New Series Of Top Gear

[irishfemalefan 0]

today im in heaven!!!!

1st Schumi beats Alonso in the Grand Prix & then Top Gear comes back for a new series!!!

Just what Sundays were made for

[Max Mosley 2]

I dislike Top Gear. Its just old men pretending they can drive. They fail and instead decide to resort to pointless gimmicks like seeing how many minis they can destroy in one show. Why would anyone want to watch it instead of some proper and skillful racing? Ide would put all the drivers on there, including the Stig, to shame.

I do appreciate your love of motoring though! If they stuck to telling us about cars instead of attempting/pretending to drive them quickly I wouldn't mind.

[irishfemalefan 0]

I dislike Top Gear. Its just old men pretending they can drive. They fail and instead decide to resort to pointless gimmicks like seeing how many minis they can destroy in one show. Why would anyone want to watch it instead of some proper and skillful racing? Ide would put all the drivers on there, including the Stig, to shame.

I do appreciate your love of motoring though! If they stuck to telling us about cars instead of attempting/pretending to drive them quickly I wouldn't mind.

see i think thats why i prefer it to Fifth Gear because they make it more fun & dont just concentrate on driving cars - oh and Richard Hammond isnt old - short maybe but not old plus i am a Clarkson fan

i agree if you want a serious car programme this really is not the one to watch - tonight they made a people carrier into a hatchback - that sort of daftness really appeals to my stupid sense of humour - pure class for me

[Max Mosley 2]

I admit it can be quite funny. Clarkson is good at talking just not at driving.

[Jenson_Rules 0]

Top gear is fantastic and i didnt know the new series has started and i missed it. Bugger! Jeremy clarkson is one of the countries best journalists, a damn good presenter and keeps you interested!

[monza gorilla 1]

I admit it can be quite funny. Clarkson is good at talking just not at driving.

That's because he's a journalist and meeja personality, Murray.

[Max Mosley 2]

Yes but he pretends to know how to drive as well, which is the problem. I'd much rather have a proper racing driver show us how the cars perform. Clarkson can talk about how they look, the weather or his cat's favourite food and it would still be interesting.

[Null 0]

I love top gear...

or maybe that's richard hammond and cars

[Max Mosley 2]

or maybe that's Richard Hammond in cars.

[Jem of the Shire 0]

I dislike Top Gear. Its just old men pretending they can drive. They fail and instead decide to resort to pointless gimmicks like seeing how many minis they can destroy in one show. Why would anyone want to watch it instead of some proper and skillful racing? Ide would put all the drivers on there, including the Stig, to shame.

I think you're completely missing the point of Top Gear.

I watched it last night and laughed my head off at their convertible renault espace - thats what top gear is about, doing completely silly stuff with cars, but also having a section where they review a new car or 2, and a section interviewing a celebrity guest. Last night's episode was brilliant and hilarious

[monza gorilla 1]

Agreed.

[irishfemalefan 0]

as 1 of my favourite parts of Top Gear was "star in a reasonably priced car" i was heaven last night as they showed their tea-party and the celeb petrol heads - hilarious!!!!

and Stig went off the track for the 1st time - now that was pretty skillfull!!

if this was an indicator of how good the rest of the series is going to be im staying in every Sunday evening

and kaisersalsek - dont know what it is about Richard Hammond but there just is something yummy and cute .......

[Max Mosley 2]

I think you're completely missing the point of Top Gear.

I watched it last night and laughed my head off at their convertible renault espace - thats what top gear is about, doing completely silly stuff with cars, but also having a section where they review a new car or 2, and a section interviewing a celebrity guest. Last night's episode was brilliant and hilarious

OK perhaps it just doesn't appeal to my sense of humour. It just seems to me that anyone could do the things they do and they're fairly pointless and destructive. Clarkson also definately pretends to know how to drive - he's always test driving sportscars and making a mess of it.

[Jem of the Shire 0]

OK perhaps it just doesn't appeal to my sense of humour. It just seems to me that anyone could do the things they do and they're fairly pointless and destructive. Clarkson also definately pretends to know how to drive - he's always test driving sportscars and making a mess of it.

They test drive cars but they dont pretend that they're professionals, cos they hand the car to the Stig to really test how fast it is. But the guys do know about cars and handling etc and can compare them to each other! Clarkson usually just has fun with the supercars and when he messes it up he just laughs

[cavallino 2]

I like Top Gear, though some of the bits like the Cool Wall can g et a bit tedious, it unny for only so long. The celebrity part obviously escapes me, being a non Brit, except when they get someone like a F1 driver. Saw an episode with Geri Halliwell, how annoying can someone be

The camerawork is quite awesome though, and many of the features are genuinely funny, and its a credit to the show that it continues to be, it has an incredible worldwide fan following.

[Max Mosley 2]

They test drive cars but they dont pretend that they're professionals, cos they hand the car to the Stig to really test how fast it is. But the guys do know about cars and handling etc and can compare them to each other! Clarkson usually just has fun with the supercars and when he messes it up he just laughs

Well its just a matter of taste but I think its neither as skillful as proper racing nor as funny as proper comedy. If they let the Stig do all the car driving and commentary on handling etc I'd be more interested, although even then I bet he's a now-retired, formerly second rate driver.

[Jenson_Rules 0]

Clarkson was so right about the BMW M5 last series or the series before, Its utterly useless until its in 'M' mode but even then the new Audi S6, RS4 and S8 will be/are far better cars!

I like Fifth gear but hate tiff and jason plato, they are such twats, Vicky also screetches all the time which p**ses me off! But what Fifth gear does is test cars, Top gear is more of an entertainment programme around cars as they test cars that are out of normal peoples price range which is a little frustrating!

[monza gorilla 1]

Well its just a matter of taste but I think its neither as skillful as proper racing nor as funny as proper comedy. If they let the Stig do all the car driving and commentary on handling etc I'd be more interested, although even then I bet he's a now-retired, formerly second rate driver.

I do quite enjoy it, I must admit. It's a show about boys toys, and behaving like a juvenile delinquent for the hell of it. There is much vicarious pleasure to be had for those who wish they could behave in this way but have a wife, kids and people carrier. As for the Stig, you may be right Murray, after all Perry McCarthy (Stig Mk1) was hardly a world beater.

[Jenson_Rules 0]

who on earth is perry mccarthy?

I liked that koensenegg or however the hell its spelt. I do like the show but seriously, Jeremy clarkson shudda known who James Hewitt was!

[monza gorilla 1]

Perry McCarthy?? Look him up, Ben. One of the most unlucky drivers ever.

[nojvnof1 0]

Had a read of the Andrea Moda bio on F1 Rejects, crazy stuff!

[Null 0]

I like Fifth gear but hate tiff and jason plato, they are such twats,

OH GOOD GOD, HOW CAN YOU HATE JASON PLATO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

He's the only reason I watch that show (sometimes)!!!!!!!!!

http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:B-UNLr...uk&ct=clnk&cd=4

He really was... poor guy

[Jenson_Rules 0]

Jason plato is really annoying!

[Null 0]

oooooh he's not... anything but!!

[irishfemalefan 0]

i do think he can be pretty annoying but i really admire him as hes a cracking driver - BTCC would be boring without him in it

Tiff actually annoys me way more than Plato and i thought every man fancied Vicky - i know my dad & his friends certainly do - im just pure envious of her