GT Top Gear thread

[Fox 6]

Top Gear is a UK car show, hosted by three chaps. Its quite well done and funny. They dont just review cars, they do challenges and travel all over the world. Its all very funny stuff. By request Ive included some videos.

Top Gear goes to america
Here they stared in Miami, had to buy a car for $1000 US that would take them through challenges and to New Orleans. Its gets a bit scary for them in the second video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJ7thnYqLk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkl_h7eC2kU

Top Gear in Vietnam
They have limited money to buy a motorbike and get from the south of Vietnam all the way north to Hanoi. I have the whole episode here, and its a great one.

Beware, in this episode they talk about the war alot, and American involvement. I dont want any political arguments in this thread at all.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98tQOeNWCk

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZMsvr1cbs

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGonJuKwZJM

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPCAhLvFzTo

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7U75nQDjTE

6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0cY1pfxIBs

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3ttpLQgas

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTu2BiM-9Fg

I will try to link some more stuff later, there are funny videos. Unless Swanny wants to ;)

enjoy

[Swan]

I would post some videos except that all the good ones from youtube have been removed. All we got now usually is the editted down version

[Fox 6]

Alfa Romeo challenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_OFnB-2Y2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw1WUywX9rc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxHGQozGQFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXK4xViChs

[Krypton]

i've watched that show on the discovery channel before.
definitely entertaining.

[Professor S]

My wife and I are fans, and we're not gear heads to say the least. Its just a well done show that happens to be about cars.

[Fyacin]

I love this show. The race in Tokyo was fantastic.

[Fox 6]

Man with a van challenge

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2e8vlRWwvg

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8TYapTOsA

:lolz:

[Fox 6]

Car boat challenge 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzxuEOxYSLE

Car boat challenge 2: crossing the English channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTVPPTV-bQM

[Fox 6]

The vietnam one was removed, due to copyright violations.

[jeepnut]

Found a site that has all the Top Gear episodes streaming for free. I got really into the show because they had a couple episodes on Comcast OnDemand, but then they pulled them. Glad I found another way to watch. This site even has a version of the page designed for use with the PS3's browser!

http://www.hessmo.com/Hessmo/Top_Gear.html

[KillerGremlin]

Found a site that has all the Top Gear episodes streaming for free. I got really into the show because they had a couple episodes on Comcast OnDemand, but then they pulled them. Glad I found another way to watch. This site even has a version of the page designed for use with the PS3's browser!

http://www.hessmo.com/Hessmo/Top_Gear.html

Sweet tits man...I'd rep you if GT still had rep (we should bring back rep)

I love this show.

[C.H]

It's interesting that this gets some attention in North America, it is a very good show though. Top Gear's been on UK tv for years, not sure exactly...just checking wikipedia...well according to Wikipedia since 1977. Originally it was pure car spec's and test drives, but in 2001 they changed the show completely adding the humour and the banter between the three hosts. It's probably one of the most watched show's on UK tv, every member of my family watches it. It's a shame if you can't get the vietnam episode, i'm sure American's would find the scooter the three of them are threatened with funny.

[Fox 6]

I've seen the Vietnam episode. There are quite a few websites that you can stream episodes of of.



BORN IN THE USA! I WAS BORN IN THE USA! :lolz:

[Fyacin]

The scooter was hilarious.

[Ric]

There's one episode that shows the crash the presenter Richard Hammond had in a Jet Car that he drove, the crash is here:

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The presenter Jeremy Clarkson has his own page in a national tabloid newspaper. Here he is driving the worlds smallest car, I want the sport version. Unfortunatly embedding is disabled

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo&feature=PlayList&p=A1576F5099BF9B57&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5


And I only mention it because it was on the news today but the Presenter James May has made a Plasticine Garden for the Chelsea Flower Show :lol:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01404/Untitled-1_1404027c.jpg