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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #135 on: July 27, 2012, 06:18:44 AM »
I have just seen the Albanian mafiosa one

Where they compare the Rolls Royce Ghost with the Merc and the Bentley.  They go to Albania and Bentley refuse to send them one and Clarkson ends up with a Yugo  :zoinks:

...and the word 'car' translates to gentleman sausage  :hahaha:
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #136 on: July 27, 2012, 02:09:15 PM »
It's a good one.

And last night I saw the one where Clarkson let the Renault Espace have a close encounter with a train.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #137 on: July 27, 2012, 09:02:57 PM »
I've watched a lot of the clips on Youtube. They can be pretty amusing. I liked the bits on the Reliant Robin and the Marauder. And the road trip in Alabama was hilarious. :D

And yes, the US version is boring. Why would you start out a show like that with a "competition" between three boring pick up trucks? Are they trying to be Motor Trend in TV show form?

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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #138 on: July 27, 2012, 10:31:40 PM »
It's a good one.

And last night I saw the one where Clarkson let the Renault Espace have a close encounter with a train.

Ah yes, train encouters.  My Grandma Minnie would load up the grandkids in her Merc (in the 1950's) and take a ride in the "country".  She'd look for trains to race over the railroad crossings.  It was scary for us, but in retrospect I'm certain the train were further away than they seemed to be.  I'm sure however that she caused quite a few early retirements among the train crews.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #139 on: July 28, 2012, 02:48:45 PM »
Your Grandma Minnie seems to have been a fun-loving person. .laugh:
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #140 on: September 16, 2012, 02:40:10 PM »
Just seen the one about the dinky 'peel' car

awwww isn't it cute?

he even takes it in the studio lift and gets stuck because it has no reverse gear :zoinks:
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #141 on: September 16, 2012, 11:00:18 PM »
Watched three of them yesterday. :zoinks:
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #142 on: February 27, 2014, 12:31:26 AM »
The first episode of the second series was on BBC Entertainment last night. It was James May's first appearance.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #143 on: February 27, 2014, 01:06:52 PM »
My TV watching is limited.  I've caught them perhaps 5 times.  I wouldn't go looking for them deliberately, but they're okay if nothing else is on that I want to watch.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #144 on: February 27, 2014, 05:19:37 PM »
Haven't seen it in ages.  :(
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #145 on: February 27, 2014, 11:49:02 PM »
Everybody needs a Top Gear episode every now and then.

I watched two, yesterday.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #146 on: March 01, 2014, 02:01:51 AM »
And another three, last night. I'm in Top Gear mode at the moment.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #147 on: March 01, 2014, 05:10:39 AM »
I could not be arsed watching Top Gear, yesterday.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #148 on: March 01, 2014, 02:50:44 PM »
You should. It will make you feel better. :orly:
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #149 on: March 01, 2014, 03:33:13 PM »
You should. It will make you feel better. :orly:

I know, laughing is healthy.

Yesterday I was too tired to enjoy it.

Will watch next week, with the offspring. Great way to end the week with a marathon Top Gear evening.
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