top gear

[Coco Savage]

part of the entertainment IS their banter.... ;)

[joshh]

he has owned two ford GT's and actually likes the c6 vette.... his cynical reviews are borderline entertainment/shit talking.

not really to be taken at face value

And that's exactly my point. The show is for entertainment not to listen to a few guys BS about what is good and what isn't.

he brought a Ford GT- must have really thought it was a piece of shit huh? (actually it did come to that as the thing kept breaking)

dunno about you but I watch the show for entertainment value, and theres plenty of that. Not for serious car reviews. Stop having a cry just because he doesn't like american cars. He loves bashing BMW's too, don't take it too seriously and its still fucking funny.

Maybe that's a question you need to ask him.:mrgreen:
Ah, I don't like American cars. Try another angle.

[Coco Savage]

Who cares if it's not Top Gear. It's Jeremy inconsistent Clarkson speaking.
Incorrect. He was whining about how America can't make a "real" supercar. And bashed the Viper, Corvette and Ford GT.

he has owned two ford GT's and actually likes the c6 vette.... his cynical reviews are borderline entertainment/shit talking.

not really to be taken at face value

[Borat]

he brought a Ford GT- must have really thought it was a piece of shit huh? (actually it did come to that as the thing kept breaking)

dunno about you but I watch the show for entertainment value, and theres plenty of that. Not for serious car reviews. Stop having a cry just because he doesn't like american cars. He loves bashing BMW's too, don't take it too seriously and its still fucking funny.

[joshh]

That wasnt on top gear.

Was that the US supercar DVD? If so I recall he chose the Vette (standard model) as his favorite american supercar.

Who cares if it's not Top Gear. It's Jeremy inconsistent Clarkson speaking.
Incorrect. He was whining about how America can't make a "real" supercar. And bashed the Viper, Corvette and Ford GT.

[Ryan Stewart]

You obviously didn't see the same one I saw...
The one where he's in America at I believe Willow Springs...he has very little if anything good to say about either car.
He's full of shit and is totally inconsistent with his evaluations of cars.

The show sucks balls.

That wasnt on top gear.

Was that the US supercar DVD? If so I recall he chose the Vette (standard model) as his favorite american supercar.

[ditchdigger]

I dont know. After listening to this I would watch a car show with him.

http://files.phyrefile.com/file/2008/03/02/AdamCarollaOnEuropeanMotorsport.mp3

Bashing on Nascar? Cool with me. Talking about ITB's! hell yeah.

[NC325iC]

something in me doubts very much that the GT cars running in alms or lemans retain any of the stock suspension including those leafers

and dont get me wrong, i love the show, i dont like the america bashing but hey theyre sore loosers so they can suck a dick
the only thing that bugs me is they seem to think all americans drive american cars, not the case

[Coco Savage]

I just heard on Adam Corrola this morning that they're tryin to bring this to America and he's to be the host.

this isnt a joke..... leno already turned it down(he was one of the "to be hosts") saying an American version would never do the European one justice. Kudos to leno


and as far as clarksons reviews go....its more then obvious he is completely cynical about his reviews on cars.....and they are not to be taken seriously. Reality is he dislikes just about every car, and likes all cars.......

[Super Sedan]

Tell you what, just watch some LeMans coverage this weekend and pay attention to the GT1 leaders. Like Peugeot pwns P1, GT1 is Corvette's bitch.

Fixed.


Clarkson's review of the Atom is pretty cool, I also like the "buy a car for under 1000 pounds" type challenges. The old supercar one was great!

[TDE30]

...and is totally inconsistent with his evaluations of cars.

QFT.

It seems he writes off a car one week and praises it the next. Never would I have thought Clarkson would be a fan of the C63. I used to be a huge fan of the show, but then I saw through the fakeness and the Brit humor. It's still a good show, but it's just humorous (much in the way that The Office or Seinfeld is.) When it comes to automotive shows, Fifth Gear holds its own.

[Nic01101011]

That wasn't Top Gear, that was one of Clarkson's DVDs. I thought it was lame though, and I usually love anything he does.

[joshh]

Apparently you watched those shows through the glasses of an american auto worker or a redneck who hates people with accents.

Clarkson finished the story about the viper with "I love this car" and with the Vette he actually chose it as his favorite american supercar. With the Z06 version he spent 8 minutes saying how epic it was and how he couldnt tell why a Ferrari costs so much and then spent one minute saying the Z06 was horrible on the streets and you were better off getting the regular vette for that. Then proceeded to call it a "giant killer" on the track.

Im sorry but lauding a car for 8 minutes and spending one minute on its foilbles is not "tearing it apart."

The closest they do is making fun of the stupid shit like the warning about child seats in the back seat of the viper or that the doorsills catch on fire. As if those somehow werent actual facts.

You obviously didn't see the same one I saw...
The one where he's in America at I believe Willow Springs...he has very little if anything good to say about either car.
He's full of shit and is totally inconsistent with his evaluations of cars.

The show sucks balls.

[TDE30]

Top Gear is a great (perhaps one of the best) comedy show.

Fifth Gear is a better driving show.

[Nic01101011]

Sort of related, and hilarious:

http://www.break.com/index/very-polite-race-car-driver-crashes.html