Soldato
Battleships was brilliant!
The Grand Tour
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Caporegime
Laughed a lot at the sports car shoot off episode this week; very good!
May is right about the current MX-5! It has to much...stuff now
The people who buy cars like that don't care about things like cruise control or rain sensing wipers (I had one and I don't), they just want something that drives well. It's made it over-priced and added un-needed weight.
The people who buy cars like that don't care about things like cruise control or rain sensing wipers (I had one and I don't), they just want something that drives well. It's made it over-priced and added un-needed weight.
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Soldato
Caught up with ep3 last night (the grand tour) and still can't help but notice just how OTT the audiences are. Thought it was just going to be the first one but its still going...
The last one has cruise, my wife's does. Not sure the weight of a button on the steering wheel couldn't be addressed by a bigger burp.
Thought E05 was a very strong episode, good job
indeed, great episode. sensible and stupid at the same time how it should be. best so far, no american lap, stll need to ditch teh celeberity bit, but again im sure they'll do that next season they'll learn a lot this year.
was getting mad at micro stuttering, turned out its chrome, switched to Internet explorer and it was fine.
its odd as other amazon stuff doesn't do this just GT and in every episode.
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Man of Honour
I think people who buy a nice sports roadster like that want a comfortable drive. A few convenience features go a long way to making it more attractive imo.
Soldato
Have you compared the Mx5 weights for each model? The MK4 is still seriously light for what it is!
Given that things like cruise control and auto wipers are implemented in electronics, the actual weight penalty is hardly anything, its not like its got fully electric seat adjustment or something that actually does add a lot of weight. Cruise control requires ECU programming, pedal switches and a couple of buttons to control it, hardly heavy items turning it into a porker.
You realise the Mk4 MX5 doesn't even have a proper glovebox for example? Its hardly filled with heavy extras, people just like saying these things (over-priced and too heavy) about every modern car nowadays but levelling the accusation against the Mk4 '5 is a bit much IMO. Its actually lighter than the preceding model.
Man of Honour
Overall it was a good ep this week. Childish car battleships, silly car reviews, and no american pleb.
Soldato
I wonder what the impact of last weeks review was on M4 sales(late with the comment, i know!)
M4 is a great car.. m4 gts is the **** by the sound of it
Soldato
Best episode yet.
Caporegime
Christ! I must be getting old....
Got as far as "Golden Earing" getting "electrocuted" and decided **** this, I'm off to bed.
Just so very glad I didn't sign up to Amazon for this drivel.
Meh.
Got as far as "Golden Earing" getting "electrocuted" and decided **** this, I'm off to bed.
Just so very glad I didn't sign up to Amazon for this drivel.
Meh.
Soldato
I hadn't my audio system quite loud and the first explosion in the battleships segment made me jump out of my seat!
Great episode.
Great episode.
Soldato
I quite enjoyed it too but it feels like it's missing something but I can't put my finger on what. Maybe it just seems too staged now.
It is essentially exactly the same as the old Top Gear. It has always been massively staged. It is a comedy car show, not a documentary.
i thought the last two episodes were a good return to form and were very funny indeed. Loved the renewable car body thing and the animal scales in Morocco.
Man of Honour
What 2 minutes can do to the mind of an adult - serious business.