Top Gear thread

[Onslaught]

It could just be me. But it's felt a little "off" the last few years. As if it was all practiced during the news and other stuff.
But as long as it's funny then I don't care.

[giant_mtb]

  Who knows.

Just finished up the TGUS episode.  It was actually pretty good and entertaining.  The in-studio dialogue is still pretty "meh," but on-site activities were really enjoyable to watch.

[Laconian]

The guys over at Miata.net are mad that Wood's called the Miata "girly." You'd think most of them would be accustomed to it.

Good! That just means more Miatas for the true believers.

[MrH]

This show is awful.  Somebody shoot the fat guy.

[the Teuton]

The CR-Z/used car episode was better than the UK Christmas special. Fact. Unfortunately.

It was really good.

[Vinsanity]

lol, my two cousins both got their first cars at dealers like that one along the "boulevard of cars" in Glendale.

[Mustangfan2003]

I always found it pretty neat that some streets would have most of the car dealers on it.  In Tupelo you can find all but 2 new car dealers located on Gloster Street.  Most of them were located on the south end but when a new mall was built on the north side of town in the early 90s most businesses moved along with it. 

[Mustangfan2003]

Tonight's show was pretty good.  I always like an off road adventure. 

[68_427]

I missed it.  Thank god for lookback.

[2o6]

It's getting better, and I actually like Ruteligde.


Tanner Faust is boring.

[68_427]

This episode was pretty cool.

[Onslaught]

Best show so far. It felt like the guys had a better dialog with each other then in other shows. I still don't like the redneck all that much.

[Colonel Cadillac]

Rutledge Wood again had the coolest vehicle. I was a bit sad to see it go. What was Ferrera thinking buying that old Ford POS? He definitely could have done better, but it was nice to see something from that era.

[hotrodalex]

I don't know how the Ram didn't win.

But now I want a lifted Jeep very badly. Either a Wrangler (preferably 4 door) or an old Cherokee.

[68_427]

That looked fun as hell to be hooning those trucks around.

[r0tor]

I don't know how the Ram didn't win.

But now I want a lifted Jeep very badly. Either a Wrangler (preferably 4 door) or an old Cherokee.

Jeep 

[Mustangfan2003]

Rutledge Wood again had the coolest vehicle. I was a bit sad to see it go. What was Ferrera thinking buying that old Ford POS? He definitely could have done better, but it was nice to see something from that era.

Ferrera shouldn't have got a ton truck.  A 4wd ton truck is alright on the farm or the construction site but they are just too big and heavy for trail riding.

[68_427]

[Mustangfan2003]

I'm not talking about military trucks dude. 

[SVT666]

Too bad Rutledge didn't check his oil before they started the journey cause that was a nice truck.  

Tanner is a lot funnier than people think.  "It's really unfortunate that had to happen...but that's wheelin' my friend" - after he ran over Rutledge's cabin.

[giant_mtb]

Why the hell isn't the latest episode up on History.com yet?  I work every Sunday night 8-11PM now, so I can't watch it on TV no mo'.

[SVT666]

Why the hell isn't the latest episode up on History.com yet?  I work every Sunday night 8-11PM now, so I can't watch it on TV no mo'.

They post it after the repeat episode tomorrow night.  Go to streetfire.net and do a search for Top Gear.  It's the first one that comes up.

[giant_mtb]

Perfect.  Thank you.

[giant_mtb]

Well, just finished the Alaska episode.  Pretty good, I'd say.  Entertaining, good flow, and an unrealistic conclusion that only Top Gear can provide.

Good episode.

[r0tor]

This episode is hilarious

[68_427]

Too bad they didn't buy Jeeps.

[the Teuton]

I just want to mention that I finally got to see the UK GT3/458/SLS episode. Fucking hilarious.

It restores the faith.

[BimmerM3]

Oh, and I'm watching this past Sunday's episode and really, really, really wish Rutledge would stop saying "fail" where he should be saying "failure."  Ugh.

They say "epic" way too often as well.

[BimmerM3]

Too bad they didn't buy Jeeps.

I was thinking about how awesome it would be if one of them had gotten one of these:

It's getting better, and I actually like Ruteligde.


Tanner Faust is boring.

Tanner is by far the best of the three. He's the most natural on screen and he seems like the only one that actually knows anything about cars. Rutledge can be entertaining when they find him in a situation where he's forgotten about the cameras, but everything else is just forced. I feel like Ferrara is just kind of there. He hasn't really done anything memorable other than fuck up a burnout and bend an old Caddy.

Also, Rutledge may have grown up in the south, but rednecks have southern accents. He does not. So everyone needs to stop calling him a redneck.


Complaints aside though, it's still a fun show to watch and all three of the presenters have gotten better throughout the season. Nothing they've done has even been close to bad enough that I would stop watching the show.

[the Teuton]

No one on air from the South sounds like a redneck. Broadcast journalism students from the South very often go up to the Midwest to study because we have a very beige accent, that is, we don't have an accent.

Likely, if he ever wanted a shot of being on air, his only option was to lose the twang.