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2 Dec 2009, 09:20 (Ref:2592717) | #51 | |
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absolutely fabulous Lancia worship. Should've mentioned to Chris Evans that Lancia supplied Ferrari with the D50 grand prix car.
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I couldn't decide whether to be horrified at the amount of money Chris Evans has spent on cars - or just jealous.
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Didn't show me around when I was working next door to him when he lived in Godalming. Just shouted a load of drunken abuse over the wall cos I dared to distrub his Saturday morning by working. Stupid.
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To be fair I think he has changed his ways significantly since then.
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he's not married to that kid any more for a start
last night was a tad dull if i'm honest. the twingo thing was an utter waste of time and a car. in fact it was so dull thats about all i can remember of it. oh, the news was mildly entertaining. they need a serious rethink on what this show is to do if they are going to survive, it needs to be fun but in an "oops" kind of way rather than the "eastenders scripting" kinda way... |
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Yeh I look at everything now and think "Ahh, I wonder who they've actually got driving/doing this bit then...".
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Not being funny but as someone who does not and never has liked wanton destruction of usable vehicles I found last nights episode in mostly bad taste. You had the wrecking of the airport machinery and I know for a fact in a plant auction they would have made reasonble money which no doubt the BBC paid a few grand for, then the bloke bragging he had wrecked some of the Star in an Ordinary car, cars and finally the wrecking of a brand new Fiat Twingo. I found the whole program unneccesary and unfunny and think the BBC should stop spending our money wrecking vehicles as its getting boring now. I think Clarkson has become a boring pillock now.
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7 Dec 2009, 14:24 (Ref:2595487) | #58 | ||
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To prevent this thread becoming a bash-fest, I thought it was very good. The Twingo test wasn't as good as the Fiesta test from last year but I still enjoyed it
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Does anyone know when season 14 will be shown on OZ & NZ?
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So you find a geezer driving around in a brand new nice little hot hatch deliberatly bashing into things and ending up driving it into the sea entertainment? I am afraid I just don't get the joke.
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7 Dec 2009, 21:39 (Ref:2595724) | #63 | ||
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To quote Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons- 'worst episode ever'!
Seeing The Stig in the 4x4s was quite entertaining though. The program does need a serious rethink though. Be good to have more motorsport related pieces (not just BTCC drivers arsing around) and there's not been a good race this series, along the lines of Clarkson in a supercar & the other 2 in a train/boat/plane etc. |
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7 Dec 2009, 22:08 (Ref:2595751) | #65 | |
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I normally stand up for Top Gear when people slate it but last nights one was awful. The entire show was just stupid and pointless?! I hope that they get it back on track soon and stop it being just about the presenters and go back to being informative about cars as well as entertaining.
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I'd wonder if all the other media commitments and Top Gear Live shows they have are taking away from the show?
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8 Dec 2009, 08:56 (Ref:2595970) | #68 | |
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Yeah, not good, not good...
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I can see the anger at the wanton distruction, but the Twingo wasn't new, it was a 58 not a 59. (seeing as the review was shot this year) Apparently Renault were happy for it to be trashed so I wouldn't be suprised if it was a car used only for reviews and had been driven to death. I bet there was nearly 100 000 miles on the clock, not good for a year old car!
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I wasn't impressed by the airport vehicle racing, it stank far too much of "here we go again". It was already done with the people carriers and the buses, so it would have taken a significant change to have made its inclusion worthwhile. And if Richard Hammond's lines (as in the script, not his racing lines) weren't the same as the previous two times, they were extremely close.
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Meh. Season 13 was OK but not great, this one I think crosses the line into "poor". The good bits of the show where never the carefully scripted bits. They always used to balance the ludicrous with the fun but sensible.
Now it's just in-jokes, rehashes of old stuff that was funny the first time and....that's about it really. The sad thing is, if they just followed the formula they used for the first 10-12 seasons it would still be brilliant. I go back and watch those epic races time after time after time. As long as the car that was being raced was interesting, then the races wouldn't become stale. |
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I think the format of the show needs rethinking, it has become stale with each series very much a copy of the one before.
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