Camaro on Top Gear

[stratman]

He might actually dislike people who have Porshes and BMWs more than Americans.

On a side note-My buddy borrowed my truck yesterday and left his 2008 M5 with me with no driving restrictions. How much of a pillock am I for not taking it out?

[Mosher]

Originally Posted by stratman

He might actually dislike people who have Porshes and BMWs more than Americans.

On a side note-My buddy borrowed my truck yesterday and left his 2008 M5 with me with no driving restrictions. How much of a pillock am I for not taking it out?

That's actually something I would consider more Captain Slow's speed. "All that power is just not needed"....

[stratman]

I've been in it. She's got teeth. I could just see my luck meeting with someone elses $90,000 car ending poorly. Plus, when I get my car I don't want to hear "But I let you drive mine." To bad SUCKA!

[WCFB-Russ]

Originally Posted by UCF w00t

Although I wasn't saying that, if the shoe fits........

Really? U want a golden shovel so you can dig that hole in style?
I think you need to quit while your behind. (really..this is kind of stupid and neither of us are going to get anywhere because you aren't seeing my point - and apparently, according to you - I'm a moron... back at you, my friend...)

...At any rate, TopGear would work fine on channels like Spike TV or something more "in your face". Lots of cable channels that don't really care who they offend, as long as someone watches it. The fact that BBC America airs it should say something about what they feel if you "can't get the jokes" - they are selective as to what comes from the UK and makes it to American airwaves (they only pick the shows they think will make it here in the US.)

There are a lot of good shows in the UK that never see the light of day on BBC America.

[DkknightX]

Originally Posted by Mosher

They Spend More than 50% of there time doing challenges and breaking things getting there selves into trouble at there OWN expense, calling eachother Pillocks, they refer to one man eternally as Captain Slow, Clarkson refers to himself all the time as an old man with a hip problem, and that is just what I came up with in the first 10 seconds of thinking about it.

Clarkson calls porsche the laziest design studio in the world, says that only Cocks drive BMW's, and constantly mocks how rediculous it is to set all the wizbang fetures in STI's and EVO's.

But ya know, they are singling us out cause we are fat

LOL! I never heardf them say that but probably haven't watched the show enough. Alright, I'll give them that. What's fair is fair and as long as the insults fly around poking fun at everybody internationally, I simply cannot complain.

[DkknightX]

Originally Posted by black34v6

Really? U want a golden shovel so you can dig that hole in style?
I think you need to quit while your behind. (really..this is kind of stupid and neither of us are going to get anywhere because you aren't seeing my point - and apparently, according to you - I'm a moron... back at you, my friend...)

...At any rate, TopGear would work fine on channels like Spike TV or something more "in your face". Lots of cable channels that don't really care who they offend, as long as someone watches it. The fact that BBC America airs it should say something about what they feel if you "can't get the jokes" - they are selective as to what comes from the UK and makes it to American airwaves (they only pick the shows they think will make it here in the US.)

There are a lot of good shows in the UK that never see the light of day on BBC America.

Whoa, I really wasn't trying to create a war here. UcF is pretty established here man. Don't think he was personally attacking you on purpose.

[Mosher]

Originally Posted by DkknightX

LOL! I never heardf them say that but probably haven't watched the show enough. Alright, I'll give them that. What's fair is fair and as long as the insults fly around poking fun at everybody internationally, I simply cannot complain.

I'm sorry.... I may have made a mistake, I think along season ... oh... 10 they decided that BMW owners where no longer Cocks....

Now it is Audi Owners.....

[King T]

Originally Posted by ColorBlind

Wish they would do a US version of Top Gear. I heard that they were considering it until they realized that if they bashed a car on the show then the manufacturer probably wouldn’t buy any commercial time from them. I think NBC had the rights to it and had Adam Carolla picked as one of the hosts. Guess if you are going to bash cars on a car show it needs to be publicly funded rather than depending on commercials from auto companies.

NBC killed it.

Some of the funnier ones from Jeremy Clarkson's "Good, Bad, and the Ugly" DVD

[Mosher]

It's terrible because I honestly think the whole thing would of just ended up in some Lawsuit from a car maker getting all pissed off and filing for slander. They have a German show that's similar with Sabine Schmit and I can't remember who else....

[DkknightX]

Man did Jeremy kill the Viper, but if you watch that review against the Z4, I actually like Jeremy. He's funny, witty and doesn't have to take shots at peoples' culture etc. That video was exciting and somehow the Corvette C6, though not raced, was the best American car he drove. That review was fun, I have to admit.

[vee8]

I will say this about the show........I was always a horsepower guy. I followed the numbers and bought accordingly. However, I was watching the show one night where they were going on and on about how great the RX-8 was, and that was a car I would have never considered because I thought it was slow as balls.

But as luck would have it, I ended up getting to drive one shortly thereafter, and even though it was kinda slow, I have never had so much fun driving a car around before. That's when I really understood how it ain't all about horsepower, but more about weight and balance.

I like their reviews, and I think they would trash anything they hated, whether american or not.

[King T]

Originally Posted by vee8

I will say this about the show........I was always a horsepower guy. I followed the numbers and bought accordingly. However, I was watching the show one night where they were going on and on about how great the RX-8 was, and that was a car I would have never considered because I thought it was slow as balls.

But as luck would have it, I ended up getting to drive one shortly thereafter, and even though it was kinda slow, I have never had so much fun driving a car around before. That's when I really understood how it ain't all about horsepower, but more about weight and balance.

I like their reviews, and I think they would trash anything they hated, whether american or not.

That is when I stopped taking Top Gear too seriously and just enjoyed it from the entertainment aspect when he declared the RX-8 so good.

Yeah I also test drove a RX-8 a few years ago. They are nice, well balanced cars, but damn the N/A rotary is gutless under 5,500 rpm! Plus I have had the pleasure of driving a RX7. That might not be a fair comparison, but Mazda really does need a turbo on the Rotary. I think their engine tech has come far enough to make it more reliable than the RX-7.

[CamaroFreako]

hello. i was wondering if top gear show would ever try the 2010 camaro (although they hate american cars), but they already did an episode for the Vette / CTS-V / Challenger but not the camaro

i would love to know their opinion

[AdnanHfuda]

same here, tried youtubeing it but couldnt find anything