Top Gear Is Back!!

If you watch the video carefully you can see the entire chassis of the Vampire bending/warping immediately after the tyre burst. I bet some right boffin' physicists would love to get their hands on that telemetry :p
 
Damn, missed Top Gear but thank god it's repeated wednesday :o

But is it even possible to keep the car in a straight line with a puncture at those speeds, I seriously doubt it :confused:

The moment the tyre blew up IMO there was nothing he could have done to prevent a crash.
 
Im glad the show is back:cool: there isnt much on the box i like watching, sundays show was really good that crash was abit scary to watch he was lucky to walk away from that. :eek:
 
JRS said:
Probably not. I reckon it looks alright though, and it sounds glorious on full chat :D
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I would still have the Aston though, because it looks nicer and it is an Aston (awaits badge whore comments) :p
 
i think the funniest bits were where may set up the diversion down a dead end :D and the 75 fish and chips bits :D
 
Richard Hammond is not the fastest man ever in Britain

the legendary, and sorely missed Sammy Miller is at 386mph

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good to see the Hamster back on TV though
 
im after some of the music that was used, there was a site that listed each track used in each of the clips but i cant seem to find it, anyone know what it may be?
 
Just thought... Maybe it was the cross winds that caused the accident? He was having to turn left a lot on that steering wheel to keep it straight... so that right tyre would have been under a lot more stress than the left tyre.
 
Stratos said:
im after some of the music that was used, there was a site that listed each track used in each of the clips but i cant seem to find it, anyone know what it may be?
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Not sure about the site you mention, but some sound clips from one of my fav bands were played during the Jag and Aston test that Clarkson did.

Mogwai.

They did a fair bit of the soundtrack for the Miami Vice movie.

And they are home grown from Scotland too!!!. :cool:
 
The chap who owned the car says that its Hammonds fault for driving the car with a slightly deflated tire..


But thats complete BS surely because its entirely up to the owner of the car to say... erm you shouldn't be driving a car that does over 250mph with a punctured tire.

Talk about trying to get himself out of the doo doo :rolleyes:


I did realy enjoy the show though, its awesome :D

Where has Top Gear dog gone ? :eek:
 
Top Gear is just a steaming pile of *****. Its just turned into a caricature of itself. Clarkson knows absolutely NOTHING about cars, as his Sunday Times column will testify, Hammond has to the play the role of enthusiastic whipping boy (the crash is another matter entirely, before anyone starts ragging on) who's just been told by the producers to get excited over anything. James May....well, he probably DOES know something about old cars but they don't really give him the air time.

Fifth Gear is bloody lightyears ahead of this programme, not least because they've got presenters who actually know how to drive (Needell, Plato, VBH) and there are genuinely interesting excerpts on cars.

The should have a competition with the Top Gear mob and the Fifth Gear lot in a reasonably priced car round a track, with the 3 losers consigned to the 4am slot on BBC4. I'd certainly know who they would be...

Rant over.
 
to be fair I wouldn't even give 5th gear the time of day

top gear isn't meant to be 'what car?' for TV its a motoring/entertainment program and I find it interesting, funny and at times useful
 
Top Gear is a staged low brow comedy sketch masquerading as a programme about cars. Best improvised live TV programme my bloody arse. Clarkson thinks a car's got great handling if it can tailslide, Hammond thinks any car that has a sub 10 second 0-60 time is brilliant, and May's idea of a good car is anything with a chrome bumper. Three presenters who can't even drive.
 
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Hobart Paving said:
Top Gear is just a steaming pile of *****. Its just turned into a caricature of itself. Clarkson knows absolutely NOTHING about cars, as his Sunday Times column will testify, Hammond has to the play the role of enthusiastic whipping boy (the crash is another matter entirely, before anyone starts ragging on) who's just been told by the producers to get excited over anything. James May....well, he probably DOES know something about old cars but they don't really give him the air time.

Fifth Gear is bloody lightyears ahead of this programme, not least because they've got presenters who actually know how to drive (Needell, Plato, VBH) and there are genuinely interesting excerpts on cars.

The should have a competition with the Top Gear mob and the Fifth Gear lot in a reasonably priced car round a track, with the 3 losers consigned to the 4am slot on BBC4. I'd certainly know who they would be...

Rant over.
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Stop trolling, buddy.
 
Hobart Paving said:
Be quiet son and know your car programmes.
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If I wanted to know about buying used Mondeos I'd ask about it on here, not waste my time with Plato's great advice. I'd much sooner watch entertaining blokes sliding nice cars round an airfield than the dross on 5th Gear.
 
Hobart Paving said:
Be quiet son and know your car programmes.
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I'd imagine those of us here, being enthusiasts are the ideal 'broad' interested audience...

Surely we are in the perfect position to judge car shows?

And the huge majority feel that Top Gear is good..

And Fifth Gear is "just a steaming pile of *****"


But hey, we all have opinions...
 
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