'new' Top Gear - The Verdict

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by bigredduke, May 29, 2016.

  1. thought that was the go compare dude ;0
     
  2. Noooooooooooooo.

    The star in a reasonably priced car was a great leveller and taken really seriously, even by F1 drivers.
     
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  3. why cant the take the new one even seriouser?

    fairly sure it was just their competitive nature that got them fired up and not because it was a crappy old banger?
     
  4. You cannot take the new one serious because most people if not all have never driven off tarmac before, so it is unfair to compare times of people who have not, or some who have a little, or a lot.
    It is a stupid comparison.
     
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  5. the old one had drivers/celebrities with varying levels of ability didn't it? Whats the difference?

    I think the off road bit adds a bit of extra interest myself [emoji106]
     
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  6. The off road bit adds uncertainty and therefore renders the time less informative and much harder to compare.
     
  7. I thought it wasn't a patch on the previous show but I will watch again in a few weeks and see if it has improved
     
  8. The Difference @Red899 that everyone who drives a car drives it on tarmac as a base line.
     
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  9. Is it a proper Mini or one of the fake BMW ones?

    If it is a proper one, that should test a lot of drivers.............best way to get them round corners on tarmac or mud is screw the power on and get the front wheelspinning, then let it drift round (take your foot off the throttle at that stage and you are stuffed).
     
  10. are you sure? :)
     
  11. I'd drive my car into Vicki Butler-Henderson's baseline... :Hungry:

    Damn, wrong forum. Sorry, done it again. :Bag:
     
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  12. I'd drive my car into Vicki Butler-Henderson, and my van
     
  13. Right up to the back wheels. :D
     
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  14. VBH prefers the Subaru to the Golf R,, she gets my vote :smiley:
     
  15. Evans.jpg

    The real question is: Why did they ask Evans?
     
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  16. It was easy as he works for BBC anyhow, and no one else wanted to do it, in respect to the Master Trio :) of Course.
     
  17. Guns on cars,,,,, really wtf do they think that they are appealing to,,,,,, hard to believe it actually got worse !!
     
  18. Yep........I had 9 Minis until I learned my lesson.
     
  19. They did.......................Eventually...........

    ......just a silly old maid...............

    ......which sums up the ginger prat exactly.
     
  20. Another question...
    They stuck that Viper on the lap board - but surely with that ridiculously low front splitter it can't pass the "can it go over a speed-bump" test, and is therefore ineligible ? Other really fast cars have been disallowed in the past for that reason...
     
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