The "Top Gear", Season 24/25/26 thread

SupraWez · 27 Feb 2018 at 07:09

I enjoyed it...

AndyCr15 · 27 Feb 2018 at 07:56

Begbie said:
I caught the tail end of episode one on the telly last night, it's made me go watch the rest of the series. It was better than I expected. Last season with that ginger guy was awful, back to being watchable now.

This was first of the new season. Ginger guy wasn't in last season

wez130 · 27 Feb 2018 at 08:52

antijoke said:
Wez started one, and it got moved here.

I started this one in this thread so as not to make a new thread as i know it would have got thrown in here anyway

antijoke · 27 Feb 2018 at 09:13

wez130 said:
I started this one in this thread so as not to make a new thread as i know it would have got thrown in here anyway

You did?

Didn't you start one about the new series and that got moved here? Or am I not reading your post properly.

Gambisk · 27 Feb 2018 at 09:13

I really enjoyed this weeks show, and dare I say it, it was better than anything the Grand Tour produced this year. I will caveat that statement by saying that I skip the celeb and "news" sections of both show and just watch the features. Top Gear felt more polished and less try hard than its amazonian rival, yeah Rory is a bit of a prat, but he creates much better T.V. than watching 3 rapidly aging men play poorly written caricatures of themselves.

slick rick · 27 Feb 2018 at 10:42

Gambisk said:
I really enjoyed this weeks show, and dare I say it, it was better than anything the Grand Tour produced this year. I will caveat that statement by saying that I skip the celeb and "news" sections of both show and just watch the features. Top Gear felt more polished and less try hard than its amazonian rival, yeah Rory is a bit of a prat, but he creates much better T.V. than watching 3 rapidly aging men play poorly written caricatures of themselves.

+1 probably not a popular opinion but that was my thoughts also.

HangTime · 27 Feb 2018 at 10:59

I thought it was a decent start to the series. It also introduced me to the 570GT which wasn't really something on my radar.

NVP · 27 Feb 2018 at 11:13

The bit with Sabine killed me off hahaha! She was hilarious, and poor Chris getting battered had me in stitches!

There was one shot during the whole Block chase bit that showed just how great a driver Chris is, it was an iternal shot of a long held slide around a corner - absolutely amazing

Combat Fighter · 27 Feb 2018 at 11:26

naefeart said:
As a tribute to the V8, I think old Top Gear would have done it better... however I am warming to new Top Gear. Def better than GT.

I think I've decided my next car has to be a V8 before it all goes hybrid/electric. I've had two, but the next one needs to be a real monster. Sadly they don't sell the Mustang 350 or R in the UK. Means I'll probably look towards AMG.

As mentioned, I think Rory is trying too hard. He needs to chill a bit.

Get an AMG if you want to handle round corners.

It’ll be better built too.

Mustang is pony.

Mr Jack · 28 Feb 2018 at 08:05

Gambisk said:
I really enjoyed this weeks show, and dare I say it, it was better than anything the Grand Tour produced this year.

Yeah, this. Also TG's celebrity bits are quite good unlike the utter drek on the Tour. Sabine is great as well. I think it's time to drop the Stig facade though and (1) give the driver the credit they deserve, and (2) have a driver they can actually talk to about the cars.

Clearcut · 1 Mar 2018 at 12:04

How anyone likes that 'try too hard to be fun' cackling witch is beyond me.

jellybeard999 · 4 Mar 2018 at 20:14

Enjoyed the McLaren section in tonight's episode. More of this and less of the poorly acted comedy please.

Jokester · 4 Mar 2018 at 20:15

Lovely car that.

Edit:- That truck is completely ridiculous lol

Entai · 4 Mar 2018 at 20:19

jellybeard999 said:
Enjoyed the McLaren section in tonight's episode. More of this and less of the poorly acted comedy please.

Odd he didn't mention that when he lapped portimau with the P1 last time (with the Porsche etc) he did it in 1 minute and 51.78 seconds.

Thus 3 that's three seconds faster than tonight, and 3.5 faster than the 720S.

Scania · 4 Mar 2018 at 20:49

Much preferring this to TGT if I’m honest, not perfect but not bad, not bad at all.

The_One · 4 Mar 2018 at 21:02

Way better than the grand tour this is

Those vehicles were insane

Combat Fighter · 4 Mar 2018 at 21:02

At least tonight’s episode was better than last weeks dross.

Housey · 4 Mar 2018 at 21:06

jellybeard999 said:
Enjoyed the McLaren section in tonight's episode. More of this and less of the poorly acted comedy please.

Pretty much my view. Le Blanc has little natural comedy, he is as we know an actor and when in studio without a script he is rubbish frankly. I find myself not watching it much, it's on but it doesn't seem to hold my attention and I find the dialogue poor. I think the forced laughing of the studio or frankly lack of audience interaction is quite telling.

I'd rather have it than not, but not warming to it still, feel it might have gone back a bit this series (IT IS NOT AND NEVER EVER WILL BE SEASON).

daz · 4 Mar 2018 at 21:13

Personally think they should drop the celebrity section, it really doesn't fit with the rest of the show.

Housey · 4 Mar 2018 at 21:14

daz said:
Personally think they should drop the celebrity section, it really doesn't fit with the rest of the show.

It is dire and pointless. Tonight even Lee Mac struggled to get a laugh which is telling