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Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:05 pm

brilliant find Stu

love that massive boost gauge on the dash

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:10 pm

stuart wrote:A proper Top Gear RS vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJl0-daCCHs

The current lot should hang their heads in shame

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:59 am

Brilliant find Stu:coolgleamA:

Bart...........I know what you're thinking mate:auto:

Post by **Ben** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:06 am

Ace vid - bring back old skool Top Gear

jap.slapper · Post by **jap.slapper** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:20 pm

Last December myself and a few guys from my place went down to the Top Gear test track/studio at Guildford as guests of the Stig.

It was a bit of an eye opener to be honest, I wouldn't say that I was disapointed, as it was a good day out and even blagged a few go's around the track with the Stig during the test drive of the new Fiesta RS

(I had a few blasts around the track in a Sprinter van on one of the previous occassions that I was down there; during the daylight and at night with no lights, which was an experience)

however the whole production side of things was a bit too fake for me and in my opinion is a bit tired now

The usual sketch of 'laugh at the jokes, even if they aren't that funny after six takes' and Hammonds several staged crashes on the motorised skate board etc

It's entertaining but some things do get annoying after a while

I'll use the example of the episode where they're thrashing the lorries down at Millbrook, then they shoot off to the loo briefly for a bit of a 'let's abuse James May' sketch, then they go back outside on track to continue trashing the lorries.

The thing is, that loo is about 100m outside the Top Gear studio which is obviously in Guildford therefore, nowhere f***ing near Millbrook!

Love the show, have done for years and always watch the repeats with my lad, but they need a new generation of presenters now, to put a rocket up the show's arse and bring it back on track

New features like a 'modified car' track leader board and 'Forces cars' (ie. a 5 minute feature on cars owned by guys in the forces. Works well in the US)

If they need somebody to fill the presenter slot, I'll be available soon

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:11 pm

credit where credit is due i thought sundays episode was good .Senna's driving was incredible.

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:47 pm

Mr Fletcher wrote:credit where credit is due i thought sundays episode was good .Senna's driving was incredible.

i am a massive ayrton senna fan and ive
always said he is the greatest driver of all time.
top gear was great to watch im im really looking forward to the
ayrton senna film when it comes out

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:52 pm

i love watching this footage of senna V schumacher 10 years apart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrpYIq0NbFM

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:54 am

Yes a very good episode. Like they all should be.

Eddy

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:40 pm

Well, after all of the hype across the forums, I've just watched it on I-Player. Wow.

I just can't see how they can top that; Mr Cruise and Ms. Diaz were charming and bloody quick. The Bugatti and Mr Slow were superb. The piece on Senna was simply the best few minutes of TV I've seen in a long while.

It makes the shoddy stuff that they've been peddling for so long even more frustrating. I know the producers can't wheel out that quality all of the time but look at the disparity between this episode and the Sierra vs. M3 one........

PS. Mr Hamilton, for all of his foibles, always seems like such a genuinely nice bloke. I loved the way this episode captured just how normal people like Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Lewis Hamilton can be.

Great stuff