012 22:32
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kombatMedik posted:I forgot about that, but you're right. The car still drove after the crash, too. I bet the other two would have, too, if they'd tried. I thought last night's TGUS was pretty good, but waaaay too scripted. Everybody and their mother knew the first instance of the Pinto catching on fire was fake, and everybody and their mother knew it would explode at the end as they walked away from it. I do genuinely think Rut was having trouble controlling that Corvair, that looked hilariously prone to oversteer.
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I love that Morgan. It's just so ridiculous. It's like they took everything that we find 'normal' in a car and threw it out. Engine? external air-cooled two-cylinder! Chassis? Wood! Number of wheels? Three, because why not? Sound? Spectacular! I love it for so many reasons. Is it even rear-wheel drive? (I also loved the Brutus/Bentleyfire thing, and really nearly everything about this episode, though I thought the SIARPC was a little lacking. It wasn't terrible, since I like Blur, but it was kind of boring)
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pik_d posted:It did a donut, didn't it? Against all odds, yes it did. And I think he did say it has an MX-5 transmission. RWD it is, then.
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Jut posted:The episode was doing great until they decided to repeat the Brutus section from one of their DVD's. 2 eps in a row with recycled footage. Not all of us have seen the DVDs. I was thrilled to see the Brutus. Besides, there's seven episodes this season instead of six, so if a byproduct of that is a couple of recycled parts, I'm perfectly fine with that.
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Mar 5, 2012 18:00
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I'm honestly enjoying how Top Gear US does a lot more crazy challenges. This one is awesome. One thing, though: I swear every season they have to load livestock (or some other farm stuff like, say, manure) into cars not meant for them and transport them. Other countries, we do more than this in America, I swear!
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Mar 7, 2012 03:52
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That was a solid episode, I thought. The racing bit was absolutely great. I love when they buy old cars and don't cock them up. That segment really has me wanting to join a LeMons team. drat that Citroen had some epic suspension travel.
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Mar 13, 2012 13:59
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I know the Mercedes was off the road, but I thought they went over the 850 with a fine tooth Chinn and couldn't find hardly anything wrong with it?
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Sockington posted:TopGear US: The Big-O communication system had me in tears. The super-long Vette actually doing the slalom had me in stitches, as did the ghetto popemobile. I think, overall, it was better than the TGUK limo episode.
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Mar 22, 2012 13:58
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Grumpwagon posted:Yeah, I was pissed when they basically just stole the ideas of TGUK (for the first 2 limos), but I do think I ended up laughing more at the US version than the UK version. I think they were conceptually better. Limo 1: Clarkson had the Fiat Panda lengthened to stupid lengths. Tanner had the Vette. The Vette is better because he can literally powerslide it and do burnouts. It was more like a combination of Clarkson's Panda and Hammond's Rover, but awesome. Limo 2: May had the Saab/Alfa and Rut had the VW/VW. I think Rut's was hilarious because it was symmetrical and equally awful on both ends. The open air in the middle was similar to Hammond's MG, but I think Rut's just worked better. Limo 3: C'mon, the Lincoln Popemobile was just the best. The fact that the throttle sticks and it plows through three cars and comes out with hardly any damage is hilarious. And I'm pretty sure sitting in that comfy armchair making martinis while the Stig powerslides it is the most ridiclously awesome moment in any of TGUS.
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So, season 3 of Top Gear US starts filming on Sunday! Also, Rutledge Wood totally answered my questions on Jalopnik. quote:Q1: "Are there any plans in the works to do a challenge with Top Gear UK?" I couldn't help with the plaid thing.  (The best questions were asking why the hell his parents named him 'Rutledge' and making fun of his fake laugh)
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Vivec posted:So, apparently there's 16 seasons of top gear on netflix, what are your guys favorite episodes? I usually just watch the show when it's on TV and have no familiarity with the show other than enjoying watching it. The Porsche challenge (S5E6) and the Italian mid-engined supercars for less than a second-hand Mondeo challenge (S7E4) are my two favorites easily. The Cheap coupés that aren't Porsches challenge (S6E2) is also really good but not as spectacular as the other two. Worth watching for James May essentially demolition-derbying a V12 Jaguar XJS.
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Jul 13, 2012 20:27
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I forgot, the one where they review Clarkson's Grosser and May's Rolls Royce is pretty classic. Season 11 episode 5. Watching the Grosser try a slalom is hilariously absurd.
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Jul 15, 2012 14:56
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I thought it was a decent episode. My dad just bought an SHO so it was nice to see one of those driven properly, and it was good to see the Caprice (hopefully in several years the car-buying public can pick them up at auction?). The race at the end was kind of lame, since we all know the bike would win, but the location/setting was nice.
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Aug 16, 2012 15:24
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I didn't really like the latest episode very much. I'm kind of sick of their mentality that small cars = useless. OH NO I CAN'T OFFROAD MY FIAT 500, IT'S A poo poo CAR! It would have been one thing just to jokingly take them offroad, but to have everybody laughing at the car's small sizes, exaggerating getting blown off of the highway by semis, and mocking their slowness on the highway ("I finally hit 65! yeah!) isn't really going to go very far in getting people to put away their gigantic SUVs and such. Those cars (with the exception of the smart car, I suppose) are all perfectly fine on the highway.
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Aug 22, 2012 19:55
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Ok, I liked this episode a lot more. Fantastic cars. Wish there were more challenges though.
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Now that I'm not on my phone, I can elaborate. Anybody that hasn't seen Top Gear US, or that watched some bad episodes in the past and swore it off, should watch that episode. It really was top notch. The best part was when Rutledge, even though it was costing him victory, outbid another buyer so he could own Faust's Merkur. Because Rutledge paid $600 for it, Faust's car sold for more than his did and secured the win. I gotta say, I would have done the same thing.
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Aug 29, 2012 13:21
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Yeah I don't mind them not showing fast, expensive cars. TGUK does that fine already, and besides, there are a hundred other places I can watch people hoon cars I'll never afford.
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Sep 3, 2012 14:25
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meatpimp posted:I thought there was a separate thread for non-"real" Top Gear? I just searched through the entire live portion of AI and saw nothing, so looks like no. Anyway, I thought tonight's episode was pretty solid. Three very different takes on fuel efficiency. Well, two takes on efficiency and one  It's awesome because Adam is obviously the Jeremy Clarkson of the group but very different as well. You just know he's going to pick something stupid and American every time. Usually from the seventies if possible. Fuel Efficiency challenge? Ford F350! CornHolio fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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Watched the latest Top Gear US last night. That was genuinely entertaining. When the Mustang went off the cliff my two-year-old (who loves cars) yells "OOH NOO!" and I was howling with laughter. I really want to take a Lincoln Continental offroading now. It performed way better than it had any right to.
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Geared Hub posted:It's a Towncar they took out, That's right, I knew that too. I don't know why I typed Continental. edit: vv I thought for sure that oil pan was a goner. vv CornHolio fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Sep 27, 2012 |
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Sep 27, 2012 18:09
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That was enjoyable, though I was really expecting something Korean. I don't think they had a single Korean car on the program, did they?
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Sweevo posted:Plus we already know that the car they all despise more than any other is quite rightly the VW Beetle. Yeah I was waiting for the Beetle to at least make an appearance. I'm sorry, when I think 'worst car in the world' I don't think of Ferraris, so no matter how much they try, I can't be convinced it's even remotely in contention. The SC430 at least still has 300 horsepower, despite being terrible in every other way.
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Cojawfee posted:This is old news. I thought before they were saying Feburary.
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grover posted:I loved the TGUS mexican pinata derby The luchadores had me in stitches. I swear, Top Gear US has really come into its own. Its great.
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Tonight's Top Gear US was pretty awesome. I was honestly surprised by the outcome. I really thought the Volvo was going to be the winner (and still have functional A/C) over the other two. Still, when the Caprice's motor broke completely free from the mounts and cracked open, spilling oil everywhere, I just couldn't stop laughing. I thought the G-Wagen 'review/challenge' at the end dragged on a little too long, but it's such a pretty vehicle that I could forgive it.
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Powershift posted:Another "buy cars and WRECK EM YEE HA! AMERICA gently caress YEAH SHOOTIN GUNS!" episode, and considering the next one is about RVs, it's probably not going to be any different. This show is turning into a demolition derby documentary faster than the channel it's on turned into the alien channel. Are you complaining? The cheap car challenges are always the best (and most useful for regular folks like me). I am perfectly fine with having a show that does mostly just that.
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