Top Gear is back

[Freakshow]

Hey, anyone who got into Top Gear on Discovery/Science Channel--it's back. And it's not the bastardized, cut-up American version that was on before. This is whole episodes like they play in England. Of course it's on BBC America, so I don't know if everybody gets that channel (I have DirecTV, so I get a lot of channels that the masses don't).

Monday nights--it's a car show, but they seem to destroy something every week. Love it.

[JustJon]

Monday nights--it's a car show, but they seem to destroy something every week. Love it.

Including their own sets and props a few weeks ago.

[marky2bucks]

Top Gear thread on RF.net?

My worlds are colliding

Yes, love the show. Gearhead since day one. This show is enthusiastic for cars the way that a show/magazine should be. Instead of driving cars and reviewing their handling / performance, they drive the shit out of the cars and manage to fuck up at least one car an episode.

My favorite was the Lotus Exige vs. the Apache Helicopter. The other day they raced a Z06 vs. a line of gasoline on fire.

[marky2bucks]

This was brought up on the show today. It's a great show and I recommend it to anyone, not just car nuts. New(ish) episodes just started on BBC America last night. The best bit last night was the Land Rover Sport vs a tank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NBOLlUqWYs&feature=related

[rekkedhog]

My favorite Top Gear episode from season 10 is currently on google video.

The Top Gear guys race to the north pole - Richard Hammond with a dog sled team, the other two with a Toyota 4X4. Amazing television if you have an hour to kill...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3124238197005935261&hl=en

[Disaster]

The new season started last night. It’s far and away my favorite show on TV right now.

:clap:

[smiler grogan]

just discovered Top Gear last fall it is my new fav.

[JoeYaDeadHomey]

love me some top gear.

lil birdies told me about this site years ago..

www.finalgear.com

go forth children and stig-ify!

[fezident]

I've never seen the show but, I'm a HUGE Adam Carolla fan, and he's hosting the US version that starts in a couple weeks. He's insisting that the new US version is EXACTLY like the British version in every way.
I'll check it.

PS: I think Eric Stromer is the new cohost.

[JoeYaDeadHomey]

I've read all of the hoopla (easy killer) about the Us version on NBC. I am not amused. They people they have chosen are no where near as charming as the UK chaps. Add to the fact they asked Jay Leno to do it , and he declined saying that he was no where near the host that Clarkson and company are.

Lets hope we're wrong because, any kind of Top Gear is Ok with me =-D

[Disaster]

Leno would have been a good host i fear this will suck with who they picked out to host

[Marc with a c]

i rather somebody bring back LA Gear

[realmenhatelife]

Top Gear is one of my favorite shows on TV, and I'm not even all that into cars. I like engineering and stuff, and wish they featured motorcycles.

Summer series starts in England this month, hopefully they dont run too much of a delay before the show them on BBC America. Shit should be crazy on the BBC HD chanel.

[Coach]

Top Gear is one of my favorite shows on TV, and I'm not even all that into cars. I like engineering and stuff, and wish they featured motorcycles.

Summer series starts in England this month, hopefully they dont run too much of a delay before the show them on BBC America. Shit should be crazy on the BBC HD chanel.
Didja see the one where they rode through Vietnam on Motorbike?..loved it!

[underdog]

Didja see the one where they rode through Vietnam on Motorbike?..loved it!

It made me want to go to Vietnam so bad.

Also, their Botswana episode made me want to go there.

[Coach]

It made me want to go to Vietnam so bad.

Also, their Botswana episode made me want to go there.I missed that one.
I did like the Winter olympics one and the American Muscle Car one..just one thing..when did a Caddy become a muscle Car?

[realmenhatelife]

I missed that one.
I did like the Winter olympics one and the American Muscle Car one..just one thing..when did a Caddy become a muscle Car?

They were playing off of the original American special where they drove from Miami to New Orleans in American beater cars bought for 1000$. Clarkson was in an IROC or something, Hammond was in a dodge pick up and May was in a Caddy.


Loved Vietnam and Botswana, I haven't gotten to see the North Pole one though. Clarkson's delivery kills me.

On the Wiki it says the new season features a race in which Hammond is on a Vincent Black Shadow, which I'm excited to see.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Hey, anyone who got into Top Gear on Discovery/Science Channel--it's back. And it's not the bastardized, cut-up American version that was on before. This is whole episodes like they play in England. Of course it's on BBC America, so I don't know if everybody gets that channel (I have DirecTV, so I get a lot of channels that the masses don't).

Monday nights--it's a car show, but they seem to destroy something every week. Love it.

The real American fans watch it on finalgear.com, or torrent it the day after it airs.:tongue:

Top Gear thread on RF.net?

My worlds are colliding

Yes, love the show. Gearhead since day one. This show is enthusiastic for cars the way that a show/magazine should be. Instead of driving cars and reviewing their handling / performance, they drive the shit out of the cars and manage to fuck up at least one car an episode.

My favorite was the Lotus Exige vs. the Apache Helicopter. The other day they raced a Z06 vs. a line of gasoline on fire.

I knew I saw a heel-toe sig gif somewhere. Us gearheads should get a sub forum going I've been saying it for months.

It made me want to go to Vietnam so bad.

Also, their Botswana episode made me want to go there.

Ahhh, who can forget Oliver.

[realmenhatelife]

Finally running ads for the new season on BBC America- starting up August 17th. Gentlemen, start your boners.

[Disaster]

looking forward to it already

[underdog]

New episode premiered tonight.

[razorboy]

I thought you were talking about the Super Nintendo game.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

New episode premiered tonight.

What are you prattling on about? It's finished until November.

[ckot74]

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A recent review which shows the essance of top gear after 4 min it gets really interesting

torrents is the way to go with Top gear also check out top gear kills toyota all time classic in my book

[ckot74]

My favorite Top Gear episode from season 10 is currently on google video.

The Top Gear guys race to the north pole - Richard Hammond with a dog sled team, the other two with a Toyota 4X4. Amazing television if you have an hour to kill...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3124238197005935261&hl=en

Yeah the polar special was amazing!!! there is a HD torrent out of it ITS A MUST WATCH!!!!

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a lil taste for the newcomers i advise whole episode is worth downloading

[underdog]

What are you prattling on about? It's finished until November.

On BBC America.

[realmenhatelife]

Did anyone else catch the Belize special on BBC America last night? Holy shit, I actually felt bad for those guys, I think they really thought they were going to die.

[biggestmexi]

Did anyone else catch the Belize special on BBC America last night? Holy shit, I actually felt bad for those guys, I think they really thought they were going to die.


Which one was that?

[underdog]

Did anyone else catch the Belize special on BBC America last night? Holy shit, I actually felt bad for those guys, I think they really thought they were going to die.

Wasn't it like Bolivia or something?

I started watching last night, but haven't finished it yet.

[biggestmexi]

Wasn't it like Bolivia or something?

I started watching last night, but haven't finished it yet.

Is it the one where richard buys a toyota?

Jezza buy's a mis-engined land rover?

May buys a small 3 wheel drive suzuki?

[realmenhatelife]

Is it the one where richard buys a toyota?

Jezza buy's a mis-engined land rover?

May buys a small 3 wheel drive suzuki?

Yeah, it would've aired in November in the UK. They go through the rain forest towards Chile, along the most dangerous road in the world, up to 17K feet in the Andes and then down to what is implied to be a 2K foot sand dune.

I actually read about the Highway of Death in a British magazine I used to get. Aside from the lack of railings I think there are also a lot of drug trafficking related deaths.

[biggestmexi]

Yeah, I just rewatched that one a week ago.

The first time I saw it I cried laughing when may fell, crawling up the ramp.

HOWLED!

[realmenhatelife]

Yeah, I just rewatched that one a week ago.

The first time I saw it I cried laughing when may fell, crawling up the ramp.

HOWLED!

When May go all serious about not getting bumped on the highway I lost it.

Line of the show for me was Hammond saying "I think I forgot to take my malaria pill this morning. If I was a girl I'dve been pregnant loads of times."

[underdog]

Yeah, I just rewatched that one a week ago.

The first time I saw it I cried laughing when may fell, crawling up the ramp.

HOWLED!

I kept rewinding that part. I laughed so fucking hard.

[BBCAmerica]

Hey guys, I'm here on behalf of BBC America and I wanted to let you know about out next show: The Choir. The series follows choirmaster Gareth Malone as he tries to create a musical ensemble, bring unlikely people together and bring hope to some areas that really need it.

Check out a preview (http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/401/the-choir-videos.jsp?bclid=90119726001&bctid=105873891001) of the series and we hope you tune in on July7th!

[smiler grogan]

Talk about james may's new toy show spam bot not some show about pale boys singing falsetto until their balls drop.

Hey guys, I'm here on behalf of BBC America and I wanted to let you know about out next show: The Choir. The series follows choirmaster Gareth Malone as he tries to create a musical ensemble, bring unlikely people together and bring hope to some areas that really need it.

Check out a preview (http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/401/the-choir-videos.jsp?bclid=90119726001&bctid=105873891001) of the series and we hope you tune in on July7th!

[biggestmexi]

Top gear started last sunday again.

[TonyStark]

Was totally caught off since this just started randomly populating my DVR. Awesome, gonna watch one tonight :clap:

[realmenhatelife]

On Mondays they're running a series called James May's Toy Story. It's about the toys of James May's youth. I didn't get to watch the first episode yet but the plot is James builds a house you can live in with legos. Should be great.

[booster11373]

On Mondays they're running a series called James May's Toy Story. It's about the toys of James May's youth. I didn't get to watch the first episode yet but the plot is James builds a house you can live in with legos. Should be great.

I watch it and enjoyed it

[realmenhatelife]

Two things to say:

First, the most recent series of Top Gear that just completed on BBC America was really really good.


Second, Top Gear USA starts on the History Chanel this Sunday. I haven't seen any ads for it, but I have the feeling it will suck ass.

[underdog]

Second, Top Gear USA starts on the History Chanel this Sunday. I haven't seen any ads for it, but I have the feeling it will suck ass.

Agreed. They originally had a decent crew on it but handcuffed them so bad that two of them just quit. It's going to be awful.

"This Ford is AMAZING!"

[booster11373]

Top Gear US is terrible I cringed through 3 minutes and had to turn it off. Adam Ferrara while a funny guy is not the Jeremy that the show needs

Terrible all around

[smiler grogan]

Top Gear US is terrible I cringed through 3 minutes and had to turn it off. Adam Ferrara while a funny guy is not the Jeremy that the show needs

Terrible all around


Sadly I have to agree. That "it" factor that the UK guys have is just not there.

[realmenhatelife]

It was much worse than I expected. No chemistry at all, the show looks like shit, and the hosts dont seem particularly informed or enthusiastic about what they're driving.

[booster11373]

Top Gear UK must be one of the most expensive shows to produce not so with the US version

[booster11373]

The 3 wise men special is quite entertaing download it if you know how

Iraq? Holy shit!

[danlaroe]

its terrible when all they can come up with is to just redo a british show


the uk topgear is the best
the american one is awful

[smiler grogan]

The 3 wise men special is quite entertaing download it if you know how

Iraq? Holy shit!


I just watched it. It was terrific.

[underdog]

The desert in the middle east is somewhere on the top of the list of places I would not like to suffer head trauma.

[realmenhatelife]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/02/mexico.top.gear/index.html?hpt=C2

Well they certainly didn't pussyfoot around any stereotypes.

[underdog]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/02/mexico.top.gear/index.html?hpt=C2

Well they certainly didn't pussyfoot around any stereotypes.

Yeah, I watched that and was actually kind of surprised how far they went. I just figured England was different than America when it came to that stuff.