PSA: top gear on bbc 2 at 8pm

sheepsteeth

big sticks no messtins sideways

toby_winkler

yesssssssss

Andy

meh

bennett_346

Jeremy Clarkson subjects the Skoda Yeti to a remarkably thorough road test, while James May makes a rare visit to the test track in the insane Aerial Atom V8. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond celebrates the incredible evolution of the Porsche 911 by racing a modern Turbo Cabriolet against its oldest relative and the power of gravity.

Plus there's more heated studio debate with the return of the Cool Wall and another celebrity guest takes their turn in the Reasonably Priced Car.

Looks boring.

I hate 911s too.

sheepsteeth

Jeremy Clarkson subjects the Skoda Yeti to a remarkably thorough road test, while James May makes a rare visit to the test track in the insane Aerial Atom V8. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond celebrates the incredible evolution of the Porsche 911 by racing a modern Turbo Cabriolet against its oldest relative and the power of gravity.

looks the same as every episode.

which is fine by me.

bennett_346

I'd be happier if they ditched normal episodes in favour of doing more specials a year, i like them much better, then they could just string the star in a reasonably priced car on the end of them bringing them up to 1.5 hrs a show. Filling the half an hour in with another show wouldnt be too hard.

toby_winkler

Yeah sounds pretty decent to me, I doubt there is anything better on tonight anyway.

I think there is something to do with the new stig as well tonight.

The Big Cheese

Corned beef is delicious.

Fact.

tlw1

Better than prancing on ice

bennett_346

The Big Cheese wrote:

Corned beef is delicious.

Fact.

o.O

phz

also new series of being human on beeb3 at 9

slainte 8) rob

toby_winkler

All in all I thought it was a pretty decent episode.

Is Tiff Needell the new stig then?

sheepsteeth

did anyone spot the continuity error with the ice cream on the skda driving through the burning bulding thing?

Briggo

sheepsteeth wrote:

did anyone spot the continuity error with the ice cream on the skda driving through the burning bulding thing?

Aye, and the fact that they didnt show the supposed second tattoo.

The editing on that program is getting worse.

projectsome

sheepsteeth wrote:

did anyone spot the continuity error with the ice cream on the skda driving through the burning bulding thing?

no, just made me want dessert...

Raymondavalon

The Aerial Atom was an eye raiser, not cheap at £150K but probably the closest thing to an F1 car that anyone with a chunk of disposable income could buy

toby_winkler

Raymondavalon wrote:

The Aerial Atom was an eye raiser, not cheap at £150K but probably the closest thing to an F1 car that anyone with a chunk of disposable income could buy

After the Caparo T1.

Whytepeak

Toby_Winkler wrote:

Raymondavalon wrote:

The Aerial Atom was an eye raiser, not cheap at £150K but probably the closest thing to an F1 car that anyone with a chunk of disposable income could buy

After the Caparo T1.

Pfft, can you imagine how rubbish that car would be in this country...?
I'd rather have the bike for £10K... win.

toby_winkler

I can imagine the T1 being probably the worst car in the world to drive on the road, but I suppose that's not really the point of it.

The bike was rather nice as well.

Stevo_666

If you've got that sort of dosh to spare on a toy, you'll probably also get a big 4wd and a trailer to haul it to trackdays. I remember seeing a test where they drove it about 200 miles across the UK just to see what it was like but can't find it now

The Northern Monkey

Whytepeak wrote:

Toby_Winkler wrote:

Raymondavalon wrote:

The Aerial Atom was an eye raiser, not cheap at £150K but probably the closest thing to an F1 car that anyone with a chunk of disposable income could buy

After the Caparo T1.

Pfft, can you imagine how rubbish that car would be in this country...?
I'd rather have the bike for £10K... win.

Not relevant anyways... the Atom can get over sleeping policemen, Caparo T1 can't :P

Good episode, I want a skoda with a helicopter. Would make up for it being a skoda.... almost.

Rigga

sheepsteeth wrote:

did anyone spot the continuity error with the ice cream on the skda driving through the burning bulding thing?

Or the one where Hammonds hair grew 6 inch when he went to the salt flats in S.A

j_l

Briggo wrote:

sheepsteeth wrote:

did anyone spot the continuity error with the ice cream on the skda driving through the burning bulding thing?

Aye, and the fact that they didnt show the supposed second tattoo.

The editing on that program is getting worse.

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2 ... ew-series/

2nd vid down

mudsucker

Last nights episode was ok really. I'd say half good, half w4nk. What was the point of the 911 v falling beetle thing? just stupid :roll:

360

mudsucker wrote:

Last nights episode was ok really. I'd say half good, half w4nk. What was the point of the 911 v falling beetle thing? just stupid :roll:

I like that bit. I think most people would guess that the 911 wouldn't have a chance.

Certainly gave a an interesting demonstration rather than just topspeed figures or meaningless lap times.

sheepsteeth

was very similar to mythbusters experiment.

i must admit i was suprised at how long something takes to fall from the sky.

if the race had been done on tarmac, would the porsche have won by miles?

MarcBC

sheepsteeth wrote:

if the race had been done on tarmac, would the porsche have won by miles?

If not won, I would have thought it could have been very close.

There was a shot of the dash which showed the TC light showing up. I do know that, like other cars I am sure, the 911 is quite good at reducing engine power to maintain grip but at the drastic cost of acceleration.

It is also possible that Elf and Safety got involved and so it was staged so that only one car would be near the landing zone as the beetle "touched" down.

sheepsteeth

there is no doubt that the cars were never going to be able to meet but i also saw the TC icon on the dash and t looked like it couldnt get going properly due to the surface.

its always good to see helicopters and cars getting destroyed though so i was a fan of last nights show.

360

Porsche was 4wd and the TC doesn't cut power completely like an audi, it just winds it in a bit. I'd guess that it would win on tarmac.

Id imagine the shot was done to look far closer than they were but I'd guess they were both going at the same time. All 3 of them have picked up injuries over the years I think they certainly take more risks than your average tv show.

VWsurfbum

Why is no one outraged at the waste of a non rotting beetle?

bluechair84

sheepsteeth wrote:

did anyone spot the continuity error with the ice cream on the skda driving through the burning bulding thing?

I'm sure May also quoted Lady Macbeth as saying 'is this a dagger I see before me'
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