Top Gear on 60 Minutes this Sunday
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UPDATED: Thursday, November 4, 2010 23:11
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I love this show!
I just watched them take a Bugatti Veyron to over 250 mph.
Gave me a stiffy... 
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I will NEVER forget "Killing a Toyota":
(Later they put it on a building that's being demolished with explosives and that doesn't kill it either!)
"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."
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And with episodes on every Monday night, people wonder how my DVR gets so full so fast!
And yes, the Veyron at beyond 250mph is surreal. I would never have any use for such a car... yet I'm still glad that it exists. Why? Because what was once the realm of the exotics and supercars becomes the AVERAGE in little more than a generation.
I don't imagine we'll all be driving econocars that go 250mph anytime soon, but I can remember when people kept claiming that their production cars would touch 200mph, and none of them ever would in any kind of official testing. Now it's not... well, it's not COMMON, but it's not terribly unusual, either. A Bentley GT will do it. Some Mercedes-Benz models can touch 200mph. Several Porsches can do it. One production Corvette can (the ZR1).
But it's not about going 200mph or more. It's about the systems involved in doing so. I've driven above 120mph in a car that wasn't really designed for it - it was scary as hell. I've driven 140mph in a car that WAS designed for it, and I was SHOCKED when I looked at the speedometer and saw that speed indicated, because by the stability of the car at that speed, I'd have sworn I wasn't doing more than 85 or 90...
I want cars that are stable at higher speeds, because they also tend to be quite a bit more stable at NORMAL speeds. :)
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They put that HiLux truck through hell, and never did kill it.
They put it in the ocean. They dropped it on a building - and then demolished the building! The dug it out of the rubble and it started up. They dropped a building on it, too - and it of course started right up. The set it on fire, and it still ran. They hit it with a wrecking ball, a lot, and still it ran.
It's still mounted on their hangar wall, in a place of high honor, because it's the one car they couldn't kill.
I was sad to see The Stig outed, because I loved trying to imagine who he really was.
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I was sad to see The Stig outed, because I loved trying to imagine who he really was.
I had figured it was whatever driver they could find at the time...
I am the farthest someone can get to being a "car guy", but I absolutely love the show.
If the USA version is half as good as the original, it will be great.
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How many times has the US version been stillborn now? Last I heard, Adam Corolla was out, and the whole thing was in limbo again... Maybe they shouldn't bother, and just bring on the real deal!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
How many times has the US version been stillborn now? Last I heard, Adam Corolla was out, and the whole thing was in limbo again... Maybe they shouldn't bother, and just bring on the real deal!
Actually, the US version premieres on Nov 21st, on The History Channel. The presenters are Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara, and Rutledge Wood.
Who?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_USA
There's a trailer on YouTube, but I can't link it since I'm blocked from it.
I'm not really too hopeful about the US version...
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My favourite ever clip is the "Road Kill" challenge, where Clarkson ends up with a whole fucking COW on his roof. It makes me proud to be British. But, if you get to the end of the ep, you will see the ridiculous situation with US lawyers. The ep has a morally repugnant ending. They drive through New Orleans and basically try to give the cars away to some unfortunate victims of the Katrina Disaster. They are left dumbfounded by some prick who tries to tie them into some legal bullshit. Unbelievable!!!!
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Originally posted by peacekeeper:
My favourite ever clip is the "Road Kill" challenge, where Clarkson ends up with a whole fucking COW on his roof. It makes me proud to be British. But, if you get to the end of the ep, you will see the ridiculous situation with US lawyers. The ep has a morally repugnant ending. They drive through New Orleans and basically try to give the cars away to some unfortunate victims of the Katrina Disaster. They are left dumbfounded by some prick who tries to tie them into some legal bullshit. Unbelievable!!!!
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Some more from the 60 minutes piece, including a clip of James May falling down... there may not be anything funnier.
http://www.cbsnews.com/60minutesovertime
There are German and Auzzie TGs, but like I expect the US version to be, they are just meh car shows.
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