BBC Top Gear - Series 23 discussion thread

Terminal_Boy · 5 Jul 2016 at 10:34

Sack the staff, burn the sets and pretend the Ginger Whinger reboot never happened.

Jonnycoupe · 5 Jul 2016 at 10:55

pepsilol said:
The way he was banging on Twitter about his ratings FACT type rubbish means I am totally fine for him getting utterly trolled online for stepping down ( getting sacked.)

Haha, yeah, schoolboy moronic.

Pho · 5 Jul 2016 at 11:32

Twirlywoos said:
Great news now get rid of them all and start the show again.

I still think that the line up should have been Jodie Kidd, Jay Kay, Sabine Schmitz (Stigg) and some comedian like John Bishop. The current list of presenters are just an after thought and what I'd consider scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Guy Martin was my pick, he would have been brilliant I think.

Mind you I thought Evans wasn't too bad.

tom_e · 5 Jul 2016 at 11:33

Pho said:
Guy Martin was my pick, he would have been brilliant I think.

Mind you I thought Evans wasn't too bad.

Guy Martin would have been absolutely terrible on a TG style show, he doesn't do scripted.

Pho · 5 Jul 2016 at 11:39

I thought this before we knew what the "new Top Gear" would be like. I guess back then we had no idea they were going to copy the same format

lemonade · 5 Jul 2016 at 11:54

Sack the lot of them and bring in Mike Brewer, Jason Dawe and Edd China. That is the dream team.

dirtychinchilla · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:00

That's a damn good idea. I love Mike and Edd, though no idea about this Jason guy.

lemonade · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:09

Jason Dawe is like a poor mans Mike Brewer and likes talking about his teenage kicks a lot such as the magnificent Fiesta XR2

iaind · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:21

Slightly OT, but seemed like a good place to ask. What's the name of the irish motoring journalist who's appeared on fifth gear a few times? Dark hair and glasses...

It came to mind because I was waiting for baggage at Rome airport a few weeks ago and heard a familiar voice talking to people about Ferrari engines.... I just couldnt ever remember his name. I definitely recognised him but I do remember him being a pretty good presenter of car stuff

dacads · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:35

Howard said:
How does the NSX's drive by wire braking system work in the event of a failure of some sort?

Not sure there's any Honda engineers here, to answer that

ChrisD. · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:41

dacads said:
Not sure there's any Honda engineers here, to answer that

It's a 2 way system I believe, with a full backup. I remember reading about it somewhere.

Craig321 · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:44

Pho said:
Guy Martin was my pick, he would have been brilliant I think.

Mind you I thought Evans wasn't too bad.

Guy Martin wouldn't want and probably wouldn't do a great job as the main presenter, it's not his thing at all.

He would have done well in a "special guest" or co-host based out of the studio/office type role I reckon where he's allowed to speak his mind.

Thank goodness Chris Evans is gone

next season isn't going to be that much better though I don't think. People are wanting/expecting Clarkson, Hammond & May content and will never get it from anyone but those three.

cyber69 · 5 Jul 2016 at 13:12

Are the BBC really expecting to still make money by selling this new top gear show to a global audience? I mean who would want to watch this new series even on Dave in a couple of years time?

I think a complete reboot and a clear out of the producers is required to give us a new show especially when those same producers couldn't look after the talent they had developed over the years.

The BBC director who made the decision to fire JC also needs to get fired himself.

They have done the same to Bargain hunt by getting rid of Tim Wonnacott, probably a decision made by the same BBC boss who needs to just get up out of his chair and walk out the door now.

-Ad- · 5 Jul 2016 at 13:21

Howard said:
How does the NSX's drive by wire braking system work in the event of a failure of some sort?

Similar to a Mercedes possibly.

When there's a problem it compromises your entry into corner 1, then miraculously comes back for corner 2, but forces the driver to be unable to turn at said corner.

My best guess as a british Engineer

MagicBoy · 5 Jul 2016 at 13:26

geekman said:
A guy who lives on my parents road used to cut his hair, apparently he is indeed a tool.

What in the 80s? It's wig!

Amp34 · 5 Jul 2016 at 13:42

Raymond Lin said:
My void for car shows has been mostly replaced by Motor Trend channel on YT, they do cool car reviews as well as more technical stuff like building an engine or head to head challenges. Good production, likeable presenters, good variety of cars, interesting locations and plenty of subject matters, much more than Top Gear.

This one came out today

If anyone wants a more top gear challenge style show then the Roadkill section of the MT channel is pretty awesome. They build rediculous vehicles from (generally) old bangers and then do silly things with them.

gothic_hobbit · 5 Jul 2016 at 13:53

https://www.list.co.uk/article/81954-matt-leblanc-to-host-top-gear-alone/

I guess Chris can now go back to rebooting TFI Friday

Combat Fighter · 5 Jul 2016 at 13:56

Dooksy said:
I'm sure Chris will get over the trolling with his reported 1.6 million salary. Yeah he did the right thing, but you can't put something online and expect to not get trolled.

I don't he really done it for the money.

He was mega loaded well before!

Django x2 · 5 Jul 2016 at 15:06

It comes as no surprise about his female antics. I mean Billie P must have been all but 15 when he stuck his fingers near her?

Combat Fighter · 5 Jul 2016 at 15:29