Who else is a fan?

[rMetzger]

BBC's "Top Gear"



Even though they refer to Diesel as "the fuel of Satan"

 

[RustyJC]

+1 for the original BBC version. The Discovery Channel (IIRC) US version isn't cutting it for me so far.



Rusty

 

[rMetzger]

+1 for the original BBC version. The Discovery Channel (IIRC) US version isn't cutting it for me so far.



Rusty

Those guys might eventually grow on me, as they do seem to be growing into their roles.



Watching the season premier right one, and have discerned that the mayor of Wilkesboro,NC knows a bit of Korean. He left a message on the tire shop guy's v-mail and used the phrase "idi-wah!"

 

[rMetzger]

And James, of all people, just used "suck,squeeze bang and blow"

 

[MVenditti]

Just started watching it, love it, especially the challenges they do.

 

[SRath]

I'm utterly lost...

Is this "Top Gear" a new porno soap opera or what???



... 'suck, squeeze, bang, blow'...



It must be on one of those adult pay-per-view channels, huh?

 

[RustyJC]

BBC TOP GEAR website.



Rusty

 

[rMetzger]

I'm utterly lost...

Is this "Top Gear" a new porno soap opera or what???



... 'suck, squeeze, bang, blow'...



It must be on one of those adult pay-per-view channels, huh?

4-stroke cycle: intake(suck),compression(squeeze),ignition/power(bang),exhaust(blow)



A bit crude, but accurate... James May has several nicknames, captain slow, eeyore, grumble trousers, among others... That's why his use of ssbb was a surprise

 

[PatrickHansen]

The only downside for me is they rarely have anything trucky to share.

 

[SRath]

4-stroke cycle: intake(suck),compression(squeeze),ignition/power(bang),exhaust(blow)

Gotcha. So it's another "money is no object in our world" truck/car/bike building TV show where they get free parts and a huge budget just for convincing folks, mostly couch potato do-nothing dreamers, they cannot go fast or far without using those newest greatest doohickies?



Kinda like those TV hunting shows where they bag 5 Pope and Young or Boone and Crocket critters in 60 minutes from the comfort of a lodge room jacuzzi thanks to their sponsors gadgets and gizmos that no real hunter should be without?



Oh, is my cynicism showing again ? Sorry. I used to find the forerunners of such shows interesting. Almost real. Now they're just nauseating. You have to talk like an inbred hillbilly to be any kind of expert hunter at all if you watch such shows and you need more hardware in your nose than toolbox, along with tattoos covering your never-greasy forearms, to be a worthwhile mechanic.

 

[Cattechcolt]

yes, it's true they are not exactly fans of anything diesel, but the original bbc show is a great show. They have embraced diesels through the years on a few occations, (their trip to the north pole in diesel toyota hilux's, and the tractor episode where they tried to grow there own bio fuel) the carachters grow on you especially if you are a fan of british comedy. The shows where they were in the u. s. were great also

 

[rMetzger]

Gotcha. So it's another "money is no object in our world" truck/car/bike building TV show where they get free parts and a huge budget just for convincing folks, mostly couch potato do-nothing dreamers, they cannot go fast or far without using those newest greatest without?... ... .

mechanic.

Nope. Almost the opposite of that, actually. It's 3 middle-aged Brits who get to showcase/compare some drool worthy offerings from car mfrs all over the world (mostly Eurpean), AND do low-budget (read unsafe/impractical/improbable---think: Moe, Larry, Shemp). AND, in the midst of it all, they have a studio audience and an interview with some seemingly randomly chosen celebrity, who gets to try a lap-time in the "reasonably-priced car", which is a late-model 4-banger, manual-trannied front-drive economic, with a roll cage and 5-point harness, just to keep the lawyers happy.

 

[RustyJC]

... . AND do low-budget (read unsafe/impractical/improbable---think: Moe, Larry, Shemp.....

I always liked Curley better than Shemp, but to each his own. :-laf



If you haven't watched Top Gear, you really can't appreciate just what it is - yeah, they test some exotics, but it's also as much a British humor show as it is an automotive show. Think Monty Python in a driving suit.



Rusty

 

[rMetzger]

yes, it's true they are not exactly fans of anything diesel, but the original bbc show is a great show. They have embraced diesels through the years on a few occations, (their trip to the north pole in diesel toyota hilux's, and the tractor episode where they tried to grow there own bio fuel) the carachters grow on you especially if you are a fan of british comedy. The shows where they were in the u. s. were great also

I have wanted a Diesel-powered HiLux ever since the can't kill this truck's will to live episode. Bought it from some British farmer out in the countryside.



They drove it down a long flight of steps at a park. Made it squeak a bit, and steer funny. Dropped a camper on top of it. Still driveable. Parked it atop a condemned building, and let it surf the asphalt during the implosion. Still driveable. Chained it down to a big concrete pier at low tide, and let the English Channel have its way with it. Discovered it missing when the tide rolled out again :shock: recovered it from the sandy bottom a few yards away. Pumped the water out of the cylinders, fresh oil/fuel. Drove away. Set the cab on fire. ... and then still drove it into the studio with seaweed in the headlights and no upholstery







I want a HiLux

 

[rMetzger]

I always liked Curley better than Shemp, but to each his own. :-laf



If you haven't watched Top Gear, you really can't appreciate just what it is - yeah, they test some exotics, but it's also as much a British humor show as it is an automotive show. Think Monty Python in a driving suit.



Rusty

Maybe more like Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Gummo Marx, Hammond being so much better looking than the other two. And you can get a "who's the Stig?" app for your i-Whatever

 

[RustyJC]

I dunno - if Jeremy got a burr haircut, he'd look sorta like Curley... :-laf Some of their "adventure" treks like their drive to the North Pole or their run in American musclecars from the West Coast to Bonneville where they top speed tested them or their drive in cheap American clunkers from Florida to New Orleans reminded me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.



Rusty

 

[p-Bar]

Not sure if I'm into it it . Don't get the British humor , don't like the comedy I am more into the technical aspects of things Boring yes, but I have a wife that keeps it lively.

 

[zb39]

BBC version, LOVE, been a fan for years. American version, you couldn't pay me to watch it.