Top Gear returns on Sunday 27th June at 8pm

Fr0dders · 13 Jul 2010 at 13:55

EVH said:
I found it the other way round.

James May getting lost was amusing, Clarkson shouting "Poooooowwwwah" in the Porsche got a giggle, but the rest of it was a bit meh. It was obvious that the lack of trousers was staged, but seeing him waddling around in black gaffa tape was better than the "we accidentally forgot about picking the bride and groom back up" bit.

the thing you've got to bear in mind with "challenges" like that is that its essentially a soap opera / planned storyline. just because its obvious whats going to happen doesnt mean it cant be funny.

Vonhelmet · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:06

MrLOL said:
the thing you've got to bear in mind with "challenges" like that is that its essentially a soap opera / planned storyline. just because its obvious whats going to happen doesnt mean it cant be funny.

I was thinking about it that way just earlier... Top Gear is almost like a sitcom about men who present a car show. It's almost a parody of itself, but it is done well, so it works.

snowdog · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:37

Robbie G said:
You can read about boring everyday cars on the internet or in other car shows / magasines. Personally I love seeing unobtainable supercars being thrashed by middle-aged men having a laugh. If they reviewed a DS3 I'd probably be bored as I can see this anywhere.

I wouldn't be so sure.

Remember the Fiesta and Twingo reviews ? They were highly enjoyable.

Participant · 13 Jul 2010 at 15:03

snowdog said:
I wouldn't be so sure.

Remember the Fiesta and Twingo reviews ? They were highly enjoyable.

That's why I said probably and not definitely.

mjt · 13 Jul 2010 at 17:02

Was I the only one annoyed by Clarkson calling Rubens Barri-Chello ?

Rotty · 13 Jul 2010 at 17:24

first 15-20 mins ok then went to pieces

Kenai · 13 Jul 2010 at 17:42

Robbie G said:
I didn't believe Hammond when he said he'd rather have the Camaro than the S63 AMG, even if he is a red neck. The S63 was just an absolute beast and I can't believe they thought it looked ugly. That Camaro was my definition of ugly. The noise the S63 engine made just sounded sinister and demonic, in a good way.

Where as you clearly liked the car so much you don't even know what it is

MarcLister · 13 Jul 2010 at 17:58

mjt said:
Was I the only one annoyed by Clarkson calling Rubens Barri-Chello ?

Nope. Wound me up as well.

loltim · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:00

Well that's how it's spelt

mjt · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:13

I did my best to spell it using the roman alphabet, but I can't use the IPA on here as the symbols are a pain in the ass.
It's spelt Barrichello but pronounced with a Barrikello

His combover is rather amusing though..

Lum · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:25

Stringy said:
Was it last week (or a couple of weeks ago...) when they did the £5k sports saloon comparison where they had a score board for the various challenges. There was an M3, a Cossie Merc and and Sierra Cosworth. They did the thing where it got to the end and came down to price "And James is out of the running with 0 points going into the price comparison, it's a 2 horse race..." some time later, James: "I got my car for peanuts, epic victory"

Looks like they blew the dust off the script for the episode ages ago when they were crashing cars into walls (A rover, Volvo and something else...?) and Jeremy got his for a £1 and won at the last second. Do the 3 of them not remember using that gag/approach before?!?

The thing that annoyed me most about that segment wasn't the reuse of an old gag but £5K could get you a decent Impreza or Evo which, lets face it, would wipe the floor with that Sierra.

However I do need to screencap that M3's interior for next time Fox is going on about superior German interiors.

loltim · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:27

Thought they were doing European 5k saloons?

Kenai · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:34

Tim said:
Thought they were doing European 5k saloons?

Nope, just a cheap 4 door saloon that you can use on the road and take on track days.

Merlin5 · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:03

I wonder how the BBC goes about setting up that wedding sketch. It was apparently a real wedding. Do you think they get wedding couples to apply for Top Gear to do this, or maybe they asked people in one of their audiences if anyone was about to get married.

Sneaky Peaky · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:12

Farnborough Business Park is just up the road from me, it's absolutely tiny so god knows how they made a race track out of it !

Good choice of photo opportunity though, wonder where they got the idea from ?

Participant · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:22

Kenai said:
Where as you clearly liked the car so much you don't even know what it is

My mistake, E63.

i-bert · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:34

mjt said:
Was I the only one annoyed by Clarkson calling Rubens Barri-Chello ?

What makes you think it isn't pronouced like that?

They obviously rehearse the show and if JC was pronoucing it wrong, I think Rubens would have told him.

Participant · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:38

http://www.forvo.com/word/rubens_barrichello/

mjt · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:38

i-bert said:
What makes you think it isn't pronouced like that?

They obviously rehearse the show and if JC was pronoucing it wrong, I think Rubens would have told him.

The fact that nobody has ever pronounced it like that in the history of F1.

To be fair, in (Brazilian) Portuguese it's pronounced "Baghikew"
But in any case, it's a /k/ and not a /tch/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mPOolWTy1w
Proof at 8s

Sneaky Peaky · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:38

roo-bens Bah-he-KEH-loh

according to http://stason.org/TULARC/sports/mot...tuguese-and-Brazilian-names-Motorsport-P.html