Top Gear 2 february

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:59 pm

At last a Porsche I want .....

(But will never ever be able to afford)

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:04 pm

j2 lot wrote:At last a Porsche I want .....

(But will never ever be able to afford)

Yup, might take a CGT on michelins first though...

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:01 am

I though last night’s episode was actually quite good, though I had no idea who the star in the reasonably priced car was and there was actually a few laugh out loud moments during the cycling segment.

http://youtu.be/Q5ZuvmyQ_p4

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:30 am

It was good yeah, still have a P1 over a 918, but....the cycling bit was just typical nonsense, I even managed to nod off....

...and the spin out at 120mph in the M135i was just farcical.

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:14 am

rossybee wrote:
...and the spin out at 120mph in the M135i was just farcical.

By the look on Jennifer's face I thought it looked real enough.

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:23 am

I'll put that one down to mediocre at best. It had it's entertaining moments.

The cycling thing was dull and slightly annoying from the perspective of someone who actually does cycle on roads though the bus thing was absolute fact.

The Porsche was nice, possibly even more so than the McLaren (from some angles..) but still fell into the trap of being maybe a little too reserved, or maybe just not different enough to the Carerra GT?

The BMW spin was pointless in that it needed to be better explained, which of course would be too much car geekery for Top Gear, if indeed it wasn't entirely faked. It seemed like the only real point was to create an episode long running joke.

It also makes me wonder how much power Top Gear have towards the buying public. Can a car like the M135i gain a bad reputation based on something like that..?

Also, since I'm moaning, is anyone else annoyed by paying a licence fee and being bombarded by a 3 minute long Vauxhall commercial every week..
Clarkson used to comment on previous 'reasonably priced' cars as being slow, under-steering, having no power, jokes about them being crap, but now says something good almost every week, the race seats miraculously have a Vauxhall badge embroidered into them, and I don't see it as reasonably priced either..

Hoping the next couple are decent, I think the specials work since they take it away from the studio / car review setting and concentrate on the entertainment part - ie, they pretend to be a motoring show a lot less!

Chris

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:23 pm

Very valid point Chris on the effects on buying public.

As an all rounder I was close to getting a new Golf GTI as it suited her indoors too, but now she's getting her own car I'd far rather go for the BMW as it's far better suited to us petrolheads and gets rave reviews from the rest of the motoring press. Monkey's m135i vs audi rs3 video sums it up nicely.

As for the spin - ok, Jennifer's face looked genuinely shocked....any reasonably powerful rear wheel drive car could bite at full acceleration if hitting standing water, but only an imbecile would keep their foot in if spotting a big dub. Drivers of Elises/Se7ens and anything with a decent ptw ratio (so everyone on this forum) know this, some from unfortunate experience.

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:57 pm

I think that was genuine, apart from his face, in slow mo you can see part of the kerb netting fly up in the air.

tut

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:53 pm

I actually LOL a couple of times, the banter between the two of them on his GT3 then setting the model on fire, and the start and end of the cycling session with the presentations.

And how good is your job when you can drive a 918 around an empty F1 track at night.

tut

Post by **campbell** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:13 pm

Cycle segment poorly executed until the punch line about freeing up the roads

Happy to take the GTI with clever diff over the rather ugly M135 which is essentially a rear drive MINI. LOL.

Looking forward to Needforspeed movie actually.

Agreed, roll on the "Christmas special".

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:35 pm

Thought the cycling bit was a bit meh.. I did however like this

Watch on YouTube

The P1 does it for me, I find the 918 and Porsches in general meh... I'm sure they are great cars but I do feel there are some motoring journalists (Hammond is one) that struggle to say anything constructive because they have a mouth full of German sausage.

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:15 pm

Regarding the M135i, suspect that Clarkson would have all the "safety" features switched off (Sport + mode) so no surprise that the car stepped sideways at 120mph on a complete water logged track.

"Star in a Reasonably priced car" "Aaron Paul" came over as a complete tool in the interview IMHO, maybe its because I have not seen "Breaking Bad" that I saw through his "superficial I love myself moments"

Can't wait till the 918/P1 back to back track comparison. Double blue exhaust moments aplenty with that one.

George

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:40 pm

Watch on YouTube

Post by **C7Steve** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:43 pm

Keep up at the back

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... =9&t=37971

Steve.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:12 pm

I don't visit the gallery forum, but thanks for linking a minor bitch-fest

Scottish Elises

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