Top Gear ROCKS! [Archive]

C1Corvette

08-01-2006, 04:45 PM

Man, I just watched the Konigg, Lotus Exige S and Aston Martin DB9 Videos (The one where Jeremy races the train.)

I loved them!

Man The DB9 is one heavenly car.

And the Lotus !!! I might buy that one...how much do they run for?

cerebus23

08-01-2006, 05:44 PM

signed!

VertigoSFX

08-01-2006, 08:54 PM

if ur referring to the lotus elise, i know it runs for around 70-80k in real life...not sure how accurate prices are supposed to be in the game

WildKarrde

08-02-2006, 01:07 PM

Top Gear rocks! I've watched a ton of their episodes, I love them all. :D As for how much the Lotus runs for... you can get them slightly used for $35k - $45k in real life... I plan on buying mine preowned.

'63 Vette

08-02-2006, 05:57 PM

Where can I find the videos?

C1Corvette

08-02-2006, 06:14 PM

youtube

'63 Vette

08-02-2006, 07:37 PM

Thanks! That was awesome! Can't wait to take it for a drive in the game. :)

WildKarrde

08-03-2006, 01:11 PM

http://www.finalgear.com

ChrisCo06

08-03-2006, 01:24 PM

i have watched like every episode =) i love them, but there off till september, every sunday i download the episodes cause we dont catch it in north america =(

u can get them from mininova or final gear

i sometimes watch fifth gear they had an enzo and mclearan on the finale its was rally nice

THE STIG OWNS

Small Print

08-03-2006, 01:29 PM

Top Gear is an awesome show. I can never wait until the end of the week to watch it. They went very close to my house before, on the one with the boat cars.:haha:

I could get to where James May got stuck by that bridge in about 10 minutes in a car.

plantedchaos

08-04-2006, 03:57 AM

That one guy(co-host) host his own show. Braniac on G4

WildKarrde

08-04-2006, 09:47 AM

That one guy(co-host) host his own show. Braniac on G4

The short guy? Tall guy? Other guy?

Lor

08-04-2006, 10:00 AM

Being i worked for them i can answer your questions.

You've got many variations you can go for:

Lotus Elise
Lotus Elise 111S
Lotus Elise 111R
Lotus Elise Racer
Lotus Exige
Lotus Exige S
Lotus Exige Cup
Lotus Exige Cup 240R
Lotus Europa S

Those are just the new ones.

You can pick up a brand new one (Lotus Elise) at around £26k mark. As soon as you hit the £30k + range you've got the rest of the cars to pick from.

It depends on if they've got touring packs, if they've been raced on a track on track days. If you plan to get one, you best look around and get to know the history of that specific car. Also look at running costs.

You can still pick up the old Esprits/Europa's/Elan/Excel for example. Depends so much on your budget needs along with age. These cars are not for the faint of hearted.

Small Print

08-04-2006, 10:05 AM

The short guy? Tall guy? Other guy?

Richard Hammond, the short one, or "Hamster" as it is known. It is on Sky One, and he also had his own show on ITV called The 5 O'Clock Show, which wasn't half as good as his other two shows. Top Gear is far better than Braniac, Braniac was far better than the 5 O'Clock Show. It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that good either.

plantedchaos

08-04-2006, 01:39 PM

do they still make new top gear ep.?

Small Print

08-04-2006, 01:40 PM

Yeah, they've got a new car for the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car".

ImportDrifta

08-04-2006, 04:06 PM

Aww... I don't get Top Gear here in Canada (at least I don't think). All I get is Fifth Gear - now I love that show. I gotta get up every Saturday at 7 am to watch it though, and for me that's tough since I always sleep till 2 pm :) .

Small Print

08-04-2006, 06:14 PM

C1Corvette

08-04-2006, 07:04 PM

IMO, Top Gear is miles ahead :noob: of Fifth Gear.

agreed

WildKarrde

08-04-2006, 07:17 PM

Richard Hammond, the short one, or "Hamster" as it is known. It is on Sky One, and he also had his own show on ITV called The 5 O'Clock Show, which wasn't half as good as his other two shows. Top Gear is far better than Braniac, Braniac was far better than the 5 O'Clock Show. It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that good either.

From what I can tell by watching Top Gear... Hamster is one of the most popular people on British TV. He did a lot of extra work when he was saving up for his classic Dodge Charger. Anyone else see the episode where it was in the room with everyone? It looked sweet! I wish they had taken some more shots of it.

IMO, Top Gear is miles ahead :noob: of Fifth Gear.

Fifth Gear is just a copy of Top Gear. Not too terribly bad... but they don't have Jeremy Clarkson.

I was thinking about this a few days ago. What does Top gear have that Fifth Gear doesn't? Fifth Gear does a bunch of wild and crazy antics. They slide cars in every show. They do unique and fun tests on cars, they have pretty much all the same components as Top Gear... except for one, JC. Like him or not... he pretty much makes Top Gear what it is. I don't know who's idea the character "The Stig" was... but he (she? it?) is probably another big reason for Top Gears success.

Small Print

08-04-2006, 07:20 PM

<snip>

Fifth Gear missed one key element, humour. Also some of the tests on Top Gear are just mad, they are all brilliant though. Those across Europe are fantastic.:up:

WildKarrde

08-04-2006, 07:23 PM

Fifth Gear missed one key element, humour. Also some of the tests on Top Gear are just mad, they are all brilliant though. Those across Europe are fantastic.:up:

They try... it just doesn't go across very well.

Btw... here's Hammond's Charger:
http://www.motiv8vehicles.co.uk/

Small Print

08-04-2006, 07:42 PM

That's quite cool. Hammond is a cool guy.

plantedchaos

08-04-2006, 11:18 PM

He's my hero! Whats the name of the old geezer that actually host the show?

ImportDrifta

08-05-2006, 03:51 AM

cerebus23

08-05-2006, 07:49 AM

5h gear is ok heck any show that drives awsome cars and drives them to the limit and tells you what they think is a good show, american car shows are rubbish less your looking for a boring family car, and if doing that i will read up online.

top gear is great tho with the humor and the crazy stunts, love when they played soccer and hockey in those little mini cars, and the rocket ski jump car.

darn shame bbc is cracking down on the youtube and other sharing sites, so many countries dont get top gear, heck most of the my favorites list on youtube was top gear clips, and now they taking the clips off. wish discovery would pick up the darn series again, or heck why not speed channnel, would be a great fit for speed.:mad:

ImportDrifta

08-05-2006, 01:33 PM

Sure, Speeds already got Fifth Gear, why not pick up a show thats already proven it's a hit in North America??

FordGTGuy

08-05-2006, 03:42 PM

RIDES is way better than topgear

WildKarrde

08-06-2006, 04:48 AM

Ok, so I just saw my first episode of Top Gear (Last episode of the season). Please ignore my last post, as I now love this show. It's amazingly funny. I liked how they can go from doing an informative segment on the Noble M15 to flipping that crappy little Suzuki van... I couldn't stop laughing. I'm getting more episodes as I type this. Thx so much WildKarrde for the FinalGear site...I owe you one ;) . BTW I still like Fifth Gear...

Anything I can do to share the wealth! :D

5h gear is ok heck any show that drives awsome cars and drives them to the limit and tells you what they think is a good show, american car shows are rubbish less your looking for a boring family car, and if doing that i will read up online.

Seems like the general American public can only grasp Nascar and drag racing... based on that we havea loooooong way to go before America creates an interesting automotive show!

RIDES is way better than topgear

I've never seen "Rides" but I looked it up... best I can tell it doesn't even compare to Top Gear... it's not even in the same category. Top Gear reviews new, modern vehicles. Rides takes a look at one-off vehicles... that the owners would probably never put in the hands of The Stig to be test driven on a track.

cerebus23

08-07-2006, 02:05 AM

yea i hate nascar driving round in a oval for 2 hours is not my idea of racing.

rides ive seen it once or twice think its on tlc or something was ok show but yea it dont hold a candle to top gear.

ImportDrifta

08-07-2006, 02:47 AM

I've been less active on the forum and on online games because lately my internets being eating up as I download a bunch of Top Gear episodes. I gotta lot of catching up to do, and I'm loving every hour of it! :D

JipJopJones

08-10-2006, 02:55 PM

top gear is a sick show. I just got back from england and me ansd my cousin would watch it all the time, it suck we don't get it in canada, off to youtube

PrimalOrB

08-16-2006, 11:44 AM

I've got every epiosde of Top Gear, from season one, to season 8, all the specials, all the movies, and jeremy clarkson movies aswell
I Love it

Also, a tidbit of info:
Tiff (host of Fifth Gear) used to be a host on Top Gear (before the most recent 8 series). Top gear itself is an old show, going back to like, 1986 etc, so during some of those older seasons, Tiff was on there, then they brought it back with the new seasons with Jeremy, Richard, and James (in Season 2)

But Definitly Top Gear > Fifth Gear for sure

SVT_MAN

08-16-2006, 04:34 PM

JipJopJones

08-17-2006, 01:43 AM

Top Gear is okay if you don't take them seriously. They really don't know what they're talking about half the time. They're extremely biased. And Clarkson is obnoxious a lot. And they really hate American cars. Other than that it's entertaining, but definitely not a good source of review.
They don't hate american cars, Did you see the viper one? Clarkson Loved it! I'm Canadian and i love american cars, but top gear just tells it like it is, american cars are good in a straight line, and little else

SVT_MAN

08-17-2006, 10:19 AM

They don't hate american cars, Did you see the viper one? Clarkson Loved it! I'm Canadian and i love american cars, but top gear just tells it like it is, american cars are good in a straight line, and little else

They like British cars above all else. You can't deny that. And British cars are good, but not beyond reproach. Same goes for any Ferrari.

thoor

08-17-2006, 07:10 PM

I wish to see Top Gear in Poland in my TV. :confused:
I watch Top Gear in my home for 1 mabye 2 years and after that ,program disapear from my TV cable. :cry:
But i loved it. Clarkson (im very sorry if my(i)stake) is the best . He loved ford to :p . And that explode camping trailers JUST GREAT!!

bmwcca

08-20-2006, 03:06 AM

i would give any thing for top gear to be back on tv

KSpark

08-29-2006, 05:11 AM

Thanks to the wonders of bittorrent I have every episode. 9 or so DVDs of Stiggy goodness. :)