top gear returns

[Max99]

have to agree, got bored watching lots of it and found myself fast forwarding through it. Happens with quite few episodes in recent years i've found.

[jbc]

I felt like he should have used a car that he could review at the same time? But was still amusing regardless

That Toyota Auris is a fairly new model (launched since the last series of Top Gear was aired) so there's no reason why they couldn't have given at least some sort of review. Instead they just trashed it for entertainments sake!

Also interesting that manufacturers are prepared to give them brand new cars to write off just to get some air time on BBC.

[simonp]

Pretty poor episode, I reckon. Still not as bad as the one where they were tarmacing a bit of road in the middle of the night, though...

[Hedge]

As has been discussed many times before it is a motoring based entertainment programme.

If you don't like it turn over. 

[Scottymon]

I get the entertainment show rather than pure car fest, however it wasn't really that entertaining either.  It was ok, there's far worse sh!te on.  Next week will be better... How many episodes this season btw?

[phil1975]

I get the entertainment show rather than pure car fest, however it wasn't really that entertaining either.  It was ok, there's far worse sh!te on.  Next week will be better... How many episodes this season btw?

6 episodes this series

[phil1975]

Top Gear is like any long running series (now the 20th) not quite as good as it was in is hay day. Its must be difficult to invest all that time and money in something like sundays race and then when you edit the film you realise its not as good as it could have been.

I for one keep tuning in for the moments when it all comes together and its one of the few things on telly that genuinely makes me laugh out loud. For me top gear works when you have all three presenters together not just when its two, it just never quite jells for me, they need each other for the banter to work.

[vRS Carl]

As has been discussed many times before it is a motoring based entertainment programme.

If you don't like it turn over. 

  x2

[Max99]

As has been discussed many times before it is a motoring based entertainment programme.

If you don't like it turn over. 

  x2

didn't realise we weren't allowed to voice opinions ;)

[vRS Carl]

No one said you weren't

All that is being pointed out is that it as an entertainment program and if you don't like it then turn over. I find it funny that people will sit and say "yeah it's boring now" but then still watch it.

Maybe it's just me, but if something bores me i generally switch channel or find something else to do.

 

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Its the nuggets of comedy genius that notwithstanding the fact that theyre getting rarer and rarer are very good when it comes together.

Getting the German Top Gear presenters to meet them at Goodwood and then doing a victory roll and parking next to them in a spitfire was just fookin hilarious, completely inappropiate in this modern age and long may it continue!!!!!!

[vRS Carl]

Its the nuggets of comedy genius that notwithstanding the fact that theyre getting rarer and rarer are very good when it comes together.

Getting the German Top Gear presenters to meet them at Goodwood and then doing a victory roll and parking next to them in a spitfire was just fookin hilarious, completely inappropiate in this modern age and long may it continue!!!!!!

 

I nearly spat my drink all over the TV when i watched that. I was crying laughing 

[garrardrj]

As has been discussed many times before it is a motoring based entertainment programme.

If you don't like it turn over. 

Its BBC funded which makes it more important to the Masses to be Good 

[Sunglasses Ron]

Even though I know what to expect when Top Gear is on, the races they conduct seem to be getting very very tedious and it would seem they have decided to not even review the car they use now.. 

We all know that Top Gear has become an entertainment programme and not just for the motoring enthusiast. But for me they have gone too far with it now and seem to squeeze a car review in the first few minutes of the show so they can then spend the rest of it with the same races, stunts, jokes, interviews etc..

You just need to see how many actual cars do they test in a average series.. Not many.

[Tamiyoman]

Rachel Riley is a bit of a unit, pretty face.............. Like Holly Willoughby.........

As for the episode, it was OK, I enjoyed it, always enjoy watching James May Suffering lol.