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[Dave A]

Well no Bugatti Veyron this season it seems, I'm looking forwards to seeing the M15 a lot though.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Oooow, the M15.

Sound good 👍



P.s. Ford Transit FTW!!!!

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Good news, I got a response from the BBC today:

I'm very impressed with that letter. They could so easily have said "It's illegal so **** off".

 

[Dave A]

And to top it all off his name was Mr Kettle, . A good letter to come from the BBC though.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

And to top it all off his name was Mr Kettle, . A good letter to come from the BBC though.

sounds just like a standard email to me

 

[Dave A]

It may be, but it was at least done in a good way, as Giles said, they could have easier said "tough, it's illegal" and that been that.

 

[YSSMAN]

Well I think they may be a bit surprised that so many Americans like the show, and that some of us are concerned for it's future here in the US. Maybe it will push them twards the direction of airing the show on BBC America, and that would be awesome, but we will see...

 

[TheCracker]

Well I think they may be a bit surprised that so many Americans like the show, and that some of us are concerned for it's future here in the US. Maybe it will push them twards the direction of airing the show on BBC America, and that would be awesome, but we will see...

I would guess that BBC America plan their own schedules based on what they think their audience wants to watch from the vast BBC archive. Its BBC America that you want to be aiming your requests or grievances at - if that isn't stating the obvious.

 

[Dave A]

That's where the link in the e-mail took him, the BBC America show request page.

 

[YSSMAN]

I emailed BBC America, and got an auto response. Top Gear was listed as a program to request, so apparently I'm not the only one who has asked for the show.

 

[Event]

Too many vans, not enough supercars. But the scanadavian flick made up for this ep!

 

[G.T]

Haha! That flip was hilarious! I always thought that they would flip over easily because it has such a small wheelbase. I guess they do! I've seen new ones on the road too. How on earth can they sell something like that now knowing it could do that?

Overall, the season was above average. It wasn't the best as they didn't feature as many Supercars this time, but all of the races, like with the Caterhams and them vans, almost made up for it.

By the way, only me and Event has discussed this last episode? We usually have a discussion after every episode...

 

[-Fred-]

I could see it coming from a mile ahead... it's got a high center of gravity, and a short wheelbase... it would have suffered from so much body roll it might have rolled over anyway.

 

[Gabkicks]

whoops i havent even seen the episode yet and i accidentally clicked this thread

 

[benzoboy]

Too many vans, not enough supercars. But the scanadavian flick made up for this ep!

:Right-Click, Save:

That's going in the Funny Pic Thread

 

[ExigeEvan]

I missed most of it but I'll catch it on NTL On-demand some time.

I did catch it where they were packing the vans though. Very funny

 

[Scaff]

Haha! That flip was hilarious! I always thought that they would flip over easily because it has such a small wheelbase. I guess they do! I've seen new ones on the road too. How on earth can they sell something like that now knowing it could do that?

You would be surprised at the number of cars and vans on the road that are quite capable of doing that in the right circumstances.

I have footage on DVD of Tiff doing a very similar thing to a Reliant Robin

Fortunatly for road users drivers of these cars are not often being pursued by the Stig.


Scaff

 

[Dave A]

I remeber watching Tiff take part in a Reliant Robin race, the cars were tipping all over the place, Tiff got tipped in that early on, then a lap or two later someone hit him back onto his wheels.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

so i guess noone noticed?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Who else predicted that Clarkson's van would get broken into in the shortest time?

I can't wait 'til next seasons, when they have another of these challenges. They always turn out pretty good.

 

[hscott]

This season was great, not the best though. Hopefully next season will have more 'supercar vs.' races, and maybe Bugatti will let The Stig set a lap time in the Veyron.

 

[fideles1986]

This season was great, not the best though. Hopefully next season will have more 'supercar vs.' races, and maybe Bugatti will let The Stig set a lap time in the Veyron.

agree 100% let the stig set a lap time...

 

[Dave A]

If they did they wouldn't discuss it on here since it's not legal, there was a debate as to the legality of it since the BBC is a chanel paid for by TV licenses, but it is illegal. So while a lot of people may well do that, and it isn't a crime on par with murder, it's not allowed to be promoted on this site 👍.

Me, I sometimes watch it on the bbc website the day after, Sunday evenings are turning into a routing cinema evening. If your using a UK proxy you can watch it on their site..

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

slowmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUzgOY_kpM

 

[fideles1986]

If they did they wouldn't discuss it on here since it's not legal, there was a debate as to the legality of it since the BBC is a chanel paid for by TV licenses, but it is illegal. So while a lot of people may well do that, and it isn't a crime on par with murder, it's not allowed to be promoted on this site 👍.

Me, I sometimes watch it on the bbc website the day after, Sunday evenings are turning into a routing cinema evening. If your using a UK proxy you can watch it on their site..

gotcha:tup:

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

What's the bets 'Lee' Clarkson put the Hamster up to the Scandinavian Flip ?
He took his turn last & he'd mentioned the bit about it being mid-engined so, as PR siad, Clarkson egged Hammond the excitable on knowing full well the dangers of entering the hammerhead in a high-centred g light skinny.
I can hear him off-cam; "Mid-engined? you could give it a scandinavian flip round about where James is now&

 

[Sprite]

Personally I though it was a bit of a let down. I hope they stop with the set-up's and juts do more cool stuff, like the car footie and the ski ramp thing, also I want ot see the stig track that Bugatti.

 

[Dave A]

What's the bets 'Lee' Clarkson put the Hamster up to the Scandinavian Flip ?
He took his turn last & he'd mentioned the bit about it being mid-engined so, as PR siad, Clarkson egged Hammond the excitable on knowing full well the dangers of entering the hammerhead in a high-centred g light skinny.
I can hear him off-cam; "Mid-engined? you could give it a scandinavian flip round about where James is now&

It was the first turn, not the hammerhead.

 

[guska]

Still, my favorite episode so far is the one where the guys went on the caravan holiday!

 

[slackbladder]

So Top Gear has received 500 objections from viewers in the last 6 months. BBC News
Good to see they're getting up the noses of humourless carvaners.
To be fair (well, only a little) I certainly don't agree with everything Clarkson says but I've got the sense of humour to laugh at it. Some people just don't get it I guess.