Top Gear

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:22 am

campbell wrote:I thought it was a Top Gear classic tonight, plenty action, not afraid to make fools of themselves, and Hamster being very brave etc. Welcome back TG. Here's to another set of crazy pan-European races where Hamster and May are doomed to fail yet nearly win every time

Campbell
(Chenin Blanc faction, zorree)

Campbell could not agree more. Sunday evenings are back to their best. Also isn't Sky Plus marvellous as I was late in after my run today but had set it to record TG so did not miss it

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:32 am

I enjoyed it (missed 1st 15mins tho)

That Aston was lush with the dark wheels btw

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:50 am

rossybee wrote:I enjoyed it (missed 1st 15mins tho)

That Aston was lush with the dark wheels btw

hubba hubba

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:11 am

AM V8 every time
Thought they handled it very well
I to wish they would get rid of the set-ups etc but I think it is a necessity to keep all the non car types entertained.
Genius end of program comment â€“ â€˜Just remember speed killsâ€™ Cut to shot of Hamster still live and kicking ....

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:37 am

Thank god we've got more than 5th Gear again.

The road thing was a touch dull, but loved the Jag vs Aston bit!

Here's to them doing more car tests this series.

There was a certain sense of dramatic irony with the hamsters comments pre-crash, a very luck man indeed.

mac · Post by **mac** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:06 am

The road thing (IMHO) was a last minute staged event to poke fun at the HSE - probably due to their investigations into the hamster crash.

Watch it again and see how many references were made to Health & Safety!

Mac

Post by **campbell** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:07 am

bobnitro wrote: Brother said he had a run in with one the other day, his trusty 05 STI PPP was gaining on it, and the guy was trying like hell to get away from him after a roundabout.

In fairness, I would expect a PPP'd STI to see off most things this side of a GT3

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:14 am

mac wrote:The road thing (IMHO) was a last minute staged event to poke fun at the HSE - probably due to their investigations into the hamster crash.

Watch it again and see how many references were made to Health & Safety!

Mac

I'm not so sure... it looked like mid summer when they filmed that???

I did find the 'speed kills' comment at the end very amusing

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:14 am

Hopefully TG were using the Hamster crash as the opportunity to 'bury bad news' in the form of that dreadful, drawn-out, road-surfacing caper.

It wasn't a last minute thing Mac, as it was pre-Hamster crash. It was filmed in September.

I would have felt more confident in the rest of the series if it had been a last minute filler

Having said all that....still the best thing on telly

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:57 am

I am surprised they got a Local council to allow them to do the road repair

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:58 am

IMHO - they probably re-scheduled other car related antics as they knew ppl would watch for the crash alone - hence general lack of road testing.

Clarkson's becoming more of an oddball with every new series

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:59 am

jamie wrote:I am surprised they got a Local council to allow them to do the road repair

I guess the contractor who was doing the job can let whoever they like operate the machinery & get involved.....

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:23 pm

Just watched the rest of the programme including the end of the road building topic

and Hamster's crash

. I really like their humour and it often reminds me of SE banter at track days ect. Glad its back

Post by ed » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:18 pm

Some people really need to get a grip!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6324129.stm

jj · Post by jj » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:26 pm

Headway said it had been inundated with complaints

then later in the article

The charity said it had received 50 complaints

Ooooh they must have had a hard day reading 50 emails.

Nothing like a bit of sensationalism to get a point across.....