Top Gear thread

SVT666 · February 22, 2011, 10:05:05 AM

She's hot, but I just couldn't watch the interview. She was hard to listen to.

Raza · February 27, 2011, 11:45:00 AM

Quote from: thecarnut on February 21, 2011, 01:45:27 PM
I didn't like that episode... Amber Heard was the only good part of that show.

She's super hot. Shame she's from the island nation Lesbos.

the Teuton · February 28, 2011, 12:02:36 AM

I just want to say that I'm not even through the first segment of the latest episode yet, but you take Jenna Jameson and Brianna Banks simultaneously performing sexual acts on you while having Mila Kunis make you a sammich and it still might not be as arousing.

Oh hot damn.

VTEC_Inside · February 28, 2011, 06:12:18 AM

Test Drive 2: The Duel

Shame they didn't get lap times for them.

the Teuton · February 28, 2011, 08:22:07 AM

I got to the end of the segment.

SVT666 · February 28, 2011, 01:16:57 PM

Well, the big race was a letdown, but the rest of the episode was pretty good. Even the SIARPC was pretty good.

the Teuton · February 28, 2011, 02:56:33 PM

It was a great episode, I thought. It brought back the snark, as if it were ever missing.

Cookie Monster · February 28, 2011, 04:54:48 PM

I didn't know they had an automatic version of the reasonably priced car.

the Teuton · February 28, 2011, 04:57:35 PM

Quote from: thecarnut on February 28, 2011, 04:54:48 PM
I didn't know they had an automatic version of the reasonably priced car.

Neither did I. And it figures that the tool who showed up on the show decided to use it.

Cookie Monster · February 28, 2011, 05:11:23 PM

Quote from: the Teuton on February 28, 2011, 04:57:35 PM
Neither did I. And it figures that the tool who showed up on the show decided to use it.

Kinda lame how this season was only 6 episodes long, 7 if you count the special.

the Teuton · February 28, 2011, 05:18:55 PM

Quote from: thecarnut on February 28, 2011, 05:11:23 PM

Kinda lame how this season was only 6 episodes long, 7 if you count the special.

Wait, that was the last episode of the season? I might have fallen asleep before the episode ended last night.

VTEC_Inside · February 28, 2011, 05:51:15 PM

Quote from: thecarnut on February 28, 2011, 04:54:48 PM
I didn't know they had an automatic version of the reasonably priced car.

Heard drove it as well. They didn't mention it but you could hear it.

They had an auto of the previous car too. Only saw that used once though.

Cookie Monster · February 28, 2011, 08:24:47 PM

Quote from: VTEC_Inside on February 28, 2011, 05:51:15 PM
Heard drove it as well. They didn't mention it but you could hear it.

They had an auto of the previous car too. Only saw that used once though.

Damn, she doesn't seem so hot anymore.

Colonel Cadillac · March 01, 2011, 04:47:01 PM

I just watched the opening, and there's a Jag XJ and nobody's mentioned it yet??

Colonel Cadillac · March 01, 2011, 04:51:32 PM

...whatt?? There's an F40 and a 959 and that's not mentioned!!!!

You're killing me people. The F40 was Ferrari's best of the Ferrari's of the pre-electronics enhancing era.

Cookie Monster · March 01, 2011, 04:56:12 PM

Quote from: Colonel Cadillac on March 01, 2011, 04:51:32 PM
...whatt?? There's an F40 and a 959 and that's not mentioned!!!!

You're killing me people. The F40 was Ferrari's best of the Ferrari's ~~of the pre-electronics enhancing era.~~

Fixed.

VTEC_Inside · March 01, 2011, 05:36:07 PM

Quote from: Colonel Cadillac on March 01, 2011, 04:51:32 PM
...whatt?? There's an F40 and a 959 and that's not mentioned!!!!

You're killing me people. The F40 was Ferrari's best of the Ferrari's of the pre-electronics enhancing era.

I didn't want to ruin it for people that hadn't seen it yet.

I thought my mentioning of Test Drive 2 would have been the tip off to anyone that ever played that game.

Cookie Monster · March 01, 2011, 05:44:25 PM

I love the 959 but man it looks frumpy compared to the F40.

the Teuton · March 02, 2011, 12:07:10 AM

There's so much body roll in the 959, but you also have to remember that it has a suspension and driveline that would be state-of-the-art by even today's standards. I still think it would have been just about as quick as the F40 had they both had a chance to get over the line.

Also, thank goodness for Canepa. Since the 2.85 liter Group B engine put out over 1,000 hp in some racing versions, 444 hp is relatively modest.

http://www.canepa.com/custom/959_story.html

Try 640 hp and a killer car overall. Anyone who cares about the collector value of these cars likely isn't the type of person who drives them.

If I could, I'd have three of them: A stock 959S, a Canepa 959, and perhaps one converted to 961 specification for a winter beater.

Colonel Cadillac · March 03, 2011, 01:01:52 PM

The Jaguar XJ sounded incredible in that piece. They really emphasized the exhaust note and I'm willing to bet it sounds better than all the V8's in that range. Clarkson definitely made me want the XJ hands down.

Mustangfan2003 · March 03, 2011, 01:10:48 PM

It does sounds good, a little bit of a muscle car sounds to me.

Galaxy · March 08, 2011, 05:56:38 PM

Quote from: Mustangfan2003 on February 21, 2011, 01:38:26 PM
Anyways the combine snow plow is actually a pretty cool idea.

Quote from: 68_427 on February 21, 2011, 01:42:44 PM
It really is.

Mercedes-Benz agrees that it is stupid to have snow plows just sitting around in the summer.

Mustangfan2003 · March 09, 2011, 03:59:37 PM

So we have a Polish Top Gear now?

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/09/video-top-gear-poland-takes-women-to-mall-for-night-of-s/

Time to shoot away at polack jokes.

Madman · March 09, 2011, 04:59:59 PM

Quote from: Mustangfan2003 on March 09, 2011, 03:59:37 PM
So we have a Polish Top Gear now?

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/09/video-top-gear-poland-takes-women-to-mall-for-night-of-s/

Time to shoot away at polack jokes.

I hear that halfway through the season German Top Gear will invade Polish Top Gear and take over their show! Austrian and Czech Top Gear have already fallen.

Mustangfan2003 · March 09, 2011, 05:10:42 PM

Quote from: Madman on March 09, 2011, 04:59:59 PM

I hear that halfway through the season German Top Gear will invade Polish Top Gear and take over their show! Austrian and Czech Top Gear have already fallen.

Not if Russian Top Gear has anything to say about that.

Galaxy · March 10, 2011, 05:59:49 AM

"German Top Gear" is a horrible, horrible dubbed version of UK Top Gear. The voice over actors try to imitate the UK crew and they fail in the most horrible manner possible. The show is unwatchable.

Mustangfan2003 · March 11, 2011, 01:58:00 PM

Looks like Top Gear could get the royal treatment

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/11/prince-harry-poised-to-drive-top-gear-reasonably-priced-c/

Morris Minor · March 16, 2011, 11:47:06 AM

Clarkson's characterization of the Toyota Yaris Verso: "This is for people whose lives are completely empty. They're looking forward to the day they'll die because it'll give them something to do. They don't have sex anymore, '...because these days, you know, we prefer sherry.' They are utterly, utterly boring and catastrophic in every way."

Madman · March 16, 2011, 11:51:50 AM

Quote from: Morris Minor on March 16, 2011, 11:47:06 AM
Clarkson's characterization of the Toyota Yaris Verso: "This is for people whose lives are completely empty. They're looking forward to the day they'll die because it'll give them something to do. They don't have sex anymore 'Because these days, you know, we prefer sherry.' They are utterly, utterly boring and catastrophic in every way."

I wondered why he was dumping on the Yaris Verso now? It hasn't been sold in the UK since 2005!

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/toyota/yaris-verso-2000.aspx

68_427 · May 21, 2011, 06:58:41 PM

Patiently waiting for Top Gear next month.